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3. An Escape

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With continuous threats to her life, May pleas for help to escape with her husband. Bee makes a decision. With Souad Faress.

2005. At last, faced by continuous threats to her life, May pleas with Bee to help her and her husband escape.

Bee decides to discuss it with her husband Justin, a reporter for BBC TV's 'Newsnight'.

The story of BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt's email friendship with Iraq-based academic, May Witwit.

Dramatised by John Fletcher.

May ...... Souad Faress
Bee ...... Fenella Woolgar
Ali ...... Zubin Varla
Justin ...... Stephen Hogan
Eva/Ayasha ...... Deeivya Meir
Militia Man/Official/Minister ...... Peter Polycarpou
Newsnight director ...... Jonathan Forbes
Lawyer/Octavia ...... Elaine Claxton

Director: Peter Kavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011

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15 minutes

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Thu 12 Jan 202302:15
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