Pretty Vacant
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Podcast Overview
<p>International money-laundering meets the UK housing crisis in this grittily satirical fable about shady dealing and thorny moral dilemmas.</p>
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Publishing Since
4/25/2022
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April 25, 2022
5. The Laundromat
<p>When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.</p><p>But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.</p><p>Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will Howard</p><p>Written by Hugh Costello</p><p>Director: Eoin O’Callaghan</p><p>A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4</p>
April 25, 2022
4. Transparency
<p>When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.</p><p>But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.</p><p>Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will Howard</p><p>Written by Hugh Costello</p><p>Director: Eoin O’Callaghan</p><p>A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4</p>
April 25, 2022
3. The Conversion
<p>When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.</p><p>But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.</p><p>Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will Howard</p><p>Written by Hugh Costello</p><p>Director: Eoin O’Callaghan</p><p>A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4</p>
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