The Dentist: Episode 4

When Kerry made the snap decision to assume her dead sister’s identity, she didn’t think through the consequences of posing as a dentist.So far those consequences have been pretty fatal. And now, as she digs deeper and deeper into her deception, she finds herself butting up against the criminal underworld. Cast: Kasia … Leah Byrne Leanne … Gabriel Quigley Paul Rennie… Jonathan Watson DI Hickman … David Ireland Bob … Grant O’RourkeStudio Production: Andy Hay and Gav Murchie Production Coordinator: Ellie MarshOriginal music and sound design: Fraser Jackson Additional keyboards: Tony Graham A BBC Audio Scotland Production directed by Kirsty Williams

Darkly comic crime thriller by D.C. Jackson. When Kerry makes the snap decision to assume her dead sister’s identity, she doesn’t think through the consequences of posing as a dentist.And those consequences turn out to be pretty fatal... Cast: Leanne … Gabriel Quigley Kasia … Leah Byrne Bob and Toby… Grant O’Rourke Stewart … Jonathan Watson DI Hickman … David Ireland Jaconelli … Gavin Mitchell Studio Production: Andy Hay and Gav Murchie Production Coordinator: Ellie MarshOriginal music and sound design: Fraser Jackson Additional keyboards: Tony Graham A BBC Audio Scotland Production directed by Kirsty Williams

Darkly comic crime thriller by D.C. Jackson. When Kerry makes the snap decision to assume her dead sister’s identity, she doesn’t think through the consequences of posing as a dentist. Turns out they’re pretty catastrophic…Cast: Leanne … Gabriel Quigley DI Hickman … David Ireland Bob … Grant O’Rourke Stewart … Jonathan Watson Jaconelli … Gavin Mitchell Kasia … Leah ByrneStudio Production: Andy Hay and Gav Murchie Production Coordinator: Ellie MarshOriginal music and sound design: Fraser Jackson Additional keyboards: Tony Graham A BBC Audio Scotland Production directed by Kirsty Williams

Darkly comic crime thriller by D.C. Jackson. Kerry’s living a life of quiet desperation. Her identical twin appears to be affluent and successful. When Kerry turns to her sister for help, the consequences are worse than she could possibly have imagined, for both of them…Cast: Leanne and Kerry … Gabriel Quigley Bob … Grant O’Rourke Kasia … Leah Bryne Stewart … Jonathan Watson The Minister … Gavin Mitchell Studio Production: Andy Hay and Gav Murchie Production Coordinator: Ellie MarshOriginal music and sound design: Fraser Jackson Additional keyboards: Tony Graham A BBC Audio Scotland Production directed by Kirsty Williams

Things aren’t going well for Kerry. But it turns out that faking being a dentist might actually be worse than a life of quiet desperation.

The tragic impact of a crime still echoes through Wolf Valley. But it’s not what Lena expects.Wolf Valley is in the grip of a major storm as Lena leads a desperate search for the missing child. As the community rallies, unsettling discoveries hint at old wounds and long-buried resentments that are beginning to surface. With the past and present colliding in a murderous conspiracy, a last vital revelation sets Lena off on a race against time to prevent the killer from claiming his next victim…The powerful conclusion to Wolf Valley, a noir thriller set within a Nordic fjord valley fractured by devastating secrets and long-ago tragedy.LENA - Amrita Acharia AKSEL - David Menkin MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik HENRIK - Øystein Lode VIDAR - Sigurd Myhre EVA - Ingvild Lakou ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse SUSANNA - Ingrid Werner OSKAR - Raife Sutherland LENA’S MUM - Ingvild Lakou YOUNG LENA - Mackensie SutherlandAll other parts played by the castWritten by Charlotte Melén Composer - Marcus Aurelius Hjelmborg Singer - Johanne Baadsgaard Lange Sound Design - Louis Blatherwick, Steve Bond Director - Charlotte Melén Producer - Eleanor Mein Assistant Producer - Chloe Sackur Script Consultant - Lauren Shippen Development Producer - Saskia Black Executive Producers - Charlotte Melén, Celia de WolffAn Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4

Asgaard’s founder Tor Martinsen’s death sends shockwaves through Wolf Valley but Lena is not convinced it was suicide. As she unravels Asgaard’s tangled finances and covert deals with Russian backers, the dark legacy of Valborg Academy overshadows it all. Rose’s recovered GoPro deepens the mystery, revealing a final dive, a motor, and a violent impact. And when ten-year-old Oscar Vikstad vanishes into the forest on the eve of a storm, the investigation becomes a race against time.The penultimate episode in a Nordic noir, where shocking crimes and long-simmering feuds threaten a remote mountain valley.LENA - Amrita Acharia AKSEL - David Menkin MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik PAUL - Raj Ghatak INGRID - Eva Eklöf HENRIK - Øystein Lode EVA - Ingvild Lakou ROSE - Stephanie MacGaraidh SUSANNA - Ingrid Werner ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse VIDAR’S MUM - Eva Eklöf SARA - Ronja Haugholt LENA’S MUM - Ingvild Lakou YOUNG LENA - Mackensie SutherlandAll other parts played by the castWritten by Charlotte Melén Composer - Marcus Aurelius Hjelmborg Singer - Johanne Baadsgaard Lange Sound Design - Louis Blatherwick, Steve Bond Director - Charlotte Melén Producer - Eleanor Mein Assistant Producer - Chloe Sackur Script Consultant - Lauren Shippen Development Producer - Saskia Black Executive Producers - Charlotte Melén, Celia de WolffAn Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4

Rose was witness to a dark Norse ritual the night before she died. What does the main suspect know?Lena Ekström’s investigation widens as Lars’ story starts to unravel, revealing rituals, runes and the unsettling culture behind Valborg Academy. Clues begin to point toward Asgaard’s founders, and a call from Echo Terra deepens the corporate and political stakes around Rose’s death. Meanwhile, a return to her childhood haunts, and a resurfacing trauma, threatens Lena’s composure just as the case takes a sharp turn. When she and Aksel track a lead to a secluded cabin, they make a shocking discovery that rips the investigation open. Wolf Valley’s shadows are lengthening, and Lena is being pulled further in than ever before.The third episode of a propulsive Nordic noir ecothriller in which ancient beliefs and modern conspiracies converge within an isolated Nordic valley.LENA - Amrita Acharia AKSEL - David Menkin MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik HENRIK - Øystein Lode HEADMASTER - Christopher Dane VINNY - Alex Farrell PAUL - Raj Ghatak EVA - Ingvild Lakou LARS - Laurits Bjerrum SUSANNA - Ingrid Werner ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse WAITRESS - Ronja Haugholt OSKAR - Raife Sutherland LENA’S MUM - Ingvild Lakou YOUNG LENA - Mackensie SutherlandAll other parts played by the castWritten by Charlotte Melén Composer - Marcus Aurelius Hjelmborg Singer - Johanne Baadsgaard Lange Sound Design - Louis Blatherwick, Steve Bond Director - Charlotte Melén Producer - Eleanor Mein Assistant Producer - Chloe Sackur Script Consultant - Lauren Shippen Development Producer - Saskia Black Executive Producers - Charlotte Melén, Celia de WolffAn Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4

The body of a young woman, Rose Smith, lies in the icy waters of the fjord. Who put her there?Forensics suggest a brutal killing. When it emerges the victim is a British citizen, Lena is teamed up with hotheaded Oslo detective Aksel Karlin to investigate Rose’s death. Clues from Rose’s online life reveal she was onto something, and a startling new video suggests a connection with Lars Vikstad - son of powerful landowner Henrik Vikstad. Lena must confront troubled relationships new and old as the secrets of Wolf Valley begin to stir, revealing just how dark its shadows truly are.The second episode of a compulsive Nordic noir in which old legacies and dark purposes are drawn together in an isolated valley town. LENA - Amrita Acharia MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik HENRIK - Øystein Lode INGRID - Eva Eklöf AKSEL - David Menkin ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse EVA - Ingvild Lakou DINESH - Raj Ghatak PIA - Charlotte Melén VIDAR - Sigurd Myhre SARA - Ronja Haugholt ROSE - Stephanie MacGaraidh BENGT - Christopher Dane JAMES ADDINGTON - Peter F Gardiner LENA’S MUM - Ingvild Lakou YOUNG LENA - Mackensie SutherlandAll other parts played by the castWritten by Charlotte Melén Composer - Marcus Aurelius Hjelmborg Singer - Johanne Baadsgaard Lange Sound Design - Louis Blatherwick, Steve Bond Director - Charlotte Melén Producer - Eleanor Mein Assistant Producer - Chloe Sackur Script Consultant - Lauren Shippen Development Producer - Saskia Black Executive Producers - Charlotte Melén, Celia de WolffAn Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4

In an isolated fjord town, a young activist investigating environmental crimes goes missing. And nobody has seen anything.Haunted by her past, criminal investigator Lena Ekström returns to remote Norwegian fjord town, Wolf Valley, where she is plunged into a desperate search for a missing young activist, whose tent lies abandoned on the land of a powerful local land owner.Against the dramatic backdrop of the fjord, Lena must follow the trail through a tightknit, distrustful community to uncover long-buried secrets.A chilling Nordic noir eco-thriller about the wild darkness within us all.LENA - Amrita Acharia MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse HENRIK - Øystein Lode JASPER - Raj Ghatak SARA - Ronja Haugholt VIDAR - Sigurd Myhre SHOPKEEPER - Christopher Dane LENA’S MUM - Ingvild Lakou YOUNG LENA - Mackensie SutherlandAll other parts played by the castWritten by Charlotte Melén Composer - Marcus Aurelius Hjelmborg Singer - Johanne Baadsgaard Lange Sound Design - Louis Blatherwick, Steve Bond Director - Charlotte Melén Producer - Eleanor Mein Assistant Producer - Chloe Sackur Script Consultant - Lauren Shippen Development Producer - Saskia Black Executive Producers - Charlotte Melén, Celia de WolffAn Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4