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Stephen Gallagher Chimera

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Sci-Fi thriller dramatised by him from his novel of the same title.

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No school until further notice. The village schoolhouse is in use as a morgue. There has been a tragedy at the remote Jenner Clinic. It has always been a place of secrets and now, something terrible has happened.

When police are called in to investigate a series of brutal killings at an isolated scientific laboratory, within hours Government officials are on the scene and the investigation is hushed up. Why?

Alison:……..Sarah Badel Peter Carson:……..Christian Rodska Det Sgt Stoneley:……Brian Glover Det Insp Schaffer:…….John Webb Tracey/WPC:……Jenny Funnell Jenner/Gaskell:……..David Sinclair Dr Horsley:…….Tessa Worsley Sgt Crighton:……Christopher Douglas Roger Forester:…….Graham Blockey Morgue official:…….Marlene Sidaway Capt Windeler:……Bernard Brown Diana/WPC:………Helena Breck Hennessy:…….Sean Arnold Prof Liawski:……..Leonard Fenton PC/Soldier:……John Voce

Directed by Martin Jenkins

Saturday-Night Theatre: Chimera Sat 20th Apr 1985, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A terrifyingly plausible journey into the disturbing nerve-centers of medical science where our secret future is formed today.

When Peter Carson is invited to the pioneering Jenner Clinic by one of the lab assistants, he's naturally intrigued. But when he arrives at the remote site in the Cumbrian fells to find police roadblocks and official silence, he realises that he's stumbled onto a story that will do him no good at all.

Dr Jenner's work matters to the…

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  1. Chimera

    No date given · 1 h 26 min

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  1. Stephen Gallagher Chimera

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