The inside story of the CIA from the perspective of Eloise Page (Kim Cattrall), who joined on the Agency’s first day in 1947 and, in a 40-year career, became one of its most powerful women. Eloise takes the listener on a journey through the highs and lows of US foreign policy, spanning the staggering world events that shaped her career, as well as portraying her relationships with early CIA leaders, Allen Dulles (Ed Harris) and Richard Helms (Johnny Flynn).
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In Episode 3, a plan to fight communism in Europe by turning a group of Albanian farmers into an elite commando squad. But is intelligence watertight?
Cast:Eloise Page..........Kim CattrallAllen Dulles..........Ed HarrisRichard Helms..........Johnny FlynnFrank Wisner..........Geoffrey ArendYoung Eloise Page..........Elena DeliaVirginia Hall..........Jennifer ArmourAdmiral Hillenkoetter..........Matthew MarshJames Jesus Angleton..........Philip DesmeulesKim Philby..........Rufus WrightColonel Smiley..........Wayne ForesterGerman Woman on tape..........Sarah Alles-ShahkaramiGerman Colonel on tape..........Walles HamondeSecretary..........Natasha Arancini Albanian Girl..........Arita Sadiku
Original music by Sacha Puttnam
Production:Episode 3 is written by Felicity PackardCreated by Jeremy Fox & Greg HaddrickSound Designers & Editors: John Scott Dryden, Adam Woodhams, Martha Littlehailes & Andreina Gomez CasanovaScript Consultant: Misha KawnelScript Supervisor: Alex LynchTrails: Jack SoperArchive Research: Andy Goddard & Alex LynchProduction Assistant: Jo TroySonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul ClarkSonica Runner: Flynn HallmanMarc Graue Sound Engineers, LA: Juan Martin del Campo & Tony DiazMargarita Mix, Santa Monica Sound Engineer, LA: Bruce BueckertMirrortone Sound Engineers, NY: Collin Stanley Dwarzski & James Quesada
Director: John Scott DrydenProducer & Casting Director: Emma HearnExecutive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4