Resistance, Val McDermid
Resistance, Val McDermid
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Resistance
BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama

Author: Val McDermid

Narrator: Gina McKee, Nitin Kundra, Chetna Pandya, Emily Pithon, Full Cast

Unabridged: 2 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/06/2017


Synopsis

Gina McKee stars in this chilling apocalyptic radio drama by award-winning writer Val McDermid.

It’s the Summer Solstice weekend, and 150,000 people have descended on a farm in the North East of England for an open-air music festival. Reporting on the event is journalist Zoe Meadows, who files her copy from a food van run by her friends Sam and Lisa.

When some of Sam’s customers get sick, it looks like food poisoning, and it’s exacerbated by the mud, rain and inadequate sanitary facilities. It’s assumed to be a 24-hour thing, until people get home and discover strange skin lesions, which ulcerate and turn septic. More people start getting ill – and dying.

What looked like a minor bug is clearly much more serious: a mystery illness that’s spreading fast and seems resistant to all antibiotics. Zoe teams up with Sam to track the outbreak to its source; meanwhile, can a cure be found before the disease becomes a pandemic?

From a No 1 bestselling author, this original drama envisages a nightmare scenario that seems only too credible in our modern age.

Duration: 2 hours 30 mins approx.

About Val Mcdermid

Val McDermid is the author of many crime novels and has created the notable characters Lindsay Gordon, Karen Pirie, Kate Brannigan and Tony Hill. Her novels have been translated into forty languages and have sold over 16 million copies. Visit her online at ValMcDermid.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 17, 2021

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Goodreads review by Pat on July 03, 2022

3.5 stars This is a radio play not a novel. It’s a full cast, well produced and well acted play, a bit over 2 hours long. It’s an apocalyptic/ post-apocalyptic medical story. Written in 2017, it is interesting in terms of covid and the world’s unpreparedness when it hit.......more

Goodreads review by Clare on January 10, 2018

Listened to in audio format. Journalist and mother of two Zoe Meadows is covering the Solstice music festival. Like most crowded events there were broken portaloos and stalls offering partially cooked burgers. Zoe stayed with her friends Sam and Lisa Shore who were at the festival with their food van......more

Goodreads review by Shane on December 20, 2019

This was an enjoyable listen, like listening to a telemovie. The problem that is outlined here sounds very realistic, from the overuse of antibiotics, to the bacteria's resistance, to the problems with funding and the government's response. The one major flaw where I felt it didn't make sense was th......more