British Comedy Guide

A Border Fantasy

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2019
  • 1 episode

Sci-fi comedy about what one potential Brexit outcome could mean for Ireland. Stars Colin Morgan, Simone Kirby, Jeany Spark, Frank Laverty and Fergal McElherron

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2019
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Colin Morgan, Simone Kirby, Jeany Spark, Frank Laverty and Fergal McElherron
Writer
Hugh Costello
Director
Eoin O'Callaghan
Company

An imagined, irreverent look at one potential Brexit outcome in Ireland. When Tania, business guru and charismatic boss of global tech giant NaNo, flies in to the company's Dublin HQ on the eve on Theresa May's crucial vote on Brexit, the under-achieving Fintan Cooke is delegated to show her the invisible border at the heart of the controversial Backstop issue.

Tania's presence immediately sparks excited speculation that, in the event of a defeat for the PM, NaNo will to provide the much heralded futuristic surveillance technology to ensure a soft border remains on the island of Ireland.

But as always with Tania, the business objective is much grander than a solution to the Irish border problem. All she's got to do is convince Fintan to forget local politics and get ready for the company to make a killing.

This comedy drama is part of BBC Radio 4's Dangerous Visions strand of dystopian dramas.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Dangerous Visions: A Border Fantasy

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 28th January 2019 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
45 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Wednesday 23rd February 2022 at 2:15pm on Radio 4

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