The Lion
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2023
- 1 episode
Satirical comedy drama about an escaped lion in Estonia. Stars Mark Benton, James Northcote, Ewan Bailey, Georgie Glen, Samuel James and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2023
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Mark Benton, James Northcote, Ewan Bailey, Georgie Glen, Samuel James, Leah Marks, Kymberley Cochrane, Hasan Dixon and Connor Curren
- Writers
- Martin Algus, Adam Cullen and Andres Noormets
- Producers
- Andres Noormets and Sasha Yevtushenko
The Lion tells a compelling and thought-provoking story about a community's response to an escaped lion in the town. A host of characters, including the Chief Constable and an economist, are forced to face the unprecedented crisis. Their differing - often conflicted - responses speak to a nation coming to grips with a new dawn.
This high-octane satire about the restoration of Estonian independence has resonance far beyond Estonia's national events of 1991, and speaks to collective responses to all manner of global and community crises.
