Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Missing | 20200727 | 20240226 (BBC7) | Each has their own reasons. Nick Perry's suspenseful five-part drama is set amid the creative ferment of 1920s Berlin, centred around the world's oldest large-scale film studio. Out of the darkness of military defeat, political chaos, poverty and hyperinflation springs the phenomenon of Weimar culture, a defiant celebration of humanity and artistic expression in all its diverse forms. People flock to Berlin to be a part of the cultural explosion. Writer Jonas Beck, actress Krista Wolff and war veteran Peter X are among them. Jonas Beck - Paul Chahidi Otto Lenz - Anton Lesser Lottie - Clare Corbett Peter X - Carl Prekopp Krista - Cassie Layton Director: Sasha Yevtushenko First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020. Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929: A new movie is in production when its star goes missing. Starring Paul Chahidi and Cassie Layton. Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. A major new movie is in production when its star Krista Wolff suddenly disappears. The head of the studio and film's writer are desperate to find her. Each has their own reasons. This suspenseful drama is set amid the creative ferment of 1920s Berlin, centred around Babelsberg Film Studio, the world's oldest large-scale film studio. Out of the darkness of military defeat, political chaos, poverty and hyperinflation springs the phenomenon of Weimar culture, a defiant celebration of humanity and artistic expression in all its diverse forms. People flock to Berlin to be a part of the cultural explosion. Writer Jonas Beck, actress Krista Wolff and war veteran Peter X are among them. Otto Lenz . . . . . Anton Lesser Lottie . . . . . Clare Corbett Peter X . . . . . Carl Prekopp Krista . . . . . Cassie Layton |
| 02 | Cabaret | 20200728 | Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. A major new movie is in production when its star Krista Wolff suddenly disappears. The head of the studio and film's writer are desperate to find her. Each have their own reasons. In Episode 2, the writer Jonas Beck returns to Babelsberg to learn more about Krista Wolff's disappearance. His search takes him to the cabaret. Otto Lenz . . . . . Anton Lesser Odette . . . . . Clare Corbett Willie . . . . . Carl Prekopp Suspenseful drama set amid the creative ferment of 1920s Berlin and its film studio. The wiriter Jonas Beck returns to Babelsberg to learn more about Krista Wolff's disappearance. | |
| 03 | Run-in | 20200729 | Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. A major new movie is in production when its star Krista Wolff suddenly disappears. The head of the studio and film's writer are desperate to find her. Each has their own reasons. In Episode 3, the writer Jonas Beck has a run in with a detective investigating the case. But is he really a detective? And what does Jonas have to hide? Fischer . . . . . Michael Jibson Ilse . . . . . Clare Corbett Barman . . . . . Carl Prekopp Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. The writer Jonas Beck has a run in with a detective investigating the case. But is he really a detective? And what does Jonas have to hide? | |
| 04 | Peter X | 20200730 | Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. A major new movie is in production when its star Krista Wolff suddenly disappears. The head of the studio and film's writer are desperate to find her. Each has their own reasons. In Episode 4, Jonas Beck comes face to face with Peter X, an obsessive movie fan with horrific injuries from the First World War. What does he have to do with Krista Wolff's disappearance? Krista . . . . . Cassie Layton Peter X . . . . . Carl Prekopp Fischer . . . . . Michael Jibson Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. Jonas Beck comes face to face with Peter X, an obsessive movie fan with horrific injuries from the First World War. | |
| 05 LAST | Gunpoint | 20200731 | Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. A major new movie is in production when its star Krista Wolff suddenly disappears. The head of the studio and film's writer are desperate to find her. Each have their own reasons. In the final episode, we end up back where we started with Jonas Beck holding the Babelsberg Studio boss Otto Lenz at gunpoint. What's tipped him over the edge? Is it the fate of Krista Wolff or the rewrites to his script? Otto Lenz . . . . . Anton Lesser Lottie . . . . . Clare Corbett Barman . . . . . Carl Prekopp |