Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20160103 | Cathy Ames is a young woman who has always filled her parents with a deep sense of unease. Adam and Charles Trask are brothers whose relationship veers dangerously between love and hate. Their lives are about to collide in a dark and febrile drama about familial love. John Steinbeck's epic tale exploring the nature of good and evil, inspired by the story of Cain and Abel. Starring Holliday Grainger, Robin Laing and David Yip. Dramatised in three parts by Donna Franceschild. Cyru | |
| 02 | 20160110 | Adam has fallen under the spell of the enigmatic Cathy - a woman who has murdered her parents and now, on the run, has married Adam. He's captivated by her. But on their wedding night it was Adam's brother Cathy slept with. The newly-weds are about to start a new life in California, but it's not the one Adam imagines in this dark and febrile drama about familial love. John Steinbeck's epic tale exploring the nature of good and evil, inspired by the story of Cain and Abel. Starring Holliday Grainger, Robin Laing and David Yip. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild. Samue | |
| 03 | 20160117 | 20160123 (R4) | Adam Trask has been raising his twin boys with the help of his cook, Lee. His estranged wife -the enigmatic Cathy - has taken over a brothel after murdering its previous owner. In order to protect the twins, Adam has always maintained that their mother is dead, but Cal, after listening in at a door, now knows the truth. That knowledge is set to destroy the Trask world in this dark and febrile drama about familial love. Conclusion of John Steinbeck's epic tale exploring the nature of good and evil, inspired by the story of Cain and Abel. Starring Holliday Grainger, Robin Laing and David Yip. Dramatised Donna Franceschild. Judge..... Jimmy Chisholm Cathy .....Holliday Grainger Cal - Alasdair Hankinson Aron - Samuel Keefe Adam - Robin Laing Abra - Gemma McElhinney Joe - Gavin Mitchell Will.....Nick Underwood Ethel.....Anita Vettesse Lee..... David Yip Director: Kirsty Williams First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016. John Steinbeck's epic tale inspired by the story of Cain and Abel. |