Undercover - The Fury. Episode 1 [Drama]

Distant football chants, a heart pounding with adrenalin. Fists and boots meeting flesh, cries of pain. A desperate woman makes a call to emergency services, there has been a stabbing. Somewhere close by in another street, Jason is landing blows on a lad in a rival football firm. Welcome to The Fury.

But Jason is our undercover officer, and this won't be the last time he has to put himself in danger to prove himself. Jason has been sent in to gain intelligence on the movements and plans of The Fury. An unlikely member of The Fury is Bethany, a tough nut, a survivor, in and out of juvie in her time. She was the young woman on the call to emergency and it was her brother Callum that lay dying at her feet. As a result of this fresh murder, violence between the rival gangs is expected to escalate. Jason's handler wants to pull him from the undercover operation for his own safety. But how can Jason leave now when he is at the heart of The Fury and then there is the question of saving Bethany - .

Will Jason manage to get to the truth without risking his own safety and that of the people he loves?

JASON - Tachia Newall

BETHANY - Lauren-Nicole Mayes

MIKEY - Joe Gill

REECE - Hamish Rush

SADIE - Sacha Parkinson

LEO - Alfie Corbett

DI KANE - Krissi Bohn

DCI RICHARDS - Jason Done

EMERGENCY CALL HANDLER - Dionne Hunter

BARWOMAN - Aimée Uwera

RIVAL FIRM MEMBER - Louis Brown

RIVAL FIRM MEMBER - Darren McColl

POLICE OFFICERS - Ethan Cale, Daniel Fitzpatrick

FOOTBALL FANS: Students from Burnley College: Andrew Jennings, Artur Karlovec, Chloe Conway, Daisy Whittam, Daniel Fisk, Gemma Henderson, Jack Dobbie, Jemima Olaiya, Joseph Butterworth, Kaja Stefaniak, Kenny Conroy-Hargreaves, Kye Jones, Lauren Haigh, Leah Rowley, Marianna Morante, Maxwell Hopkinson, Rebecca Timms, Tom Capstick, Vincent Harper

Script Consultant, Russell Lane

Production co-ordinator, Lorna Newman

Sound Designer, Sharon Hughes

Director, Nadia Molinari

Writer, Rachel Smith

A BBC STUDIOS AUDIO PRODUCTION FOR BBC RADIO 4

Rachel Smith's three-part series about an undercover operation in a football hooligan firm

Can undercover officer Jason get to the truth behind the murder of a member of football hooligan firm The Fury, without risking his own safety and that of those he loves?

Distant football chants, a heart pounding with adrenalin, a violent fight between rival gangs. A desperate young woman makes a call to emergency services, there has been a stabbing. Somewhere close by in another street, another man is landing blows on a lad in a rival football firm. Welcome to The Fury.

But this man is an undercover officer, and this won't be the last time he has to put himself in danger to prove himself. He has been sent in to gain intelligence on the movements and plans of The Fury. An unlikely member of The Fury is Bethany, a tough nut, a survivor. She was the young woman on the call to emergency and it was her brother Callum that lay dying at her feet. As a result of this fresh murder, violence between the rival gangs is expected to escalate and the undercover operation is under threat. But how can our undercover officer leave now when he is at the heart of The Fury and then there is the question of saving Bethany - .will he manage to get to the truth without risking his own safety and that of the people he loves?

Written by Rachel Smith

Produced and Directed by Nadia Molinari

Sound Design and Technical Production by Sharon Hughes

Assistant Technical Producer Amy Brennan

Script Consultant Russell Lane

Rachel Smith's three part series about an undercover operation in a football hooligan firm

Can the undercover officer get to the truth behind the murder of a member of football hooligan firm The Fury, without risking his own safety and that of those he loves?

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