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Episode 2

Electric Ink Series 2
Episode 2 of 6

Maddox's customary journalistic integrity is challenged by the threat of a stay in prison. Stars John Sessions. From 2010.

Maddox refuses to give up a source.

Could he really be facing prison?

Starring John Sessions and Alex Jennings.

Old hacks meet new media in this satire set in the changing world of the struggling newspaper industry.

Written by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson.

Maddox .... John Sessions
Oliver .... Alex Jennings
Freddy .... Stephen Wight
Carol .... Polly Frame
Masha .... Debbie Chazen
Policeman .... Henry Devas
Warder .... Adeel Akhtar

Producer: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010.

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30 minutes

Last on

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