Episode 2

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Don DeLillo’s fictionalised reimagining of the events surrounding the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy, adapted for audio by Ben Lewis. Starring Fisher Stevens and Tucker St Ivany. A CIA analyst is tasked with pulling together all the facts, theories and suppositions surrounding this founding moment in recent American history. Drawing them together, he tries to imagine how and why JFK was killed. Cutting between Lee Harvey Oswald’s life, the men conspiring to assassinate the President and the story of Jack Ruby, it builds a picture of a fractured America during a defining period of recent history. This is a work of fiction inspired by fact. Don DeLillo’s novel - and this adaptation - draw on real events and on some real people. But characters, incidents and dialogue are predominantly works of fiction. Real people have been placed in imagined situations whilst other characters have been created entirely for the purposes of storytelling. Part of Radio 4’s Story of America - a major collection of dramatisations of milestone American titles marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the United States. Cast: The Analyst… Fisher Stevens Lee Harvey Oswald…Tucker St Ivany Jack Ruby…Grant O’Rourke Investment counsellor…Tyler Collins The conspirator… Michael Nardone David Ferrie…Robin Laing Marguerite Oswald…Nicole Cooper Marina Oswald…Holly Howden Gilchrist Officer Tippet …Michael Guest The Secret Serviceman …Reuben Joseph All other parts were played by the company BBC Audio Scotland Production Production Co-ordinators: Bethany Woodhead and Minnie Harrop Studio Production and sound editing: Andrew Hay and Gav Murchie Sound Design and original scoring: Danny Krass Adapted by Ben Lewis Directed by Kirsty Williams Archive: NBC News, November 24th 1963