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Ruby Lennox’s family is ostensibly ordinary. But behind the scenes, secrets, lies and inexplicable coincidences are waiting to be found.

In Kate Atkinson’s beguiling Behind The Scenes At The Museum, the effervescent Ruby pulls at threads at to unravel a tragi-comic story of family love, loss and heartbreak that spans a century. Starring Rosie Cavaliero, Kate O'Flynn and Samuel James.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the Whitbread Best Book of the Year in 1995, and is now dramatised by one of our very best audio writers, Katie Hims, for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4. This is part two of three episodes.

Bunty’s disappeared, so Ruby, Gillian and Patricia spend a glorious week on holiday in Whitby with George’s ‘friend’ Doreen. But the fun can’t last forever..

CAST
Ruby ..... Rosie Cavaliero
Bunty ..... Kate O’Flynn
George/Edmund ..... Samuel James
Doreen ..... Laura Dos Santos
Young Ruby ..... Matilda Kent
Young Gillian ..... Ava Talbot
Young Patricia ..... Frankie-Jae Simmonds
Lilian ..... Andi Bickers
Nell ..... Shreya Lallu
Paddy ..... Nuhazet Diaz Cano
Mac ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr

Dramatist ..... Katie Hims
Director ..... Anne Isger
Production Co-ordinators ..... Jenny Mendez and Maggie Olgiati
Sound ..... Keith Graham, Ali Craig, Andy Garratt

A 91Èȱ¬ Studios Audio Production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4

KATIE HIMS

Katie has written extensively in audio drama including multiple leading adaptations for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4: Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'ubervilles, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls and The Martin Beck Killings by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.

Katie was also lead writer on 91Èȱ¬'s 91Èȱ¬ Front and other radio work includes Black Eyed Girls (winner of the 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama Award for Best Original Drama), Lost Property (winner of the 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama Award for Best Original Drama), The Gunshot Wedding (winner of The Writer’s Guild Best Original Radio Drama) and The Earthquake Girl (winner of the Richard Imison Award).

In TV Katie is developing an original grounded sci-fi drama with Hooley Productions, and has episodic experience on 91Èȱ¬'s long running series Casualty. In theatre, Katie is currently on attachment at the National Theatre. Her recent stage work includes a contemporary retelling of Kafka's The Trial which ran at The Unicorn Theatre in 2023 and received 4 and 5 star reviews.

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