3. The Experiment
Project Hope is taking its first steps in Branwich. But has Ayad got the staying power? State-of-the-nation drama from award-winning writer Steve Waters.
A year after they last spoke, Sonia meets Ayad again. Memories of Project Hope鈥檚 early days beg an uncomfortable question: was Ayad always looking for the exit?
After all, Project Hope's first few weeks were tough going, especially on Ayad. When local woman Abbie entered their orbit, it finally felt like the group was making real change. What they didn't know then was that Abbie would one day become their fiercest adversary.
Series Overview
Four young idealists - Sonia, Kieran, Indigo and Ayad - fall under the spell of charismatic thinker Faith Abbott at university and channel her ideas into a bold political experiment: Project Hope. Thrown into a struggling coastal town vulnerable to the far right, they try to reinvent politics from the ground up, backed - and sometimes undermined - by the unpredictable Abbie.
Project Hope captures global attention, but when Faith denounces them from beyond the grave, the group are forced to confront their shared history, and the moral compromises they've made to remain 鈥済ood people鈥.
Good People is a fictional story set against our very real political moment, examining the rise of populism, the perceived failure of politics-as-usual, and the deep divisions that run though our country and beyond. This is the third episode in an ambitious six-part state of the nation drama from award-winning political writer Steve Waters.
CAST
Sonia ..... Natalie Simpson
Ayad ..... Ikky Kabir
Indigo ..... Alby Baldwin
Faith ..... Anastasia Hille
Kieran ..... Nicholas Armfield
Jackie ..... Jasmine Hyde
Gabe ..... Django Bevan
Abbie ..... Iona Champain
Jake ..... Jimmy Walker
Lars ..... Nigel Pilkington
Shirley ..... Judith Street
Writer ..... Steve Waters
Sound ..... Andy Garratt, Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson
Casting Manager ..... Alex Curran
Script Development ..... Abigail Le Fleming
Production Co-ordinator ..... Kate Gray
Assistant Producer ..... Luke MacGregor
Director ..... Anne Isger
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