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World Service,15 Jun 2024,53 mins

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The second of the award-winning dramas form the 麻豆社 World Service and British Council鈥檚 latest International Playwriting Competition. Hyukin Michaela Kwon from South Korea is the winner of the English as a Second Language prize. Set in a near-future Seoul, this is a science fiction drama that explores the impact of family dysfunction and historical upheaval against the backdrop of mass alien abductions. Luah suffers terribly from anxiety and when the invasion threatens to separate her from her mother and grand-mother, she鈥檚 forced to confront the origins of the crippling fear that has defined her life. Starring Pricilla Chung as Luah; Wendy Kweh as her mother, Soon-ja and Sarah Lam as her grand-mother, Jeong-hee. Arthur Lee plays Professor Han, Josh Bryant-Jones is Adey and Tina Chiang plays the Newsreader. The director is Gemma Jenkins. It is a 麻豆社 Studios Audio production for the World Service. Image: Stylised picture of the Seoul skyline (Credit: Getty Images/麻豆社)

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