The Counsellor

Available for 15 days

Winner of the Alfred Bradley Award 2025 - Abby Walker's debut audio drama. When Miss Alexander, a disenfranchised counsellor in a run-down North East school faces redundancy, the opportunity to prove her worth arises in the form of Connor, a teenage boy with unnerving powers of persuasion. Armed with a dictaphone and the secrets of his classmates, Miss Alexander works to uncover the strange hold he has over his fellow pupils and the school. But the deeper she digs, the closer she is drawn into Connor’s orbit, with dangerous consequences. With one student dead and Connor’s attention now fixed on her, Miss Alexander must risk everything to prove his guilt before it's too late. MISS ALEXANDER......Chelsea Halfpenny CONNOR.....Lewis Bowes JOSIE.....Sarah Balfour ELLIE.....Charlotte Bradley MARIA......Matilda Freeman MR COLE.....George Bukhari KATYA.....Angela Lonsdale STUDENTS.....Gwenllian Mears, George MacGowan Writer - Abby Walker Director/ Producer -Nadia Molinari Sound Designer and Technical Producer -Sharon Hughes Script Editor and Production Co-ordinator - Pippa Day Technical Producer- Kelly Young Casting Manager - Alex Curran A BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTION FOR BBC RADIO 4