4. Everything Is Leverage

With Laura held hostage aboard the Polaris and Fred locked in a dangerous standoff with Raymond, Maria uncovers evidence that the mysterious storm trapping both ships may be a gateway through time, offering a route home. A daring rescue mission and the threat of violence push both crews to the brink of war.

When a stranded Arctic research vessel transmits a call for help, the ship that comes to the rescue is not what they expected. Trapped together in a frozen limbo, two crews separated by a century must survive starvation, the elements, and paranoia to get home.

A chilling five-part supernatural thriller that blends claustrophobic survivalism, cosmic sci-fi and environmental geopolitics, set in one of the most hostile places on Earth - the Arctic tundra. Written by the writers of the award-winning drama podcast 'Up In Smoke', Cambria Bailey-Jones and Guy Larsen.

MARIA.....Raffey Cassidy
FRANK.....Ben Crowe
TIMOTHY.....Sacha Dhawan
RAYMOND.....Burn Gorman
BERTIE.....Calam Lynch
FRED.....Tanya Moodie
LAURA.....Tiffany Smith

Writers: Cambria Bailey-Jones and Guy Larsen
Director: Nadia Molinari
Sound Designer and Technical Producer: Sharon Hughes
Technical Producer: Sam Dickinson
Production Co-ordinator : Pippa Day
Series Script Editor: Lorna Newman
Casting Manager: Alex Curran

Series Scientific Consultant: Prof. James Lea from the University of Liverpool
Weather Consultant: Andy Cutcher
Arctic Historian Consultant: Peter Martin
Army Consultant: Alec Heron
Ship Navigation Consultants: Martha Armitage & James Butters

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4.