Drama in 10

“Survivability appears exceptionally low. The plane is in pieces. Whereabouts did it crash?”

As Dr. Maryam Bayat prepares to retire, an unexpected summons from the UK Foreign Office thrusts her into a challenging predicament, forcing her to confront her troubled past.

Dr. Maryam Bayat… Farida Abdel Aziz

Charles Davenport… Karim Kronfli

Henrietta Foster… Jinny Martin

Major Coleman / Stuart Brody… Jason Munn

Joanne Well / Prisoner… Robin Regalado

Anna Castelli… Janette R. Smith

Hayley Matthews… Rachel Marshall

Jonathan Matthews… Frederick S. Gregory

Music by Scott Buckley released under CC-BY 4.0.

Written, directed, and produced by Amman Abid.

Drama in 10 received a micro-grant from Content is Queen through its Podcasters Programme supported by Audible.

If you'd like to support Flight 1971 and help us keep making podcasts, tap the link in the show notes of this episode, tap this link! Thank you.  

And, special thanks to Manubhai J Chauhan for his generous support.

Please note: This content contains adult language and themes. Listener discretion is advised.

Additional Sound Credits:

Darius Kedros – CC BY-NC 4.0 | InspectorJ – CC BY-NC 4.0 | Motion_S – CC BY-NC 3.0 | cmusounddesign – CC BY-NC 3.0 | unchaz – CC BY-NC 4.0 | Tomlija – CC BY-NC 3.0 | InspectorJ – CC BY-NC 4.0 | PapaJelly – CC BY-NC 3.0 | kstein1 – CC Sampling Plus 1.0-NC | 160051Student – CC BY-NC 3.0 | harrietniamh – CC BY-NC 4.0 | Tats14 – CC BY-NC 3.0 | dersuperanton – CC BY-NC 3.0 | InspectorJ – CC BY-NC 4.0 | stereostereo – CC BY-NC 3.0 | EFlexMusic – CC BY-NC 3.0 | newlocknew – CC BY-NC 4.0 | klankbeeld – CC BY-NC 4.0 |gumballworld – CC BY-NC 4.0

“Foster Aviation had issued misleading safety bulletins related to the operational safety of its SE-10 helicopters worldwide.”

Dr. Maryam Bayat, a renowned air crash investigator, is accused of mishandling an investigation into a helicopter carrying oil rig workers that had fallen out of the sky, plunging into the North Sea, killing everyone on board.

The conspiracy begins in this prologue episode to ‘Flight 1971’ of a billion-dollar aviation corporation as it attempts to suppress knowledge of the crash by destroying the reputation of Dr. Maryam Bayat.

Dr. Maryam Bayat… Farida Abdel Aziz

Henrietta Foster… Jinny Martin

Major Coleman / Stuart Brody / Pilot / Coastguard… Jason Munn

Joanne Well… Robin Regalado

Sir Anthony Hancock / Man in the Park / Co-Pilot… Michael Bache

Music by Scott Buckley released under CC-BY 4.0.

Written, directed, and produced by Amman Abid. 

Drama in 10 received a micro-grant from Content is Queen through its Podcasters Programme supported by Audible. If you'd like to support Flight 1971 and help us keep making podcasts, tap the link in the show notes of this episode, tap this link! Thank you.  

And, special thanks to Manubhai J Chauhan for his generous support.

Please note: This content contains adult language and themes. Listener discretion is advised.

Additional Sound Credits

footsteps jog flat sneaker - CC BY 3.0-NC

Book on a table – CC BY 4.0-NC

Helicopter Overhead – CC BY 4.0-NC

Switch 2 - CC BY 3.0-NC

Radio Beep - CC BY 3.0-NC

Helicopter Engine – CC BY 4.0-NC

“Twenty miles north of Tehran is a crime scene involving 300 Britons." 

From the Creative Director of Drama in 10, comes Flight 1971 - a heart-stopping conspiracy thriller set in the world of air crash investigation featuring a brilliant international cast of new voices. 

Flight 1971 is on a routine flight from Bangkok to London when all communication is lost several hours into the flight. The plane makes a disastrous course change into Iranian military airspace, where it is blown out of the sky, killing everyone onboard. 

Was this a hijacking gone wrong? Nobody knows except that peace in the region now moves a step closer to war. But with Iran refusing international assistance to help investigate the crash they turn to Dr. Maryam Bayat, a fallen-from-grace British-Iranian air crash investigator whose father was murdered by the Iranian regime, to uncover the deadly truth of what happened to the passengers and crew of Flight 1971.

Flight 1971 is a new 13-part episodic series launching on May 26th, 2023 that kick-starts season two of Drama in 10s new original long-form drama series featuring a full cast of new voices and experimental storytelling in audio fiction. Each new episode launches on the third Thursday of the month, with double episodes planned for later in 2023. 

Starring Farida Abdel Aziz as Maryam Bayat, Karim Kronfli as Charles Davenport, Jay Zadeh as General Habib, Jinny Martin as Henrietta Foster, Ally Amador as Evelyne Pinto, Janette R. Smith as Anna Castelli, Jason Munn as Stuart Brody / Major Coleman, Robin Regalado as Jo Well, Morrison James as President of the United States, Shmuel Goldstein as Shaul Delrahim, Rachel Marshall as Veronica Hughes, and Michael Bache as Anthony Hancock.

Music by Scott Buckley released under CC-BY 4.0.

Written, directed, and produced by Amman Abid. 

Drama in 10 received a micro-grant from Content is Queen through its Podcasters Programme supported by Audible.

And, special thanks to Manubhai J Chauhan for his generous support.

Please note: This content contains adult language and themes. Listener discretion is advised.

On a maiden voyage to the moon, the spaceship's commander awakens to find herself drifting in space…alone. With only the voice of mission control and an unknown pilot will she be able to get back home?

“115 Seconds.” Written and Produced by Amman Abid.

Commander performed by Robin Regalado. Mission Control performed by Joe Stofko. Pilot performed by Jordan Whitby. Music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au.

Twitter: @DramaIn10 Instagram: @DramaIn10

Credited Sounds: Cassini: Saturn Radio Emissions #2 https://bit.ly/2NZMg7M Audio credit: NASA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

International Space Station siren https://bit.ly/38upSwJ Audio credit: ESA www.esa.int/Services/Creative_C…-SA_3.0_IGO_Licence

Saturn V Launch Video Audio / Video credit: TheCanuckdian https://bit.ly/2ZD2f17

Falling in love with an AI is never easy, especially when it’s a car that can decide between saving or sacrificing its driver.

“Losing Zeros”, Written and Produced by Amman Abid

Eliza performed by Bonnie Bogovich

David performed by Anthony Ray Morales

Tarek performed by Frederick S. Gregory

Music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au

Twitter: @DramaIn10

Credited Sounds:

Soundmary https://freesound.org/people/soundmary/sounds/128191/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (No Change)

zimbot https://freesound.org/people/zimbot/sounds/122122/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (No Change)

patrice88 https://freesound.org/people/patrice88/sounds/186639/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (No Change)

JuanFG https://freesound.org/people/JuanFG/sounds/471951/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (No Change)

juskiddink https://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/98479/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (No Change)

An imprisoned 69-year-old officer, on trial for his involvement in the bloody campaign of the Khmer Rouge, recounts his past in the Killing Fields of Cambodia during the 1970s.

Written and Produced by Amman Abid

Sam Soeurn / Ly Sok Khy performed by Karim Kronfli

Please note: This content contains adult language and themes. Listener discretion is advised.

Additional Sounds:

Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey - Wikimedia Commons

babies (thehollywoodedge) - CC BY-NC 3.0 - No Change

Stylus Noises - CC BY-NC 3.0 - No Change

Ambience - CC BY-NC 3.0 - No Change