A thrilling full-cast adaptation bringing Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell universe to life

Veteran Fourth Echelon agent Sam Fisher has a new mission recruiting and training the next generation of Splinter Cell operatives for the National Security Agency's covert action division. But when a lethal assassin from Fisher's past returns from the dead on a mission of murder, he is thrust into a race against time as a sinister threat to global security is revealed. With his daughter Sarah signed up as his newest recruit, Sam Fisher has everything to lose in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The father and daughter duo must work together to stop a deadly villain from executing a horrific plan.

In this fast-paced and thrilling listen both Sam and Sarah are forced to face their past. Can Sarah steel herself to take a life? And will Sam finally come face-to-face with his old nemesis Dima Aslanov?

Number one best-selling thriller writer Tom Clancy is best-known for his spy thrillers set during the Cold War. The Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and the Jack Ryan novels have all been turned into popular films and TV shows. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a series of action-adventure video games with accompanying novels, on which this stunning radio production is based. Starring Andonis Anthony (The Archers, Emmerdale), Daisy Head (Guilt, The Syndicate), Will Poulter (Black Mirror, Guardians of the Galaxy), Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who), Nikesh Patel (Starstruck) this is an all-star production not to be missed.

This immersive, action-packed thriller is recorded in 3D binaural audio. For the surround-sound experience please listen on headphones.

Written by James Swallow
Adapted by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Directed by Nadia Molinari, Lorna Newman and Jessica Mitic
Produced by Lorna Newman, Jessica Mitic, Nadia Molinari
Sound design by Sharon Hughes and Steve Brooke

Cast
Sam Fisher - Andonis Anthony
Sarah Fisher - Daisy Head
Anna Grímsdóttir - Rosalie Craig
Charlie Cole - Sacha Dhawan
Brody Teague - Will Poulter
Samir Patel - Nikesh Patel
Stone - Mihai Arsene
Eighteen - Olga Fedori
Jan Freling/Kathy - Rina Mahoney
Buzzard - Tijan Sarr
Gator/Gary Borden - Tom Kiteley
Train Guard/Operator/Policeman - Joe Belham
Andriy Kobin/Chef Jean Claude - Riad Richie
Nabil - Ali Gadema
Delim - Lloyd Thomas
First Pilot/Guard/LeBeau - David Hounslow
Second Pilot/Guard/Reporter/Bray/Killer - Roger Ringrose
Portuguese announcer - Charis Jardim-Hinds

First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2nd December - 20th January 2023

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