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  • 5. The Laundromat
    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will HowardWritten by Hugh CostelloDirector: Eoin O’CallaghanA Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4
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  • 4. Transparency
    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will HowardWritten by Hugh CostelloDirector: Eoin O’CallaghanA Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4
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  • 3. The Conversion
    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will HowardWritten by Hugh CostelloDirector: Eoin O’CallaghanA Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4
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  • 2. The Hold Out
    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will HowardWritten by Hugh CostelloDirector: Eoin O’CallaghanA Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4
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    19:24
  • 1. Manchester - Buy To Leave
    When a major financial donor approaches a Manchester housing charity for the homeless offering them a block of new apartments for the use of those most in need, the organisers think there is a god after all. Using the charity’s fast track access to planning permissions, money is lavished on refurbishing a raft of luxury apartments – a clear statement that even the poor deserve a decent place to live.But it’s only when a local journalist raises the question as to where the benefactor’s money is coming from that alarm bells start to ring.Cast Nora: Jane Slavin Frankie: Tim McInnerny Leyla: Genevieve Gaunt Phil: John Hopkins Yolanda: Alex Constantinidi Kev: Will HowardWritten by Hugh CostelloDirector: Eoin O’CallaghanA Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4
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International money-laundering meets the UK housing crisis in this grittily satirical fable about shady dealing and thorny moral dilemmas.
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