'Redacted' 2.01: 'Regrets' by Juno Dawson

Last year the podcast led them to save the world from a killer-psychic-virus, with the help of a mysterious alien called The Doctor. But now, only Cleo has any memory of those events. She knows there’s something out there, which is why she’s going spare – yes, she’s repaired her relationship with her mum, but her life hasn’t caught fire. Meanwhile her best friends, Abby and Shawna, have coupled up and Cleo can’t help but feel like the third wheel. She’s focusing on the important questions in life such as, ‘are giant rats invading East London?’

Then an enigmatic spaceman lands into Cleo’s life, and it’s not The Doctor this time. Apex Costa has it all; style, good looks, teleportation device. But is he all he seems?


Cleo Proctor is officially over it. Her life is a mess and her best friends – Abby and Shawna are lost in a lesbian love-in. Life sucks. She’s lonely. She wants the Doctor to take her away from all this, but they’re not returning her calls. Then Cleo discovers reports of mutant rats in London Docklands and things… get interesting.


Charlie Craggs (Cleo Proctor), Lois Chimimba (Abby McPhail), Holly Quin-Ankrah (Shawna Thompson), Anjli Mohindra (Rani Chandra), Maggie Service (Morag), Teri Ann Bobby-Baxter (Esther), Sam Stafford (Ed)

Directed by Bethany Weimers
Produced by James Goss
Executive Producer James Robinson
A BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds

TX (BBC Sounds):
18th September 2023

Notes:
*Featuring Cleo Proctor, Abby McPhail, Shawna Thompson and Rani Chandra

*This twenty-seven-minute episode was first made available online on BBC Sounds