Exemplar: Series 2: Episode 1

A successful television actor hires Jess and Maya to analyse a voicemail, leaked to the press, that suggests he supplied the drugs that killed his younger co-star. The suspicion is that the recording has been doctored. As they disentangle the truth behind the missing 29 seconds in the voicemail, pushy Detective Sergeant Serena Gray hires Veritas to help with a phone-hacking investigation. Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.”The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess, a forensic analyst born and bred in the North East. Together with her colleague Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode. When DS Serena Gray comes into their world, things become a little bit more complicated. Created by leading sound designers, Ben and Max Ringham, and rooted in factual research. The first series of Exemplar won Best Series at the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Jess ….. Gina McKee Maya ….. Shvorne Marks DS Serena Gray….. Clare Perkins Adam ….. Afnan Iftikhar Jason ….. Benjamin Cawley Chris ….. Malcolm RidleyWriters: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultants: James Zjalić, plus Dr Katherine Earnshaw and Bryony Nuttall, forensic specialists in speech and audio at the Forensic Voice Centre Police consultant: Alex Ashton Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Production coordinator: Annie Keates Thorpe Sound design: Ben and Max Ringham with Lucinda Mason Brown Original music: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby WaldmanA Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

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