Season 2

“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.
 
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“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
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“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.