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High Strangeness

By: Will Maclean
Narrated by: Sophie McShera, Adam James, Anna Chancellor
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Will Maclean
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About the Creator

Writer and creator Will Maclean is a multi-talented BAFTA—and International Emmy-winning writer working in TV, audio and film. He has written for many of the strongest voices in UK comedy including Tracey Ullman, Peter Serafinowicz and Russell Howard. He’s worked on many children’s and animation shows including, for Aardman, Shaun the Sheep, with one of his episodes among the selection winning a Children’s BAFTA and an International Emmy. Will’s 2016 short film, The Pitch (co-written with Marc Haynes) starring Justin Edwards ( The Thick Of It) and Richard Glover ( The Casual Vacancy) played at festivals worldwide, winning two awards at the New York Film Festival. Will’s first novel, The Apparition Phase, a ghost story, is published in October 2020 (on Kindle in the US). Like his character, Cassie, Will has extensive knowledge of the paranormal. He once saw a UFO at the tender age of 16 but, despite his best efforts, was not abducted.

About the Performer

Sophie McShera, who stars as Cassie, rose to fame as Daisy, the much-loved kitchen maid in long-running, multi-Emmy-winning ITV & Masterpiece series Downton Abbey, which went on to become a hit movie in 2019. Her natural talent for comedy shone as ugly sister, Drisella in Disney’s Cinderella, directed by Kenneth Branagh and in Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield. Those movie roles have built on stand-out comedy turns in ITV2’s The Job Lot and Timewasters, the BBC’s Inside No 9 and Galavant for ABC. In the theatre, Sophie’s many roles include Jez Butterworth’s seminal play, Jerusalem; and not forgetting where it all began, as a teenager she starred as Annie in London’s West End.

Adam James
Anna Chancellor
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About the Performer

Adam James is possibly best known as Neil, Suranne Jones’s friend and neighbour, in both series of the super-successful BBC1 thriller, Doctor Foster. Since then he’s appeared with Michaela Coel in I May Destroy You (BBC & HBO), as another government agent in Deep State II (Fox) and starred in Julian Fellowes’s new period drama, Belgravia (ITV). Versatile as ever, in the world of comedy, Adam worked with High Strangeness director, Paul Murphy and Johnny Vegas on the BBC1 sitcom Home from Home. Adam is a prolific theater performer, appearing in, amongst many others, Conor McPherson’s Girl From The North Country and regularly in Mike Bartlett ( Doctor Foster)’s plays, including King Charles III on Broadway.

About the Performer

Anna is a legend of British comedy movies, since starring as Duckface, Hugh Grant’s jilted bride in Four Weddings And A Funeral. Alongside her comedy ( Mapp & Lucia, A Touch of Cloth, Pramface, Inside No 9) she has played a string of formidable, complex, determined women from the murdered matriarch in Agatha Christie’s Ordeal by Innocence to maverick journalist, Lix Storm in The Hour (with Ben Whishaw and Romola Garai) for which she was BAFTA nominated. In 2018 Anna starred opposite Donald Sutherland as his JP Getty Snr’s mistress, in Trust, Danny Boyle’s series about the Getty kidnapping for FX. More recently, Anna has made multiple regular appearances in adventure and genre shows ranging from DC’s Pennyworth, to The Watch (BBC) and Penny Dreadful (Sky).

Additional Details

Directors: Paul Murphy
Supporting actors: Niky Wardley, Kevin Eldon, Julia Deakin, Luke Kempner, Tyger Drew-Honey, Tom Bell, Ella Kenion, Steve Edge, Dominic Coleman, and Harrie Hayes.
Producers: Arabella McGuigan, Terence Gray, Isabella Kulkarni, Danielle Lux and Will Maclean
Sound Design: Chris Maclean

Summary

In this scripted comedy, sci-fi, Audible Original, a quick-witted young blogger turned investigator, Cassie (Sophie McShera) travels to the sleepy English countryside, only to discover a paranormal threat beyond humanity’s worst nightmares.

Following a strange event, frustrated British paranormal researcher, Cassie Chambers is thrown together with uptight American, Glen Hedley (Adam James), an agent for a shady government organization. This mis-matched duo soon discover, not only do they have a mystery to uncover, but also they’re humanity’s only defence against malign ultra-terrestrials from a different dimension. With interfering locals, obstructive bosses and a fanatical cult getting in the way, and only Cassie’s best friend Amanda (Mandeep Dhillon) as reliable help, Cassie & Glen must figure out why this unique enemy is here and turn it back before it’s too late - for all of us.

Also starring:

Mandeep Dhillon as Amanda
Amit Shah as Barry
Javone Prince as The Clockmaker
Nina Wadia as The Anchoress
Niky Wardley as Mrs. Hippisley
Kevin Eldon as Mr. Brookes

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This Audible Original was produced by CPL.

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Sci-Fi with a sense of humour

The characters are fun and allow you to earn to them. The plot stands up and the comedy is great. Very enjoyable as a lockdown distraction.

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I enjoyed it

Definitely not bad and sufficiently intriguing to listen to episode 2. Full marks to the narrators.

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Brilliant potential series starter

The storyline is fast paced following characters straight off local streets. This Show is querky, funny, tight in episodic time constructed. The whole idea behind the conclusion is rip egg for serialisation going forward, don’t let us down.
Just consume it and see it in the minds eye for what it is, genius story telling in a traditional radio play format, just loved it! More please

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Hilarious

The first episode didn’t really get me enthralled. Hang in there the one liners are brilliant.

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Great fun

Listened to this in one sitting and enjoyed it immensely. Like another reviewer I hope they make more.

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Will be looking out for a second season/part

This felt like it could have been a inside no nine episode. It’s a lovely little comedy about super natural elements with a British humour.

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Great fun & a jolly good listen! Highly recommend

Totally loved it! The script was excellently written, a well paced sci-fi adventure, plenty of 'hooks' wanting us to listen further... funny too, making me smile or even laugh out loud, characters nicely drawn. Each actor was spot on in their roles- & they sounded like they were having fun!! Can't single one out as they were all first class. More than anything this Audible was so relaxing to listen to- I have been stressed out of my head through the lockdowns with work & life & this pure delightfully delivered escapism has helped me relax & brought a real smile to my face. Well done team High Strangeness, & thank you Audible for such a great free gift.

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Good fun

Really enjoyable and lighthearted. Some good performances and could imagine the surroundings as you travel with the main characters. A good laugh.

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a gotta listen to!!

colourful enough to create a visual, with fantastic performances and an absolutely brilliant and hilarious story. definitely one worth listening to. Even more than once!!! I loved it!!!

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Lovecraftian darkness with humour

Gripped from the very first episode, absolutely loved it. Tension to humour ratio near perfect and darkness aplenty. More, more, more please :-)

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