This Thing of Darkness, Series 4, 1. Admission

This Thing of Darkness

Series 4

1. Admission

3 February 2026

44 minutes

Available for over a year

by Frances Poet with monologues by Eileen Horne.

Part One – Admission

Dr Alex Bridges is an expert forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, assessing and treating perpetrators of serious crime.

In this new 5 part series, she takes us into the world of secure units, explores the relationship between mothers and daughters and the impact of fatal violence on the lives it shatters.

DR ALEX BRIDGES ….. Lolita Chakrabarti

KATHLEEN ….. Maureen Beattie

LINDSAY ….. Helen Mackay

ABI ….. Anna Russell-Martin

DANIEL ….. Nicholas Karimi

SANDRA ….. Lucianne McEvoy

LEWIS/SOLICITOR/AMBULANCE OPERATOR ….. Lee Hughes

DC INGLES/SECURITY GUARD/NURSE ….. Kenny Blyth

Production Coordinators: Rosalind Gibson and Ellie Marsh

Sound recording : Andy Hay and Fraser Jackson

Sound Design: Fraser Jackson

Series Consultant: Dr Gwen Adshead

Series format created by Lucia Haynes, Audrey Gillan, Eileen Horne, Gaynor Macfarlane, Anita Vettesse and Kirsty Williams.

A BBC Audio Scotland Production produced and directed by Kirsty Williams