Exemplar - Episode 1
Jess and Maya get involved in a suspected phone-hacking case. Award-winning thriller with Gina McKee, Shvorne Marks and Clare Perkins, by Ben and Max Ringham with Dan Rebellato.
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: 鈥渁n audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.鈥
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 成人快手 Audio Drama Awards.
Jess 鈥.. Gina McKee
Maya 鈥.. Shvorne Marks
DS Serena Gray鈥.. Clare Perkins
Adam 鈥.. Afnan Iftikhar
Jason 鈥.. Benjamin Cawley
Chris 鈥.. Malcolm Ridley
Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato
Audio forensic consultants: James Zjali膰, 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 Waldman
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