Barred by Thandi Lubimbi & Richard Kurti

Tamika believes the law is a wonderful thing: “It’s freed slaves and humbled tyrants.” The problem is the Head of Chambers believes the law is simply a machine for making as much money as possible: “Justice doesn’t come into it.”

As tensions rise, the truth about a violent sexual assault in Tamika’s past starts to emerge but, rather than support her, colleagues use this vulnerability to manipulate and undermine her.

Barred sits on a fault line between ordinary people and the institutions that are supposed to serve them - written with the knowledge of an insider and the passion of an outsider.

Thandi Lubimbi spent much of her childhood growing up in deprived areas of the country. She joined the army to get away, worked as a Senior Intelligence Officer for a law enforcement agency and then retrained as a barrister prosecuting criminal offences.

Cast:
Tamika - Kerri McLean
Kris - Susannah Harker
Dominic - Andrew Wincott
Patrick - Andrew Lancel
Carol - Ali Bastian
Max - Liam Woodlands-Mooney
Franki - Anton Rice
Wallace - Sam Devereaux
Sam - Becky Wright
Thornton - Jonathan Rhodes
Security Guard - Russell Shaw
Elliott - David O’Mahony
Della - Sally Walker Taylor
HHJ Dyson - Pavel Douglas
Prosecutor - Edwin Flay
DS Sullivan - Sean Connolly
Grace - Katy Maw
HHJ Graves - Tanya Rich
Prosecutor Steadman - Will Harrison-Wallace
Helena - Marta da Silva
Faversham - Christopher Tester

Other roles were played by members of the cast.

Written by Thandi Lubimbi and Richard Kurti

Producer - Helen Quigley

Director - Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 Media production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in 2021.