Heading to Paradise

1st Broadcast 14.15 16th July 2015 BBC Radio 4

Director

Dirk Maggs

Producer

David Morley

Written By

David Morley

Produced For

BBC Radio 4

Produced by

A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4

Synopsis

The stories of some of the victims of Flight MH17, shot down over the Ukraine one year ago. Joe Caffrey, Philip Franks and Tracy Wiles star in David Morley's factual drama.

Elsemiek de Borst, Daisy Oehlers, Bryce Fredriksz, Liam Sweeney and John Alder all perished in the attack on a defenceless passenger jet in July 2014.

How did they come to be on that flight? This drama illuminates the paths that brought these ordinary people to be part of this dreadful event.

The drama portrays actual events, with some imagined scenes, based on discussion with victims' relatives, eyewitness accounts, texts, and emails