Matthew McNulty as Stefan Pope I first heard the story of Jennifer Pope nearly two years ago. It was, slightly oddly, in the context of a R4 'You & Yours' magazine piece about high-street banks' indifference towards families whose loved ones were missing or lost. Even then in a few short lines it was compelling. Jennifer was an English nurse who disappeared while touring in Ecuador in 2005. She had been in regular contact with her family by e-mail and one day, the e-mails stopped. Her husband David and son Stefan knew that funds had been withdrawn from her bank account and her credit card emptied long after she disappeared, the assumption being that her card and details had been stolen, or that she was being held captive and forced to withdraw funds. Mike Harris has worked in collaboration with Dave and Stefan in writing this hard-hitting radio play which tells the story of their journey to Ecuador to find out what happened. Dave and Stefan realise
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