Pretty Vacant – a new radio & podcast drama written by Hugh Costello for BBC Radio 4. Now available to listen on BBC Sounds.

Hugh Costello wrote Pretty Vacant, a new radio drama play for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio Podcasts, produced by Big Fish Films.

When a Manchester housing charity is offered a new block of apartments by a major financial donor, alarm bells begin to ring as things appear too good to be true. International money-laundering meets the UK housing crisis in this gritty satirical fable about shady dealings and thorny moral dilemmas.

Hugh has written numerous plays for BBC Radio 4, including Greed is Good and Abel’s Law. His original screenplay Bernard and Doris was nominated for an Emmy in 2008.

Pretty Vacant is available to listen to now on BBC Sounds and all major podcast apps.

Hugh Costello is represented by Rochelle Stevens.