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|main character  = [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[April MacLean|April]]
|main character  = [[Ram Singh|Ram]], [[April MacLean|April]]
|enemy          = [[Mab]], [[Thomas Laneford]]
|enemy          = [[Mab]]
|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], [[2010s]]  
|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], [[2016]]  
|writer          = [[Roy Gill]]
|writer          = Roy Gill
|director        = [[Scott Handcock]]
|director        = [[Scott Handcock]]
|sound          = [[Luke Pietnik]]
|sound          = [[Luke Pietnik]]
|music          = [[Blair Mowat]]
|music          = [[Blair Mowat]]
|cover          = [[Stuart Manning]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|release date    = 21 August 2018
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|audio anthology = Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One
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|production code = BFPCLASS01
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78703-638-3 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78703-639-0 (digital)
|series          = ''[[Class: The Audio Adventures]]''
|next            = Life Experience (audio story)
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|producer = [[Scott Handcock]]
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first story in the first series of [[Class: The Audio Adventures|Class]] audios from [[Big Finish Productions]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first audio story in the anthology ''[[Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One]]''. It featured [[Sophie Hopkins]] as [[April MacLean]] and [[Fady Elsayed]] as [[Ram Singh]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
When a talent scout arrives in [[Shoreditch]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]] sees an opportunity to further his goals, whilst [[April MacLean|April]] strikes up a friendship with new boy, [[Thomas Laneford]]. Their choices draw all three to [[Carterhaugh House]] – but who is the mysterious [[Mab]] that waits for them there…?
When a talent scout arrives in [[Shoreditch]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]] sees an opportunity to further his goals, whilst [[April MacLean|April]] strikes up a [[friendship]] with new boy, [[Thomas Laneford]]. Their choices draw all three to [[Carterhaugh House]] – but who is the mysterious [[Mab]] that waits for them there...?


==Plot==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Ram Singh]] - [[Fady Elsayed]]
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* [[April MacLean]] - [[Sophie Hopkins]]
* [[Ram Singh|Ram]] - [[Fady Elsayed]]
* [[Thomas Laneford]] - [[Rhys Isaac-Jones]]
* [[April MacLean|April]] - [[Sophie Hopkins]]
* [[Thomas Laneford|Tom]] - [[Rhys Isaac-Jones]]
* [[Mab]] - [[Deirdre Mullins]]
* [[Mab]] - [[Deirdre Mullins]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
 
* Based on characters created by [[Patrick Ness]]
* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Cover Art - [[Stuart Manning]]
* Producer & Director - [[Scott Handcock]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music - [[Blair Mowat]]
* Script Editors - Scott Handcock and [[James Goss]]
* Sound Design - [[Luke Pietnik]]
* Writer - [[Roy Gill]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]] was not interested in joining [[April MacLean|April]]’s English study group.
* [[Thomas Laneford]] gives April the book ''[[Child Ballads]]'' by [[Francis James Child]]. Ballad 39 in the book is called ''[[Tam Lin]]''.
* Thomas recites parts of ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'' by [[Edmund Spencer|Spencer]].
* April thinks that Thomas takes literature with Mr [[Carlisle (Gifted)|Carlisle]].
* Ram memorises the names [[J. Peak]], T. Laneford and [[D. James]] from the [[Coal Hill School Roll of Honours Board]].
* [[Jackie MacLean|April's mother]] collects [[knitting]] patterns.
* [[Liam (Gifted)|Liam]] and [[Rhys (Gifted)|Rhys]] are two other strong [[football]] players on Ram and Thomas's team.
* Ram is called to see [[Dorothea Ames|the Head]] but leaves before she calls him.
* Ram is against asking for [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]]'s help.
* [[Plover]] birds accompany [[crocodile]]s and clean their [[teeth]].
* Mab tries to get inside April's head by reminding her about [[Huw MacLean|her father]].
* Ram recalls a saying of [[Ram Singh's grandmother|his gran]].
* Ram says his prosthetic leg doesn't react fast enough and this it give him 'the grace of a drunk [[hyena]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* A reworking of Diana Wynne Jones' Fire & Hemlock.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* [[Mab]] mentions [[Ram Singh|Ram]]'s [[prosthetic leg]] given to him by the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Mab knows that [[April MacLean|April]] shares a [[heart]] with [[Corakinus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
* Ram mentions meeting [[Shadow Kin]], ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') [[Leaf Dragon|dragons]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'') and [[Lankin|grief monsters]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'')
* April plays the [[fiddle]], preferring [[Folk music|folk]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)|The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo]]'') and roots. She even composes music herself.


== External links ==
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Gifted was the first audio story in the anthology Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume One. It featured Sophie Hopkins as April MacLean and Fady Elsayed as Ram Singh.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When a talent scout arrives in Shoreditch, Ram sees an opportunity to further his goals, whilst April strikes up a friendship with new boy, Thomas Laneford. Their choices draw all three to Carterhaugh House – but who is the mysterious Mab that waits for them there...?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A reworking of Diana Wynne Jones' Fire & Hemlock.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]