January 1946, the army psychologist assigned to look after the Accused has a never-to-be-repeated chance to examine evil, close-up, day-by-day. What made these 22 men capable of such horrific acts? He spends time with them, he runs tests: just what will it reveal?

Gustav Gilbert, a German-speaking US Army Psychologist, is assigned to Nuremberg Prison to examine and watch over the defendants. The defendants value the chance to speak to him and he lets them – he writes up daily, copious notes of his conversations. Will he find the mystery of human evil? Starring Ed Stoppard as Gustav Gilbert, a New York psychologist, and featuring Jasper Britton as Joachim von Ribbentrop, once Hitler’s Foreign Minister.

Gustav Gilbert - ED STOPPARDDouglas Kelley - ILAN GOODMANRobert H Jackson - JOSEPH MYDELLSir Geoffrey Lawrence - NICHOLAS WOODESONHermann Goering - NIGEL LINDSAYEdda Goering - ROSIE SHEEHYEmmy Goering - SOPHIA PETTITSir David Maxwell-Fyfe - FORBES MASSONAlbert Kesselring and other roles - CLIVE WOODJohn Amen - JOSEPH ALESSIJoachim von Ribbentrop - JASPER BRITTONErnst Kaltenbrunner - JONATHAN CULLENOtto Kranzbühler and other roles - MARK EDEL-HUNTAdmiral Nimitz and other roles - NATHAN WILEYAlfred Seidl and other roles - HARI DHILLONHans Frank and other roles - ANDREW WOODALLTitles - LEWIS MACLEOD

Sound Designer - ADAM WOODHAMSStudio Manager - MARK SMITHCasting Director - GINNY SCHILLEROriginal Score - METAPHOR MUSICWriter and Director - JONATHAN MYERSONProducer - NICHOLAS NEWTON

A Promenade Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds