Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot

TIM PRICE - ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT (320kbs-m4a/321mb/2hrs19mins)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

In the 1970s it's estimated that around 60% of the world's LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of the Microdot Gang - a rag tag group of chemists, dealers, businessmen and hippy dreamers. They believed that acid had the power to save the world.

Narrated by Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon, Notting Hill, Harry Potter) and starring Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones, Skins), Acid Dream is written by Welsh playwright Tim Price and features original music from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys.

Contains references to drug use.

Written by Tim Price

Narrator .... Rhys Ifans
Christine .... Hannah Murray
Contributors .... Alston Hughes, Stephen Bentley and Catherine Hayes
Original music .... Gruff Rhys
Sound design .... Peregrine Andrews
Researcher .... Hayley Mills
Production Co-ordinator .... Caroline Barlow
Extracts read from The Untold Story of Christine Bott

Producer .... James Robinson

A BBC Studios production.

ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT - 0. WELCOME TO ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT (320kbs-m4a/3mb/1min)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

In the 1970s it's estimated that about 60% of the world's LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.

ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT - 1. DREAM AWAY (320kbs-m4a/48mb/21min)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

The first episode of an epic story that charts an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.

ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT - 2. THE GOLDEN GOOSE (320kbs-m4a/57mb/25min)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

Richard Kemp's reputation as a psychedelic chemist grows. And as he and Christine search for a new base for their operation, the Welsh hills beckon.

ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT - 3. THE MOLE (320kbs-m4a/47mb/20min)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

Episode three of the LSD saga, charts the launch of Operation Julie - an unprecedented police operation which aims to bring down the Microdot Gang. For detective Stephen Bentley it means a life-changing mission, as he's sent deep undercover... to become a hippy.

ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT - 4. COUNTING SHEEP (320kbs-m4a/57mb/25min)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

As the police surveillance operation grows, the noose tightens around Richard and Christine and their standards begin to slip. Can they hold onto the 'good life' they've built in Wales?

ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT - 5. DREAM'S END (320kbs-m4a/56mb/24min)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

Richard and Christine receive their sentences, along with the rest of the Microdot Gang. But what's the legacy of their great LSD plot? Kate, a friend of Christine's recalls her own complicated experiences with drugs.

ACID DREAM: THE GREAT LSD PLOT - 6. THE MICRODOCTRINE (320kbs-m4a/54mb/23min)
BBC Radio Wales broadcast: 2022

Kate goes on a journey to meet the man at the heart of the great LSD plot. What were his true motives? And was it all worth it?