Silt was written by Jim Burke and was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on July 19, 2005.
Featuring the late, great Sam Kelly, it's based on a true incident in 1906 whereby an unknown person was reported to have fallen in a lake in the Greater Manchester area. As crowds gathered to wait for the body to re-surface, a holiday atmosphere developed.
The Times described Silt as “a fine cross between comedy, macabre Edwardian melodrama and just plain drama” while The Stage and Television Today described it as “eloquent and elegant”
If you enjoyed this one, try my other Radio 4 play Bestiary, also featuring Sam Kelly.
   • Bestiary. A BBC Radio 4 drama by Jim ...  

The Wife..............Deborah MacAndrew
The Artist.............Kaye Wragg
The Policeman.....Nicholas Greaves
The Reporter.......Sam Kelly
The Writer...........James Nickerson

It was directed by Nadia Molinari
Music composed by Tom Moss