You can build a 'New Town', but you can't cover the secrets that lie beneath forever. This is what the developers thought back in 1986. Welcome to Wootton-on-the-Cam, a town with easy links to Cambridge and London, and a comfortable place to live with all the amenities you need on your doorstep.
Kenny Goldsmith was a civil servant who was found dead in 1986, near a popular beauty spot just outside the village of Great Wootton, a medieval village that was swallowed by the developing 'New Town', burying all the secrets of the past.
Or so they thought.
Gemma Kingsley and Marie Coulson are a pair of investigative podcasters with a passion for trying to solving true crimes. Until they discover a real cold case on their very own doorstep. Using the information from a book by Robert Jennings, a retired police inspector turned author, the pair take on the case that could change their lives.
The pair track down surviving witnesses from the early 80s and try to build a picture of what actually happened.
Follow our investigators as they take on an unsolved Cold-Case death from 1984,
a Civil Servant called Kenny Goldsmith.
Gemma and Marie are big true crime listeners and start their own investigative podcast after discovering the fact that a civil servant’s body was found back in 1984 and his death remained unsolved.
Episode 1 - Finding the on Button
Released - 29 Jul 2022
After some online searching they discover a local retired policeman wrote a book back in 2005 covering unsolved deaths that he had come across during his investigations. Robert Jennings’s book is the launch point for the journey into the darker history of the town.
Hard of hearing - YouTube with Subtitles
Episode 2 - The Writer and the Ego
Released - 29 Jul 2022
Episode 3 - A trip down memory lane
Released - 05 Aug 2022
Episode 4 - Podcasters go to London
Released - 12 Aug 2022
Episode 5 - Something from the Archives
Released - 19 Aug 2022
Released - 26 Aug 2022
Released - 02 Sep 2022
Released - 09 Sep 2022
Episode 9: Help from Unexpected Quarters
Released - 16 Sep 2022
A chat with Scarlett could provide the information needed to bring the case to a close.
Episode 10: The Truth Comes Out
Released - 23 Sep 2022
All the evidence comes out, and case comes to an end. This is the Series 1 finale.
Every member of our board of directors is a thought leader who has made significant contributions to our society.
Each one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our organisation.
as Gemma Kingsley
Jodie Jasmin Hicks will be playing Gemma Kingsley, an amateur podcaster who’s plans of becoming a journalist fell apart due to circumstances in her life beyond her control. In taking on the case of the mysterious death of Kenny Goldsmith, she intends to prove that she has the skills required to achieve her dream.
as Marie Coulson
Anya Spencer-Levicki will be playing Marie Coulson, a semi-famous social media influencer and now investigative podcaster on the hunt to figure out what happened to the body found in the woods in 1984.
as Felicity McKenzie
Josephine Armar will be playing Felicity McKenzie, Head of DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Could she be an important ally to Gemma and Marie?
as Robert Jennings
Steven Carne will be playing Robert Jennings, a retired policeman who released an unsolved mysteries book after leaving the police force. After a certain pair of local amateur investigators look into one of his old case files, Robert has seen his sales increase tenfold…
as Scarlett Drayton
Rebecca Clifford will be playing Scarlett Drayton, the editor of the local newspaper, Cambridgeshire Gazette. Scarlett originally broke the story of ‘The Body in the Woods’ back in 1984, but what exactly did she leave out of that article…?
as Sarah Blackwell
Laura Dennis will be playing Sarah Blackwell, owner of The Chestnut Cafe. This local eatery is a place of refuge for Gemma and Marie whilst they discuss their podcast investigations. If you get the chance to visit, she makes a mean chocolate fudge cake!
as Anthony Ward
Damien O’Donovan will be playing Anthony Ward, who works for [REDACTED]. Our investigative podcasters cross paths with this mysterious figure a startling amount of times considering he’s not from the area…
as Pamela Williams
Claire Gaskell will be playing Pamela Williams, the inexplicably cold and aloof curator of Wooton-On-The-Cam Museum. Let’s just say customer service is an alien concept to her…
as Dominic Kingsley
Chris Gregory will be playing Dominic Kingsley, Gemma’s largely absent father. Never the same since the loss of his wife, he works away from home most of the time for [REDACTED] and leaves Gemma to her own devices. Mostly.
as Sharon Goldsmith
Michelle Goff will be playing Sharon Goldsmith, the wife of the late Kenny Goldsmith. Can she explain exactly what a civil servant from Stevenage was doing in rural Cambridgeshire in 1984?
as Michael Ramsey
Josh Portillo will be playing Michael Ramsey, an artist who runs a gallery in Cambridge. He is a retired civil engineer who was involved with the construction of Wootton-on-the-Cam in the 1980’s. He is able to help Gemma and Marie by shedding some light on [REDACTED] during their investigations.
as Billy White
Ramsey Royden will be playing Billy White, a friend and former employer of Gemma’s. Oh, and he pours a delicious pint as the owner of The Longman’s Arms pub.
as Kenny Goldsmith
Gary Tustin will be playing Kenny Goldsmith, a civil servant sent to Wootton-On-The-Cam in 1984 to investigate [REDACTED]. His body was found in the woods on the outskirts of town, and his death was never solved....
as Rachel Matheson
Marian Savill will be playing Rachel Matheson, a retired farmer’s wife who sold up due to [REDACTED], and brought a small house in the new Wootton-On-The-Cam in the late 1980’s. She has taken up art classes in her retirement, a departure from the heavy work of the farm.
as the Policeman
Gordon Parsonage will be playing the Policeman.
Creative Producer
Jodie Jasmin Hicks is a Theatre and Professional Practice graduate from Coventry University. She stars as ‘Barbara’ on-screen, and as Assistant Director behind it in The Seduction of Monet Dawson (2020). Recently, she has been working as a Young Producer for CPP Marketplace, and stage-managing shows in London and Essex. Jodie is an actor, director, and producer based in the Fenland Area.
Creative Director
David is the director of a video production company, “DMJ Imagery Ltd”, based in Chatteris and is located in the Fenlands area. They produce; corporate, documentaries, sports videos and films. "Monet Dawson" is the second film with New Paradigm Production, the first being: “The Redeemed”. David is a director, videographer and editor. The rest of my time is spent writing plays, dramas and films.
Music Creator
Laura is an established singer/ songwriter, with her debut single ‘Nobody Knows’ featured on BBC Introducing. Laura has also been musical director for her Theatre School choir with performances supporting Collabro on their 'Home' and 'Road To The Albert Hall' Tours.
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