Drama-doc about Jane Goodall’s pioneering work with the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania.

In the Shadow of Man, by Jane Goodall, first published in 1971, is the seminal account of Jane’s first ten years with the chimpanzees of Gombe. Her revelatory observation in 1960 that chimpanzees make and use tools forever redefined our understanding of the relationship between humans and other animals. The drama starring Jeany Spark, by award-winning playwright Sarah Woods, takes us deep into the Tanzanian forests with Jane, telling us of the remarkable discoveries she made as she came to know the chimps and they came to know her. A conversation between Sarah and Jane weaves through the drama, as Jane reflects on the past, the present – and the future. Today Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, is Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a UN Messenger of Peace.

Young Jane…..Jeany Spark
Vanne…..Marilyn Le Conte
Rashidi…..John Kamau
Hugo…..Geoffrey Breton
Dominic…..Ery Nzaramba
David…..Sam Dale

Production co-ordinator…..Lindsay Rees
Sound design….. Nigel Lewis
Director…..Emma Harding
Producer…..James Robinson

A BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC Radio 4.

Photo of Jane Goodall in Gombe by Hugo van Lawick

Source: BBC Radio 4 – Drama, In the Shadow of Man