Splinter Cell is back… as an 8-part BBC Radio 4 drama

Are you ready impatiently for the upcoming Splinter Cell remake? You understand, the one which’s apparently being rewritten for a modern-day viewers and that lately misplaced its director (who had 11 years’ expertise at Ubisoft)? Effectively, if the wait is unbearably laborious, then we have got some excellent news for you: Splinter Cell is again – in BBC Radio 4 drama type!

Sure, it’s odd. Per a launch from the BBC, the radio drama follows veteran Fourth Echelon agent Sam Fisher on a brand new mission, the place he’ll be “recruiting and coaching the following era of Splinter Cell operatives for the Nationwide Safety Company’s covert motion division.”

“When a deadly murderer from Fisher’s previous returns from the useless on a mission of homicide, he’s thrust right into a race in opposition to time as a sinister risk to international safety is revealed.”

In case you’re a BBC Radio 4 common, you will recognise the dulcent tones of the actor taking part in Sam Fisher – everybody’s favorite wetwork operative is performed by Andonis Anthony, identified for his function in BBC Radio’s The Archers. Per the Beeb, you may as well anticipate to listen to the skills of Daisy Head, Rosalie Craig, Sacha Dhawan, Nikesh Patel, and Will Poulter.

There’s a whole lot of BBC expertise within the present; the entire thing has been written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Paul Cornell, the latter of whom has writing credit on Physician Who, Holby Metropolis and Casualty.

The entire thing is because of kick off on Friday, December 2 at 2:15pm (GMT). All eight episodes will go stay on the similar time, and might be out there to take heed to on the BBC Sounds app.

This can be a good preamble to the highly-anticipated Splinter Cell remake, which was first introduced final yr, and is being developed by Ubisoft Toronto (most lately accountable for Far Cry 6). Apart from Ubi saying ‘sure, it is actual’, we do not know an excessive amount of in regards to the undertaking – although it is seemingly nonetheless a manner out: producer Matt West stated the sport is “very early in improvement” again in 2021.

However at the very least you have obtained a radio present that will help you with the wait.