A brilliant man kills himself mid-career, leaving behind a cryptic suicide note.

Based on the remarkable life of the star BBC correspondent James Mossman during his last years, 1963 to 1971, The Reporter searches for the truth behind his bewildering suicide. What lies beneath the surface? Or is the surface ultimately all there is? An enthralling detective story by Nicholas Wright, whose recent work at the National includes Vincent in Brixton, and his adaptations of His Dark Materials and Thérèse Raquin.

The ‘it’ is cradled inside a pair of inverted commas, as though to protect it against inquiry. But a reporter must inquire. It’s what we do. What is ‘it’? How could a man in whose death ‘it’ played such an intimate part, not know?