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Limelight

BBC Radio 4www.bbc.co.uk

The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.

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The System: Series 2: Step 2: Building Heroes

Or How to Save the World in 5 Easy Steps Ben Lewis’s award-winning thriller. Five super-rich men have been kidnapped by a mysterious group of extremists The authorities have no clue where the men are being held and the clock is ticking. As the only two people with insider knowledge of the terrorists, Jake and Maya are about to be pulled back into the murky world of ‘The System’. Jake … Alex Austin Maya… Siena Kelly Jess … Chloe Pirrie Liv … Jemima Rooper Richard…Pip Torrens Angel Investor … Rhas...

Jun 10, 202227 min

The System: Series 2: Step 1: Wilderness Survival for Beginners

This thrilling episode introduces siblings Maya and Jake, who are fugitives after being framed for murder, leading them on a desperate journey for survival. Simultaneously, the powerful 13th Earl of Rothbury is kidnapped by an extremist group, sparking a mysterious "trial" orchestrated by a woman named Jess. The two storylines converge as a cryptic figure, 'The Lord of Misrule,' broadcasts a global demand to 'give it back' or face dire consequences, setting the stage for a high-stakes struggle to change the world.

Jun 10, 202228 min

Dead Hand: 5. Ceasefire Babies

A contemporary thriller set in Northern Ireland written by Stuart Drennan. Greg is the host of a true crime podcast dedicated to uncovering the identity of a serial killer, last active over 20 years ago, known only as Dead Hand. A killer named after a mysterious radio transmission which has been broadcasting an indecipherable code in the years since Dead Hand vanished. A code told in the voices of Dead Hand’s victims; including Greg’s missing father. However, when a new voice is added to the cod...

Apr 01, 202229 min

Dead Hand: 4. 97

A contemporary thriller set in Northern Ireland written by Stuart Drennan. Greg is the host of a true crime podcast dedicated to uncovering the identity of a serial killer, last active over 20 years ago, known only as Dead Hand. A killer named after a mysterious radio transmission which has been broadcasting an indecipherable code in the years since Dead Hand vanished. A code told in the voices of Dead Hand’s victims; including Greg’s missing father. However, when a new voice is added to the cod...

Apr 01, 202226 min

Dead Hand: 3. Hierarchy of Victims

A contemporary thriller set in Northern Ireland written by Stuart Drennan. Greg is the host of a true crime podcast dedicated to uncovering the identity of a serial killer, last active over 20 years ago, known only as Dead Hand. A killer named after a mysterious radio transmission which has been broadcasting an indecipherable code in the years since Dead Hand vanished. A code told in the voices of Dead Hand’s victims; including Greg’s missing father. However, when a new voice is added to the cod...

Apr 01, 202227 min

Dead Hand: 2. Zero Sum

A contemporary thriller set in Northern Ireland written by Stuart Drennan. Greg is the host of a true crime podcast dedicated to uncovering the identity of a serial killer, last active over twenty years ago, known only as Dead Hand. A killer named after a mysterious radio transmission which has been broadcasting an indecipherable code in the years since Dead Hand vanished. A code told in the voices of Dead Hand’s victims; including Greg’s missing father. However, when a new voice is added to the...

Apr 01, 202226 min

Dead Hand: 1. Number Stations

A contemporary thriller set in Northern Ireland written by Stuart Drennan. Greg is the host of a true crime podcast dedicated to uncovering the identity of a serial killer, last active over 20 years ago, known only as Dead Hand. A killer named after a mysterious radio transmission which has been broadcasting an indecipherable code in the years since Dead Hand vanished. A code told in the voices of Dead Hand’s victims; including Greg’s missing father. However, when a new voice is added to the cod...

Apr 01, 202229 min

Dead Hand: Trailer

On the hunt for the identity of the serial killer, the host of a true crime podcast realises that after 20 years Dead Hand is active again.

Mar 28, 20222 min

Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 5. Kholat Syakhl

Trapped in a dungeon, our heroine Clara Page is under more pressure than ever as the water rises. And she learns some surprising family history. Can Aldrich Kemp and the team save her? Will she finally know all the answers? The concluding episode of Julian Simpson's drama. Cast: Clara Page .................................................Phoebe Fox Mister Bartholomew .............................Tim McInnerny Aldrich Kemp ...........................................Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone......

Feb 18, 202230 min

Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 4. The Spirit of the Age

As our heroine Clara Page and her mission are in ever-increasing peril, questions are asked - with varying degrees of politeness - across London and Europe. Cast: Clara Page .................................................Phoebe Fox Mister Bartholomew .............................Tim McInnerny Aldrich Kemp ...........................................Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone..................................................Nicola Walker Sebastian Harcourt ................................Kyle ...

Feb 18, 202228 min

Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 3. The Black Windmill

In Chapter Three, Clara Page and Kennedy Fisher find some parallels in their separate quests to locate Mr De Jong. And another new name to them both crops up. But whose side is Conrad Spijker on? The Lovecraft Investigations reporter and the Secret Service Research Analyst both need answers ... Cast: Clara Page ...............................Phoebe Fox Mister Bartholomew ...........Tim McInnerny Aldrich Kemp ........................ Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone/Eleanor Peck....Nicola Walker Seba...

Feb 18, 202228 min

Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 2. Themis House

Our heroine Clara Page finds herself in a mysterious village where the shopkeepers all look remarkably similar. Will more questions be raised than answered by the occupants of the equally mysterious Themis House? Who is Aldrich Kemp? Cast: Clara Page .............................Phoebe Fox Mister Bartholomew .........Tim McInnerny Aldrich Kemp ...................... Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone..............................Nicola Walker Sebastian Harcourt ............Kyle Soller Nakesha Kemp ......

Feb 18, 202228 min

Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 1. Clara Page

With a stellar cast, headed by Phoebe Fox, alongside Nicola Walker, Tim McInnery, Ferdinand Kingsley and Kyle Soller, we are back in Julian Simpson's imagination - this time trying to find out just Who Is Aldrich Kemp? On a heightened and fun journey, which takes us to glamourous and sometimes improbable locations, we encounter Euro-villains and murderous housekeepers. Chapter One: The washed-up body of a man presumed dead 7 years earlier marks the beginning of Clara Page's mission to find the e...

Feb 18, 202230 min

Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: Trailer

In a world of yachts, private planes and underground bases a question echoes - Who Is Aldrich Kemp? Exciting new drama from Julian Simpson.

Feb 17, 20223 min

Siege: Episode 5

By Katherine Jakeways, Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell. Everybody remembers the Siege, when for 24 hours the whole world was watching a small South London branch of a global supermarket chain. You’ve seen the news, the crazy conspiracy blogs and Naomi’s infamous Snap. Now for the first time the hostages tell the inside story of what really happened on those two dark days in December. Episode 5. It’s almost dawn and it looks like the hostages are going to be released, but events are out of control a...

Feb 07, 202230 min

Siege: Episode 4

By Katherine Jakeways, Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell. Everybody remembers the Siege, when for 24 hours the whole world was watching a small South London branch of a global supermarket chain. You’ve seen the news, the crazy conspiracy blogs and Naomi’s infamous Snap. Now for the first time the hostages tell the inside story of what really happened on those 2 dark days in December. Episode 4. After some terrible news, the gunman goes crazy. Jackson can no longer cope and Kemi tries to calm the grou...

Feb 07, 202228 min

Siege: Episode 3

By Katherine Jakeways, Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell. Everybody remembers the Siege, when for 24 hours the whole world was watching a small South London branch of a global supermarket chain. You’ve seen the news, the crazy conspiracy blogs and Naomi’s infamous Snap. Now for the first time the hostages tell the inside story of what really happened on those two dark days in December. Episode 3. Night falls and Naomi is in danger. The police are on the roof and the gunman starts to get mad at the au...

Feb 07, 202228 min

Siege: Episode 2

By Katherine Jakeways, Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell. Everybody remembers the Siege, when for 24 hours the whole world was watching a small South London branch of a global supermarket chain. You’ve seen the news, the crazy conspiracy blogs and Naomi’s infamous Snap. Now for the first time the hostages tell the inside story of what really happened on those two dark days in December. Episode 2 The manager is badly wounded, the police have arrived, and the armed robbery has now become a siege. CAST ...

Feb 07, 202228 min

Siege: Episode 1

By Katherine Jakeways, Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell. Everybody remembers the Siege, when for 24 hours the whole world was watching a small South London branch of a global supermarket chain. You’ve seen the news, the crazy conspiracy blogs and Naomi’s infamous Snap. Now for the first time the hostages tell the inside story of what really happened on those two dark days in December. Episode 1. For 5 shoppers and a security guard, it’s just another day in the supermarket until a masked man walks in...

Feb 07, 202230 min

Siege: Trailer

You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story.

Feb 03, 20221 min

SteelHeads: 5. Plan D

When young British tennis pro, Joleen Kenzie (Jessica Barden), is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, she has herself cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab in Seattle, in the hope that one day – perhaps hundreds of years into the future - there will be a cure and she can be revived. She wakes up to a world divided. Joleen and Kit drive to Montana in the hope of joining the resistance. From the creators of The Cipher and Passenger List, a chilling new medical thriller inspired by true e...

Dec 31, 202129 min

SteelHeads: 4. Break Point

When young British tennis pro, Joleen Kenzie (Jessica Barden), is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, she has herself cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab in Seattle, in the hope that one day – perhaps hundreds of years into the future - there will be a cure and she can be revived. She wakes up to a world divided... Luther offers Joleen a chance of life, but in return she must agree to live in hiding and be companion to his grand-daughter, Kit. But Kit reveals that they are both in da...

Dec 31, 202129 min

SteelHeads: 3. Shiny Happy People

When young British tennis pro, Joleen Kenzie (Jessica Barden), is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, she has herself cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab in Seattle, in the hope that one day – perhaps hundreds of years into the future - there will be a cure and she can be revived. She wakes up to a world divided. Having escaped captivity, Joleen arrives by sea in Seattle with her companions, Remi, an escaped convict and Luther, a blind captain… From the creators of The Cipher and Pas...

Dec 31, 202129 min

SteelHeads: 2. The Conversation

When young British tennis pro, Joleen Kenzie (Jessica Barden), is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, she has herself cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab in Seattle, in the hope that one day – perhaps hundreds of years into the future - there will be a cure and she can be revived. She wakes up to a world divided... From the creators of The Cipher and Passenger List, a chilling new medical thriller inspired by true events starring Jessica Barden. Cast: JOLEEN – Jessica Barden REMI – K...

Dec 31, 202128 min

SteelHeads: 1. Lady in the Water

When a young British tennis pro, Joleen Kenzie (Jessica Barden), is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, she has herself cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab in Seattle, in the hope that one day – perhaps hundreds of years into the future - there will be a cure and she can be revived. She wakes up to a world divided... and Joleen is now captive. From the creators of The Cipher and Passenger List, a chilling new medical thriller inspired by true events starring Jessica Barden. Cast: JOL...

Dec 31, 202129 min

SteelHeads: Trailer

A futuristic thriller starring Jessica Barden as a tennis pro who awakes from cryogenic sleep to find a world in chaos.

Dec 20, 20213 min

Harland: Series 1: 5. Saturday

Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller reaches its climax on the day of the Festival of the Hare. 50 years earlier, Harland was founded on the site of a cursed and abandoned medieval village. The past is about to have its say. Sarah ..... Ayesha Antoine Dan ..... Tyger Drew-Honey Sadie ..... Melissa Advani Jim ..... Chris Jack Lori/Evie ..... Grace Cooper Milton Lindsay ..... Jasmine Hyde Pete ..... Michael Begley Police Officer ..... Justice Ritchie Crow ..... Christine Kavanagh Sound design by...

Oct 29, 202129 min

Harland: Series 1: 4. Friday

Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller is set in a new town built on the site of an abandoned village with a violent past. As DI Sarah Ward continues her investigation into the strange events surrounding Evie Bennett's disappearance, her dreams become increasingly entangled with the case. Sarah ..... Ayesha Antoine Dan ..... Tyger Drew-Honey Sadie ..... Melissa Advani Jim ..... Chris Jack Lori ..... Grace Cooper Milton Jess ..... Lizzie Mounter Lindsay ..... Jasmine Hyde Pete ..... Michael Begle...

Oct 29, 202127 min

Harland: Series 1: 3. Thursday

Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller set in the new town of Harland. A man in a hare mask appears to guide DI Ward to the missing Evie Bennett but who is he? And why can't the CCTV system capture his image even when he's there. Sarah ..... Ayesha Antoine Dan ..... Tyger Drew-Honey Sadie ..... Melissa Advani Jim ..... Chris Jack Lori ..... Grace Cooper Milton Jess ..... Lizzie Mounter Lindsay ..... Jasmine Hyde Pete ..... Michael Begley Counsellor ..... Christine Kavanagh Aldo ..... Sam Dale MC...

Oct 29, 202128 min
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