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The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.
Episodes
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- Out of Time: 4. Everything Is Leverage · 28 minWith Laura held hostage aboard the Polaris and Fred locked in a dangerous standoff with Raymond, Maria uncovers evidence that the mysterious storm trapping both ships may be a…
- Out of Time: 3. What Kind of Coward Are You? · 29 minFollowing a catastrophic attempt to free the Epsilon from the ice and the withdrawal of support from the Polaris, Fred embarks on a perilous solo journey to seek help. With Fred…
- Out of Time: 2. Shake On It, Captainess Lee · 29 minThe stranded crew of the Epsilon forge an uneasy partnership with the Polaris crew who claim to be the survivors of a 1926 polar expedition. As they work together to escape the…
- Out of Time: 1. Pan-pan · 28 minFollowing an Arctic storm, the crew of the research vessel Coralith Epsilon find themselves stranded in thick pack ice. Cut off from the outside world and running low on…
- Out of Time: Trailer · 3 minWhen a stranded Arctic research vessel transmits a call for help, the ship that comes to the rescue is not what they expected. Trapped together in a frozen limbo, two crews…
- Underground: Episode 5 · 28 minAfter the devastating revelation about Edward's wife, Thornfield is burning. But Axel has an offer for Charly. In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the…
- Underground: Episode 4 · 29 minWhat secret is hidden in Thornfield's forbidden East Wing? And what lengths will Charly go to, to find out? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the…
- Underground: Episode 3 · 28 minGuests arrive at Thornfield. But what is Edward hiding from Charly? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury…
- Underground: Episode 2 · 29 minA voice from the past returns. Can Charly trust what she hears? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers…
- Underground: Episode 1 · 28 minTutor Charly arrives in luxury bunker Thornfield. But something's not right with this place. And what happened to her predecessor? In a near-future world on the brink of societal…
- Underground: Trailer · 2 minIn a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 10 · 34 min1968. LBJ is running out of time. Having abandoned his own re-election campaign, the President turns to the one achievement that might redeem his final months in office: peace in…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 9 · 31 minAmerica is losing faith in Vietnam. After a major communist offensive shocks the public and exposes the fragility of the war effort, LBJ faces pressure from every side. The…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 8 · 30 minThe war in Vietnam is no longer happening far away. Images of conflict flood American living rooms and the anti-war movement explodes. LBJ is convinced the protests cannot be…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 7 · 35 minRumours are spreading through the Bolivian jungle: Che Guevara is back. For Washington, the possibility is explosive. The world’s most famous revolutionary may be trying to…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 6 · 31 minRichard Helms has finally reached the top of the CIA. Now he has to prove the Agency deserves to be heard. In Vietnam, the Pentagon insists America is winning. The CIA’s own…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 5 · 34 minSoviet nuclear power is growing, and LBJ wants answers. Inside the CIA, Eloise Page and Richard Helms are trying to bring the Agency into a new age of intelligence: satellites…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 4 · 33 min1965. Richard Helms is the obvious choice to lead the CIA. Experienced, respected and trusted inside the Agency, he appears to be next in line. LBJ has other ideas and instead…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 3 · 33 min1964. At the Pentagon, America’s future in Vietnam is played out in two rooms. The war game is meant to test whether bombing North Vietnam can force a communist retreat. But the…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 2 · 33 min1964. As British Guiana edges towards independence, Washington fears another communist foothold in the Americas. But the President’s attention is soon caught by a more immediate…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 1 · 30 min1964. Chile is preparing to vote — and Washington is watching nervously. With the memory of Cuba still raw, LBJ fears another communist foothold in the Americas. Inside Langley…
- Central Intelligence: Series 3: Trailer · 3 minJFK is dead. LBJ is in the White House. And the CIA is about to be dragged into the defining battles of the 1960s. From Chile and British Guiana to Vietnam, the Dominican…
- The Courier: Episode 5 · 28 minSeries finale . When his worst fears become reality, Mo has 24 hours to gather all the evidence he can before gives himself up. Series creators: Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell…
- The Courier: Episode 4 · 28 minMo is recovering in hospital after a hit and run. Now he's going to have to tell Omar what's going on. It's only a matter of time before the killer finds him again, or the police…
- The Courier: Episode 3 · 28 minAfter an argument, Elli has invited Mo around for food to apologise. He wouldn't have turned up but his mum is mad at him, and the Home Office and the police are out checking…
- The Courier: Episode 2 · 29 minTormented by his conscience, Mo drifted into the dead woman's funeral and now her stepdaughter Elli, who is convinced that it wasn't suicide, has persuaded him to help her solve…
- The Courier: Episode 1 · 29 minWhen Mo, a Sudanese delivery rider working in Cardiff enters a house to drop off two pizzas, he finds a dead body. Convinced that if he alerts the authorities he will either be…
- The Courier: Trailer · 2 minA pizza delivery rider enters a house and finds something he never should have seen.
- Wraith: 4. Execute · 29 minA cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts. In Episode 4, Iain and Mel are forced to run…
- Wraith: 3. Control · 29 minA cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts. In Episode 3, the streets of London are in…
- Wraith: 2. Exploit · 29 minA cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts. In Episode 2, chaos breaks out across London…
- Wraith: 1. Breach · 29 minA cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts. During a routine overnight update at the…
- Wraith: Trailer · 3 minA cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts. During a routine overnight update at the…
- The Dentist: Episode 5 · 28 minKerry’s efforts to assume her sister’s identity and pose as a dentist have been disastrous. Between the high body count and a gangster pursuing her for a quarter of a million…
- The Dentist: Episode 4 · 28 minWhen Kerry made the snap decision to assume her dead sister’s identity, she didn’t think through the consequences of posing as a dentist. So far those consequences have been…
- The Dentist: Episode 3 · 29 minDarkly comic crime thriller by D.C. Jackson. When Kerry makes the snap decision to assume her dead sister’s identity, she doesn’t think through the consequences of posing as a…
- The Dentist: Episode 2 · 28 minDarkly comic crime thriller by D.C. Jackson. When Kerry makes the snap decision to assume her dead sister’s identity, she doesn’t think through the consequences of posing as a…
- The Dentist: Episode 1 · 28 minDarkly comic crime thriller by D.C. Jackson. Kerry’s living a life of quiet desperation. Her identical twin appears to be affluent and successful. When Kerry turns to her sister…
- The Dentist: Trailer · 3 minThings aren’t going well for Kerry. But it turns out that faking being a dentist might actually be worse than a life of quiet desperation.
- Wolf Valley: Episode 5 · 28 minThe tragic impact of a crime still echoes through Wolf Valley. But it’s not what Lena expects. Wolf Valley is in the grip of a major storm as Lena leads a desperate search for…
- Wolf Valley: Episode 4 · 28 minAsgaard’s founder Tor Martinsen’s death sends shockwaves through Wolf Valley but Lena is not convinced it was suicide. As she unravels Asgaard’s tangled finances and covert deals…
- Wolf Valley: Episode 3 · 29 minRose was witness to a dark Norse ritual the night before she died. What does the main suspect know? Lena Ekström’s investigation widens as Lars’ story starts to unravel…
- Wolf Valley: Episode 2 · 28 minThe body of a young woman, Rose Smith, lies in the icy waters of the fjord. Who put her there? Forensics suggest a brutal killing. When it emerges the victim is a British…
- Wolf Valley: Episode 1 · 29 minIn an isolated fjord town, a young activist investigating environmental crimes goes missing. And nobody has seen anything. Haunted by her past, criminal investigator Lena Ekström…
- Wolf Valley: Trailer · 2 minHaunted by her past, criminal investigator Lena Ekström returns to isolated fjord town Wolf Valley, where she is plunged into the tangled mystery of a missing young activist…
- Spores: Series 2: 5. Dark Healer · 29 minIt’s been 12 years since social worker Cassie discovered a mysterious mould in her home, invisible to almost everyone except her. Now the fungus has spread - its glowing spores a…
- Spores: Series 2: 4. Devil’s Agent · 30 minIt’s been 12 years since social worker Cassie discovered a mysterious mould in her home, invisible to almost everyone except her. Now the fungus has spread - its glowing spores a…
- Spores: Series 2: 3. Fool's Sickener · 30 minIt’s been 12 years since social worker Cassie discovered a mysterious mould in her home, invisible to almost everyone except her. Now the fungus has spread - its glowing spores a…
- Spores: Series 2: 2. Cruel Deceiver · 30 minIt’s been 12 years since social worker Cassie discovered a mysterious mould in her home, invisible to almost everyone except her. Now the fungus has spread - its glowing spores a…
- Spores: Series 2: 1. False Hunter · 28 minThe supernatural horror returns. It’s been 12 years since social worker Cassie discovered a mysterious mould in her home, invisible to almost everyone except her. Now the fungus…
