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Limelight

Limelight

BBC Radio 4

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

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Limelight episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Limelight for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Limelight episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Limelight - Galapagos - Episode 4: The Giant’s Pocket
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03/06/23 • 28 min

Speculative thriller about big tech, data manipulation and the undermining of democracy, by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day.

Bryony is increasingly excited by her new role working for Sydney and Shapeshift, using the very latest data manipulation AI. And Sydney's promised to arrange specialist cancer treatment for sister Gaynor in the US. But journalist Sam is on Bryony's tail and she's asking uncomfortable questions.

Bryony.....Hannah Daniel Sydney.....Ashleigh Haddad Gaynor.....Sara Gregory Omar.....Danny Ashok Euan.....Jamie Redford Sam.....Claire Cage Max.....Ewan Bailey Station Staff.....Hasan Dixon

Production Co-ordinators.....Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees Sound Design.....Catherine Robinson and Nigel Lewis Directed by Philippa Swallow, John Norton and Emma Harding, BBC Audio Drama Wales

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Limelight - Introducing Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?
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03/17/23 • 2 min

Our heroine Clara Page (Phoebe Fox) returns. And this time the question's deadly serious - Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?

Prepare for another rollercoaster ride from the pen of Julian Simpson, flying us from the Italian Riviera to the Malaysian jungle - via afternoon tea at Themis House.

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Limelight - Silos - 2. Acclimatisation
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03/22/24 • 28 min

'Why not try an acclimatisation session and see for yourself? You don't even have to shut the lid!' As Riv persuades Nat to step into a tube, Marvin digs deeper into the tech and is alarmed by what he finds.

CAST: NAT - Anastasia Hille RIV - Paul Bazely ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola CAROL - Rebekah Staton HONOUR - Raad Rawi DIZZY - Waleed Akhtar TIGER - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong MARVIN - Lee Rufford INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher POLICE OFFICER - Ben Crowe

Writer: Anita Sullivan Director: Karen Rose Producer: Sarah Tombling Sound: : David Thomas Composer: Simon Slater Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward

Legal Advisor on Stasis Rights: Elizabeth Barrett Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop

Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

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Limelight - 11 Minutes Dead - Episode 5
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08/09/24 • 28 min

Paranormal thriller about Near Death Experience.

After losing consciousness in a surfing accident, Beth is faced with a horrifying vision of the future. When she awakes, she discovers not only that she has returned with mysterious new abilities but that something sinister has followed her back from the other side.

Time is running out for Beth as she seeks to evade the dark forces that are coming for what she holds most dear. She turns to the man who poses the greatest threat of all.

Written by Lucy Catherine

Beth . . . . . Scarlett Brookes Jem . . . . . Paul Ready Stefan . . . . . Mark Edel-Hunt Roz . . . . . Claire Lams The Traveller . . . . . Maureen Beattie Sammi . . . . . Mabel Cresswell

Production Co-ordinator: Gaelan Davis-Connolly Sound Design: Peter Ringrose Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

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Limelight - Harland - 3. Wōdnesdæg
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10/28/22 • 27 min

Another visit to the troubled new town of Harland. The mysterious stranger known as Hare Mask has reappeared as Dan and Lindsay continue their quest to unlock the secrets of the Hare Witches. A supernatural thriller by Lucy Catherine.

Dan ..... Tyger Drew-Honey Lindsay ..... Jasmine Hyde Sadie ..... Melissa Advani Serena ..... Chloë Sommer Janice ..... Fiona Skinner Bob ..... David Hounslow The Fish ..... Joanna Monro Other parts played by Jonathan Forbes and Tom Kiteley

Sound Design by Caleb Knightley Directed by Toby Swift

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4

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Limelight - Silos - 3. Playlist
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03/22/24 • 28 min

'Alone. One journey, then another. Now I am here. Who am I here?' Marvin reveals disturbing information about Riv. But Nat ignores his advice and returns to Silo 605 and is persuaded to try a playlist. As Hanna takes over Jodie's room, Nat's experience both asleep and awake, gets even stranger.

CAST: NAT - Anastasia Hille RIV - Paul Bazely ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola CAROL - Rebekah Staton HANNA - Bryony Hannah HONOUR - Raad Rawi DIZZY - Waleed Akhtar JODIE - Anna Fenton-Garvey MARVIN - Lee Rufford INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher IVAN - Ben Crowe

Writer: Anita Sullivan Director: Karen Rose Producer: Sarah Tombling Sound: David Thomas Composer Simon Slater Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward

Legal Advisor on Stasis Rights: Elizabeth Barrett Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

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Limelight - The Specialist - Episode 5
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05/31/24 • 28 min

Dark Medical Thriller by Matthew Broughton, creator of Tracks and Broken Colours.

Ged is sick, the situation in Bly is going from bad to worse, and help is very slow in coming from Cardiff, but Anna and Nell have one last desperate thing to try.

With original music by Sion Orgon and Rhodri Davies

CAST Anna Diaz- Saran Morgan Ged Diaz - Sion Daniel Young Ruth - Michelle Bonnard Raymond - Ioan Hefin Nell - Diana Yekinni Mr Devonshire - Pal Aron

Original music by Sion Orgon and Rhodri Davies

Production Coordinator Eleri McAuliffe Sound Design by Catherine Robinson Directed by John Norton A BBC Audio Wales production for Radio 4

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Limelight - Central Intelligence: Episode 4
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10/04/24 • 31 min

The inside story of the CIA from the perspective of Eloise Page (Kim Cattrall), who joined on the Agency’s first day in 1947 and, in a 40-year career, became one of its most influential figures. Eloise takes the listener on a journey through the highs and lows of US foreign policy, spanning the staggering world events that shaped her career, as well as portraying her relationships with early CIA leaders, Allen Dulles (Ed Harris) and Richard Helms (Johnny Flynn).

New episodes available on Fridays. Listen first on BBC Sounds.

In Episode 4, with failures mounting, a US war hero is appointed to shake up the CIA. But there is a spy hiding in plain sight.

Cast: Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Allen Dulles..........Ed Harris Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Frank Wisner..........Geoffrey Arend Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Clover Dulles..........Laurel Lefkow General Bedell-Smith..........Kerry Shale Kim Philby..........Rufus Wright James Jesus Angleton..........Philip Desmeules Virginia Hall..........Jennifer Armour President Truman..........Eric Meyers Admiral Hillenkoetter..........Matthew Marsh Colonel Smiley..........Wayne Forester David Lilienthal..........Adam Sina Macy Dulles..........Will Hislop Bido..........Andi Jashy

Original music by Sacha Puttnam

Production: Created by Greg Haddrick & Jeremy Fox Episode 4 written by Felicity Packard Sound Designers & Editors: John Scott Dryden, Adam Woodhams, Martha Littlehailes & Andreina Gomez Casanova Script Consultant: Misha Kawnel Script Supervisor: Alex Lynch Trails: Jack Soper Archive Research: Andy Goddard & Alex Lynch Production Assistant: Jo Troy Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Flynn Hallman Marc Graue Sound Engineers, LA: Juan Martin del Campo & Tony Diaz Margarita Mix, Santa Monica Sound Engineer, LA: Bruce Bueckert Mirrortone Sound Engineers, NY: Collin Stanley Dwarzski & James Quesada

Director: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn. Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.

A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

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Limelight - Preview: Gaslight
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03/01/23 • 14 min

Have you ever wondered where the term 'gaslighting' comes from? Listen to Gaslight from Radio 4. A dark reimagining of the classic 1938 stage thriller by Patrick Hamilton. To hear the series in full, just search for Gaslight in BBC Sounds.

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Limelight - 1: Number Stations
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04/01/22 • 28 min

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 code, Greg realises that Dead Hand is active again.

With time already running out, can he finally crack the code and catch the killer?

Cast: Greg ... Paul Mallon DS Murray ... Michelle Fairley Kate ... Roísín Gallagher Lucy ... Hannah Eggleton Stacey ... Eimear Fearon Daniel ... Desmond Eastwood Assistant Jo ... Nicky Harley Operator ... Louise Parker All other roles played by members of the cast.

Writer ... Stuart Drennan Script Editor ... Philip Palmer Producer ... Michael Shannon Executive Editor ... Andy Martin

A BBC Northern Ireland production for Radio 4.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Limelight have?

Limelight currently has 208 episodes available.

What topics does Limelight cover?

The podcast is about Fiction, Drama and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Limelight?

The episode title 'Galapagos - Episode 4: The Giant’s Pocket' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Limelight?

The average episode length on Limelight is 24 minutes.

When was the first episode of Limelight?

The first episode of Limelight was released on May 13, 2021.

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