Limelight

By BBC Radio 4

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

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The podcast currently has 231 episodes available.

Limelight episodes:

April 28, 2023 An Eye for a Killing: 1. The Trial On Christmas Eve
Welcome to hell. The true story of Scotland’s notorious serial killers, Burke and Hare.
On Christmas Eve in 1828, William Burke is on trial for murder at the High Court in Edinburgh. He’s accused of killing an old woman, Madgy Docherty. In the witness box is his accuser – William Hare - who is Burke’s accomplice in 16 murders.
What started these two former canal labourers on a mass killing spree? In 1828, Edinburgh is a world-leading centre of medical training and dissection. The anatomists need cadavers on which to demonstrate and practice – but the supply of bodies from hospitals and prisons isn’t enough to meet the demand. Burke and Hare discover they can earn £10 by selling a dead body and decide they will lure victims to their lodging house and murder them.
Powerful five-part drama-documentary series from BBC Radio 4 with bonus scenes on BBC Sounds.
Written and dramatised by Colin MacDonald.
Narrator ….. Jack Lowden
Burke ….. Gavin Mitchell
Hare ….. James Boal
John Fisher ….. Robert Jack
Mary Paterson ….. Helen Mackay
Janet Brown ….. Nicola Roy
Madgy Docherty ….. Maureen Carr
Jamie ….. Kyle Gardiner
Sheriff Tait ….. Ron Donachie
Sir William Rae ….. Stuart McQuarrie
Robert Knox ….. Simon Donaldson
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer/director: Bruce Young
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41min
March 24, 2023 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 5. Bogata
The team is in a race against time for answers, but the route proves circuitous.
Chapter Five – the quest ends?
Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
Forsaken McTeague and the Underwood Sisters – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield– Barnaby Kay
Miss Lotte Amutenya – Cherrelle Skeete
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Dr Hazlitt - Ben Crowe
Co Pilot – James Joyce.
Created and written by Julian Simpson
Recorded on location in Hove.
Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
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29min
March 24, 2023 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 4. The Murder Clowns
Dr Hazlitt sends Aldrich and Clara on a mission to unexplored and dangerous territory.
Chapter Four – more questions than answers?
Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
Forsaken McTeague and the Underwood Sisters – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield– Barnaby Kay
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Dr Hazlitt - Ben Crowe
Film Director – James Joyce.
Created and written by Julian Simpson
Recorded on location in Hove.
Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
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29min
March 24, 2023 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 3. Liberty Flights
Clara and Sabine battle through undergrowth and language barriers as Nakesha and Sebastian follow the Liberty Flights lead in Vienna.
Chapter Three - Liberty Flights don’t file flight plans.
Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
Nurse – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield – Barnaby Kay
Miss Lotte Amutenya – Cherrelle Skeete
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Dr Hazlitt - Ben Crowe
Camera Assistant – James Joyce.
Created and written by Julian Simpson
Recorded on location in Hove.
Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
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29min
March 24, 2023 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 2. The Man Who Sold The World
Clara's dispatched on a new mission by her new boss. What could possibly go wrong?
Chapter Two - just who is Remington Schofield?
Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
The Underwood Sisters & Forsaken McTeague – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Remington Schofield – Barnaby Kay
Miss Lotte Amutenya – Cherrelle Skeete
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Novak - Ben Crowe
Created and written by Julian Simpson
Recorded on location in Hove.
Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
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29min
March 24, 2023 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: 1. Funeral In London
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.
Chapter One - and there’s trouble in London …
Cast:
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox
Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt – Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp – Karla Crome
Aunt Lily – Susan Jameson
The Underwood Sisters – Jana Carpenter.
Sabine Seah – Rebecca Boey
Mrs Bartholomew – Kate Isitt
Blue 2/Novak - Ben Crowe
Winslow/Blue 1 - James Joyce.
Created and written by Julian Simpson
Recorded on location in Hove and at the Brighton Conference Centre.
Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4
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29min
March 17, 2023 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?: Trailer
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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3min
March 06, 2023 Galapagos: 5. Face to Face
Speculative thriller about big tech, data manipulation and the undermining of democracy, by Simon Scardifield and Andrew Day.
As Wales embraces independence, Bryony realises that tech company Shapeshift has been grooming her for a very specific role.
Bryony.....Hannah Daniel
Sydney.....Ashleigh Haddad
Gaynor.....Sara Gregory
Omar.....Danny Ashok
Euan…..Jamie Redford
Sam…..Claire Cage
Max.....Ewan Bailey
Shapeshift Man.....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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29min
March 06, 2023 Galapagos: 4. The Giant’s Pocket
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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29min
March 06, 2023 Galapagos: 3. The Green, Green, Screens of Home
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
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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28min

FAQs about Limelight:

How many episodes does Limelight have?

The podcast currently has 231 episodes available.