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Limelight

BBC Radio 4 278 episodes Latest Jun 1, 2026

The Limelight podcast features fiction and drama serials from BBC Radio 4, offering a curated selection of compelling audio stories.

Episodes

The Courier: Episode 1 Jun 5, 2026 1710 When 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 suspected of murder or arrested for working illegally and deported, Mo flees the crime scene. When the murder is reported as a suicide, Mo can't stop thinking about the dead woman. He knows what he saw. Series creators Eno
The Courier: Trailer Jun 1, 2026 146 A pizza delivery rider enters a house and finds something he never should have seen.
Wraith: Episode 4: Execute May 29, 2026 1711 A 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 for their lives as military personnel receive deepfaked orders. The AI gains control of internal government communications, and Nisha clashes with cabinet ministers over the right course of action. The London Internet Exch
Wraith: Episode 3: Control May 22, 2026 1725 A 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 chaos, with traffic and public transport at a standstill and emergency services communications down. Reeling from the killings carried out by the AI, Iain and Mel fall out and decide to go it alone. Nisha realises the AI is
Wraith: Episode 2: Exploit May 15, 2026 1715 A 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 as the AI resorts to more extreme measures. Iain, Mel, Roland and Zaina, trapped in the building, struggle to outwit the AI and figure out a way to help the rest of the city. Meanwhile Deputy Director of the National Cyber
Wraith: Episode 1: Breach May 8, 2026 1745 A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.During a routine overnight update at the headquarters of a major UK telecoms giant, two IT workers unknowingly set something terrifying in motion. They've started an LCE - an AI Loss of Control Event.Over the course of one night, a handful of staff race to regain con
Wraith: Trailer May 4, 2026 160 A cutting-edge thriller about an Artificial Intelligence takeover, written in consultation with leading AI and cybersecurity experts.During a routine overnight update at the headquarters of a major UK telecoms giant, two IT workers unknowingly set something terrifying in motion. They've started an LCE - an AI Loss of Control Event.Over the course of one night, a handful of staff race to regain con
The Dentist: Episode 5 Mar 27, 2026 1676 Kerry’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 pounds, the life of quiet desperation she was previously living seems very attractive right now…D.C. Jackson’s darkly comical crime thriller concludes. Cast: DI Hickman … David Ireland Paul Rennie… Jonathan Watson Jaconell
The Dentist: Episode 4 Mar 20, 2026 1695 When 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 pretty fatal. And now, as she digs deeper and deeper into her deception, she finds herself butting up against the criminal underworld. Cast: Kasia … Leah Byrne Leanne … Gabriel Quigley Paul Rennie… Jonathan Watson DI Hickman
The Dentist: Episode 3 Mar 13, 2026 1733 Darkly 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 dentist.And those consequences turn out to be pretty fatal... Cast: Leanne … Gabriel Quigley Kasia … Leah Byrne Bob and Toby… Grant O’Rourke Stewart … Jonathan Watson DI Hickman … David Ireland Jaconelli … Gavin Mitchell
The Dentist: Episode 2 Mar 6, 2026 1707 Darkly 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 dentist. Turns out they’re pretty catastrophic…Cast: Leanne … Gabriel Quigley DI Hickman … David Ireland Bob … Grant O’Rourke Stewart … Jonathan Watson Jaconelli … Gavin Mitchell Kasia … Leah ByrneStudio Production: An
The Dentist: Episode 1 Feb 27, 2026 1701 Darkly 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 for help, the consequences are worse than she could possibly have imagined, for both of them…Cast: Leanne and Kerry … Gabriel Quigley Bob … Grant O’Rourke Kasia … Leah Bryne Stewart … Jonathan Watson The Minister

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