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Limelight

BBC Radio 4 278 Episodes Jul 3, 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 5 Jul 3, 2026 1695 Series 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.Episode 5 by Eno Mfon and Darragh MortellCAST Mo - Mohamed Elsandel Elli - Maeve Courtier-Lilley Omar - Ali Goolyad Martin - Matthew Gravelle Mama - Alaa Taha Amna - Fatima Seedahmed Mr Willis - Daniel Cerqueira D S Williams
The Courier: Episode 4 Jun 26, 2026 1690 Mo 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 have enough evidence to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. Series creators: Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell.Episode 4 by Darragh MortellCAST Mo - Mohamed Elsandel Elli - Maeve Courtier-Lilley Omar - Ali Goolyad Mama
The Courier: Episode 3 Jun 19, 2026 1668 After 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 papers. He's already inside the house when he finds out the the police have reopened Rosa's case - the duty pathologist was dismissed for negligence and now they are re-examining everything and going through CCTV of the night
The Courier: Episode 2 Jun 12, 2026 1713 Tormented 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 mystery of what really happened to Rosa. Elli's pretty certain the death had something to do with the notorious Parnell family. How long can Mo keep lying to her, to his best friend Omar, and his mother? Will he get ou
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

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