Limelight
The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.
Episodes
After Adam's concern that Reid is shielding certain parties with his assessment of the crash report, Maria leaves hospital to confront him.
At the embassy, Reid is scathing, Maria is new to this, there are many factors at play and even a suggestion of another country's involvement could be catastrophic. Challenged by Maria as to how he can be sure, Reid sets her up with a meeting to speak to those fears head on.
Maria...Sinead Keen...
Travelling to the crash site courtesy of the Americans, Maria and Kathy meet up with Air Crash investigator Adam Cheney who's been sent from London for his expertise.
Alina Natsev from local security is there too, ostensibly managing the site but also managing a key witness who appears to have seen the crash when it happened. Adam shares his doubts with Maria on what the witness says he thinks he saw, versus what the scene seems to...
Maria Kossecka, newly appointed Deputy Head of Mission, attends a rally with her boss James Reid, to see Milan Ogrisovic, the front runner in the forthcoming presidential elections. His supporters are numerous and vocal about his message of unity and his pro European views.
When Reid asks Maria to attend a dinner with Ogrisovic that night, she is apprehensive - it's her first major engagement. Little does she know that the week's e...
Maria Kossecka - newly appointed Deputy Head of Mission in a former Soviet State - arrives in the country on the eve of a contentious presidential election that seems likely to install a pro-Western candidate. However, after spending an evening where she and her new boss, Ambassador James Reid, entertain this new man of the hour, Maria wakes to find he has been killed - his plane brought down in what looks like a targeted attack. A...
When Veritas is hit by sophisticated cyber attack, Jess and Maya have to work with DS Gray to identify the attackers and stop them. Will they do it in time to save the company?
Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.”
The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess,...
Jess is observing as her old adversary, gang leader Danny Fenchurch, is questioned by the police. Will he crack? Meanwhile, back at Veritas, Maya is trying to crack a bizarre code on a video of a man being held captive by the gang. When DS Gray takes charge, the interrogation gets more heated.
Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or ci...
Audio analysts Jess and Maya are hired to support a police sting operation to infiltrate a suspected drugs gang. A terrified teenager agrees to carry a wire when he goes to collect a package – Jess and Maya have to try to work out how to trap the drug runner, using sound cues from the route he takes.
Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a crimina...
When a never before heard track by iconic 90s band The Daisy Chains is discovered, a bitter argument over ownership between the lead singer’s widow and the bandleader ensues. Jess and Maya are brought in to work out who really wrote the song, with just an old school tape recording of the original track as a clue.
Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence...
A successful television actor hires Jess and Maya to analyse a voicemail, leaked to the press, that suggests he supplied the drugs that killed his younger co-star. The suspicion is that the recording has been doctored.
As they disentangle the truth behind the missing 29 seconds in the voicemail, pushy Detective Sergeant Serena Gray hires Veritas to help with a phone-hacking investigation.
Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a for...
By Anthony Del Col
Gripping psychological thriller set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).
Cressida is shocked to discover the truth about Soji Sanada but together they must race to stop the killer and delete the remaining lethal cutscenes.
Cressida Yang ..... Sophie Wu Blu_Devil ..... Thaddea Graham Park ..... Nikesh Patel Rooftop ..... Jonny Weldon Soji Sanada.....Togo Igawa Officer Patel ....... Jaz Singh Deol Beckett Kno...
By Anthony Del Col
Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).
Cressida Yang is forced into hiding when she is blamed for a string of murders which has sent shockwaves through the esports community. Determined to locate the Poka Yoke server and shut down the killer cutscene forever, Cressida embarks on a dangerous journey. But help comes just in time from an unexpected source.
Cressida Yang ........
By Anthony Del Col
Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).
Cressida Yang, along with her former nemesis, Blu_Devil are trying to find out what happened to two esports players who died in mysterious circumstances. After attending the funeral of Lars Persson, they follow the scent of another lead. Which leads Blu_Devil to a place where she has to confront her difficult past.
Cressida Yang ......
By Anthony Del Col
Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).
Esports psychologist, Cressida Yang is pulled back into the competitive gaming world. In the last couple of days, two esports players made contact with her just before they died. Cressida is unnerved and sets out to reveal the truth about what really happened. Taking matters into her own hands she visits the hotel where Khaan, one of...
By Anthony Del Col
Gripping psychological thriller, set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).
Cressida Yang was once a top esports psychologist, until she was scapegoated for the burn out of one of her clients. When her former colleague, Park, ropes her back in to do one last session to help out an underperforming player from his new team Klub Kinetic, Cressida is thrust back into dangerous a world she thought she had left ...
Cressida Yang, once a top gaming team pyschologist, thought she had left the esports world behind until the mysterious death of a former client thrusts her back into the spotlight.
Created by Pulitzer Prize winner, Anthony Del Col this is a nail-biting dive into the complex world of competitive gaming.
The race across the world for the mysterious and elusive Rose of Pamir reaches the Pamir Mountains and facilitates a family reunion.
Chapter Five: At The Roof of The World
Mountain-top scuffles as loyalties are tested and all is finally revealed.
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 Siste...
Aldrich Kemp and the gang are back with some new faces as the race for the mysterious and elusive Rose of Pamir moves from London to Paris, New York to Amsterdam and the Maldives to Tajikistan.
Chapter Four: The Missing Child
Family challenges are coming from all directions as Clara races to a Manhattan rooftop and Mrs Bartholomew visits Themis House.
Clara Page - Phoebe Fox Aldrich Kemp – Ferdinand Kingsley Mrs Boone – Nicola Walker...
Aldrich Kemp and the gang are back with some new faces as the race for the mysterious and elusive Rose of Pamir moves from London to Paris, New York to Amsterdam and the Maldives to Tajikistan.
Chapter Three: American Cryptography
Clara Page and Aldrich Kemp travel to New York and call in a favour, but who else is lurking in Manhattan? Meanwhile, Mrs Bartholomew and Mrs Boone are facing challenges of their own back in Blighty.
Clara ...
Aldrich Kemp and the gang are back with some new faces as the race for the mysterious and elusive Rose of Pamir moves from London to Paris, New York to Amsterdam and the Maldives to Tajikistan.
Chapter Two: The Music Box
Clara Page's investigation of the Linnean Society break-in provided the first clues in the search and now Clara and Aldrich are heading south-west in a bid to beat the other side. Whoever they are...
Clara Page - Ph...
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