The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.
Radio 4,·284 episodes
Episode 2
A rigged election and a Nazi spy…
13 Sep 2024,·32 mins,·
Episode 3
The “honey pot”, invasion day, the Albanian mission…
Episode 4
A war hero, a spy chief, and the British mole…
13 Sep 2024,·31 mins,·
Episode 5
A double murder, spy balloons, intercepted mail…
13 Sep 2024,·29 mins
Episode 6
The Polish network, the psychoactive drug program, a man on his way to the top…
Episode 7
Death of Stalin, the Iranian mission, a suitcase full of dollars…
13 Sep 2024,·31 mins
Episode 8
Secret agents, the Persian princess, the last Shah of Iran…
Episode 9
A failed coup, escape to Rome, going rogue…
Episode 10
Guatemala, Marxist pamphlets, engineering a popular uprising…
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Jack Lowden presents a compelling drama on the rise and fall of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
12 May 2025,·3 mins
Episode 1: The King of Birds
Jack Lowden presents drama on the rise and fall of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
16 May 2025,·28 mins
Episode 2: The Devil’s in His Head
Can Prince Charles and his rag-tag Highland army seize control of Scotland’s capital city?
23 May 2025,·28 mins
Episode 3: Shiny Our Silver
The Highland army crosses into England and conquers Carlisle, Manchester and Derby.
16 May 2025,·27 mins
Episode 4: Heavy Is the Head That Wears the Crown
As the Highland army marches through England, there’s panic on the streets of London.
Episode 5: The King over the Water
After defeat at Culloden, Prince Charles goes on the run.
Sinéad Keenan stars in a new diplomatic thriller, executive-produced by Jed Mercurio.
07 Apr 2025,·2 mins
Episode 1
A new thriller from Chris Brandon and Davy Banks, with executive producer Jed Mercurio.
11 Apr 2025,·28 mins,·
18 Apr 2025,·28 mins,·
25 Apr 2025,·28 mins,·
02 May 2025,·28 mins,·
09 May 2025,·28 mins
Introducing Series 2 of Exemplar
24 Jan 2025,·2 mins
A phone has been hacked. Jess and Maya, our forensic scientists, investigate.
31 Jan 2025,·28 mins
The origin of a pop song is disputed. Can Jess and Maya identify who wrote it?
07 Feb 2025,·28 mins
Jess and Maya listen in to a police pursuit, can they decode vital evidence?
14 Feb 2025,·28 mins
Jess and Danny Frenchurch, the notorious drug lord, cross paths, again...
31 Jan 2025,·29 mins
Veritas is under Cyber attack! DS Grey steps in to get to the bottom of it.
28 Feb 2025,·29 mins
Gripping psychological thriller set in the world of competitive gaming (esports).
23 Dec 2024,·3 mins
Gripping psychological thriller set in the world of competitive gaming.
27 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Esports psychologist Cressida Yang, is thrust back into the competitive gaming world.
03 Jan 2025,·28 mins
