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The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.
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Apr 1, 2022 • 27min
Dead Hand: 3. Hierarchy of Victims
A true crime podcast host uncovers a serial killer known as Dead Hand, who is active again. They discuss the police investigation, consequences of actions, speculation on the killer's targeting, decoding podcast episodes, and discovering connections to a missing person from 1997.

Apr 1, 2022 • 26min
Dead Hand: 2. Zero Sum
Listeners speculate about the missing person and host's precautions, significance of spoken numbers and music, arrest & family discussion, disappearance of Kate's father and Greg's involvement, discussion on amnesty and injustice, tense phone calls and fears

Apr 1, 2022 • 29min
Dead Hand: 1. Number Stations
A true crime podcast host investigates a serial killer known as Dead Hand. He explores techniques to crack codes from number stations and discusses a missing person case. The urgency to catch the killer and British intelligence pursuing a man are also highlighted.

Mar 28, 2022 • 2min
Dead Hand: Trailer
A true crime podcast searches for the identity of a serial killer known as Dead Hand, who used radio messages to torment and murder victims. After 20 years, the host realizes that Dead Hand is active again.

Feb 18, 2022 • 30min
Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 5. Kholat Syakhl
Trapped in a dungeon, our heroine Clara Page is under more pressure than ever as the water rises. And she learns some surprising family history. Can Aldrich Kemp and the team save her? Will she finally know all the answers? The concluding episode of Julian Simpson's drama.Cast:
Clara Page .................................................Phoebe Fox
Mister Bartholomew .............................Tim McInnerny
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
Conrad Spijker ........................................Steven Mackintosh
Hazlitt...................... ..................................Ben Crowe
Nurse.. .......................................................Louise BrealeyCreated and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove, London and at The Royal Pavilion in BrightonMusic composed by Tim Elsenburg
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Feb 18, 2022 • 28min
Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 4. The Spirit of the Age
As our heroine Clara Page and her mission are in ever-increasing peril, questions are asked - with varying degrees of politeness - across London and Europe.Cast:
Clara Page .................................................Phoebe Fox
Mister Bartholomew .............................Tim McInnerny
Aldrich Kemp ...........................................Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone..................................................Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt ................................Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp ........................................Karla Crome
Aunt Lily .....................................................Susan Jameson
Underwood Sisters ................................Jana Carpenter
Conrad Spijker ........................................Steven Mackintosh
Margot .......................................................Louise Brealey
Uncle Dave............. ..................................Ben Crowe
McGarry........... .........................................James JoyceCreated and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove, London and at The Royal Pavilion in BrightonMusic composed by Tim Elsenburg
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Feb 18, 2022 • 28min
Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 3. The Black Windmill
In Chapter Three, Clara Page and Kennedy Fisher find some parallels in their separate quests to locate Mr De Jong. And another new name to them both crops up. But whose side is Conrad Spijker on? The Lovecraft Investigations reporter and the Secret Service Research Analyst both need answers ...Cast:
Clara Page ...............................Phoebe Fox
Mister Bartholomew ...........Tim McInnerny
Aldrich Kemp ........................ Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone/Eleanor Peck....Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt ..............Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp ......................Karla Crome
Aunt Lily ...................................Susan Jameson
Kennedy Fisher.......................Jana Carpenter
Conrad Spijker........................Steven MackintoshCreated and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove, London and at The Royal Pavilion in BrightonMusic composed by Tim Elsenburg
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Feb 18, 2022 • 28min
Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 2. Themis House
Our heroine Clara Page finds herself in a mysterious village where the shopkeepers all look remarkably similar. Will more questions be raised than answered by the occupants of the equally mysterious Themis House? Who is Aldrich Kemp?Cast:
Clara Page .............................Phoebe Fox
Mister Bartholomew .........Tim McInnerny
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
Cylist ........................................Louise BrealeyCreated and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove, London and at The Royal Pavilion in BrightonMusic composed by Tim Elsenburg
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Feb 18, 2022 • 30min
Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: 1. Clara Page
With a stellar cast, headed by Phoebe Fox, alongside Nicola Walker, Tim McInnery, Ferdinand Kingsley and Kyle Soller, we are back in Julian Simpson's imagination - this time trying to find out just Who Is Aldrich Kemp? On a heightened and fun journey, which takes us to glamourous and sometimes improbable locations, we encounter Euro-villains and murderous housekeepers. Chapter One: The washed-up body of a man presumed dead 7 years earlier marks the beginning of Clara Page's mission to find the elusive Aldrich Kemp.Cast:
Clara Page .............................Phoebe Fox
Mister Bartholomew .........Tim McInnerny
Aldrich Kemp ...................... Ferdinand Kingsley
Mrs Boone..............................Nicola Walker
Sebastian Harcourt ............Kyle Soller
Nakesha Kemp ....................Karla Crome
Aunt Lily .................................Susan Jameson
Secretary ................................Louise Brealey
Howlett ..................................Ben Crowe
Tom .........................................James Joyce.Created and written by Julian SimpsonRecorded on location in Hove, London and at The Royal Pavilion in Brighton.Music composed by Tim Elsenburg.
Sound Design: David Thomas
Director: Julian Simpson
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Executive Producer: Karen RoseA Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

Feb 17, 2022 • 3min
Who Is Aldrich Kemp?: Trailer
Aldrich Kemp's hidden house and quiet life in the countryside draws intrigue from British intelligence, setting the stage for an exciting series of events.