Limelight

BBC Radio 4
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Dec 31, 2021 • 29min

SteelHeads: 5. Plan D

In this episode, Jessica Barden, a young British tennis pro diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, is cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab. She wakes up in a divided world and joins a resistance in Montana. The characters discuss Jeopardy, a happiness hack, and encounter the resistance. Uncertainty and searching for normalcy are also explored.
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Dec 31, 2021 • 29min

SteelHeads: 4. Break Point

A young tennis pro freezes herself in hopes of a cure for her terminal illness. She wakes up to a divided world and must live in hiding. She meets a mysterious figure named Jolene. Jolene receives good news about her tumor shrinking. The characters discuss their destination and a possible hack.
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Dec 31, 2021 • 29min

SteelHeads: 3. Shiny Happy People

In this episode, Joleen, a tennis pro with a terminal illness, wakes up to a divided world. She encounters pirates on a boat to Seattle and learns a fellow passenger's dark secret. Joleen and her companions face threats from white supremacists and discover an abandoned lab. They enjoy pizza and discuss deteriorating mental health. Joleen is proposed to stay with someone as a family.
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Dec 31, 2021 • 28min

SteelHeads: 2. The Conversation

Guest Jessica Barden, a British tennis pro diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, discusses the chilling new medical thriller. Topics include cryogenic freezing, a divided world in the future, and a transformative conversation that changes everything.
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Dec 31, 2021 • 29min

SteelHeads: 1. Lady in the Water

A young tennis pro freezes herself in the hope of a future cure. She wakes up in a divided world and becomes captive. Chapters explore cryonics, confusion, encounters with Luther, and conflicting values.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 3min

SteelHeads: Trailer

A futuristic thriller starring Jessica Barden as a tennis pro who wakes up from cryogenic sleep to a chaotic world. The story explores the impact of mandatory medical chips, raising ethical questions. It hints at time travel and potential consequences of this technology.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 29min

Harland: Series 1: 5. Saturday

A supernatural thriller reaches its climax on the day of the Festival of the Hare. Mysterious circumstances surrounding a murder and a cluttered office full of clues. A hand-drawn map of Harland and the disturbing history of Harland hair witches. Tense conversations and hidden discoveries. Rising waters, people in animal masks, and a daring rescue in a flooded basement.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 27min

Harland: Series 1: 4. Friday

A supernatural thriller with an investigation into a disappearance, eerie encounters, secret conversations, glitchy security camera footage, a shocking revelation, conversations at a bar, and a mysterious death at the Briarwood Estate.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 28min

Harland: Series 1: 3. Thursday

In this episode, DI Ward is guided by a man in a hare mask to find the missing Evie Bennett. The mysterious man cannot be captured by CCTV. The characters analyze a bag and discover a secret society. They discuss brain abnormalities, psychological suffering, resignation syndrome, and the meaning of life.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 28min

Harland: Series 1: 2. Wednesday

Actors and actresses discuss the aftermath of a sinkhole in Harland, including a missing girl and strange encounters with wildlife and glitching figures.

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