The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.
The Cold War intensifies with US involvement in South Vietnam. It’s 1954. Colonel Ed Lansdale, former advertising executive and the CIA’s maverick agent in South-East Asia, a pioneer in clandestine operations and psychological warfare, is given the task of creating dissension in the North to stop the advance of the communists.
Return of the award-winning series about America’s Central Intelligence Agency - told from the inside out ...
Return of the award-winning series about America’s Central Intelligence Agency… told from the inside out by long-serving CIA agent Eloise Page (Kim Cattrall).
In Series 2, the Cold War intensifies with: US involvement in South Vietnam; an attempted coup in Indonesia; the Hungarian uprising; the Suez crisis; the U2 spy plane; meddling in Africa; and a failed US-backed invasion of Cuba, which seals the fate of CIA’s legendary head All...
After defeat at the battle of Culloden in 1746, the Highland army is decimated. His dream of a restored Stuart monarchy now shattered, Prince Charles goes on the run in the Highlands and islands.
At a secret hideaway on Skye, he meets the young Flora MacDonald who will risk her life to help her would-be king. But can they evade the pursuing Redcoat army? Her solution – to disguise the prince as her female servant.
Jack Lowden pres...
In 1745 as Charles and his Highland army march through England in their bid to take over the British throne, there’s panic on the streets of London - with English newspapers full of stories of raping, murdering Highland savages heading towards the city.
But then, unexpectedly, the invading Highland army retreats back to Scotland. It’s a fateful decision that leads to Culloden - the last major battle on British mainland soil.
Jack...
In 1745 Charles and his army of Highlanders cross into England and conquer Carlisle, Manchester, and Derby with surprising speed. But can they march on London and reclaim the British throne for the Stuart dynasty?
Jack Lowden presents the dramatic story of the rise and fall of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. Written by Colin MacDonald with original music by Duncan Chisholm.
Narrator……………………………………………..…....Jac...
Can Charles and his rag-tag Highland army seize control of Scotland’s capital city?
In 1745 British Government troops are massing near Edinburgh at Prestonpans - and thousands of Highland clansmen must prepare for the fight of their lives in their daring bid to restore Prince Charles to the British throne.
Jack Lowden presents the dramatic story of the rise and fall of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. Written ...
Jack Lowden presents a drama-documentary series on the rise and fall of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
In 1745 Charles arrives in Scotland – with an army of just seven men. He must find a way to persuade thousands of Highland clansmen to risk their lives to join him in his bid to restore the Catholic Stuarts as the ruling monarchy of Great Britain.
Written by Colin MacDonald with original music by Duncan Chisholm.
Narrator ..... Jack Low...
Jack Lowden presents a compelling drama-documentary series on the rise and fall of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. Written by Colin MacDonald with original music by Duncan Chisholm.
When Reid and Maria visit Kokorov at the palace it's clear he and the Ambassador have a special relationship.
Could Maria and Natsev be on course for a similar alliance but along different lines?
New alliances formed and previous suspicions now confirmed, it's time for Maria to make a decision about her next steps.
Maria...Sinead Keenan Reid...Kevin McNally President Kokorov..John Albasiny Maria's Father...Piotr Baumann Gilroy...Sea...
When Reid tells Maria she is to be recalled to London she's incredulous, but he is firm, her recent injuries mean she is better off, in his opinion, back in London.
When she arrives however she's met by an unexpected government official, Gilroy, who has some questions, and information, that challenges, and in some ways confirms Maria's most recent suspicions.
Soon she's travelling back out of the UK to the embassy, to an unexpected ...
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...
Joyce Sapp, 76; Bryan Herrera, 16; and Laurance Webb, 32—three Miami residents whose lives were stolen in brutal, unsolved homicides. Cold Case Files: Miami follows award‑winning radio host and City of Miami Police reserve officer Enrique Santos as he partners with the department’s Cold Case Homicide Unit, determined family members, and the advocates who spend their lives fighting for justice for the victims who can no longer fight for themselves.
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