
Limelight
by BBC Radio 4
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Out of Time: Trailer
Oct 19, 2026
2m 40s
Underground: Episode 5
Oct 16, 2026
28m 27s
Underground: Episode 4
Oct 9, 2026
28m 42s
Underground: Episode 3
Oct 2, 2026
28m 05s
Underground: Episode 2
Sep 25, 2026
28m 35s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | Out of Time: Trailer | When a stranded Arctic research vessel transmits a call for help, the ship that comes to the rescue is not what they expected. Trapped together in a frozen limbo, two crews separated by a century must survive starvation, the elements, and paranoia to get home.A chilling five-part supernatural thriller that blends claustrophobic survivalism, cosmic sci-fi and environmental geopolitics, set in one of the most hostile places on Earth - the Arctic tundra. Written by the writers of the award-winning drama podcast 'Up In Smoke', Cambria Bailey-Jones and Guy Larsen.Listen to the whole series on BBC Sounds from 23 October, 2026.A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4. | 2m 40s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Underground: Episode 5 | After the devastating revelation about Edward's wife, Thornfield is burning. But Axel has an offer for Charly. In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too.In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?CAST Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones, Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Axel ..... Alexander Arnold, Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams, Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Mei ..... India Moon Huxley ..... Ayrton English Esther ..... Kerry Gooderson Dmitry ..... Tom Kiteley Other parts are played by David Holt.Written by Chloë MyersonProduction Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne IsgerA BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 | 28m 27s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Underground: Episode 4 | What secret is hidden in Thornfield's forbidden East Wing? And what lengths will Charly go to, to find out?In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too.In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?CAST Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Dev ..... Danny Ashok Axel ..... Alexander Arnold Kal ..... Tom Kiteley Huxley ..... Ayrton English Mei ..... India Moon Other parts are played by David HoltWritten by Chloë MyersonProduction Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne IsgerA BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 | 28m 42s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | Underground: Episode 3 | Guests arrive at Thornfield. But what is Edward hiding from Charly?In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too.In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?CAST Charly .... Ava Hinds-Jones Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Dev ..... Danny Ashok Axel ..... Alexander Arnold Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Mei ..... India Moon Huxley ..... Ayrton English Zack ..... Waj Ali Brett ..... Kerry Gooderson Other parts are played by David HoltWritten by Chloë MyersonProduction Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne IsgerA BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 | 28m 05s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 | Underground: Episode 2 | A voice from the past returns. Can Charly trust what she hears? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too.In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?CAST Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Dev ..... Danny Ashok Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Huxley ..... Ayrton English Mei ..... India Moon Other parts are played by Kerry Gooderson, Debbie Korley and David Holt. Written by Chloë MyersonProduction Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne IsgerA BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 | 28m 35s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 | Underground: Episode 1 | Tutor Charly arrives in luxury bunker Thornfield. But something's not right with this place. And what happened to her predecessor? In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too. In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?CAST Charly ..... Ava Hinds-Jones Popo ..... Liz Sutherland-Lim Huxley ..... Ayrton English Mei ..... India Moon Obi ..... Joshua-Alexander Williams Kal ..... Tom Kiteley Axel ..... Alexander Arnold Edward ..... Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Other parts are played by David Holt and Debbie KorleyWritten by Chloë MyersonProduction Co-ordinator: Ben Hollands Sound Design: Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham, Andy Garratt Director: Anne IsgerA BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4. | 28m 25s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | Underground: Trailer | In a near-future world on the brink of societal collapse, the wealthiest 0.01% have retreated into luxury bunkers. These high-tech fortresses boast swimming pools, cinemas, and hydroponic farms, but their inhabitants live in a bubble of paranoia and control. Charly takes a job tutoring the children of reclusive billionaire Edward in his doomsday bunker. But when strange things start happening, it seems dark secrets are buried in this vast bunker too. In the real world, the super-rich are already building bunkers ready to provide sanctuary from the apocalypse. In Chloë Myerson claustrophobic thriller, we ask: what happens next?A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 | 2m 19s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | Central Intelligence: Series 3: Episode 10 | 1968. LBJ is running out of time. Having abandoned his own re-election campaign, the President turns to the one achievement that might redeem his final months in office: peace in Vietnam. But as the US election tightens, the CIA begins to pick up signs that Nixon’s campaign may be using secret back channels to keep South Vietnam away from the negotiating table. For LBJ, it could destroy his final hope of peace. For Richard Helms and Eloise Page, it is a dangerous collision of espionage, democracy and power.Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer, Johnny Flynn and David Duchovny.Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer Bill Colby..........David Duchovny Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer Anna Chennault..........Carin Chea Peer de Silva..........Ian Porter Nguyễn Văn Thiệu..........Aaron Teoh Tho..........Sotty Pong Richard Nixon..........Roy McCrerey Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe Averell Harriman..........Kerry Shale Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow Gerri Whittington..........Nettie ChickeringAll other parts played by the castOriginal music by Sacha PuttnamProduction: Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Lily LefkowDirector: John Scott Dryden Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4 | 33m 47s | ||||||
| 9/4/26 | Vietnam WarCIA operations+3 | Bill ColbyKim Cattrall+8 | CIA | VietnamSouth Vietnam | VietnamCIA+6 | — | 31m 05s | ||
| 8/28/26 | Vietnam Waranti-war movement+3 | Kim CattrallKelsey Grammer+8 | — | — | VietnamCIA+6 | — | 30m 07s | ||
| 8/21/26 | Che GuevaraCIA operations+3 | Kim CattrallKelsey Grammer+1 | CIA | Bolivia | Che GuevaraCIA+5 | — | 34m 56s | ||
| 8/14/26 | CIAVietnam War+4 | Kim CattrallKelsey Grammer+11 | CIAPentagon | VietnamMiddle East+4 | CIAVietnam+6 | — | 31m 28s | ||
| 8/7/26 | CIA operationsSoviet nuclear power+4 | Kim CattrallKelsey Grammer+10 | CIA | — | CIAnuclear power+8 | — | 33m 38s | ||
| 7/31/26 | CIApolitical drama+3 | Eloise PageKim Cattrall+2 | CIA | — | CIAAdmiral Raborn+5 | — | 33m 20s | ||
| 7/24/26 | Vietnam WarCIA+4 | Kim CattrallKelsey Grammer+10 | CIAPentagon+2 | VietnamNorth Vietnam+1 | VietnamCIA+6 | — | 32m 42s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Cold WarBritish Guiana+4 | Kim CattrallKelsey Grammer+2 | CIALabour government+1 | British GuianaCuba | British GuianaCuba+7 | — | 32m 51s | ||
| 7/10/26 | CIAChile+4 | — | CIACentral Intelligence | — | CIAChile+6 | — | 30m 24s | ||
| 7/6/26 | CIA1960s+3 | Kim CattrallKelsey Grammer+3 | CIA | — | CIAJFK+7 | — | 2m 43s | ||
| 7/3/26 | evidence gatheringdrama+3 | Mohamed ElsandelMaeve Courtier-Lilley+8 | BBC Radio 4BBC Audio Drama Wales | — | evidencesurrender+3 | — | 28m 15s | ||
| 6/26/26 | hospital recoveryhit and run+3 | Mohamed ElsandelMaeve Courtier-Lilley+6 | BBC Radio 4BBC Audio Drama Wales | — | hit and runhospital+5 | — | 28m 10s | ||
| 6/19/26 | apologypolice investigation+4 | MoMo - Mohamed Elsandel | BBC Radio 4Home Office+2 | — | ElliMo+7 | — | 27m 48s | ||
| 6/12/26 | mysterydrama+4 | Mohamed ElsandelMaeve Courtier-Lilley+8 | — | — | mysterydrama+8 | — | 28m 33s | ||
| 6/5/26 | murdercrime+3 | Mohamed ElsandelMaeve Courtier-Lilley+7 | BBC Radio 4BBC Audio Drama Wales | — | Sudanesedelivery rider+7 | — | 28m 30s | ||
| 6/1/26 | mysterysuspense+3 | — | — | — | pizza deliverymystery+3 | — | 2m 26s | ||
| 5/29/26 | Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurity+4 | Edward BluemelCorinna Brown+11 | BBC Radio 4Wraith+1 | — | AI takeovermilitary orders+5 | — | 28m 31s | ||
| 5/22/26 | Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurity+4 | Edward BluemelCorinna Brown+12 | BBC Radio 4A Strange Boy | — | AI takeoverLondon Internet Exchange+6 | — | 28m 45s | ||
| 5/15/26 | Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurity+5 | Edward BluemelCorinna Brown+12 | BBC Radio 4National Cyber Security Centre+1 | — | AI takeoverLondon chaos+8 | — | 28m 35s | ||
| 5/8/26 | Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurity+4 | Edward BluemelCorinna Brown+11 | BBC Radio 4A Strange Boy | — | AI takeovercybersecurity+5 | — | 29m 05s | ||
| 5/4/26 | Artificial Intelligencecybersecurity+4 | Edward BluemelCorinna Brown | BBC Radio 4UK telecoms giant | — | AI takeovercybersecurity+4 | — | 2m 40s | ||
| 3/27/26 | identity theftcrime thriller+3 | — | BBC Radio 4BBC Audio Scotland | — | dentistidentity+6 | — | 27m 56s | ||
| 3/20/26 | identity theftcrime+3 | Leah ByrneGabriel Quigley+3 | BBC Audio Scotland | — | dentistidentity+5 | — | 28m 15s | ||
| 3/13/26 | crime thrillerdark comedy+3 | LeanneKasia+5 | — | — | dentistidentity+5 | — | 28m 53s | ||
| 3/6/26 | dark comedycrime thriller+3 | — | BBC Audio Scotland | — | dentistidentity theft+3 | — | 28m 27s | ||
| 2/27/26 | dark comedycrime thriller+3 | — | BBC Radio 4BBC Audio Scotland | — | crimethriller+5 | — | 28m 21s | ||
| 2/23/26 | dentistrydeception+3 | — | — | — | dentistfaking+3 | — | 2m 31s | ||
| 2/20/26 | crimemystery+4 | — | Wolf Valley | Wolf ValleyNordic fjord valley | Wolf Valleycrime+7 | — | 28m 28s | ||
| 2/13/26 | mysteryinvestigation+3 | LenaAmrita Acharia+11 | AsgaardValborg Academy+1 | — | Wolf Valleymystery+8 | — | 28m 19s | ||
| 2/6/26 | Norse ritualinvestigation+4 | Amrita AchariaDavid Menkin+12 | Valborg AcademyAsgaard+1 | — | Norseritual+7 | — | 28m 31s | ||
| 1/30/26 | murder investigationNordic noir+5 | Amrita AchariaEirik Knutsvik+13 | Wolf Valley | OsloWolf Valley | murderinvestigation+6 | — | 28m 23s | ||
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Chart history for Limelight
Peaked at #3 in CO, top 10 in 14 of 50 tracked markets, currently #3 in CO.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| CO | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| KE | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| South Africa | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Australia | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Norway | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| South Africa | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Sweden | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Ireland | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Finland | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| KE | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Australia | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| Ireland | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| GR | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| CO | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| Spain | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #14 | #14 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 36 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 36 markets.