Limelight BBC Radio 4

By Ed Sellek.
Valentine’s Day 2025. The UK awakes to financial catastrophe and no one can access any money. As the country descends into chaos, some see opportunity, but the powerful want to cling to the status quo. The fate of the country’s economy now lies in the hands of the UK’s Prime Minister.
A fast-paced satirical drama starring Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Toast of London), Charlotte Richie (Ghosts, Call the Midwife), Aaron Heffernan (War of the Worlds, Brassic) and Josette Simon (Wonder Woman, Blakes 7).
A Naked Production for BBC Radio 4.

'This is how it happened. We closed our eyes...'
Riv has revealed the secret of the silos. But without him, how do they get access? And what is the code word?
CAST:
NAT - Anastasia Hille
ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola
HANNA - Bryony Hannah
HONOUR and JAMES - Raad Rawi
DIZZY - -Waleed Akhtar
MARVIN - Lee Rufford
TIGER -Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
IVAN – Ben Crowe
JODIE - Anna Fenton-Garvey
INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher
Writer: Anita Sullivan
Director: Karen Rose
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Sound: David Thomas
Composer: Simon Slater
Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward
Legal Advisor on Stasis Rights: Elizabeth Barrett
Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop
Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

'We're missing our targets for renewable energy ...'
Nat discovers that everything is connected. But have they run out of time?
CAST:
NAT - Anastasia Hille
RIV - Paul Bazely
ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola
CAROL - Rebekah Staton
IVAN - Ben Crowe
HANNA - Bryony Hannah
HONOUR - Raad Rawi
DIZZY - Waleed Akhtar
JODIE - Anna Fenton-Garvey
MARVIN - Lee Rufford
INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher
Writer: Anita Sullivan
Director: Karen Rose
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Sound: David Thomas
Composer Simon Slater
Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward
Legal Advisor on Stasis rights: Elizabeth Barrett
Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop
Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

'Alone. One journey, then another. Now I am here. Who am I here?'
Marvin reveals disturbing information about Riv. But Nat ignores his advice and returns to Silo 605 and is persuaded to try a playlist. As Hanna takes over Jodie's room, Nat's experience both asleep and awake, gets even stranger.
CAST:
NAT - Anastasia Hille
RIV - Paul Bazely
ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola
CAROL - Rebekah Staton
HANNA - Bryony Hannah
HONOUR - Raad Rawi
DIZZY - Waleed Akhtar
JODIE - Anna Fenton-Garvey
MARVIN - Lee Rufford
INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher
IVAN - Ben Crowe
Writer: Anita Sullivan
Director: Karen Rose
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Sound: David Thomas
Composer Simon Slater
Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward
Legal Advisor on Stasis Rights: Elizabeth Barrett
Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop
Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

'Why not try an acclimatisation session and see for yourself? You don't even have to shut the lid!'
As Riv persuades Nat to step into a tube, Marvin digs deeper into the tech and is alarmed by what he finds.
CAST:
NAT - Anastasia Hille
RIV - Paul Bazely
ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola
CAROL - Rebekah Staton
HONOUR - Raad Rawi
DIZZY - Waleed Akhtar
TIGER - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
MARVIN - Lee Rufford
INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher
POLICE OFFICER - Ben Crowe
Writer: Anita Sullivan
Director: Karen Rose
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Sound: : David Thomas
Composer: Simon Slater
Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward
Legal Advisor on Stasis Rights: Elizabeth Barrett
Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop
Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4

'Take a deep sleep vacation. No work, no stress. Guaranteed sweet dreams.' And a cure for the climate crisis too?
Climate events have set mass human migration in motion. Radical forms of governance and flawed technology strive to meet the challenges. Nat, a newly qualified lawyer in stasis law, must deal with the fallout.
Award-winning writer Anita Sullivan's new drama takes us to Lanza, a fictional island which could be anywhere - and everywhere. In the distant future - or maybe not that far off...
CAST:
NAT - Anastasia Hille
RIV - Paul Bazely
ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola
CAROL - Rebekah Staton
BARRY - Ben Crowe
HONOUR - Raad Rawi
JODIE - Anna Fenton-Garvey
INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher
Director: Karen Rose
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Sound: David Thomas
Composer Simon Slater
Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward
Legal Advisor on Stasis Rights: Elizabeth Barrett
Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop
Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4