440
Episodes
97
Transcribed
907
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2021
First episode
432
YouTube views

About Limelight

The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.

Publisher
BBC Radio 4
Category
fiction
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
13 May 2021
Latest episode
6 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

97 of 440 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Out of Time: 3. What Kind of Coward Are You?

  2. 30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Out of Time: 2. Shake On It, Captainess Lee

  3. 23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Out of Time: 1. Pan-pan

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Out of Time: 3. What Kind of Coward Are You?

Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's a stupid idea. Excuse me? For like a thousand reasons. You don't know the ice depth. The ice might not be there. I won't be a south and I'll be fine. We don't know where we are. The Polaris found us at our coordinates. Yes, we do. No, no. No, not where we are geographically. Where we are in time. […]

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Who has been a guest on Limelight

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Raffey Cassidy
  • Ben Crowe
  • Sacha Dhawan
  • Burn Gorman
  • Calam Lynch

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views
432
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
358 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
549 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality
85
Social presence
0
YouTube
66
Engagement
99

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Does not typically book guests

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How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.

Does Limelight take guests?

The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.

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