While there are thousands of podcasts out there, it’s not always easy to find a high-quality one that hits the right notes. But if you love listening to a good story that takes you on a suspenseful journey, the BBC’s Limelight is certainly one you should check out.
Around since May 2021, Limelight is a BBC Sounds’ podcast chock-a-block with five-part dramas that originally aired on Radio 4. It now has over two dozen serials to choose from in a huge range of genres, including adventure, thrillers, whodunits, the supernatural, and sci-fi.
Among our favourites are “There’s Something I Need To Tell You”, in which a couple end up implicated in a high-profile political assassination while on holiday in Dubai; “Spores”, which follows a social worker whose life gets taken over by mould no one else can see; and “Dead Hand”, in which the son of a serial killer’s victim comes face-to-face with his father’s murderer. The latest serving is called “The Specialist” and follows a GP who is sent to a remote Welsh village where odd medical cases defy medical convention.
Limelight is available on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and is expertly paced, thrillingly written, and enjoyably voiced by professional actors or voice actors who put their all into the characters.
There’s just one downside to it, though… Don’t start any of the series right before you head to bed, as you just won’t be able to switch it off!
