meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Limelight

Central Intelligence: Series 2: Episode 10

Limelight

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.4604 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The story of the CIA, told from the inside out by veteran agent Eloise Page. Starring Kim Cattrall, Ed Harris, and Johnny Flynn.

In Episode 10... It’s 1963. Vietnam is spiralling. President Kennedy, convinced the war is un-winnable, authorises secret support for a South Vietnamese military coup. But cracks are forming within both the CIA and the White House. Then, in Dallas, the unthinkable happens. The most famous assassination in history changes everything. What if Kennedy had lived to pull back from the brink?

Cast: Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall Allen Dulles..........Ed Harris Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict Ngo Diệm.......... Jon Jon Briones John ‘Jack’ F. Kennedy..........Armand Schultz Lou Conein..........Philip Desmeules Madam Nhu……….Lourdes Faberes Bobby Kennedy……….Eric Sirakian Roger Hillsman……….Rufus Wright John McCone……….Tim Ahern Ngô Đình Nhu……….Yung Quang..........Thaiger Nguyen Henry Cabot Lodge ……….Kerry Shale Jock Richardson……….Greg Lockett

All other parts played by members of the cast. Written by Greg Haddrick Created by Greg Haddrick & Jeremy Fox Directed by John Scott Dryden Original music by Sacha Puttnam Sound Designers & Editors: John Scott Dryden, Adam Woodhams, Martha Littlehailes & Andreina Gomez Casanova Script Consultant: Misha Kawnel Script Supervisor: Alex Lynch Trails: Jack Soper Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Paul Clark & Paul Clark Sonica Runner: Flynn Hallman Marc Graue Sound Engineers, LA: Juan Martin del Campo & Tony Diaz Director: 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:05.0

Searching for a great new taste in dog food, discover new Friskey's magic sauce cubes.

0:12.2

Here's a bulletin from CBS News.

0:15.6

President Kennedy has been the victim of an assassin's bullets in Dallas, Texas.

0:21.1

It is not known as yet whether the president survived the attack against him.

0:26.6

Three bullet shots were heard to ring out.

0:29.4

The president slumped into the lap of Mrs. Kennedy.

0:33.4

Witnesses said they saw blood streaming from his...

0:35.7

There is no live soundtrack for the events in DendAli Plaza on November the 22nd, 1963.

0:42.4

No radio or TV stations were covering the motorcade, and the Zeprude of film is silent.

0:49.4

This moment, the most widely known death in history will forever be silent.

0:55.9

But the decisions Kennedy made in the last hundred days of his life

0:59.5

and how different the world would be if he hadn't gone to Dallas,

1:04.9

all that is far less well known.

1:08.3

It's one of the greatest what-ifs in history.

1:17.6

I am Eloise Page, and you are listening to Central Intelligence,

1:22.5

my life inside the CIA, season two, episode 10.

1:26.7

All Americans, I say,

1:28.3

the supreme national effort will be needed.

1:30.8

United States has committed no aggression against Cuba.

1:34.6

...bying the metal sphere,

1:35.9

place to...

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 9 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.