Dead Hand: 5. Ceasefire Babies

Limelight

BBC

Fiction, Drama

4.4 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A contemporary thriller set in Northern Ireland written by Stuart Drennan.

Greg is the host of a true crime podcast dedicated to uncovering the identity of a serial killer, last active over 20 years ago, known only as Dead Hand.

A killer named after a mysterious radio transmission which has been broadcasting an indecipherable code in the years since Dead Hand vanished. A code told in the voices of Dead Hand’s victims; including Greg’s missing father. However, when a new voice is added to the code, Greg realises that Dead Hand is active again.

With time already running out, can he finally crack the code and catch the killer?

Cast: Greg … Paul Mallon DS Murray … Michelle Fairley Kate … Roísín Gallagher Lucy … Hannah Eggleton Stacey … Eimear Fearon May … Julia Dearden Control … Louise Parker Police Officer … Andrew McCracken TSG lead … Patrick Buchanan Marc Sheene … Conleth Hill All other roles played by members of the cast.

Writer … Stuart Drennan Script Editor … Philip Palmer Producer … Michael Shannon Executive Editor … Andy Martin

A BBC Northern Ireland production for Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:09.0	Greg? Stacey, are you here?
0:12.8	Hello?
0:15.0	Greg, your door was unlocked.
0:19.3	Hello, this is Greg. Leave a message after the beep.
0:24.1	Hi, it's me. I'm at yours. I thought you would be too.
0:28.1	Have you heard from Stacey? Call me when you can.
0:36.1	Hi Kate. Are you with Greg?
0:38.3	No, I dropped him off around a half hour ago.
0:41.3	Oh. I'm here now but there's no sign of him.
0:45.3	Yeah, we hit a bit of a dead end earlier. He's probably out clearing his head.
0:50.3	Grand. Thanks.
0:53.3	Everything okay, Kate? Should I come over? head. Grand. Thanks.
0:55.4	Everything okay, Kate?
0:57.3	Should I come over?
1:01.1	Yeah, I think you should.
1:02.8	His front door was unlocked.
1:04.1	There's no sign of him?
1:06.0	I'm on my way.
1:06.8	Thanks.
1:10.5	Where are you, Craig? Where are you, Craig?
1:11.6	Where am I?
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