Exemplar: Series 2: Episode 2

Limelight

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.4 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When a never before heard track by iconic 90s band The Daisy Chains is discovered, a bitter argument over ownership between the lead singer’s widow and the bandleader ensues. Jess and Maya are brought in to work out who really wrote the song, with just an old school tape recording of the original track as a clue.

Exemplar: “an audio recording made by a forensic analyst to recreate the precise audio conditions of a piece of evidence in a criminal or civil case.”

The return of a modern day thriller set in the world of audio forensics. In Exemplar, Gina McKee plays Jess, a forensic analyst born and bred in the North East. Together with her colleague Maya, she undertakes a different sound challenge in every episode. When DS Serena Gray comes into their world, things become a little bit more complicated.

Created by leading sound designers, Ben and Max Ringham, and rooted in factual research. The first series of Exemplar won Best Series at the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Jess ….. Gina McKee Maya ….. Shvorne Marks Seb ….. Afnan Iftikhar Lucia ….. Tracey Wilkinson Clare ….. Amy McAllister

Writers: Ben and Max Ringham, with Dan Rebellato Audio forensic consultants: James Zjalić, plus Dr Katherine Earnshaw and Bryony Nuttall, forensic specialists in speech and audio at the Forensic Voice Centre Police consultant: Alex Ashton Sound recordist: Alisdair McGregor Production coordinator: Annie Keates Thorpe Sound design: Ben and Max Ringham with Lucinda Mason Brown Original music: Ben and Max Ringham Directors: Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis Executive producer: Joby Waldman

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.2	Hello and welcome to Limelight.
0:07.6	This is series two of Exemplar from BBC Radio 4.
0:11.5	Episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts.
0:15.0	But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the latest episodes first on BBC Sounds.
0:36.6	It's like a whisper in the distance that you can only just make out.
0:41.0	And if you miss your chance, it might be gone forever.
0:50.9	At first, maybe it's just a couple of notes or a phrase, a melody that speaks to you.
0:53.8	But it's ephemeral. If you don't get it down quickly, you might lose it.
0:58.0	Any distraction and this precious thing could slip through your fingers could disappear just as quickly as it came.
1:08.0	If you're lucky, you can catch it.
1:13.7	There are only 12 notes in Western music,
1:18.0	and finding something truly original in them
1:20.9	is as a composer what you dream of.
1:24.2	Before long, others will come and decide
1:26.3	if it's good enough, if it stands out, and before
1:29.4	you know it, 10,000 people are singing it back at you. It's the most surreal thing.
1:38.9	Well, it's great to have you back, Seb. Thank you for taking the time to join us.
1:47.0	And now we have a treat for all our listeners,
1:54.8	one of the outtakes from the new deluxe re-release of Shooting Stars. This is The Lane.
2:01.6	I'll meet you down the lane. If I don't't I'll go insane When we don't get on
2:04.6	I feel I've gone wrong
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