Exemplar: Series 2: Episode 4

Limelight

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.4 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Jess is observing as her old adversary, gang leader Danny Fenchurch, is questioned by the police. Will he crack? Meanwhile, back at Veritas, Maya is trying to crack a bizarre code on a video of a man being held captive by the gang. When DS Gray takes charge, the interrogation gets more heated.

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 D S Gray ….. Clare Perkins Danny Fenchurch ….. Mark Stobbart Jemma ….. Amy McAllister Kirsty ….. Molly Roberts

Writers: Dan Rebellato, with Ben and Max Ringham 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.
0:35.6	Music can listen to the latest episodes first on BBC Sounds. You want to know when someone's lying to you? Just listen.
0:38.3	Not to the words, just a voice.
0:42.3	A liar's got a dry mouth, thick tongue, tight throat.
0:46.3	It's all a tell.
0:48.3	Not saying enough, saying too much, that's what a liar sounds like.
0:53.3	So here's my question to you. Do you hear any of that in
0:57.9	my voice? Are you telling me I sound like a liar? Are you? I couldn't. No, you don't. Because I am no
1:08.2	liar. So don't call me one again, or I'm walking.
1:12.0	I didn't call you a liar, Danny.
1:14.2	Do you have any more questions for Mr. Fenchurch?
1:17.8	I...
1:18.6	Yes, right.
1:20.8	I think I...
1:21.6	I'll tell you what, love.
1:23.1	Why don't we take a little break
1:24.6	and you can check through your notes, all right?
2:17.9	Right. All right. Well, just five minutes. I might get a coffee. Let's call it ten. Come on, Kirsty, you damp rag. Don't go far, though. Don't go far. May I remind you that my client is here of his own volition? So I'll choose where I get me coffee. You're all right, love? You're going to let him go? Right. Well, ten minutes. I'll see you back here. Cheers. Completely useless. It's not good. Your story's solid. You've hardly started. He's not under arrest. I can only push him so much. He doesn't have an alibi for the time the quarry was murdered. It was murder. And when you talk to him about his old gang, he keeps deflecting. Do you notice that? Of course I noticed that. But if I push him too hard, he'll walk. Well, arrest him then. We've got no evidence. You've given me no evidence.
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