Mothercover: Episode 1: Camera Obscura

Limelight

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.4 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Gwen is recruited to spy on another mum in her local baby group. But how long can she keep up the act?

An Aberystwyth-set thriller, by BAFTA Cymru nominee Fflur Dafydd, with original music by Mercury Prize nominees Gwenno and Rhys Edwards.

CAST Gwen .... Alexandra Roach Liz .... Remy Beasley Owen .... Sacha Dhawan Geraint .... Matthew Gravelle Yoga Teacher .... Lisa Zahra Group Leader .... Nadia Wyn Abouayen Mums .... Aoife Moss and Bethan Mclean Ioan .... Liam Donnelly Theo .... Cai Roberts

Original Music, Gwenno and Rhys Edwards

Sound design, Rhys Morris Production Co-ordinators, Lindsay Rees and Eleri McAuliffe Directed by Fay Lomas Produced by Fay Lomas and John Norton, BBC Audio Drama Wales

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	Welcome to a brand new series of Limelight, Mother Cover.
0:09.3	Episodes are released weekly, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:12.9	But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the whole series right now, first on BBC Sounds.
0:19.7	Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. First on BBC Sounds Shh
0:21.6	Shh
0:22.6	Shh
0:24.6	Honour
0:26.6	Manwe's
0:27.6	Manwe's
0:30.6	Clidachan
0:33.6	Adu hon Shh Okay Adieu hush Okay
0:38.3	Okay
0:42.3	Here it goes
0:45.3	If you're listening to this
0:51.3	It means something has happened to me.
0:55.9	You're both too young to understand it now, but one day, you'll realise that...
1:01.0	Who you're talking to?
1:02.8	No one.
1:04.4	Gwen, what is he? He's shaking?
1:07.4	I'm just tired.
1:09.4	Let me settle, Karris.
	...

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