Mothercover: Episode 2: The Sleepover

Limelight

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.4 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Liz is definitely up to something – but is just as inscrutable as ever. With the clock ticking and ongoing pressure from Owen, Gwen has to take a risk to find out what it is…

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

Gwen.... Alexandra Roach Liz.... Remy Beasley Owen.... Sacha Dhawan Geraint... Matthew Gravelle Dean.... Alex Harries Ioan.... Liam Donnelly Theo.... Cai Roberts

Original Music.... Gwenno and Rhys Edwards

Sound design.... Rhys Morris Production Co-ordinator.... Lindsay Rees and Eleri McAuliffe Directed by Fay Lomas Produced by Fay Lomas and John Norton

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.
0:09.1	Episodes are released weekly, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:12.6	But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the whole series right now, first on BBC Sounds.
0:19.3	Two months ago, I was just an ordinary mum.
0:24.5	Our system has identified you as a candidate for a position, but we can explain more during the meeting.
0:30.0	Congratulations, Gwen. We'd like to offer you a job.
0:33.9	See this woman here in the photo.
0:37.2	Liz Cavendish.
0:39.2	She attends a mother and baby group at the town hall at 10 a.m. on Thursdays.
0:43.3	All you have to do is get to know her.
0:46.6	Hi, can I sit here? Is that okay?
0:49.1	Sure. I'm Gwen, by the way.
0:52.0	Liz.
0:52.6	Remember how to fit a book from your training?
0:55.0	Place is somewhere central in Liz's house.
0:58.0	Oh, come on, come on.
1:00.0	Attach, God damn it.
1:02.0	Gwen?
1:04.0	What are you doing?
1:06.0	Sorry, sorry, I...
1:07.0	What on earth is your mummy up to, Joanne?
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