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Limelight

SteelHeads: 3. Shiny Happy People

Limelight

BBC

Fiction, Drama

4.4 β€’ 699 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 31 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When young British tennis pro, Joleen Kenzie (Jessica Barden), is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness, she has herself cryogenically frozen at an experimental lab in Seattle, in the hope that one day – perhaps hundreds of years into the future - there will be a cure and she can be revived.

She wakes up to a world divided. Having escaped captivity, Joleen arrives by sea in Seattle with her companions, Remi, an escaped convict and Luther, a blind captain…

From the creators of The Cipher and Passenger List, a chilling new medical thriller inspired by true events starring Jessica Barden.

Cast: JOLEEN – Jessica Barden LUTHER – Bruce Lester Johnson REMI – Khalid Laith SUMMER – Gianna Kiehl LESTER – Christopher Ragland WAYNE – Daniel Ryan LUCINDA – Annabelle Dowler OSCAR – Jason Forbes KIT – Symera Jackson

All other parts played by: Kerry Shale, Earl R Perkins, Andrew Byron and Eric Meyers

Original Theme composed by Pascal Wyse

Written and Created by Brett Neichin and John Scott Dryden Script Editing by Mike Walker Sound Design by Steve Bond Sound Editor: Adam Woodhams Assistant Producer: Eleanor Mein Additional casting by Janet Foster Trails by Jack Soper Produced by Emma Hearn Director and Executive Producer: John Scott Dryden

A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

I'm woken by the sound of... I'm woken by the sound of...

0:25.6

It's day.

0:29.6

The sun is shining.

0:32.6

I'm still on the boat heading to Seattle.

0:35.6

I need to pay.

0:38.3

How long have I been asleep?

0:41.3

They're getting close to me.

0:43.3

What's going on?

0:45.3

Pirates.

0:46.3

Lovely!

0:48.3

Ah, don't worry. They're not interested enough.

0:51.3

Remy, don't slow down. Just keep it close to the shoreline.

0:55.0

You think we can outrun them?

0:57.0

No. But they won't bother to chase us. They'd waste more fuel than they'd get back.

1:02.0

Guys, stop being dramatic. That's just them showing us who's boss. We're fine.

1:11.6

You're so calm, Luther. Seems like you've done this before.

1:14.6

Yeah, well, I used to be a military man, the Navy.

1:18.6

Was that before or after you lost your sight?

1:22.6

During. I was injured in the war.

1:24.6

Which one?

1:26.6

I'm American. Who can keep track?

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