Wolf Valley: Episode 2
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 698 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The body of a young woman, Rose Smith, lies in the icy waters of the fjord. Who put her there?
Forensics suggest a brutal killing. When it emerges the victim is a British citizen, Lena is teamed up with hotheaded Oslo detective Aksel Karlin to investigate Rose’s death. Clues from Rose’s online life reveal she was onto something, and a startling new video suggests a connection with Lars Vikstad - son of powerful landowner Henrik Vikstad. Lena must confront troubled relationships new and old as the secrets of Wolf Valley begin to stir, revealing just how dark its shadows truly are.
The second episode of a compulsive Nordic noir in which old legacies and dark purposes are drawn together in an isolated valley town.
LENA - Amrita Acharia MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik HENRIK - Øystein Lode INGRID - Eva Eklöf AKSEL - David Menkin ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse EVA - Ingvild Lakou DINESH - Raj Ghatak PIA - Charlotte Melén VIDAR - Sigurd Myhre SARA - Ronja Haugholt ROSE - Stephanie MacGaraidh BENGT - Christopher Dane JAMES ADDINGTON - Peter F Gardiner LENA’S MUM - Ingvild Lakou YOUNG LENA - Mackensie Sutherland
All other parts played by the cast
Written by Charlotte Melén Composer - Marcus Aurelius Hjelmborg Singer - Johanne Baadsgaard Lange Sound Design - Louis Blatherwick, Steve Bond Director - Charlotte Melén Producer - Eleanor Mein Assistant Producer - Chloe Sackur Script Consultant - Lauren Shippen Development Producer - Saskia Black Executive Producers - Charlotte Melén, Celia de Wolff
An Almost Tangible production for BBC Radio 4
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| 1:28.6 | Music So I'm here, He said, I'm here, He, He, He, so him, so, thindoddy, Wolf Valley by Wolf Valley by Charlotte Mellon. Episode 2. |
| 1:34.8 | How long has she been in the water? |
| 1:40.8 | How to pinpoint. Fjord water is cold, preserves the body, but a few days at least. |
| 1:42.6 | The side of her head? |
| 1:44.2 | Serious contusion. Took some force. |
| 1:45.4 | Before or after she drowned. |
| 1:47.0 | I need to take a closer look, to be sure. |
| 1:49.5 | We need to move her further up before the tide comes in. |
| 1:52.4 | The mainland crew are on their way. |
| 1:56.0 | Magnus, can you get the blue tailpullin out of my car and spread it over there, please? |
| 2:00.1 | Yeah. |
| 2:06.8 | I thought maybe you'd retired by now ingday oh i have but i still see some patients and no one else here has forensic experience so they call me when necessary okay i'm done |
| 2:15.3 | ready to transfer her? Yeah. |
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