Limelight

1968. LBJ is running out of time. Having abandoned his own re-election campaign, the President turns to the one achievement that might redeem his final months in office: peace in Vietnam. But as the US election tightens, the CIA begins to pick up signs that Nixon’s campaign may be using secret back channels to keep South Vietnam away from the negotiating table. For LBJ, it could destroy his final hope of peace. For Richard Helms and Eloise Page, it is a dangerous collision of espionage, democracy and power.
Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer, Johnny Flynn and David Duchovny.
Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall
Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer
Bill Colby..........David Duchovny
Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn
Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia
Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer
Anna Chennault..........Carin Chea
Peer de Silva..........Ian Porter
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu..........Aaron Teoh
Tho..........Sotty Pong
Richard Nixon..........Roy McCrerey
Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe
Averell Harriman..........Kerry Shale
Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow
Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering
All other parts played by the cast
Original music by Sacha Puttnam
Production:
Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox
Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden
Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman
Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark
Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow
Director: John Scott Dryden
Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn
Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

America is losing faith in Vietnam. After a major communist offensive shocks the public and exposes the fragility of the war effort, LBJ faces pressure from every side. The generals want more troops. The country wants answers. And inside Washington, the search begins for a strategy that can deliver results without admitting defeat. Into that vacuum steps Bill Colby, played by David Duchovny — the CIA’s Far East chief and one of the Agency’s most important Vietnam specialists. His influence inside the Agency is only beginning. His answer is the Phoenix Program: a plan to identify and dismantle the
Viet Cong’s hidden political network across South Vietnam. Colby believes the program can bring order, discipline and better intelligence to a failing war.
But in Vietnam, even precision has a cost. What begins as an attempt to understand the enemy will become one of the most controversial operations in the CIA’s history. For LBJ, Phoenix offers the hope of progress. For Colby, it is the making of a career. For the Agency, it is another step into the shadows of Vietnam.
Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer, Johnny Flynn and David Duchovny.
Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall
Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer
Bill Colby..........David Duchovny
Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn
Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia
Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling
Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict
Robert Komer..........Ian Porter
Tom Karamessines..........Akie Kotabe
Phan Pang..........Aaron Teoh
Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer
Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama
Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow
McCoy..........Tyreke Leslie
All other parts played by the cast
Original music by Sacha Puttnam
Production:
Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox
Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden
Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman
Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark
Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow
Director: John Scott Dryden
Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn
Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

The war in Vietnam is no longer happening far away. Images of conflict flood American living rooms and the anti-war movement explodes. LBJ is convinced the protests cannot be truly domestic. Someone must be behind them: Moscow, Havana, perhaps both. He orders Richard Helms and the CIA to find the foreign influence driving unrest at home. But as the Agency moves closer to spying on American citizens, Eloise Page begins to see a different force at work. Not a secret network. Not a Soviet plot. Something much more powerful, sitting in plain sight: television.
Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn.
Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall
Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer
Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn
Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia
Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling
Bob McNamara.......... Rob Benedict
Tom Karamessines ..........Akie Kotabe
Richard Ober..........Richard Southgate
Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama
Geri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering
All other parts played by the cast
Original music by Sacha Puttnam
Production:
Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox
Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden
Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman
Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark
Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow
Director: John Scott Dryden
Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn
Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

Rumours are spreading through the Bolivian jungle: Che Guevara is back. For Washington, the possibility is explosive. The world’s most famous revolutionary may be trying to ignite another insurgency in the Americas — and the CIA cannot afford to let his legend grow. But before they can act, they need proof. Is it really Che? Or another fighter hiding behind the myth? As the Agency trains Bolivian forces for a covert hunt through brutal terrain, Eloise Page and Richard Helms face a delicate mission: find the revolutionary, prove his identity, and stop a symbol from becoming a movement.
Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn.
Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall
Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer
Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn
Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia
Cynthia McKelvie..........Rachael Stirling
Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict
President Barrientos..........Joseph Balderrama
Ramon..........Ben Cura
Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay
Régis Debray..........Walles Hamonde
John Tilton..........Christopher Ragland
Ambassador Patrick Dean..........Phillipe Bosher
Helene Boatner..........Carlyss Peer
All other parts played by the cast
Original music by Sacha Puttnam
Production:
Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox
Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden
Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman
Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark
Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow
Director: John Scott Dryden
Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn
Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4

Richard Helms has finally reached the top of the CIA. Now he has to prove the Agency
deserves to be heard. In Vietnam, the Pentagon insists America is winning. The CIA’s own intelligence tells a darker story: the enemy is larger, stronger and more resilient than Washington wants to believe. LBJ demands evidence, and Helms must stand behind an estimate that challenges
everything the military is telling him. But Vietnam is not the only crisis. In the Middle East, tensions between Israel, Syria, Egypt and Jordan are moving towards a confrontation that could pull in the superpowers. As Helms begins his tenure as CIA Director, he faces the hardest task in Washington: telling a President the truth before events outrun him.
Starring Kim Cattrall, Kelsey Grammer and Johnny Flynn.
Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall
Lyndon Baines Johnson..........Kelsey Grammer
Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn
Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia
Bob McNamara..........Rob Benedict
Desmond Fitzgerald..........Donald Sage Mackay
John McCone..........Tim Ahern
Helen Boatner..........Carlyss Peer
Dean Rusk..........Joseph Balderrama
Tom Karamessines..........Akie Kotabe
Gerri Whittington..........Nettie Chickering
Elizabeth, Richard Helm's Secretary..........Laurel Lefkow
Sailor..........Clay Zackery
All other parts played by the cast
Original music by Sacha Puttnam
Production:
Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox
Sound Design and Editing by Adam Woodhams, Andreina Gomez Casanova and John Scott Dryden
Assistant Director: Flynn Hallman
Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Mat Clark & Paul Clark
Sonica Runner: Lily Lefkow
Director: John Scott Dryden
Producer & Casting Director: Emma Hearn
Executive Producers: Howard Stringer, Jeremy Fox, Greg Haddrick and John Scott Dryden.
A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4