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News imageLimelight, Central Intelligence: Series 2, Episode 5

Limelight

Central Intelligence: Series 2

Episode 5

18 July 2025

30 minutes

Available for over a year

The story of the CIA, told from the inside out by veteran agent Eloise Page. Starring Kim Cattrall, Ed Harris and Johnny Flynn.

In Episode 5... 1957. The Space Race is heating up, and the CIA is desperate to locate the Soviet launch site. Rising officer Eloise Page is sent to Atsugi Air Base in Japan—home of the secretive U-2 spy plane. As tensions climb and the stakes reach the stratosphere, the battle for space begins far above the clouds—and deep in the shadows.

Cast:

Eloise Page..........Kim Cattrall

Allen Dulles..........Ed Harris

Richard Helms..........Johnny Flynn

Frank Wisner..........Geoffrey Arend

Young Eloise Page..........Elena Delia

Richard Bissell..........Ian Porter

President Eisenhower..........Kerry Shale

John Foster Dulles..........Nathan Osgood

Addy Hawkins..........Carlyss Peer

Dmitri Skolbetsyn..........Branko Tomović

Mikhail..........Phillipe Bosher

Radar Operator..........Eric Sirakian

Elizabeth..........Laurel Lefkow

All other parts played by the cast

Original music by Sacha Puttnam

Written by Greg Haddrick, who created the series with Jeremy Fox

Sound Designers & Editors: John Scott Dryden, Adam Woodhams, Martha Littlehailes & Andreina Gomez Casanova

Script Consultant: Misha Kawnel

Script Supervisor: Alex Lynch

Trails: Jack Soper

Sonica Studio Sound Engineers: Paul Clark & Paul Clark

Sonica Runner: Flynn Hallman

Marc Graue Sound Engineers, LA: Juan Martin del Campo & Tony Diaz

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