Limelight

The tragic impact of a crime still echoes through Wolf Valley. But it’s not what Lena expects.
Wolf Valley is in the grip of a major storm as Lena leads a desperate search for the missing child. As the community rallies, unsettling discoveries hint at old wounds and long-buried resentments that are beginning to surface. With the past and present colliding in a murderous conspiracy, a last vital revelation sets Lena off on a race against time to prevent the killer from claiming his next victim…
The powerful conclusion to Wolf Valley, a noir thriller set within a Nordic fjord valley fractured by devastating secrets and long-ago tragedy.
LENA - Amrita Acharia
AKSEL - David Menkin
MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik
HENRIK - Øystein Lode
VIDAR - Sigurd Myhre
EVA - Ingvild Lakou
ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse
SUSANNA - Ingrid Werner
OSKAR - Raife Sutherland
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

Asgaard’s founder Tor Martinsen’s death sends shockwaves through Wolf Valley but Lena is not convinced it was suicide. As she unravels Asgaard’s tangled finances and covert deals with Russian backers, the dark legacy of Valborg Academy overshadows it all.
Rose’s recovered GoPro deepens the mystery, revealing a final dive, a motor, and a violent impact. And when ten-year-old Oscar Vikstad vanishes into the forest on the eve of a storm, the investigation becomes a race against time.
The penultimate episode in a Nordic noir, where shocking crimes and long-simmering feuds threaten a remote mountain valley.
LENA - Amrita Acharia
AKSEL - David Menkin
MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik
PAUL - Raj Ghatak
INGRID - Eva Eklöf
HENRIK - Øystein Lode
EVA - Ingvild Lakou
ROSE - Stephanie MacGaraidh
SUSANNA - Ingrid Werner
ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse
VIDAR’S MUM - Eva Eklöf
SARA - Ronja Haugholt
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

Rose was witness to a dark Norse ritual the night before she died. What does the main suspect know?
Lena Ekström’s investigation widens as Lars’ story starts to unravel, revealing rituals, runes and the unsettling culture behind Valborg Academy. Clues begin to point toward Asgaard’s founders, and a call from Echo Terra deepens the corporate and political stakes around Rose’s death.
Meanwhile, a return to her childhood haunts, and a resurfacing trauma, threatens Lena’s composure just as the case takes a sharp turn. When she and Aksel track a lead to a secluded cabin, they make a shocking discovery that rips the investigation open. Wolf Valley’s shadows are lengthening, and Lena is being pulled further in than ever before.
The third episode of a propulsive Nordic noir ecothriller in which ancient beliefs and modern conspiracies converge within an isolated Nordic valley.
LENA - Amrita Acharia
AKSEL - David Menkin
MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik
HENRIK - Øystein Lode
HEADMASTER - Christopher Dane
VINNY - Alex Farrell
PAUL - Raj Ghatak
EVA - Ingvild Lakou
LARS - Laurits Bjerrum
SUSANNA - Ingrid Werner
ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse
WAITRESS - Ronja Haugholt
OSKAR - Raife Sutherland
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

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

In an isolated fjord town, a young activist investigating environmental crimes goes missing. And nobody has seen anything.
Haunted by her past, criminal investigator Lena Ekström returns to remote Norwegian fjord town, Wolf Valley, where she is plunged into a desperate search for a missing young activist, whose tent lies abandoned on the land of a powerful local land owner.
Against the dramatic backdrop of the fjord, Lena must follow the trail through a tightknit, distrustful community to uncover long-buried secrets.
A chilling Nordic noir eco-thriller about the wild darkness within us all.
LENA - Amrita Acharia
MAGNUS - Eirik Knutsvik
ANNETTE - Sarah Whitehouse
HENRIK - Øystein Lode
JASPER - Raj Ghatak
SARA - Ronja Haugholt
VIDAR - Sigurd Myhre
SHOPKEEPER - Christopher Dane
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