The System

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The System - Step 4: Light the Blue Touch Paper and Run Like Hell

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The extremists’ masterplan is starting to reveal itself.

Just as Jake and Maya think their mission is complete, everything changes.

Or How to Save the World in 5 Easy Steps
 
Step 4: Light the Blue Touch Paper and Run Like Hell

Ben Lewis’s award-winning thriller returns for a second season. 

Why are so many people siding with the kidnappers? 
And what is the true intent of The System? 
We’re about to find out. 


Cast:	
Jake … Alex Austin
Maya… Siena Kelly 
Coyote … Divian Ladwa
Jess … Chloe Pirrie
Liv … Jemima Rooper
Richard…Pip Torrens
Matt … Rhashan Stone

Original music and sound design by Danny Krass 
A BBC Scotland Production directed by Kirsty Williams

Limelight: The System - Series 2

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Ben Lewis's award-winning thriller returns with a new five-part series.

Five of the UK's richest men have been kidnapped, so the only two people with insider knowledge of the terrorists are about to be pulled back into the murky world of 'The System'.

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