Project Bläckfisk – Details, episodes & analysis

‘Do not open until 2025’ and a strange logo that said ‘Project Bläckfisk’. The only clues left on a mysterious box delivered to my grandad. My grandad, who died 11 years ago. I had to open it. Little did I know I would be opening Pandora’s Box.

Help me uncover the mystery:

Website: www.projectblackfisk.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackfiskpod/

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Project Bläckfisk is a conspiracy thriller audio drama podcast. If you loved shows like Limetown, The Magnus Archives or The Bright Sessions, this is for you. The hidden lie of Manchester is waiting for you.

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Starring:

Amy James Kelly as Amber Sykes

Reece Douglas as David Cayenne

Guest Starring:

Lynda Aaron as Nan

Rob Lloyd as The Suit

Sound Design and Mixing by Daniel Myers

Additional Sound Mixing by Oliver Neate

Music by Rosie Brighton

Casting by Lisa Richardson

Art & Design by Lizzie Downes, Lois Cordelia and Louise Spragg

With thanks to Gina Anderton and Aarif Laljee

Project Bläckfisk is a Cipher Atlas Production

Created by Dominic Stephenson and Rebecca Crossland

© 2025 Cipher Atlas Productions

Project Bläckfisk is an immersive conspiracy thriller, if you loved shows like Limetown and The Bright Sessions, this is for you. The hidden lie of Manchester is waiting for you.

Follow along at:

Website: www.projectblackfisk.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackfiskpod

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@blackfiskpod

X: www.x.com/blackfiskpod

In 2004 there was a fire in Central Manchester, but not just any fire, this one took place inside a top-secret underground bunker and caused a city-wide blackout. But why was the Lead Fire Manger silenced immediately afterwards? And how did this link to my Grandad and Project Bläckfisk?

Follow along at:

Website: www.projectblackfisk.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackfiskpod/

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@blackfiskpod

X: www.x.com/blackfiskpod

Project Bläckfisk is an immersive conspiracy thriller, if you loved shows like Limetown and The Bright Sessions, this is for you. The hidden lie of Manchester is waiting for you.

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Starring:

Amy James Kelly as Amber Sykes

Reece Douglas as David Cayenne

Guest Starring:

Tilly Sutcliffe as Waitress

Steve Hillman as Jack Weaving

Sound Design and Mixing by Daniel Myers

Additional Sound Mixing by Oliver Neate

Music by Rosie Brighton

Casting by Lisa Richardson

Art & Design by Lizzie Downes, Lois Cordelia and Louise Spragg

With thanks to Gina Anderton and Aarif Laljee

Project Bläckfisk is a Cipher Atlas Production

Created by Dominic Stephenson and Rebecca Crossland

© 2025 Cipher Atlas Productions

In 2007 a burglar was caught inside the high-security Guardian Bunker while attempting to steal valuable equipment. Instead of finishing his sentence he was admitted into a Psychiatric Hospital and remains there still to this day. In a slightly ballsy move, I go undercover to talk to our most important lead yet, but what does he know and can he even be trusted?

Follow along at:

Website: www.projectblackfisk.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackfiskpod

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@blackfiskpod

X: www.x.com/blackfiskpod

Project Bläckfisk is an immersive conspiracy thriller, if you loved shows like Limetown and The Bright Sessions, this is for you. The hidden lie of Manchester is waiting for you.

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Starring:

Amy James Kelly as Amber Sykes

Reece Douglas as David Cayenne

Guest Starring:

Chloe Lancaster as Jackie Ritchie

Tilly Sutcliffe as Georgia and Receptionist

Rob Lloyd as Prisoner 

Roger Conneff as Hospital Worker

Caroline Chesworth as Karen 

Peter Ash as Damien Ritchie

Sound Design and Mixing by Daniel Myers

Additional Sound Mixing by Oliver Neate

Music by Rosie Brighton

Casting by Lisa Richardson

Art & Design by Lizzie Downes, Lois Cordelia and Louise Spragg

With thanks to Gina Anderton and Aarif Laljee

Project Bläckfisk is a Cipher Atlas Production

Created by Dominic Stephenson and Rebecca Crossland

© 2025 Cipher Atlas Productions

An audio tape threatens to cause a rift between David and me as our investigation gets personal, and a discovery about the 2015 construction of the Manchester tram-line network takes a sinister turn.

Follow along at:

Website: www.projectblackfisk.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackfiskpod

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@blackfiskpod

Project Bläckfisk is an immersive conspiracy thriller, if you loved shows like Limetown and The Bright Sessions, this is for you. The hidden lie of Manchester is waiting for you.

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Starring:

Amy James Kelly as Amber Sykes

Reece Douglas as David Cayenne

Guest Starring:

Chloe Lancaster as Nurse Sarah 

Roger Conneff as Old Harry Sykes

Mia Patel as Young Amber

Peter Stone as Charles Easton

James Oates as Young Harry Sykes

Sair Khan as Zara Chowdhury

Sound Design and Mixing by Daniel Myers

Additional Sound Mixing by Oliver Neate

Music by Rosie Brighton

Casting by Lisa Richardson

Art & Design by Lizzie Downes, Lois Cordelia and Louise Spragg

With thanks to Gina Anderton and Aarif Laljee

Project Bläckfisk is a Cipher Atlas Production

Created by Dominic Stephenson and Rebecca Crossland

© 2025 Cipher Atlas Productions

One thing we haven’t really asked ourselves: who sent the Bläckfisk box in the first place?

We visit the source to find answers, but our attempt to gain entry into the Guardian Bunker ends with a brush with the law.

Follow along at:

Website: www.projectblackfisk.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackfiskpod

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@blackfiskpod

X: www.x.com/blackfiskpod

Project Bläckfisk is an immersive conspiracy thriller, if you loved shows like Limetown and The Bright Sessions, this is for you. The hidden lie of Manchester is waiting for you.

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Starring:

Amy James Kelly as Amber Sykes

Reece Douglas as David Cayenne

Guest Starring: 

Poppy Crossland as Receptionist

Rowe David Mcclelland as Peter 

Roger Conneff as White Guardian Security 

Rob Lloyd as The Suit 

Merial Scofield as Judith Chambers

Jane Hazelgrove as Mary

Sound Design and Mixing by Daniel Myers

Additional Sound Mixing by Oliver Neate

Music by Rosie Brighton

Casting by Lisa Richardson

Art & Design by Lizzie Downes, Lois Cordelia and Louise Spragg

With thanks to Gina Anderton and Aarif Laljee

Project Bläckfisk is a Cipher Atlas Production

Created by Dominic Stephenson and Rebecca Crossland

© 2025 Cipher Atlas Productions

Our investigation gets turned upside down. Shocking revelations fracture already strained relationships, and one phone call changes everything.

Follow along at:

Website: www.projectblackfisk.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackfiskpod

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@blackfiskpod

X: www.x.com/blackfiskpod

Project Bläckfisk is an immersive conspiracy thriller, if you loved shows like Limetown and The Bright Sessions, this is for you. The hidden lie of Manchester is waiting for you.

_

Starring:

Amy James Kelly as Amber Sykes

Reece Douglas as David Cayenne

Guest Starring;

Meriel Schofield as Judith Chambers

Jane Hazelgrove as Mary

Neil Hurst as Clive  

James Oates as Young Harry 

Charlie De Melo as Robert Doyle 

Rob Lloyd as Doctor Price 

Chloe Lancaster as Nurse Sarah 

Todd Boyce as Mr. Baneman

Sound Design and Mixing by Daniel Myers

Additional Sound Mixing by Oliver Neate

Music by Rosie Brighton

Casting by Lisa Richardson

Art & Design by Lizzie Downes, Lois Cordelia and Louise Spragg

With thanks to Gina Anderton and Aarif Laljee

Project Bläckfisk is a Cipher Atlas Production

Created by Dominic Stephenson and Rebecca Crossland

© 2025 Cipher Atlas Productions