Tracks (podcast)

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Tracks is a British thriller-mystery fiction podcast created and written by Matthew Broughton, and primarily directed and produced by James Robinson. The show premiered on 9 August 2016, and concluded with its fifth series, Abyss, on 21 December 2020. Each series has its own subtitle, with the first series, originally simply called Tracks, retroactively subtitled Origins. Produced by BBC Cymru Wales, it aired on BBC Radio 4, with some episodes first being made available on the BBC's website, on which the series remains available to listen to.

Matthew Broughton wrote almost all episodes of the series, with Caroline Horton, Katherine Chandler, Lucy Catherine, Matt Hartley, and Timothy X Atack writing some episodes of series 3 and 5. James Robinson produced all episodes and directed most, with Abigail le Fleming, Carl Prekopp, Helen Perry, John Norton and Rebecca Lloyd-Evans acting as producers and/or directors alongside him for one series each.

The series follows the investigations of Dr. Helen Ash, a primary care physician whose life is changed when she witnesses the crash of a plane on which her estranged father was a passenger. Her curious and determined nature leads her to investigate, leading her to unearth a series of conspiracies related to experimental science. Romola Garai, Hattie Morahan and Olivia Poulet all provide the voice of Helen over the course of the series, alongside Jonathan Forbes as Freddy, her long-lost friend who helps her in her investigations. Most of the series is set in modern times and features Helen as narrator and protagonist; the second series, Strata, is a prequel following a different set of characters in 1980.