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The Trial of Russell Brand is season 14 of Times Investigates.
From war zones to suburban homes, pursuing brutal criminals and cult leaders, our podcasts go further than any other to uncover the truth.
In season one, war correspondent Anthony Loyd investigates the fate of his colleague John Cantlie, who was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State.
In season two, crime correspondent John Simpson breaks down the wall of silence surrounding the killing of 14-year-old Corey Junior Davis
In season three Berlin correspondent Oliver Moody uncovers the story of Hans Globke, the Nazi bureaucrat who laid the legal basis for the Holocaust - and helped build the modern German state
In season four, columnist David Aaronovitch follows the trail of charm and deception left by businessman Lex Greensill through the corridors of power in Britain
In season five, special correspondent Emily Dugan asks whether the wrong man was sent to prison for a brutal attack on a mother of two
In season six, Middle East correspondent Louise Callaghan steps into the weird world of ‘kittens’, ‘lions’, and televangelism surrounding a cult leader
In season seven, journalists Brenna Daldorph and David Aaronovitch explore the dark past behind some of Britain’s wealthiest stately homes
In season eight, feature writer Andrew Billen exposes a very British scandal at the world-famous university college, Christ Church, Oxford
In season nine, David Aaranovitch steps into the online world of Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group using the Covid pandemic as a recruiting tool
In season ten, journalists Peter Gillman and Emanuele Midolo investigate the death of one of our own, David Holden, the reporter whose killing became a Cold War whodunnit
In season 11, social affairs editor James Beal follows a trail leading from a quiet British town to frozen Canada, where he discovers a man allegedly selling death online
In season 12, reporter Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown in Northern Ireland, seeking answers about the bloody 1987 Remembrance Sunday attack
In season 13, The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigates how Nigel Farage came to depend upon a crypto enthusiast, gambler and convicted fraudster
In season 14, journalists Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace join Luke Jones to report daily from the trial of Russell Brand
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- 94 - Questions and sketches | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 10
On the tenth day of the trial of Russell Brand, it was a non-sitting day for the jury. So, instead – you asked, we answered. We took the time to answer some of the many questions we’ve received. Will Russell Brand be cross-examined? And who is the Russell Brand look-alike who’s been in court every day?
We’re also joined by court artist Priscilla Coleman, whose beautiful sketches have been making the rounds on social media. She tells us how she captures the scene through notes like “blonde potato”.
The prosecution case will resume on Monday.
Russell Brand denies all the allegations against him.
Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace are in court every day (when the jury is), and then join Luke Jones to unpack it all.
Watch or listen toThe Trial of Russell Brand every weekday onApple Podcasts,YouTubeor listen onSpotify. Follow the show to never miss an episode.
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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 - 20min - 93 - “They won’t believe me” | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 9
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions some listeners may find distressing.
On the ninth day of the trial of Russell Brand, more than 20 witnesses gave evidence relating to Woman 5. This is the complainant who alleges she was raped in Brand’s home in 2009. Two of the witnesses told the court Woman 5 did not tell police at the time because she didn’t think she would be believed.
The defence suggested Woman 5 had had consensual sex with Russell Brand and later regretted it.
Russell Brand denies all the allegations against him.
Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace are in court every day, and then join Luke Jones to unpack it all.
Watch or listen toThe Trial of Russell Brand every weekday onApple Podcasts,YouTubeor listen onSpotify. Follow the show to never miss an episode.
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NHS - Help after rape and sexual assault
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Thu, 22 Oct 2026 - 15min - 92 - “He treated me like an animal” | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 8
On the eighth day of the trial of Russell Brand, Woman 5 finished her testimony and was then cross-examined by the defence. Woman 5 said she felt “guilt and shame” but did not consent to a specific sexual act with Brand.
The defence argued that she did consent and said Woman 5 had “idolised” Brand at the time.
Russell Brand denies all the allegations against him.
Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace are in court every day, and then join Luke Jones to unpack it all.
Watch or listen toThe Trial of Russell Brand every weekday onApple Podcasts,YouTubeor listen onSpotify.
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 - 10min - 91 - “It happened in a flash” | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 7
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions some listeners may find distressing.
On the seventh day in the trial of Russell Brand, Woman 5 told police she went willingly to Brand’s house, but during that visit something she didn’t consent to happened, and he allegedly raped her.
Woman 4 and Woman 6 both allege Brand sexually assaulted them in their workplaces.
The defence suggested Woman 4 did not have a clear memory of the incident, and Woman 6 gave an inconsistent account about her clothing to a journalist.
The defence will begin cross examination of Woman 5 tomorrow.
Russell Brand denies all the allegations against him.
Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace are in court every day, and then join Luke Jones to unpack it all.
Watch or listen toThe Trial of Russell Brand every weekday onApple Podcasts,YouTubeor listen onSpotify. Follow the show to never miss an episode.
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 - 23min - 90 - “Don’t be a spoilsport” | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 6
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions some listeners may find distressing.
On the sixth day of the trial of Russell Brand, Woman 3 took to the witness box. She alleges Brand orally raped her after he pulled her into a toilet in 2004.
The defence suggested Brand invited her into the toilet where they had a “kiss and cuddle”.
Russell Brand denies all the allegations against him.
Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace are in court every day, and then join Luke Jones to unpack it all.
Watch or listen toThe Trial of Russell Brand every weekday onApple Podcasts,YouTubeor listen onSpotify. Follow the show to never miss an episode.
Send us your questions: investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com
If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 - 18min - 89 - “A wild look in his eye” | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 5
On the fifth day of the trial of Russell Brand, Woman 2 took the stand. She described how Brand allegedly tried to pull her into a male toilet in 2001, going from a “friendly” person to a “wild-eyed maniac.”
The defence suggested it could have been an invitation for a consensual encounter.
Russell Brand denies all the allegations against him.
Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace are in court every day, and then join Luke Jones to unpack it all.
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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 - 17min - 88 - "I know what happened" | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 4
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions some listeners may find distressing.
On the fourth day of the trial of Russell Brand we heard from the first complainant. She alleges that Brand raped her in 1999 in Bournemouth. In an emotional video interview, the court heard her describe to police how she “couldn’t breathe” and told him “no, I don’t want this.” The defence barrister suggested the encounter was instead a consensual one-night stand.
Russell Brand denies all the allegations against him.
Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace are in court every day, and then join Luke Jones to unpack it all.
If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:
NHS - Help after rape and sexual assault
Watch or listen toThe Trial of Russell Brand every weekday onApple Podcasts,YouTubeor listen onSpotify. Follow the show to never miss an episode.
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 - 17min - 87 - The case against him | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 3
With our reporters following every word in court, the trial of Russell Brand began in earnest today. The prosecution laid out their case, calling Brand “ruthless, calculating, and manipulative…a sexual predator.” Brand has denied all charges against him.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 - 17min - 86 - How to pick a jury | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 2
Today, the trial of Russell Brand began at Southwark Crown Court. Brand stands accused of seven charges, including rape and other sexual offences. He has denied all charges.
In court today, the jurors who will decide Brand’s fate began to be chosen.
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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 - 17min - 85 - The Charges | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 1
From provocative stand-up comedian to Hollywood leading man, Russell Brand will stand trial next month on seven charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault. He has pleaded not guilty to each. Every day throughout the trial, Luke Jones will be joined by Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace, to dissect the evidence and discuss where the case might go next.
Before the trial begins on Monday 12 October, we look back on Russell Brand’s career, and the allegations against him.
New episodes daily from October 12th.
Host:Luke Jones, with Rosamund Urwin, Chief News Correspondent for The Sunday Times and Charlotte Wace, Investigations Correspondent for The Times.
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 - 26min - 84 - Introducing | The Trial of Russell Brand
On Monday 12th of October, Russell Brand will stand trial in London’s Southwark Crown Court on seven charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault, relating to six women between 1999 and 2009.
He has pleaded not guilty to each charge.
We'll be bringing you daily updates throughout the trial.
There will be no cameras inside the courtroom, no microphones, nor rolling news feed. Instead, we will be there. Every day throughout the trial, Luke Jones will be joined by The Sunday Times Chief News Correspondent Rosamund Urwin, and The Times Investigations Correspondent Charlotte Wace, to dissect the evidence, unpack what the jury heard and explain where the case might go next.
New episodes daily from October 12th.
Hosts:Luke Jones, with Rosamund Urwin, Chief News Correspondent for The Sunday Times and Charlotte Wace, Investigations Correspondent for The Times.
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 - 2min - 83 - UPDATE - The woman on the balcony | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.6
As Nigel Farage returns to Parliament with a parliamentary standards investigation hanging over his head, The Sunday Times Insight team are back with the latest developments since the original series was released.
What is a sitting US federal judge doing at George’s penthouse?
Separately, there are more questions for Posh George, Nigel Farage and Reform UK over their finances and relationship.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Host:Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times
Read more:Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Watch:Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 - 31min - 82 - ‘Daddy’ | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.5
Nigel Farage realises one of his lifelong ambitions, as he becomes an MP, with the help of Posh George.
This leads to questions over George’s financial support for his ally. Did it breach parliamentary rules?
And, the Insight team tries to make sense of Posh George and Farage’s ten-plus year friendship after the fallout from their reporting.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Host:Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times
Read more:Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Police investigate Reform donations by mother of fraudster who bankrolled Farage by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Watch:Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
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Wed, 15 Jul 2026 - 35min - 81 - Crypto politics | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.4
In 2023 Posh George is accused of wading into Montenegro elections after police seize a crypto ATM.
As negative headlines in the Balkans pile up, Farage, back on the campaign trail in the UK, is once again facing questions over his friend’s alleged behaviour.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Host:Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times
Read more:Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
George Cottrell failed to declare gifts to Reform officeby Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Watch:Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
Get in touch:
Call or WhatsApp The Sunday Times’s Insight team: 020 7782 5959
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Sun, 12 Jul 2026 - 26min - 80 - Control, not ownership | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.3
Back home after 8 months in a US prison, Posh George attends a rally where the controversial, far-right provocateur Tommy Robinson is speaking - and starts dating a Made in Chelsea star.
Having already made and lost at least one fortune, George moves to the crypto paradise of Montenegro.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Host:Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times
Read more:Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Nigel Farage’s secret donor pictured with Tommy Robinson at rally by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Watch:Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
Get in touch:
Call or WhatsApp The Sunday Times’s Insight team: 020 7782 5959
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Wed, 08 Jul 2026 - 30min - 79 - Jailbird | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.2
It’s July 2016 and Nigel Farage is riding high on a Brexit wave when his young aide, Posh George is arrested following a sting by US federal agents.
He’s accused of running a money laundering scheme over the dark web. Can the young financier escape a jail term and rebuild his gilded life?
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Host:Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times
Read more: Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminalby Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Nigel Farage’s crypto-gambler ally used Reform UK business cards by Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Watch: Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
Get in touch:
Call or WhatsApp The Sunday Times’s Insight team: 020 7782 5959
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Sun, 05 Jul 2026 - 29min - 78 - Meet George | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage Ep.1
Who is George Swinfen Cottrell, aka Posh George? Booted out of his expensive boarding school after gambling in 2010, he comes of age in London’s Mayfair district, learning the tricks of his trade in international finance, private banking, and offshore structures.
George is soon drawn into the orbit of UKIP leader, Nigel Farage.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Host:Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times
Read more: Revealed - Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminalby Gabriel Pogrund, Venetia Menzies, Emanuele Midolo & George Greenwood
Watch: Everything you need to know about the aristocrat funding Nigel Farage
Get in touch:
Call or WhatsApp The Sunday Times’s Insight team: 020 7782 5959
For any tips on this series: insight@sunday-times.co.uk
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Sat, 04 Jul 2026 - 24min - 77 - Introducing | Posh George: The criminal behind Farage
A baby-faced British aristocrat called George Cottrell faces arrest in the US, just weeks after he and his boss, Nigel Farage, reach the summit of their careers to date - the Brexit vote.
A decade later ‘Posh George' is still the Reform leader's right-hand man.
This groundbreaking series from The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigates how the politician who could hold the keys to Number 10 came to depend upon a crypto enthusiast, gambler and fraudster.
Both George Cottrell and Nigel Farage deny any wrongdoing.
Begins today, 4th July. New episodes drop every Monday and Thursday.
Host: Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight at The Sunday Times.
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Sat, 04 Jul 2026 - 2min - 76 - June 2026 UPDATE - Quinn is sentenced
On Friday 6th June, 2026, 52-year-old Paul Quinn received a 21-year prison sentence at Manchester Crown Court. Quinn will be eligible for parole after 14 years.
Emily was in court to watch the proceedings.
Host: Emily Dugan, special correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Further reading: Police who got Andrew Malkinson jailed face criminal investigation
Contact Emily: emily.dugan@sundaytimes.co.uk
If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:
NHS - Help after rape and sexual assault
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Appeal - Charity and law practice
Anyone with information can contact Greater Manchester Police on 101, or report via their websitewww.gmp.police.uk, quoting Operation Canopy.
You can also anonymously call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Mon, 08 Jun 2026 - 13min - 75 - May 2026 UPDATE: Aiding suicide | Poison Ep. 6
Today on Friday, 29th May, 2026 Kenneth Law has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting suicide in Canada.
In this special bonus episode, James chats to a former Ontario police officer about how they brought Law to justice, and catches up with Tom Parfett’s father, David.
WARNING: This series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.
Host:James Beal, Investigations editor, The Times.
Email: james.beal@thetimes.co.uk
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Fri, 29 May 2026 - 30min - 74 - Still not ‘free’ |Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 11
In the final episode of the series Emily catches up with Andy to reflect on the continued injustice and asks if he can now finally move forward?
Host: Emily Dugan, Special correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Contact Emily: emily.dugan@sundaytimes.co.uk
Read more:The rapist who partied, had children and let Andrew Malkinson rot
If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:
NHS - Help after rape and sexual assault
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Appeal - Charity and law practice
Anyone with information can contact Greater Manchester Police on 101, or report via their websitewww.gmp.police.uk, quoting Operation Canopy.
You can also anonymously call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Mon, 04 May 2026 - 32min - 73 - The man the police missed |Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 10
Following the conviction of Paul Quinn, Emily meets two senior Greater Manchester Police officers to ask how the force put the wrong man in prison, leaving the real rapist to live freely for over 20 years.
Host: Emily Dugan, Special correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Contact Emily: emily.dugan@sundaytimes.co.uk
Read more: The rapist who partied, had children and let Andrew Malkinson rot
If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:
NHS - Help after rape and sexual assault
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Appeal - Charity and law practice
Anyone with information can contact Greater Manchester Police on 101, or report via their website www.gmp.police.uk, quoting Operation Canopy.
You can also anonymously call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Mon, 27 Apr 2026 - 37min - 72 - The real perpetrator (April 2026 UPDATE) | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 9
Justice is done, but decades late - in this special update to the series, we go to Manchester Crown Court as a jury finds 52-year-old Paul Quinn guilty of the rape for which Andy was wrongly convicted.
Hosts: Will Roe and Emily Dugan, Sunday Times' Special correspondent.
If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:
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Criminal Cases Review Commission
Appeal - Charity and law practice
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Fri, 17 Apr 2026 - 40min - 71 - The final battle | Last Man Standing Ep 10
Manveen and Anthony travel to a maximum security prison in Iraq to meet a man who could hold the answer to what happened to John Cantlie. But will this ISIS prisoner reveal all? Or will Cantlie’s death remain a mystery?
Hosts:Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Further reading:Anthony Loyd: my hunt for the forgotten Isis hostage John Cantlie
Watch: Hostage on BBC iPlayer.
Clips: BBC.
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Thu, 12 Mar 2026 - 41min - 70 - New leads | Last Man Standing Ep 9
Four years on from the launch of their podcast, Anthony and Manveen are back exploring the kidnap and disappearance of British photojournalist John Cantlie by ISIS in Syria, after a mysterious listener gets in contact.
Hosts:Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Watch: Hostage on BBC iPlayer.
Clips: BBC.
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Thu, 05 Mar 2026 - 29min - 69 - The Answers? | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 6
With his investigation reaching its final stages, Mario is given a name…
And could a change in the law mean a breakthrough for the Enniskillen families?
Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.
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Mon, 03 Nov 2025 - 39min - 68 - The Politician | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 5
Mario speaks with a former IRA volunteer, who tells him something shocking about the bombing.
Deep into his investigation, Mario is left asking how high up did the decision to authorise the killing go?
Host:Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.
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Thu, 30 Oct 2025 - 35min - 67 - The Dirty War | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 4
Mario searches for the ‘man with the limp’, allegedly seen in the Reading Rooms the night before the bombing.
He learns the man is also linked to another terror plot.
Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.
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Mon, 27 Oct 2025 - 39min - 66 - The Borderlands | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 3
Mario asks why the IRA targeted Enniskillen and discovers police may have known about suspected IRA figures seen nearby, on the night before the killing happened.
He also goes searching for the man accused of being the ‘mastermind’ behind the bomb.
Host:Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.
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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 - 43min - 65 - The Aftermath | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 2
Mario asks if enough was done to stop the bombing, and finds evidence of police failures to properly investigate.
And the alleged mastermind is dramatically named.
Host:Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.
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Sun, 19 Oct 2025 - 32min - 64 - The Atrocity | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 1
On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Mario Ledwith’s hometown of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, killing 11 people.
A lifetime later, Mario returns to investigate the silence surrounding that terror attack.
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence that you may find upsetting.
Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.
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Sun, 19 Oct 2025 - 30min - 63 - Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb
On Remembrance Sunday in November, 1987 an IRA bomb exploded in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen, killing 11 people.
No one has ever been charged.
The Times’s Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to properly investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened?
Begins Monday 20th October.
Host:Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.
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Tue, 14 Oct 2025 - 2min - 62 - A conversation on suicide prevention | Poison bonus Ep.
Why does suicide occur? Why is there still a stigma around it? And how can we work to prevent people from taking their own lives?
If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.
Guest: Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow.
Author of 'When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It'
Host:James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 42min - 61 - 2024 UPDATE: Kenneth Law in the dock | Poison Ep. 5
Kenneth Law faces 14 counts of murder and 14 of aiding suicide. James sits down with series producer Will to talk through the developments.
WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.
Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.
Email: james.beal@thetimes.co.uk
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 14min - 60 - UPDATE: Kenneth Law is arrested | Poison Ep. 4
Days after Poison first aired, Kenneth Law is arrested in Canada. At a late-night press conference, police reveal the alleged scale of his operation: 1,200 packages, shipped to over 40 countries.
For the families left behind, the arrest brings both relief and renewed grief, and a question that hangs over the entire investigation: why did it take so long?
WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.
Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.
Email: james.beal@thetimes.co.uk
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 18min - 59 - An encounter in Toronto | Poison Ep. 3
James flies to Canada, hoping to talk to Kenneth Law. After days chasing leads, he tracks him down to a car park in Toronto.
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Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.
Email: james.beal@thetimes.co.uk
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 39min - 58 - The man who sells death | Poison Ep. 2
The search for answers leads to a name: Kenneth Law. From a quiet suburb outside Toronto, Law appears to run a website selling a substance to young, vulnerable, adults around the world, some of whom are using it to take their own lives.
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Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 24min - 57 - The Life of Tom Parfett | Poison Ep. 1
Twenty two-year-old Tom Parfett took his own life in October, 2021.
As his father David begins to ask questions, what first appeared as an isolated tragedy reveals a darker truth - one that exposes the ease with which death can be bought online.
WARNING: This series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.
Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 24min - 56 - Introducing: Poison
Twenty two-year-old Tom Parfett took his own life in October, 2021. His grieving father’s search for answers leads investigative journalist James Beal from a quiet British town to a freezing carpark in Canada, where he tracks down a man allegedly selling death online.
In this award-winning series, James Beal uncovers the global trade in a lethal substance, searches for the man alleged to be at its centre, and exposes the systemic failures that allowed it to thrive.
WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.
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Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 1min - 55 - The wilderness of mirrors | Murder in Cairo Ep. 2
The case breaks open. Using WikiLeaks cables, memoirs, and declassified files, journalist Emanuele Midolo joins Peter Gillman as their investigation into David Holden's death leads them all the way to a CIA post in Jerusalem.
But who ordered the hit, and who looked away?
Host: Manveen Rana
Guests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo, Emanuele Midolo, reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times and co-author of Murder in Cairo
Clips: ITN, Getty, Truth Tellers.
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Fri, 03 Oct 2025 - 43min - 54 - The death of our star reporter | Murder in Cairo Ep. 1
December 1977: The Sunday Times correspondent David Holden lands in Cairo to report on crucial peace talks between Egypt and Israel. Hours later he’s found dead near the airport - shot with a single bullet to the heart.
Decades later, Peter Gillman retraces Holden’s final days, uncovering a planned abduction, missing telexes, and an espionage tangle between Whitehall, the CIA and the KGB.
Host: Manveen Rana
Guests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo, Emanuele Midolo, reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times and co-author of Murder in Cairo
Clips: ITN, Getty, Truth Tellers.
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Fri, 03 Oct 2025 - 34min - 53 - The neo-Nazi YouTuber | Britain’s New Far Right Ep. 2
On the trail of the far-right YouTuber known only as ‘Ayatollah’. Tips from undercover sources, summer camp sightings and voice-recognition technology lead David to a quiet village in the West Midlands.
How did a karaoke-singing millennial go from writing about Asian footballers to livestreaming Hitler praise, and what role did YouTube play in keeping him online?
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: Father and Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens, 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited.
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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 - 33min - 52 - A lockdown creation | Britain’s New Far Right Ep. 1
With the streets emptied by Covid, David Aaranovitch steps into the online world of Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group turning the pandemic into a recruitment tool.
Discovering a particularly virulent racist aligned to the group, David asks if YouTube is doing enough to stop hate speech?
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips:BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, ITN.
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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 - 36min - 51 - Atonement? | The Feud Ep. 5
Andrew returns to Oxford to reveal the wounds that still remain following the seven-figure financial settlement.
The woman who made an allegation against Martyn Percy speaks out, alleging intimidation by some of his supporters.
And has Christ Church tried to hide the astronomical cost of the feud?
Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 36min - 50 - Who blinks first? | The Feud Ep. 4
Breaking point as the college dons question Martyn Percy’s mental capacity.
He accuses them of smear campaigns, and an ill-judged essay likening his plight to Nazi persecution triggers outrage.
Costs soar, reputations crumble, and the University of Oxford itself is forced to intervene.
After four long years, a deal is struck. But at what cost?
Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 29min - 49 - Mystery in the cathedral | The Feud Ep. 3
Christ Church stalls when a student asks for protection, yet when Martyn Percy is accused of impropriety he is suspended within days.
What at first appeared a battle over different styles of governance now carries the stain of misconduct - and divisions widen within the college.
Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.
Clips: ITV, BBC, Sky News.
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 27min - 48 - Immoral, scandalous, or disgraceful | The Feud Ep. 2
A stabbing, a scandal, and a battle over job descriptions.
Andrew exposes the bureaucratic dispute that spirals into bitter war between Martyn Percy and Christ Church’s governing body.
Behind the formal manners and age-old statutes, a plot is being devised to oust the dean at any cost.
Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.
Clips: Walt Disney Studios
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 40min - 47 - Down the rabbit hole | The Feud Ep. 1
Christ Church, Oxford: a bastion of higher education since the 16th century that produced some of the country’s best and brightest, and is home to a very British way of life.
When The Very Reverend Martyn Percy - a reformer from a working-class background - was appointed dean in 2014, everything looked promising. Until it didn’t.
Andrew Billen explores the city's dreaming spires to find out why.
Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times
Clips: BBC
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 30min - 46 - Introducing: The Feud
The Very Reverend Martyn Percy leaves his post as dean of the world-famous Christ Church, Oxford, with a seven-figure settlement after a bitter dispute that pitted a lone reformer against an institution.
But what really happened amid the Alice in Wonderland world of Oxford's dreaming spires?
The Times's feature writer Andrew Billen heads down the rabbit hole to find out.
This series was first released on 13 October, 2022.
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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 - 2min - 45 - Pennant money | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 3
Pennant money reshaped not only Jamaica, but also modern Britain. In Wales, it financed the vast Penrhyn slate quarry, built villages, and paid for the castle that April-Louise visits alongside her father, Gil. Together, they face the portraits of men who enslaved their ancestors, and ask what it would take for Britain to stop looking away.
Host: Brenna Daldorph
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Wed, 17 Sep 2025 - 36min - 44 - Plantation records | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 2
April-Louise Pennant’s grandparents were part of the Windrush Generation, emigrating from the Caribbean to Britain in the 1950s. Visiting a local university archive to discover the significance of her Welsh surname, she discovers the Jamaica Papers - a collection of plantation records donated by the Pennants, which reveal a confronting truth.
Host: Brenna Daldorph
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Wed, 17 Sep 2025 - 27min - 43 - Building Britain | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 1
Arguments still rage about Britain’s role in the slave trade, but the evidence of that dark past is written across the faces of some of the country’s wealthiest stately homes. Journalists Brenna Daldorph and David Aaronovitch face facts to look behind the grandeur and gold-leaf exteriors of one - Penrhyn Castle in North Wales - to uncover the brutal foundation on which it was built.
Hosts: Brenna Daldorph & David Aaronovitch
This series was first published on 2 August 2021.
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Wed, 17 Sep 2025 - 41min - 42 - The kittens who still purr | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 4
Adnan Oktar is behind bars but some of his followers still believe. Louise meets his devotees, listens to their claims of injustice and comes to terms with the power Oktar still wields from behind bars.
Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Clips: Al-Jazeera, CNBC, Sky News, CNN.
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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 28min - 41 - The turnstile system | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 3
The fortress walls begin to crumble. Survivors describe suffering sexual abuse and financial crimes while cult insiders help the authorities bring Adnan Oktar down.
Accompanied by a former ‘kitten’, Louise revisits the night the police finally descended on Oktar’s hilltop compound
Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Clips: Ulusal Kanal
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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 30min - 40 - Nice girls from good families | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 2
Away from the TV cameras, Adnan Oktar reigns over a den of secrecy. Louise meets the male enforcers he used to keep it under control.
Oktar’s ‘lions’ reveal the hierarchy, rules, and ruthless methods used to enforce loyalty to the cult. And a woman who says she was sexually abused by Oktar describes how loyalty comes with a terrifying cost.
Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Clips: A9TV, ABC News.
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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 32min - 39 - The Mahdi wears Armani | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 1
Meet Adnan Oktar, the Turkish televangelist who’s rarely spotted without an entourage of surgically enhanced young women he calls his ‘kittens’.
After Oktar is sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison, Louise tries to get to grips with one of the strangest stories she has ever covered.
Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Clips: CNN TÜRK, TV100, Anadolu Agency, CBS News, Sky News, A9TV.
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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 32min - 38 - Introducing: The Messiah and his Kittens
The leader of Turkey’s most powerful cult, Adnan Oktar, was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison in January 2021.
The Sunday Times’s Middle East correspondent Louise Callaghan steps into his weird world of ‘kittens’, ‘lions’, and televangelism to reveal its dark heart.
This series was first published on 28 January, 2022.
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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 - 1min - 37 - Innocent | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 8
In July 2023, almost 20 years after he was sentenced to life in jail, Andrew Malkinson's conviction is quashed. We visit Andy a day after the Court of Appeal overturned his rape conviction following the revelation that new DNA evidence implicated another man in the crime.
Host: Will Roe
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 34min - 36 - A breakthrough (February 2023 UPDATE) | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 7
Finally, a door opens. The CCRC refers Andy’s case to the Court of Appeal, and police arrest another man. After 17 long years, could Andy finally be vindicated?
Host: Will Roe
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 20min - 35 - Police failings | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 6
Emily meets the former wife of another suspect in the original investigation. Police failures loom as we learn of other men - some with violent histories - who were barely investigated.
Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Actress: Eliza Marsland.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 33min - 34 - ‘Forced’ to testify? | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 5
Cracks are showing in the case against Andy. Emily meets witnesses who claimed they felt pressure to testify, and learns of failures at the Criminal Cases Review Commission that may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice.
Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 31min - 33 - Forensics | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 4
Years into Andy’s prison sentence, new forensic techniques reveal the presence of another man’s DNA at the crime scene. Emily investigates the implications of this and the challenges of reopening a long-closed case.
Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.
Audio from HMP North Sea Camp courtesy of Two Step Films.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 28min - 32 - Witness testimony | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 3
Eyewitness evidence is powerful. But it is not infallible. Emily draws on wrongful convictions abroad to explore how memory and trauma can complicate justice and what this might mean for Andy’s conviction.
Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 27min - 31 - The trial | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 2
No DNA. Contradictory descriptions. Witnesses with hidden criminal pasts. Andy’s trial is fraught with controversy. As the jury returns a guilty verdict, Emily unpicks the flaws in the judicial system that can send an innocent man down.
Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 39min - 30 - Life turned upside down | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 1
In 2003, a 33-year-old mother of two was raped and left for dead during a horrific attack in Salford, Greater Manchester. A security guard called Andrew Malkinson was arrested and later sentenced to life - despite insisting he was innocent.
Reporter Emily Dugan explores how a seemingly ordinary man became caught up in a shocking crime.
Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 28min - 29 - Introducing: Seventeen Years - the Andrew Malkinson story
A mother of two is brutally attacked, but was the wrong man sent to prison?
Andrew Malkinson was wrongfully convicted of a brutal rape and sentenced to life in prison. The Sunday Times social affairs correspondent Emily Dugan investigates the flawed trial, unreliable witness testimony, police failings and breakthrough DNA evidence that turned the case on its head.
This series was first released on 24 September, 2021.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 - 1min - 28 - Questions and answers? | Cameron and the Toxic Banker Ep. 6
Finally facing interrogation, David Cameron and Lex Greensill appear before MPs. Between their testimony and half-apologies, we finally come to the truth - that the scandal surrounding Greensill Capital didn’t just bring down one company, it brought down British politics as a whole.
Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Correspondent for The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch, former columnist for The Times.
Clips used: Parliament TV, Sky News.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 34min - 27 - The crash | Cameron and the Toxic Banker Ep. 5
What happens when the music stops? With insurers retreating and Lex Greensill’s tangled web of influence unravelling fast, only one thing’s for certain - many others stand to be exposed.
Guest: John Collingridge, Deputy business editor at The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch, former columnist for The Times.
Clips used: GFG Alliance, Parliament TV, Sky News, BBC News.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 34min - 26 - Sanjeev Gupta, man of steel | Cameron and the Toxic Banker Ep. 4
Sanjeev Gupta styled himself as the saviour of Britain’s struggling steel industry, but his empire was fuelled by Greensill money. Deep in Britain’s industrial heartlands, we step inside a house of cards.
Guest: John Collingridge, Deputy business editor at The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch, former columnist for The Times.
Clips used: Channel 4 News, GFG Alliance.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 33min - 25 - A pay app for the NHS | Cameron and the Toxic Banker Ep. 3
Greensill Capital is on the brink - until it lands a lifeline helping to run a vital payroll app for NHS staff. David Aaronovitch uncovers how the company secured taxpayer-backed schemes even as its risky finance model raised eyebrows in the corridors of power.
Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall correspondent for The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch, former columnist for The Times.
Clips used: Sky News, Channel 4 News.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 32min - 24 - Collapse and aftermath | Cameron and the Toxic Banker Ep. 2
Calls, texts and elbow bumps. As a global pandemic takes hold, former prime minister David Cameron is now working for Greensill Capital, dusting down old contact books and making calls to old colleagues at the very top of a government in crisis.
Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch, former columnist for The Times.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 28min - 23 - The rise of Lex Greensill | Cameron and the Toxic Banker Ep. 1
How did a little-known Australian banker end up with the ear of a Prime Minister? David Aaronovitch recounts the improbable rise of Lex Greensill from a sugar cane farm in central Queensland to high-flying advisor with an office in 10 Downing Street.
Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch, former columnist for The Times.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 32min - 22 - Introducing: Cameron and the Toxic Banker
Behind the closed doors of Whitehall in central London Lex Greensill promised to revolutionise the way money moves through the highest levels of British business. Instead, he built an empire on financial smoke.
David Aaronovitch follows the trail of charm and deception leading from the City deep into the heart of the British government.
Presented by David Aaronovitch, former columnist for The Times.
This series was first released on 24 May 2021.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 1min - 21 - Quiet survival | The Spider in the Web - the Hans Globke Story Ep. 2
As the bombs fell, Hans Globke stayed behind his desk, signing papers that sent Jews to their deaths across Europe. Oliver Moody uncovers how Globke’s quiet survival allowed him to emerge unscathed from the ashes of the Third Reich, and return to power in a new Germany.
Host: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times & The Sunday Times
Clips: AP, ARD, The Eichmann TrialEN.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2025 - 39min - 20 - Almost forgotten | The Spider in the Web - the Hans Globke Story Ep. 1
Hans Globke is the forgotten Nazi. The Times and The Sunday Times’s Berlin correspondent Oliver Moody traces the story of the unremarkable bureaucrat who quietly laid the legal basis for the Holocaust, positioning himself at the centre of a deadly web of influence - then came back to build the foundations of modern Germany
Host: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times & The Sunday Times
Clips: BBC, PVT.Snafu, DailyMotion and ARD.
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Wed, 20 Aug 2025 - 33min - 19 - Introducing: The Spider in the Web - the Hans Globke Story
Uncovering the story of Hans Globke, the Nazi bureaucrat who helped lay the legal basis for the Holocaust, then came back to build the foundations of modern Germany.
Presented by Oliver Moody, the Berlin correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times.
This series was first released on 4 March 2021.
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Tue, 19 Aug 2025 - 1min - 18 - Meet Corey Junior | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 1
We meet CJ Davis’s mother Keisha McLeod and hear about the promising early years and the struggles of a young boy who, in his final 18 months, was sucked into an underworld of drug deals and gang crime.
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: BBC, ITV, UK Drill YouTube channel
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 33min - 17 - Descent into crime | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 2
Lifting the lid on a national crisis of child criminal exploitation. Accounts from CJ’s girlfriend, Bella, and his mother give rise to questions: how did he come to be arrested for carrying a knife? What were CJ’s connections to drug dealing? And, crucially, where did the authorities miss opportunities to intervene?
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: BBC, ITV, UK Drill YouTube channel
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 30min - 16 - The gangs of Newham | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 3
We dive into the brutal reality of London’s gangland, where imprisoned but still powerful leaders Young Dizz and CB preside over the rival Beckton Boys and Woodgrange gangs. CJ’s name appears on a leaked police “gang matrix”, giving rise to the chilling question: Was CJ Davis a targeted victim of this deadly turf war?
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: UK Drill YouTube channel, Olympic YouTube Channel, BBC3
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 32min - 15 - The murder scene and the wall of silence | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 4
The September afternoon in 2017 when CJ Davis was shot dead in broad daylight in Forest Gate, East London. An anonymous witness recounts the harrowing moment she heard gunshots and rushed to CJ’s side in an attempt to save his life.
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: UK Drill YouTube channel, Olympic YouTube Channel, BBC3
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 31min - 14 - How do we solve this? | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 5
Three years after CJ Davis’ murder, John Simpson interviews the lead detective working on the case, whose team continues to grapple with an impenetrable “code of silence”. Expert Craig Pinkney also takes us into the complex world of drill music to explore its connection to gang culture and, perhaps, to CJ’s death.
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: UK Drill YouTube channel, Olympic YouTube Channel, BBC3
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 34min - 13 - Meet Corey Senior | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 6
In this bonus episode, CJ’s father, Corey Sr., speaks publicly about his son’s death for the very first time. We also meet close family friend Dwayne Brooks, who was witness to the Stephen Lawrence murder.
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: BBC, ITV, Sky News, ITN
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 39min - 12 - Atonement | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 7
Five years after CJ Davis was shot dead in East London, John Simpson is back in Newham to confront the stagnant investigation. He brokers a powerful meeting between CJ's grieving mother and the woman who found him, revealing the pain that persists as the murder remains unsolved.
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: BBC, ITV, Sky News, ITN
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 34min - 11 - March 2023 UPDATE - An arrest | Who Killed CJ Davis? Ep 8
News breaks that a suspect has been arrested in connection with CJ’s murder. John Simpson speaks with CJ’s mother, Keisha, about this pivotal moment in her fight for justice.
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
Host: John Simpson, crime correspondent, The Times
Clips: BBC, ITV, Sky News, ITN
Original music by Cam Shuck - satellitestudios.co.uk
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 7min - 10 - Introducing: Who Killed CJ Davis?
Corey Junior Davis was just 14 when he was shot dead on the afternoon of 4 September 2017. In this series, crime correspondent John Simpson exposes the systemic failings, rivalries and silence surrounding CJ’s killer.
This series was first released on 31 July, 2020.
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Wed, 13 Aug 2025 - 1min - 9 - Restless ghosts | Last Man Standing Ep 8
When a British minister tells reporters that John Cantlie is still alive in February 2019, the search is on again. What does the British government know? Anthony shares his conclusions.
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips: CNN, Sky, Voice of America, Channel 4, ABC.
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Thu, 11 Aug 2022 - 55min - 8 - Inside Mosul | Last Man Standing Ep 7
Anthony retraces John Cantlie’s steps on the streets of Mosul, the Iraqi city where John was last seen alive.
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts:Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips: CNN and BBC.
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Thu, 04 Aug 2022 - 55min - 7 - Lend me your ears | Last Man Standing Ep 6
As one by one the British and American hostages are killed by their captors, John Cantlie emerges in a series of Islamic State propaganda films, ‘Lend Me Your Ears’. His new role keeps him alive. It also attracts questions. Is the hostage becoming a willing messenger?
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts:Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips:CNN, CBS, EWTN, USA Today, NBC, ABC, EuroNews, eNCA.
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Thu, 28 Jul 2022 - 51min - 6 - Freedom is for other people | Last Man Standing Ep 5
Some of the hostages who were held with John Cantlie describe what life was like inside their prison cell, under the watch of brutal Isis guards. Their captors had a special role in mind for John… but why did Isis pick him?
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips: Acceleration TV, Bikes Aloud, Enduro Africa.
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Thu, 21 Jul 2022 - 46min - 5 - There but for the grace of God | Last Man Standing Ep 4
For Anthony this story is personal as he reveals that he himself was captured while reporting on the Syrian conflict. What is it like to be a journalist covering war? And what does his experience tell us about John Cantlie's kidnap?
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips: BBC and CNN.
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Thu, 14 Jul 2022 - 52min - 4 - Missing | Last Man Standing Ep 3
John Cantlie is missing and there are no leads in the case. The hunt is on for his whereabouts, when a rapper shows up in a Belgian prison saying he has information to share. What can this man tell us about John’s location and the conditions they both experienced as Isis hostages?
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips: Ready4jerri.
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Thu, 07 Jul 2022 - 38min - 3 - The kidnap | Last Man Standing Ep 2
Anthony investigates details of John Cantlie and his colleague James Foley’s abduction in 2012. He speaks to those who were with them and explores possible reasons the men were targeted.
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips: BBC, Al Jazeera, Guardian.
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Thu, 30 Jun 2022 - 39min - 2 - On the trail | Last Man Standing Ep 1
Anthony Loyd begins his investigation into the disappearance of journalist John Cantlie, who was taken by Isis in 2012. He explores the events of a prior kidnap and asks: what compelled John to return to Syria after his first escape?
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
Hosts:Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Clips:BBC, 5Live, CNN, NBC, Broadcasting House (BBC Radio 4).
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Thu, 23 Jun 2022 - 35min - 1 - Introducing: Last Man Standing
In 2012, British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. In this new series, the Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd sets out to investigate the life - and fate - of the missing hostage.
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