British Scandal

The Other Virgin's Baby | Fight to the Death | 3

24 Dec 2025

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Decades later, when Christabel thinks the scandal is buried, John’s family drags her back to court, forcing an ageing Christabel to fight one last b...

The Other Virgin's Baby | Hunnish Scenes | 2

17 Dec 2025

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John Russell is thrilled by his wife’s immaculate conception, until his mother insists Christabel committed adultery. Forced to fight for her baby’...

The Other Virgin's Baby | A Thoroughly Modern Marriage | 1

10 Dec 2025

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Free-spirit Christabel Hart wants to embrace the modern spirit of 1920s London, despite marrying into a stuffy, aristocratic family. But her aversion ...

Michelle Mone | Update: How Could £122 Million Just Vanish? | 4

03 Dec 2025

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David Conn was a character at the heart of our original series, and now he's giving Matt and Alice an update on the Michelle Mone scandal in light of ...

Listen Now: American Scandal | The West Memphis Three

01 Dec 2025

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On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The tiny local police department launches an investigation but...

Encore: Michelle Mone | The Smoking Gun | 3

26 Nov 2025

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Michelle is trying to enjoy her five-star honeymoon. But it’s difficult when her phone won’t stop ringing. A Guardian journalist is on her case. H...

Listen Now: Business Wars | The Race to Ozempic

19 Nov 2025

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Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these b...

Encore: Michelle Mone | From Baroness Bra to Baroness Bitcoin | 2

19 Nov 2025

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Michelle throws herself into politics. The Scottish Independence referendum is on the horizon and Michelle becomes a key figure in David Cameron’s ‘...

Encore: Michelle Mone | Bra Wars | 1

14 Nov 2025

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Michelle Mone comes from nothing. A Glasgow council estate girl with no qualifications. But one day she comes up with an idea: to make a radical new b...

Listen Now: Against The Odds | Tsunami In Thailand

05 Nov 2025

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Humans are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will struggle, and we will triumph...often against the odds. In this immersive s...

The Millennium Dome Heist | Lee Wenham on Robberies, Prison and Leaving Crime | 4

05 Nov 2025

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From burying cash to busting into the Dome, Lee Wenham's criminal career reads like a Hollywood script. But how does a small-time crook end up masterm...

The Millennium Dome Heist | On Trial | 3

29 Oct 2025

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After months of careful planning, the gang tear through the Millennium Dome in a modified JCB - because nothing says 'subtle robbery' quite like a bri...

The Millennium Dome Heist | Cops and Robbers | 2

22 Oct 2025

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As Ray Betson's crew prepares for the heist of the century, police chief John 'Swini' Swinfield catches wind of their plans. With his unit's reputatio...

The Millennium Dome Heist | Diamond Geezers | 1

15 Oct 2025

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When a flawless £350 million diamond goes on display at London's Millennium Dome, small-time gangster Ray Betson spots the opportunity of a lifetime....

The Birmingham Six | Chris Mullin, the “Loony Leftie” Who Freed the Birmingham Six | 4

08 Oct 2025

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He's the journalist-turned-MP at the heart of the group's long fight for justice. Chris Mullin sits down with Alice Levine and Matt Forde to unpack hi...

The Birmingham Six | Bombshell | 3

01 Oct 2025

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In a desperate gamble, journalist Chris Mullin tracks down the real Birmingham bombers and tries to convince them to confess on camera. Can he get the...

The Birmingham Six | House of Cards | 2

23 Sep 2025

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Journalist Chris Mullin uncovers disturbing evidence he hopes will free the Birmingham Six after a decade in prison. The more he digs, the more he lea...

The Birmingham Six | Funeral for a Friend | 1

17 Sep 2025

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When IRA bombs tear through two pubs in Birmingham and kill 21 innocent people, Detective Superintendent George Reade knows he has to act fast to find...

April Ashley | The Secret That Could Have Saved April | 4

10 Sep 2025

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April's wasn't the only trans rights case to come to court in the late 1960s. But the other - concerning a trans man and the inheritance of a baronetc...

April Ashley | Corbett vs Corbett | 3

03 Sep 2025

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The couple must meet again in court, as their divorce case becomes a landmark battle over what defines a woman. As the pressure mounts, who will crack...

April Ashley | A Place of Her Own | 2

27 Aug 2025

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As April prepares to marry aristocrat Arthur Corbett, she sees his disapproving father as her greatest threat. But as Arthur's drinking intensifies an...

April Ashley | Becoming April | 1

20 Aug 2025

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A pioneering trans woman's fight for recognition begins in 1960s Britain. April Ashley has broken free of her childhood as a boy in the Liverpool slum...

Noel and Liam | Radio legend Steve Lamacq on the most chaotic interview of his career | 4

15 Aug 2025

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In 1997, Steve Lamacq thought he was interviewing Noel Gallagher live on Radio 1. So he was delighted when Liam turned up too. He knew the brothers co...

Noel and Liam | Look Back in Anger | 3

13 Aug 2025

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When Noel tells a journalist he’s leaving Oasis, Liam feels like he’s losing control. If the band is going down, he wants to be the one to call ti...

Introducing The Mystic and The Mayor... | 1

10 Aug 2025

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When a small French coastal town is plunged into chaos, the world discovers what happens when political power and supernatural forces collide.The loca...

Noel and Liam | The Battle of Britpop | 2

06 Aug 2025

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It’s 1995 and Noel and Liam have a new enemy. But this time it’s not each other. The brothers have put aside their differences to face Britpop ban...

Noel and Liam | Rock 'n' Roll Star | 1

30 Jul 2025

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As Oasis embark on their highly-anticipated reunion tour, Alice Levine and Matt Forde revisit one of the rockiest relationships in music history. The ...

Anne Boleyn | Why Anne is Still Living Rent-Free in our Heads | 4

23 Jul 2025

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Was Anne Boleyn a victim of Tudor tyranny or a master player in the Royal Court? Historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb joins Alice and Matt to unravel the en...

Anne Boleyn | A Queen Condemned | 3

16 Jul 2025

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A queen's fortunes can change in the blink of an eye. As Henry grows distant and Cromwell plots against her, Anne finds herself facing a life-or-death...

Anne Boleyn | The Great Matter | 2

09 Jul 2025

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Anne and Henry face two tiny obstacles: his wife and the Pope. As they plot to dethrone a queen and secure a divorce, Anne discovers crowns come with ...

Anne Boleyn | To Catch a King | 1

02 Jul 2025

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Anne Boleyn dazzles Henry VIII, refusing to be just another notch on his bedpost. She'll settle for nothing less than marriage. But King Henry already...

The Salisbury Poisonings | The Journalist Who Knew Too Much | 4

25 Jun 2025

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Guardian journalist Luke Harding was thrown out of Russia for exposing uncomfortable truths. Now he takes Matt and Alice behind the headlines of the S...

The Salisbury Poisonings | Manhunt | 3

18 Jun 2025

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When Novichok’s deadly tendrils claim an innocent victim in Dawn Sturgess, Prime Minister Theresa May must find the perpetrators and bring them to j...

The Salisbury Poisonings | Early Bird | 2

11 Jun 2025

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Traded in a spy swap, Sergei Skripal finds refuge in England. But Moscow's shadow follows. And when his daughter Yulia comes to visit, events take a t...

The Salisbury Poisonings | Glass Houses | 1

04 Jun 2025

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A Russian spy torn between loyalty and freedom. A secret deal with MI6. And, years later, in Salisbury, England, a deadly Soviet-era nerve agent turns...

Lord Haw-Haw: Germany Calling | How to Fight a Propaganda War | 4

28 May 2025

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Peter Pomerantsev knows a thing or two about propaganda. He's written three books uncovering propagandists' secrets. His latest delves into the Britis...

Lord Haw-Haw: Germany Calling | Last Gasp | 3

21 May 2025

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A captured Lord Haw-Haw fights for his life. In court, it comes down to one question: can he have betrayed Britain, if he was never really British?Do ...

Lord Haw-Haw: Germany Calling | Radio Reich | 2

14 May 2025

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Under Goebbels' wing, William becomes Lord Haw-Haw. Night after night he broadcasts Hitler’s message into Britain. But one Brit is having none of it...

Lord Haw-Haw: Germany Calling | Chelsea Smile | 1

07 May 2025

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William Joyce wants to serve Britain. But when Britain's establishment rejects him, he chooses Hitler's Germany instead, becoming the plummy voice of ...

The Dirty Duchess | The Original Tabloid Queen | 4

30 Apr 2025

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The Duchess of Argyll was shameless, in all the right ways. That’s what drew historian, Lyndsy Spence, to write a book about her. She joins Matt and...

The Dirty Duchess | Argyll vs Argyll | 3

23 Apr 2025

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The gloves come off in Britain's nastiest divorce as Margaret and Ian's years of marital warfare reach their explosive finale. But in 1960s high socie...

The Dirty Duchess | Heirs and Affairs | 2

16 Apr 2025

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Margaret refuses to be burnt twice. She has already sunk her fortune into a castle she can never inherit. So, as her marriage crumbles, the Duchess go...

The Dirty Duchess | Divorcée to Duchess | 1

09 Apr 2025

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Margaret Sweeny is rich, beautiful, and keeping London's eligible bachelors very, very busy. Cast out of high society after her divorce, she's enjoyin...

Thatcher's Favourite Fraudster | Asil Nadir’s Escape Pilot Speaks Out | 4

04 Apr 2025

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When Peter Dimond, the man who orchestrated Nadir's 1993 evasion from British justice, got in touch, Matt and Alice had to hear his side of the story....

Thatcher's Favourite Fraudster | Battle of the Big Mac | 3

02 Apr 2025

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Asil Nadir returns to his beloved London determined to clear his name. But he’s facing a new opponent. With the Serious Fraud Office’s reputation ...

Thatcher's Favourite Fraudster | Big Bird | 2

26 Mar 2025

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Asil Nadir claims he can prove his innocence. He just needs to stick around for the trial. But when someone offers him a seat on a small plane to Cypr...

Thatcher's Favourite Fraudster | Ragtrade to Riches | 1

19 Mar 2025

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It’s the 1980s. Margaret Thatcher’s Britain is all about making it big if you work hard enough, and boy, does Asil Nadir get the memo. He transfor...

The IRA Heiress | What Rose Dugdale Did Next | 4

12 Mar 2025

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Journalist Sean O'Driscoll met the IRA Heiress herself. He would cycle to her Dublin care home to chat over tea and biscuits. Though he went easier on...

The IRA Heiress | The Heist | 3

05 Mar 2025

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The police are after Rose. Her face is all over the papers. If authorities are going to try and stop her, Rose is determined to use whatever time she ...

The IRA Heiress | Most Wanted | 2

26 Feb 2025

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Rose and her IRA comrades plan The Troubles’ first aerial bombing. But she’s having a hard time getting the others to trust her. With her plummy E...

The IRA Heiress | From Debutante to Defendant | 1

19 Feb 2025

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Oxford graduate, aristocrat, heiress – Rose Dugdale has it all. So her path from millionaire’s daughter to IRA bomb-maker shocks British society. ...

Julian Assange | The Weird World of WikiLeaks | 4

12 Feb 2025

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If you think your job sucks, spare a thought for Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Ball. He spent three months living and working with Julian As...

Julian Assange | Operation Hotel | 3

05 Feb 2025

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Assange seeks asylum at London’s Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid facing charges abroad. It’s supposed to be a safe haven, but it begins to feel like a...

Julian Assange | Enemy of the State | 2

29 Jan 2025

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An alliance with international press turns Assange into a public figure. But soon, he ends up on the front pages for all the wrong reasons.Listen to B...

Julian Assange | No Secrets | 1

22 Jan 2025

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Julian Assange dreams of a world where secrets are open and truth reigns. So he builds a haven for whistleblowers, Wikileaks.org. But when a US milita...

The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | An Actual Tichborne | 4

15 Jan 2025

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William Motley says he’s a descendant of the family… But we’ve checked and this time it’s true. He’s even writing a book about Arthur Orton’...

The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | The People's Aristocrat | 3

08 Jan 2025

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Everything seems to have got rather out of hand. Arthur is now one of Britain’s biggest celebrities, and his fight for the Tichborne estate has beco...

The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | Butcher or Baronet | 2

01 Jan 2025

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Arthur Orton is inching towards victory. But when an untimely death forces him to prove his identity in court, the game steps up. Now he must convince...

The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | Mother Knows Best | 1

27 Dec 2024

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It’s 1865, and butcher Arthur Orton is living in poverty in Australia. Then he hears about a reward for information on England’s ninth richest nob...

The Scandalous Life of Charles Dickens | Christmas Special | 1

18 Dec 2024

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Think Dickens was all jolly carols and festive cheer? Not so. Behind the snowy scenes and spirit of goodwill, the so-called “Father of Christmas” ...

The Brink's-Mat Heist | How I Defended Brian Perry | 4

11 Dec 2024

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Jonathan Goldberg KC has acted for alleged murderers, rapists and fraudsters during his five decades as a leading barrister. Among his high-profile cl...

The Brink's-Mat Heist | Buried Treasure | 3

04 Dec 2024

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DCS Boyce is hurled bang into the middle of Micky and Brian’s fierce rivalry. But can he use the in-fighting to finally trace the Brink’s Mat stas...

The Brink's-Mat Heist | The Golden Rule | 2

27 Nov 2024

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Brian Perry’s living the high life with new girlfriend, Jackie, spending millions on property. The trouble is, everything he has, he’s stolen from...

The Brink's-Mat Heist | Daylight Robbery | 1

20 Nov 2024

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South London criminal Mad Micky McAvoy leads his gang into a gutsy warehouse raid. Three hours later, he’s pulled off the biggest robbery in British...

Guy Fawkes | The British Scandal School Trip | 4

13 Nov 2024

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The Tower of London is the place where the stories of so many British criminals have come to an end, including Guy Fawkes. Matt and Alice pack their l...

Guy Fawkes | Plot | 3

05 Nov 2024

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The Gunpowder Plot lies in ruin. Fawkes is the first conspirator to face the wrath of the King, and unthinkable torture. With his life hanging in the ...

Guy Fawkes | Treason | 2

30 Oct 2024

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As London bristles with paranoia, the conspirators race against time. Guy Fawkes is ready to light the fuse, but whispers of treason echo through the ...

Guy Fawkes | Gunpowder | 1

23 Oct 2024

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In Elizabethan England, Catholics face brutal persecution. A young Guy Fawkes vows to fight back. When, years later, he returns home from abroad to fi...

The Peru Two | The Hidden World of Female Drug Mules | 4

16 Oct 2024

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Women are in demand in the drug trafficking industry. Often considered less likely to be stopped at customs, they make up almost a third of drug runne...

The Peru Two | A Snitch in Time | 3

09 Oct 2024

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Michaella and Melissa have told lie after lie. To their families, to journalists and to the police. Now they're getting ready to face the judge. And i...

The Peru Two | Positivo | 2

02 Oct 2024

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The task Michaella agreed to has become wildly more complicated. When she said yes to the mission, she thought Lima was in Spain. So why is she on a p...

The Peru Two | Partners in Crime | 1

25 Sep 2024

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Michaella and Melissa are just two young women on holiday in Peru. Or that’s what they want you to think. In reality, they’ve been recruited to sm...

Encore: Gazza | Actress and model Linda Lusardi on watching her friend, Paul Gascoigne shoot to fame | 4

18 Sep 2024

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As a Page 3 model for over a decade, Linda Lusardi is no stranger to tabloid attention. And she saw first-hand the impact it had on her former neighbo...

Encore: Gazza | Game Over | 3

11 Sep 2024

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Glenn Hoddle has a decision to make. As the England team's new manager, it’s time to select his 1998 World Cup squad. Include Gazza, and he’ll hav...

Encore: Gazza | Tabloid Dream | 2

04 Sep 2024

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When Paul Gascoigne steps out with his new girlfriend, Sheryl, interest in his personal life soars, and the Press takes advantage. Gazza’s alcohol-f...

Encore: Gazza | Gazzamania | 1

28 Aug 2024

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All Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne has ever wanted to do is play football. So when he’s taken on by Newcastle United, he’s determined to impress. His tale...

Suffragette DNA: Helen Pankhurst on being Emmeline's Great-Granddaughter | 4

21 Aug 2024

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Walk into Dr Helen Pankhurst’s home and you’d know straightaway which famous family she’s a part of. From suffragette sashes to her purple, whit...

The Pankhursts | Cat and Mouse | 3

14 Aug 2024

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The Suffragettes need to strike the establishment at its core. They’ve tried using words. They’ve even tried violence. Finally, one mild day in Ju...

The Pankhursts | Women at War | 2

07 Aug 2024

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The Pankhursts’ movement has a new name. The Suffragettes. They're reinvigorated, but fresh-faced Prime Minister Asquith is determined to ignore the...

The Pankhursts | Deeds Not Words | 1

31 Jul 2024

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In 1918, women were allowed to run for Parliament in the UK. But most couldn't even vote. Ten years later, that finally changed. At the heart of that ...

Boris Becker | Tennis guru David Law on watching Becker grow up in the spotlight | 4

24 Jul 2024

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David Law is one of Britain’s leading tennis commentators. As host of the award-winning Tennis Podcast and part of BBC 5 Live’s Wimbledon coverage...

Boris Becker | Dosh and Becks | 3

17 Jul 2024

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Boris Becker is running out of money. Once one of tennis’ top-paid stars, he’s now at the centre of both a costly divorce and a paternity row. So ...

How Liz Truss Lost her Seat | General Election Special | 1

11 Jul 2024

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What does the UK General Election mean for British Scandal? A bonus episode of course. We already have a whole series covering Liz Truss losing her Pr...

Boris Becker | Perfect Match | 2

10 Jul 2024

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Boris Becker is in love. His wife, Barbara is the woman of his dreams. He can’t bear to be apart from her, but he has to stay focused on his tennis....

Boris Becker | Boy King | 1

02 Jul 2024

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A Wimbledon win aged just 17 saw Boris Becker become the tennis tournament’s youngest ever winner and a global superstar. But the pressure of overni...

Michelle Mone | Meet the lawyer who keeps Matt and Alice out of trouble | 4

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Often the people at the heart of our scandals would rather we just shut up. And if we make a misstep, they can make our lives difficult. Clare Hoban i...

Michelle Mone | The Smoking Gun | 3

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle is trying to enjoy her five-star honeymoon. But it’s difficult when her phone won’t stop ringing. A Guardian journalist is on her case. H...

Michelle Mone | From Baroness Bra to Baroness Bitcoin | 2

11 Jun 2024

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Michelle throws herself into politics. The Scottish Independence referendum is on the horizon and Michelle becomes a key figure in David Cameron’s ‘...

Michelle Mone | Bra Wars | 1

04 Jun 2024

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Michelle Mone comes from nothing. A Glasgow council estate girl with no qualifications. But one day she comes up with an idea: to make a radical new b...

Encore: Breaking Barings | On the Run | 3

28 May 2024

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Barings Bank is on the brink of collapse. And it doesn’t take long for those at the top to work out who has left them penniless. Once, Nick Leeson w...

Encore: Breaking Barings | In the Pit | 2

21 May 2024

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Nick Leeson’s losses are getting out of hand. And he’s under more pressure than ever to make money - not lose it. Then, disaster strikes. The bank...

Encore: Breaking Barings | Under the Water | 1

14 May 2024

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British Scandal is celebrating its third birthday! To mark the occasion we are revisiting one of our favourite ever seasons. The story of a young man ...

Hitler's Angel | How the Mitfords became Britain's most scandalous sisters | 4

07 May 2024

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Lyndsy Spence became obsessed with the aristocracy as a teenager. Now a historian and Mitford sister expert, she sits down with Matt and Alice to diss...

Hitler's Angel | Fascism or Death | 3

30 Apr 2024

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Diana Mosley hasn’t slept for weeks. Oswald has been locked up and she can’t even find a lawyer to represent him. There's only one person she can ...

Hitler's Angel | Uncle Wolf | 2

23 Apr 2024

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Diana has already chosen fascism over her family. But now the world is going to war, and she has to choose between fascism and her country. Winston Ch...

Hitler's Angel | Bright Young Fascist | 1

16 Apr 2024

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It’s 1932, and aristocratic beauty Diana Guinness is the belle of high society London. But her world - and her marriage - are turned upside down whe...

Noel and Liam | Radio legend Steve Lamacq on the most chaotic interview of his career | 4

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1997, Steve Lamacq thought he was interviewing Noel Gallagher live on Radio 1. So he was delighted when Liam turned up too. He knew the brothers co...

Noel and Liam | Look Back in Anger | 3

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Noel tells a journalist he’s leaving Oasis, Liam feels like he’s losing control. If the band is going down, he wants to be the one to call ti...

Noel and Liam | The Battle of Britpop | 2

27 Mar 2024

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It’s 1995 and Noel and Liam have a new enemy. But this time it’s not each other. The brothers have put aside their differences to face Britpop ban...

Noel and Liam | Rock 'n' Roll Star | 1

20 Mar 2024

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Matt Forde is back! He joins Alice Levine to delve into one of the rockiest relationships in music history. The story of two brothers who went from sh...