Sport's Strangest Crimes

6. The Fallout

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The streak is over but the chaos is just beginning.Mark Roberts has danced naked at the centre of the Super Bowl, been tackled by an NFL linebacker, a...

5. Houston, we have so many problems

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Houston, 2004. Super Bowl XXXVIII. The biggest television event of the year — and everyone involved is chasing perfection.Inside the NFL machine, Ji...

4. The man with the plan

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After failing in San Diego, Mark swore he’d never try the Super Bowl again. Then one unexpected email changes everything.Comedian Rich Hall presents...

3. On the Map

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Before Mark could streak the Super Bowl, both streaking and the Super Bowl had to become what they are.Streaking has a history. The Super Bowl has a h...

2. The Calling

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Every superhero has an origin story. For Captain Cock, it begins in Hong Kong, 1993.Comedian Rich Hall takes us back to when Mark is a young bartender...

1. Captain C**k

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Comedian Rich Hall presents the story of Mark Roberts - who isn't your average bloke. By day, he's a painter from Liverpool. By night? He's Captain Co...

Introducing...Confessions of a Super Bowl Streaker

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rich Hall presents the story of one man's mission to conquer the Holy Grail of streaking. The Super Bowl.

6. Friend or Foe?

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Was Hansie Cronje a villain? A victim? Or something in between? In this final episode, we unpack the legacy Hansie left behind — the loyalties, the ...

5. The Only Passenger On Board

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

June 2002. Hansie Cronje dies in a plane crash. The reaction is immediate - shock, disbelief, grief. But not everyone buys the official story. In Epis...

4. Not Your Normal Library

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hansie’s admitted guilt but the real drama is only just getting started. Episode 4 takes us to the King Commission, a library turned media circus, w...

3. Brown Envelopes

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Centurion Test is over. Hansie’s praised for “saving” the match. But rewind 24 hours and the real story starts to unfold. In Episode 3, we g...

2. England and the Infamous Forfeits

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the final Test of a five-match series, and everyone’s already packed their bags. Three days of rain, no result, nothing to play for. Then out...

1. Bigger than Becks

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the mid-90s, Hansie Cronje was South Africa’s golden boy, the God-fearing captain backed by Nelson Mandela and worshipped by a nation. More than ...

Introducing... Hansie Cronje: Fall From Grace

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hansie Cronje had it all — captain of South Africa, adored by a nation, trusted by Nelson Mandela. A symbol of hope in the post-apartheid era. Then ...

7. Redemption and Beyond

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New coach Conor O’Shea sets about transforming Harlequins’ fortunes and restoring their reputation.Tom Williams rediscovers his form and helps the...

6. Rugby’s Reckoning

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the full Bloodgate scandal now exposed, rugby enters a period of soul-searching.Fallen Harlequins coach Dean Richards makes allegations that bloo...

5. The Biggest Beast in The Jungle

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bloodgate is big news - and it’s about to get even bigger…Dean Richards’ resignation has thrust Bloodgate onto the front and back pages - but de...

4. Downfall

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After receiving his 12-month ban, Tom Williams faces pressure from the club and his team-mates as he considers blowing the whistle on the Bloodgate pl...

3. The Cover-ups

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gripping testimony from the Harlequins dressing-room as Tom Williams persuades club doctor Wendy Chapman to help cover up his act of cheating.But when...

2. It’s Not Real Blood

22 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of one rugby's most notorious matches, told by those who were there.A European Cup quarter-final between Harlequins and Leinster was always ...

1. Dandies to Dark Arts

15 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ross Kemp visits the Clapham joke shop at the origin of the Bloodgate cheating scandal that brought rugby union to its knees.We learn how the advent o...

Introducing…Bloodgate

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rugby union was rocked to its core by an episode that involved deception, cover-ups, recriminations and life-changing consequences for those involved....

8: Sting in the Tale

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the other side of the world, a bugged goalpost brings tales of the match-fixing king. Having completed his confession, Moses faces up to Troy Deene...

7: Dragged Back in

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Voices from the past bring new opportunities. But is Moses in or is he out? A fatal miscalculation turns Moses’ life upside down and results in a de...

6. Braveheart

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do you do when you come up against the footballer you cannot corrupt? With the fans on his back and the players in open revolt, can Moses pull of...

5. Feeling the Heat

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you hear the one about the Conference South game that got more bets than Barcelona? With the authorities looking like they’re closing in, can Mo...

4. Taking over the League

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More players want in. The money keeps growing. Will Moses’ good times ever end? But as the scale of his match-fixing grows, word travels fast - up t...

3. The Middleman

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

£100k is sloshing around the footwell, as Moses’ car hurtles through the city at night. As Moses takes his first steps into a dark and dangerous ne...

2. By Any Means Necessary

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s £60k at the back of the team bus. But if you take it, there’s no turning back. His first child is on the way. He’s arguing with his man...

1. Sleep with the Money

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Moses Swaibu has the makings of a top-flight footballer – until temptation comes his way. At a crossroads in his career, Moses has a massive decisio...

Introducing... Confessions of a Match Fixer

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Moses Swaibu reveals how he risked it all for a fortune fixing in the English league. From Crystal Palace’s Young Player of the year, to shifting va...

8. The Accused

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maisie Adam introduces a very special episode of Sport's Strangest Crimes: A French Football Scandal. Aminata Diallo, the footballer awaiting trial fo...

7. An Unhappy Ending

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maisie Adam continues the astonishing story that has rocked women's football in France.Its the aftermath of the arrest of Aminata Diallo, she and her ...

6. The Hitmen and Her

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Police wiretaps capture incendiary, and potentially incriminating conversations and whatsapp messages, while statements from the group of men accused ...

5. Fighting Talk

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maisie Adam continues the shocking story of a brutal attack at Paris Saint-Germain that turned close team-mates into bitter rivals, damaging lives, ca...

4. War in the Dressing Room

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With one player attacked and another player under suspicion of being involved in it, the return of both Kheira Hamraoui, the victim, and Aminata Diall...

3. Arrested Developments

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

French international footballer Kheira Hamraoui is in shock after being dragged from the car of her PSG team-mate Aminata Diallo, and then having her ...

2. Attack and Defence

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maisie Adam continues the incredible story of the organised hit on the French international footballer that took place in the leafy suburbs of Paris i...

1. What Happens In Zanzibar.....

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maisie Adam introduces the story of a brutal attack at Paris Saint-Germain that turned close teammates into bitter rivals just months after a holiday ...

Introducing... A French Football Scandal

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maisie Adam tells the shocking story of jealousy, deceit and a brutal attack on a Paris Saint-Germain player that turned team-mates into the bitterest...

8. Heel

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode contains strong language.In the eighth episode, Bruiser’s friends and family reckon with the aftermath of his death - and the ...

7. The People vs Invader One

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the seventh episode, Puerto Rico reels from news of the killing; but as Jose pleads self-defence, the police and courts struggle to get to the bott...

6. Invader

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the sixth episode, Adam explores the extraordinary story of Invader One - Jose Huertas Gonzalez - as he prepares for a showdown with Bruiser Brody....

5. Island of Enchantment

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the fifth episode, as the WWE takes over the American market, Bruiser turns to the even more high octane and raw world of wrestling in Puerto Rico ...

4. Bruised Dick

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode contains strong language.In the fourth episode, the increasingly confident Bruiser Brody starts clashing with managers and promo...

3. Beauty and the Feast

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the third episode, Bruiser makes a powerful enemy - but also falls in love.Bruiser Brody was a wrestling star in the 1970s and 1980s; a classic vil...

2. Birth of Bruiser

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This episode contains strong language.In episode two, Frank Goodish fights for the first time - and makes quite an impression on the world fa...

1. Life In Paradise

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode, Puerto Rico wakes up to the news of a brutal killing, and a young boy in Michigan starts taking his first steps towards supersta...

Introducing...The Ballad of Bruiser Brody

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Coming soon to BBC Sounds, comedian Adam Hills tells the extraordinary story of the life, legend and death of Bruiser Brody, one of 1980s wrestling’...

8. Coach Anthony

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Coach Anthony: Like we said at the start, Anthony Curcio is the most unexpected person you will ever meet. A suburban dad and former football star tur...

7. Double Solitary

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Double Solitary: Anthony Curcio never imagined himself in prison. He was too smart. Too clever. Too unassuming to ever get caught. But he never expect...

6. The Hunt For DB Tuber

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

News of the robbery spreads around the state. Everyone is talking about the way the armoured car robber got away.

5. Back From the Brinks

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Back From the Brinks: It's game day in Anthony Curcio's hometown. Only this time, he's robbing an armored car instead of catching touchdown passes. He...

4. The Playbook

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Playbook: Anthony Curcio was in desperate need of cash. The housing hustle left him deep in debt. But he couldn't get any cash. No one could. No o...

3. Good Form

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Good Form: Anthony Curcio loved the life of crime. The double life. He fancied himself a blue collar Thomas Crown, pursuing pills over Pissarros. His ...

2. Just Say No

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Just Say No: Anthony Curcio had used his second chance at football. Used it well. He built his body and refocused his mind on the sport. But football ...

1. Friday Night Lights Out

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Curcio is the most unexpected person you will ever meet. At first glance, he appears as simply a suburban dad who wears khaki pants, Cactus Ja...

Introducing... Friday Night Heists

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Friday Night Lights Out: Anthony Curcio is the most unexpected person you will ever meet. At first glance, he appears as simply a suburban dad who wea...

10. The Pirate and The Mob

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two decades on, fresh intel from a mafia source threatens to blow the case wide open. Italian journalist Lorenzo Bodrero takes us through the present ...

9. Prima Facie

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mystery bruises, missing cash… driven by Tonina Pantani, 2 inquiries into Marco’s death follow. Family members present new evidence, alleging that...

8. The People's Pirate

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Italy, and the world, are struck by grief at the death of the pirate. But as mourners throng the streets of Cesenatico, those closest to Marco are pos...

7. A Sad Day For The Sport

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After his disqualification from the 1999 Giro, Marco Pantani is devastated and withdrawn. His cocaine abuse worsens, and he becomes obsessed with clea...

6. An Episode You Can't Refuse

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As corruption allegations run rampant, all roads seem to lead back to the mafia. But what connections did organised crime have to sport? And is there ...

5. All The World's A Stage

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Convinced of a setup, Pantani is paranoid and following the money adds fuel to the fire. Why was there so much money in 90s cycling? And who was tryin...

4. Icarus Falls

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s 1999, and Marco Pantani is riding high after his Tour de France victory - both the bad boy of cycling, and the saviour of the sport. The 1999 G...

3. Bad Blood

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When cyclists begin dying in alarming numbers, all eyes are on a mysterious new drug. But what is EPO? How does it work? And could it be used to manip...

2. Ain't No Mountain High Enough

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With doping, drug funds, and dawn raids, the 1998 Tour de France is one of the most infamous races in cycling history. In the aftermath of the Festina...

1. The Cursed Champion

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In February 2004, 20,000 mourners lined the streets to pay their respects at the funeral of superstar cyclist, Marco Pantani.In November 2021, a new i...

Introducing… Marco Pantani: Death of a Pirate

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Italy’s greatest cyclist is mysteriously found dead, sensational allegations of mafia involvement see the world of cycling collide, headfirst, ...

Bonus: Listener Questions

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The 2007 Formula 1 season remains a source of high drama and heated debate. With Lewis Hamilton’s stunning debut, his bitter rivalry with Fernando A...

Bonus: F1's Technological Evolution

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A whopping 17 seasons have passed since the ‘Spygate’ controversy and Lewis Hamilton’s debut rocked F1. That’s a long time in a highly technic...

8. The Winner Takes It All

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The 2007 season reaches a nail-biting climax. McLaren and Ferrari are neck-and-neck down the final straight – but Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso...

7. Seeing Red

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If the 2007 F1 season is a game of chess, then we’re just one move away from checkmate. But whose piece will fall? Following Alonso’s revelations ...

6. Piranha Club Rules

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Long: It’s all quiet on track and in the garages during Formula 1’s summer shutdown, but F1’s halls of power are very much open for business. An...

5. Drivers Behaving Badly

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Violent g-force, cockpit temperatures over 40C, and the constant threat of a crash: Formula 1 drivers are under intense physical pressure on the track...

4. The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The 2007 Formula 1 season is hotting up, but it’s the action off the track that is really starting to burn. While Hamilton, Raikonnen and Alonso bat...

3. It All Goes Wrong for Ron

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The British Grand Prix is always a highlight in the Formula 1 calendar, but in 2007, you can cut the tension with a knife. Whilst Lewis Hamilton prepa...

2. A Strange White Powder

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ferrari receives an alarming email - subject line: “Industrial Espionage”. In a sport of continuous engineering innovation, the last thing you wan...

1. Rivals Awaken

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Excitement is in the air as the 2007 Formula 1 season gets underway. There’s a feeling that the World Championship is anyone’s for the taking. Mic...

Trailer

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2007 an improbable, low-fi crime nearly brought the high octane world of Formula One to its knees. Narrated by Pete Tong, Spygate draws in some of ...

Coming soon to Sport's Strange Crimes... The Trillion Dollar Conman

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From Nottingham to North Korea - how conman Russell King took the oldest club in the football league to the brink of oblivion with promises beyond the...

1. The Promised Land

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the world’s oldest football league club to the communist dictatorship of North Korea, this incredible story has it all. It’s a tale of greed ...

2. Toy Story

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A consortium called Munto Finance has taken over Notts County – the oldest professional football club in the world. Supposedly backed by millions of...

3. Treasure Island

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alice Levine heads to Jersey to delve deeper into fraudster Russell King’s criminal past. She discovers how King enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle on...

4. Fool’s Gold

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Revelations about Russell King’s criminal past have done nothing to dampen the spirits at Notts County football club. The team and the fans are on r...

5. Pay the Milkman

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Notts County were sold a dream of untold millions and Premier League football but it’s all come crashing down. Over the course of just a few months ...

6. To Catch a King

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There’s nowhere to hide for serial fraudster Russell King. Holed-up in Bahrain, time has finally run out for the trillion dollar conman. On his tail...

Coming soon to Sport's Strange Crimes...

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Money laundering, the FBI, drug cartels, Ponzi schemes, extra marital affairs, off shore banks, and of course some cricket. For the past 12 months, Gr...

1. Lord's

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lord's 2008. The most sacred ground in cricket had never witnessed anything like it. Across the London skyline a helicopter appeared and slowly descen...

2. The Wild West

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

England's mens cricketers are preparing for a match that could change their lives forever. A one-off game that could net them $1 million each with one...

3. Antigua

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After leaving the island of Montserrat, Allen moves his growing banking empire to the newly independent island of Antigua. Here he quickly realises th...

4. The Match

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Antigua, 1st November, 2008. Months after landing his helicopter on the Nursery Ground at Lord's, complete with a box of cash in tow, Allen Stanford's...

5. Whistleblowers

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After the groundbreaking $20 million cricket match, Allen Stanford was headline news across the cricketing world and beyond. He had delivered on his p...

6. Hurricane Season

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just a few months after the $20 million cricket match in Antigua, a perfect storm is brewing around Allen Stanford and his sprawling business empire.T...

7. Hell

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After attempted undercover operations, revelations from whistleblowers and numerous investigations going back years, the authorities in the USA decide...

Trailer

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is the story of the world’s most high-profile kidnap...of a horse. Welcome to Epsom, the year is 1981 and Shergar, a prized stallion, has jus...

1. And They're Off!

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A horse is kidnapped in the middle of the night. His name was Shergar.He’s not just any horse, he's a prize-winning racehorse owned by an enigmatic ...

2. Thieves in the Night

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A cold and stormy night in Ireland is made even more terrifying by the presence of armed and masked men.“We’ve come to take Shergar, we want £2,0...

3. A Kidnap is Announced

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The international press had a field day, filling the front pages and the lead item on the news. The world was now watching the case develop. A horse k...

4. Send in the Cavalry

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Europa 3, unsuspecting sports journalists get flown to Belfast, over 100 miles from the crime scene to a farm belonging to horse trainers the Maxw...