British Scandal
In a country obsessed with gossip, the great and the good fear one thing more than any other - scandal.
British scandals change the course of history. They bring down governments, overthrow the rich and cause the mighty to fall. Some are about sex, others about money. In the end, they’re all about power.
But often at the heart of a scandal, there are ordinary human stories. Stories of those caught up in the swirl of outrage.
Who was really to blame for what happened? Why did they do it? And when all is said and done, did anything really change?
From the creators of Business Wars, American Scandal and Ghost Story, comes British Scandal. Each week, hosts Alice Levine and Matt Forde delve into the murkier side of the British elite, from Phone Hacking to Profumo to the short-lived premiership of Liz Truss. Because sometimes the truth doesn’t set everyone free…
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 241
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Encore: The Litvinenko Affair | The Polonium Trail | 3
Police at Scotland Yard realise they’re not only dealing with the murder of one man…London is facing a full scale nuclear incident.
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00:39:11 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Encore: The Litvinenko Affair | The Mysterious Edwin Carter | 2
As Sasha fights a mysterious illness, time is running out for the police to get crucial information about his attackers. The race is on to find out who poisoned him and why.
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00:37:36 |
Tue 11 Jan 2022
Encore: The Litvinenko Affair | Poisoned | 1
Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko flees Moscow to live in exile in London, but he doesn’t know Russian agents are moving against him and there will be no billionaire to protect him.
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00:44:56 |
Wed 05 Jan 2022
Lord Lucan | Interview | 4
Alice and Matt talk to Sandra Rivett's son Neil Berriman. He tells them about his decade long mission to get justice for his murdered mother.
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00:27:09 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
Lord Lucan | The Closed Circle | 3
After the murder of Sandra Rivett the police start hunting for Lord Lucan. Little do they know it's not just Lucan working against them but Britain's aristocracy as well.
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00:45:51 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Lord Lucan | Murder In Belgravia | 2
After walking out on his wife, Lord Lucan has only one goal in mind – to gain custody of his children. But when Veronica fights back, he realizes he will have to go to extreme lengths to get his way.…
00:41:25 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Lord Lucan | Born Lucky | 1
Lord Lucan and Veronica fall in love. But soon his gambling and her mental health problems threaten their blissful life.
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00:43:30 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols) | Interview | 5
Malcolm Mclaren's biographer Paul Gorman talks to us about Mclaren's legacy and what it was like meeting the man back in the 1970s.
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00:33:50 |
Tue 30 Nov 2021
Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols) | Sid And Nancy | 4
With John gone Malcolm tries to make Sid the new lead singer. What he doesn't realise is Sid and Nancy's drug addiction and dependency is about to lead to tragedy.
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00:42:20 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols) | A Common Enemy | 3
The Sex Pistols behaviour becomes more and more erratic and Malcolm Mclaren makes a drastic decision to try and keep the band together.
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00:40:54 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols) | God Save The Queen | 2
Malcolm Mclaren tries to rock the British establishment by releasing the Sex Pistols shocking new single on the day of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. Only thing stopping him is the band’s addiction to c…
00:43:28 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols) | The Wrong John | 1
Malcolm Mclaren is bored of his life running a clothes store. And so he decides to try and set up a band – a band, he hopes, who will rock the British establishment to its core.
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00:41:13 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
The Canoe Con | Interview: Tony Hutchinson | 4
We talk to the Superintendent who led the police investigation into John and Anne Darwin
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00:24:12 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
The Canoe Con | Dead Man Walking | 3
John Darwin decides to come back from the dead and journalists begin to investigate his mysterious disappearance.
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00:45:59 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
The Canoe Con | El Dorado | 2
The Darwins trick the police into thinking John’s dead and decide they need to flee the country.
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00:45:39 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
The Canoe Con | Missing | 1
Prison officer John Darwin finds himself in debt and makes a drastic decision to fake his own death.
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00:43:01 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
The Profumo Affair | Interview: Seymour Platt | 6
Christine Keeler’s son Seymour Platt joins us to talk about the impact the scandal had on his mum. He also talks about his campaign for her to be pardoned.
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00:31:44 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
The Profumo Affair | A Man Without Morals | 5
A public inquiry into the Profumo affair gets underway, while Stephen Ward’s trial at the Old Bailey begins.
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00:32:22 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
The Profumo Affair | Get Stephen | 4
The British establishment turn against Stephen Ward.
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00:34:36 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
The Profumo Affair | War Games | 3
Jack Profumo goes to desperate measures to save his political career, while Stephen Ward tries to stop Christine Keeler selling her story.
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00:31:55 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
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