In Detail...
Exploring and explaining news stories from across England.
Series 4: The Jesus Army
Uncovering the rise and unravelling of one of the biggest religious cults in Britain. Exploring the controversies, abuses and lasting scars left on those who lived within it.
Previously on In Detail...
Series 1. The Pub Bombings
Exploring the impact of two Birmingham pub bombs in a 50 year evolving story.
Series 2. The Toxic Waste Scandal
Explore the shocking events that ripped through a steelworks community in Corby.
Series 3: Felled: The Sycamore Gap Story
Hairy Biker Si King investigates who felled the tree at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland.
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- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
3. The Whistleblowers
A man with an axe to grind receives a provocative anonymous phone call.
A dusty dossier ignites deep suspicions about safety violations and a chance conversation prompts a meeting with a newshound on …
2. She’ll never play the piano
As toxic waste spreads across Corby, the birth rate of babies with deformities rises.
Simone is born with three fingers on each hand while, 500 miles away a baby George faces his own challenges.
Als…
1. There’s something wrong with George
Exploring connections as orange dust blankets a town and a baby is born with a hand defect.
George Taylor investigates what really happened when his hometown of Corby suddenly turned toxic.
Introducing... The Toxic Waste Scandal
Explore the shocking events that ripped through a steelworks community in Corby, told by the people whose lives were irreversibly changed.
Hear about anonymous calls, secret packages and poisonous pon…
12. The Worst of Humanity, the Best of Humanity
Reflecting on the Birmingham bombings, the lack of justice and political influence and sharing how the victims are remembered.
11. The Search for the Bombers
Ed travels to Dublin and Belfast to try and speak to the people linked with the 1974 Birmingham bombings.
10. Conflict and Conspiracy
We visit Belfast to meet a former IRA prisoner Ricky who believes there could be more to the pub bombings in Birmingham.
Discussing the case and whether the IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci, known as ‘Stak…
9. Blocked at Every Angle
Julie Hambleton's sister died in the bombings, she is intent on a public inquiry and explains what she thinks really happened that night.
We also explore whether the government knew what was going to…
8. The Naming of the Bombers
Exploring some of the names linked with the Birmingham pub bombings.
We also find out why Chris Mullin and Julie Hambleton disagree with each other.
7. Dance with the Devil
After a lot of frustration, Julie Hambleton, whose sister had died in the bombs, and the families of other victims secure an inquest with help from an unexpected source.
6. The Nightmare Begins Again
Exploring the impact of The Birmingham Six's release which opened up old wounds for some of the victims’ families.
The investigation was reopened in 1991 and shut again in 1994 with no further movem…
5. The Real Bombers
The Birmingham Six had each been sentenced to 21 life sentences. They were writing letters for support but getting no reaction and all hope was lost that they would be freed.
Their story reached journ…
4. The Birmingham Six (Their Version)
Paddy Hill and Billy Power, two of the Six, talk frankly about their treatment in police custody and court.
The official side of story doesn’t match up with what the Birmingham Six experienced.
3. The Birmingham Six (Official Version)
Explore how the police tracked down and arrested the men who later became known at the Birmingham Six.
BBC reporter Michael Buerk talks about covering their high-profile trial and convictions.
We also…
2. Panic on the Streets
The story of the blasts told by those first on the scene.
Emergency services crew and local reporters describe the aftermath of two city-centre pub bombings in Birmingham that killed 21 people.
1. A Night Like Any Other
Thursday 21 November 1974 was a normal night in Birmingham city centre until two city-centre pub bombs were detonated.
We hear the story of the night from those who were there and the families of some…
Welcome to The Pub Bombings
Exploring the impact of two Birmingham pub bombs in a 50 year evolving story that's affected countless people.
The series looks into who bombed Birmingham and asks why no one has been rightfully brou…