Half-Life: 1. Daughter of Radium
Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more disturbing history.
A conversation with…
Half-Life: Trailer
Drawn to a family legend about his German-Jewish family’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany in 1936, the writer Joe Dunthorne accidentally discovers a far more unsettling history.
A confession hidden …
Invisible Hands: 6. There Is No Alternative
In 2006 an Australian investment bank bought Thames Water – Britain’s biggest water company. Everything went well for a bit. And then people started noticing something strange. Sewage in the water. L…
Invisible Hands: 5. The Lucky Gambler
James Goldsmith was a billionaire tycoon who thrived in the free-market revolution. He was a corporate raider who conquered both the City of London and Wall Street. He was a playboy – four wives, a h…
Invisible Hands: 4. The Big Bang
Thatcher and her capitalist dreamers' next big gamble was a radical shake-up of London’s financial sector. They called it Big Bang. Seemingly overnight, the stuffy old City of London was replaced by …
Invisible Hands: 3. Selling The Silver
A young banker sits in front of a book full of balance sheets. Boring work. But he has come to a realisation. And it’s a realisation that will, in a few short years, transform Britain. This banker - …
Invisible Hands: 2. The Mad Monk
A man throws up in a taxi on his way to an interview. He is nervous because he is about to make an argument. It’s an argument that would change politics forever.
His name was Keith Joseph. And this wo…
Invisible Hands: 1. The Chicken Farmer
A fighter pilot watches his brother plunge to his death in the Second World War. Grief-stricken, he vows to fight until his dying day for the cause of freedom. This man would return from war transf…
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David Dimbleby traces the history of a hidden force that changed Britain - the free market revolution - and the invisible hands that shaped it.
It started on a chicken farm in Sussex, gained traction …
The Lucan Obsession: 10. The Final Act?
Alex trawls through Lord Lucan’s belongings from his speedily abandoned flat.
She finds incriminating books where he’s torn out pages on how to kill your wife, and is taken aback by photos that make …
The Lucan Obsession: 9. A Race Across the World
Our interest in Lord Lucan could have petered out after the inquest. But people start to spot him all over the world. Could he really have escaped the UK?
Alex von Tunzelmann explores what role this…
The Lucan Obsession: 8. Speculation and Suspicion
The nation was spellbound by the inquest into Sandra Rivett’s death.
For the press the story was a dream. A tale of the aristocracy, gambling, debt and murder was a welcome relief in an era of shortag…
The Lucan Obsession: 7. The Investigation
Police traipsed through 46 Lower Belgrave St on the night of Sandra Rivett’s murder, but did they contaminate the evidence?
The police files are still closed. Where there have been unanswered question…
The Lucan Obsession: 6. The Golden Hour
With Sandra Rivett lying dead in the basement, Lucan must decide whether to face the police or run.
And so begins the second mystery that has made this case so compelling.
Where did Lucan go that nig…
The Lucan Obsession: 5. The Tinderbox House
Many relationships have tricky patches, with couples struggling for money or over the children. But there’s a spark in this story that takes us from the Lucan’s glamorous society wedding to Sandra Ri…
The Lucan Obsession: 4. Searching for Lady Lucan
The press portrayed Lady Lucan as a perfect victim: a tiny, fragile woman, attacked by a cruel and vengeful man. Lord Lucan’s friends said she was a volatile, difficult snob.
She is certainly enigma…
The Lucan Obsession: 3. Lucky Lucan
Lord Lucan raced powerboats through the English Channel, drove an Aston Martin around the Grand Canyon and completed the Cresta Run at Saint-Moritz.
Throwing himself into gambling, he was nicknamed L…
The Lucan Obsession: 2. Death In Belgravia
What really happened on the night of 7th November 1974 when Sandra Rivett was murdered?
Young reporter Bob Strange sneaked into the hallway at the Lucan’s house in Belgravia. The police burst in tram…
The Lucan Obsession: 1. The Double Mystery
One winter's night, 50 years ago, a crime took place that obsessed the nation.
Lord Lucan is said to have killed the family nanny, attacked his wife and vanished.
Newspapers ran wild with lurid detai…
The Lucan Obsession: Trailer
One winter's night, 50 years ago, a crime took place that obsessed the nation.
Lord Lucan is said to have killed the family nanny, attacked his wife and vanished. Why did this case capture the British…