British Scandal

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262 Episodes

  1. The IRA Heiress | From Debutante to Defendant | 1

    Published: 19/02/2025
  2. Julian Assange | The Weird World of WikiLeaks | 4

    Published: 12/02/2025
  3. Listen Now: How To Date

    Published: 10/02/2025
  4. Julian Assange | Operation Hotel | 3

    Published: 5/02/2025
  5. Julian Assange | Enemy of the State | 2

    Published: 29/01/2025
  6. Listen Now: We Came to the Forest

    Published: 27/01/2025
  7. Julian Assange | No Secrets | 1

    Published: 22/01/2025
  8. The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | An Actual Tichborne | 4

    Published: 15/01/2025
  9. Introducing: Encounters

    Published: 13/01/2025
  10. The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | The People's Aristocrat | 3

    Published: 8/01/2025
  11. The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | Butcher or Baronet | 2

    Published: 1/01/2025
  12. The Case of the Missing Aristocrat | Mother Knows Best | 1

    Published: 27/12/2024
  13. Listen Now: Law & Crime’s The Rise & Fall of Diddy

    Published: 23/12/2024
  14. The Scandalous Life of Charles Dickens | Christmas Special | 1

    Published: 18/12/2024
  15. The Brink's-Mat Heist | How I Defended Brian Perry | 4

    Published: 11/12/2024
  16. Listen Now - Hollywood & Crime: The Cotton Club Murder

    Published: 9/12/2024
  17. The Brink's-Mat Heist | Buried Treasure | 3

    Published: 4/12/2024
  18. The Brink's-Mat Heist | The Golden Rule | 2

    Published: 27/11/2024
  19. Listen Now: 'Tis The Grinch Holiday Podcast

    Published: 25/11/2024
  20. The Brink's-Mat Heist | Daylight Robbery | 1

    Published: 20/11/2024

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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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