BBC Radio Podcasts from Assume Nothing
Episode 8: Homicide
Stage Eight. The final stage, but it’s not inevitable.
Episode 7: Planning.
Stage Seven. “There’s no such thing as a crime of passion.”
Episode 6: A Change in Thinking
Stage Six. A decision by the abuser to resolve the situation, one way or another.
Episode 5: Escalation
Stage Five. Increased controlling behaviour. Threats to suicide. Stalking.
Episode 4: Trigger
Stage Four. The most dangerous time for a woman is when she tries to leave.
Episode 3: Living with Control
Stage Three. Control. Challenge. Consequence.
Episode 2: Lovebombing
Stage Two. A whirlwind romance. Early declarations of love. Things are moving fast.
Episode 1: A History of Control
Stage one of the Homicide Timeline starts before a couple even meets.
Episode 4: To Catch a Ghost
A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. James hunts an elusive explosives expert.
Episode 3: A Game of Risk
Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A source sets James a high-stakes test.
Episode 2: Of Bombs and Bank Robberies
A source is ordered to carry out a dangerous operation.
Episode 1: Leaks and Lies
A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A leak puts a source in serious danger.
Episode 8 – The Final Dig
What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?
Episode 7 – Sins of the Father
What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?
Episode 6 – What Lies Beneath
The team prepare to break through an old floor, but are they in the right place?
Episode 5 – The Dig
A digger arrives on site and begins to excavate
Episode 4 – The Search
The team use specialist equipment to examine what lies below ground
Episode 3 – I Killed Him There
Brian decides to enlist expert help in his search for Thomas Johnston’s remains
Episode 2 - The House
Brian and his mum set out to find the burial site in County Monaghan.
Episode 1 - The Letter
What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?
Episode One - Paradise
Newlyweds arrive in Mauritius, but their honeymoon is about to turn into a nightmare.
Episode Five - Schwarzenegger QC
Does the barrister labelled ‘flamboyant’ by some of the press live up to his reputation?
Episode Four - Tales Of Torture
‘They tortured me, they beat me, they held my head under water.’
Episode Three - A Botched Investigation
Serious allegations of failure are made and the investigation comes under scrutiny.
Episode Two - Can't Beat A Confession
A confession is made but events soon lead the investigation into turmoil.
Episode Six - Asking The Accused
Over a year since Michaela’s murder, the trial finally begins.
Episode Seven - Guardians Of The Law
The jury return and the verdict is in - but the outcome shocks the courtroom.
Episode Eight - Suicide
Someone central to the case is found dead and future prosecutions are called into doubt
Episode 5: (Long, long) After the Gold Rush
Where has the gold gone?
Episode 4: Tragedy
Summer is ending, and with it life in Belfast will never be the same.
Episode 3: Whose Gold?
Funds for a doomed rebellion or a family's forgotten savings?
Episode 2: The Rush
The Shankhill speculates, in more ways than one.
Episode 1: The Find
A child, a chimney and the discovery of a lifetime.
Episode 6: End of the Line?
A devastating blow for Ryan Quinn’s family.
Episode 5: Suspect in the house?
Questions are asked about the investigation’s interviews.
Episode 4: A Murder Investigation
Soon after Ryan’s death the police open a murder investigation.
Episode 3: Attacked?
Serious allegations emerge about what happened.
Episode 2: The Call
A breath-taking phone call strikes fear into the heart of a concerned father.
Episode 1: The Train
A teenage boy trapped on rail tracks in the dark of night. His father runs to save him.
Episode 6: The Maze
Life takes a dark turn for the maid at St Brides.
Episode 5: The Maid
A chance encounter in a bookshop leads a young student to the Silver Sisters.
Episode 4: The Headmistress
The mysterious headmistress of St Brides School tells her story.
Episode 3: A Flash in the Dark
The mystery deepens as a visit to Burtonport reveals strange goings-on at St Brides.
Episode 2: The Flickering Candle
A journalist recalls a strange visit to the mysterious school.
Episode 1: The Silver Sisterhood
A mysterious new school opens in a remote Irish village, but all is not as it seems.
Episode 6: The Final Throw
Will a last throw of the dice be fruitful in the search for Martin's birth mother?
Episode 5: Bleeding from the Ears
Laura revisits an old story Martin worked on to see if it might advance the search.
Episode 4: The Celebrity
Concerns surface that Martin has already searched for his mother and been rejected.
Episode 3: The Prodigal Son
Laura contacts a woman that could be Martin's mother and digs deeper into Bessborough.
Episode 2: Absolutely Terrified
Laura explains why it has taken her 17 years to search for Martin's mother.
Episode 1: A Nightmare About to Dawn
Before Martin died at Dignitas he asked his ex to find his mother and pass on a message.
The Handler Episode 8: The Enemy Within
Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. James discovers his phone is tapped.
The Handler Episode 7: Blurred Lines
A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer. The disappearance of Robert Nairac
The Handler Episode 6: The Irish Englishman
Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. James recalls Seán Mac Stíofáin.
The Handler Episode 5: The Quartermaster
A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A key IRA suspect is arrested, but how?
The Handler Episode 4: Internment day
A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer. 9th August 1971 – internment begins.
The Handler Episode 3: Dangerous Liaisons
A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. James builds dangerous relationships.
The Handler Episode 2: The Interrogation
A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A key informer is abducted by the IRA.
The Handler Episode 1: The First Good Source
1971: James recruits a key informer.
The Heiress and The General Episode 6: Tango One
Cahill is desperate to sell the paintings, but the net is closing fast.
The Heiress and The General Episode 5: The Hunt
Police plan an elaborate sting to catch the General red-handed.
The Heiress and The General Episode 4: The General
When the collection is stolen again, suspicion soon falls on a notorious Dublin gangster.
The Heiress and The General Episode 3: Alone on the Pier
Could a remote cottage in West Cork hold the key to the missing paintings?
The Heiress and The General Episode 2: The Heiress
As police scour the countryside for clues, a ransom note arrives.
The Heiress and The General Episode 1: A Knock on the Door
Wicklow, 1974. The biggest art heist in history is about to take place.
Chuck's Secret Bucks Episode 3: Cigars with Fidel
Chuck makes a life-altering decision, meets Fidel Castro & inspires Microsoft's Bill Gates
Chuck's Secret Bucks Episode 2: Money Making Machine
A world of intelligence, tax free havens and a yearning to reconnect with ancestral ties.
Chuck's Secret Bucks Episode 1: Clandestine Encounters
A secret-world broker, an old man left broke, assume nothing in this billion-dollar story
Episode 3: Burned or Buried
Ophelia Byrne finds out what really happened when the Irish border was finalised in 1925.
Episode 2: Secrecy's Veil
Ophelia Byrne finds out what really happened when the Irish border was finalised in 1925.
Episode 1: Drawing the Line
Ophelia Byrne finds out what really happened when the Irish border was finalised in 1925.
Episode 9: Acceptance
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 8: Asking For It
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 7: Attack
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 6: Anger
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 5: Advocate
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 4: Anonymous
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 3: Audience
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 2: Anxiety
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Episode 1: Accused
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Rape Trial: Before You Begin
A rape trial that changes everything, for the acquitted, the woman and the legal system.
Hack Attack Eps 3/3: We need to talk about TalkTalk
Stolen Data, Scams, Fines and Arrests: What were the consequences of the TalkTalk hack?
Hack Attack Eps 1/3: Data Kidnap
One of the UK’s most high profile cyber-attacks - but no one knows who's behind it.
Hack Attack Eps 2/3: Teenage Clicks
Who had the know-how and the inclination to take down TalkTalk?
The House That Vanished Episode 5: The Hand of God
A day of reckoning finally arrives for Neville, but who will the court believe?
The House That Vanished Episode 4: The Holy Clay
Neville descends to his lowest point, but a chance encounter offers new hope.
The House That Vanished Episode 3: Balor's Fort
Neville uncovers more clues, but the stress of his search exerts a terrible toll.
The House That Vanished Episode 2: The Real King of Tory
Frustrated by the wall of silence on Tory, Neville takes his search to the Irish mainland.
The House That Vanished Episode 1: The Vanishing
Neville Presho makes a shocking discovery when he returns to Tory island.
The Northern Bank Job Episode 10: This Country
So where did all the money go? And what went with it?
The Northern Bank Job Episode 9: Testimony
Glenn attends the trial of the only person charged in direct connection with the raid...
The Northern Bank Job Episode 8: See No Evil
Weeks after the robbery a man is murdered outside a packed Belfast bar...
The Northern Bank Job Episode 7: Burning Embers
Irish police follow a money laundering trail to County Cork...
The Northern Bank Job Episode 6: The Mastermind
News breaks of the robbery, along with a swirl of accusations and counter accusations.
The Northern Bank Job Episode 5: Cash by the Trolley Load
A white van reverses up a narrow side street beside the bank...
The Northern Bank Job Episode 4: The Drop
Chris leaves the bank with a bag over his shoulder...
The Northern Bank Job Episode 3: Progressing Matters
The masked men holding Kyran McMullan hostage ask if she'd like some light refreshments..
The Northern Bank Job Episode 2: Killing Time
Two Northern Bank employees prepare to start the most extraordinary shift of their lives.
The Northern Bank Job Episode 1: Unexpected Visitors
Northern Bank employee Chris Ward is watching TV when there's a knock at the door...
The Boy in the Burning Car - Episode 3
A body is found inside a burnt out stolen car. Who was he and how did he end up here?
The Boy in the Burning Car - Episode 2
A body is found inside a burnt out stolen car. Who was he and how did he end up here?
The Boy in the Burning Car - Episode 1
A body is found inside a burnt out stolen car. Who was he and how did he end up here?
Did the Right Man Hang? Episode 7
In 1933 a man hanged for murder. Or did he? Gordon Adair investigates a case like no other
Did the Right Man Hang? Episode 6
A specialist researcher hunts for Harold in Australia.
Did the Right Man Hang? Episode 5
Can the “children” who found Minnie’s body help solve the mystery of her death?
Did the Right Man Hang? Episode 4
A visit to the former State Pathologist that will see the story live – or die.
Did the Right Man Hang? Episode 3
Secret files uncovered after almost a century and alleged sightings of HC, closer to home.
Did the Right Man Hang? Episode 2
Further digging unearths strange claims about a 1930s cover-up, murder and prison escape.
Did the Right Man Hang? Episode 1
In 1933 a man hanged for murder. Or did he? Gordon Adair investigates.
Did the Right Man Hang? Introduction
In 1933, a man was hanged for murder. Or was he?