BBC Radio Podcasts from Assume Nothing

Episode 2: The Contact

A near-death experience inspires a man to search for someone he once considered an enemy

Episode 1: The Search

Has a former IRA prisoner finally found the burial site of a missing Army officer?

Episode 8: In Forensic Detail

Doubts about the official story endure. What can a modern review of the evidence tell us?

Episode 7: Five Theories

A rookie detective thinks the evidence doesn’t add up, but will anyone listen?

Episode 6: February 16th, 1929

After a heated meeting at Greystone, events take a tragic turn.

Episode 5: Greystone Mansion

As the trials intensify, work begins on a magnificent family home for Ned Doheny.

Episode 4: The Teapot Dome Scandal

To seal a secret deal, Ned and Hugh deliver a black bag full of cash.

Episode 3: Black Gold in Mexico

Doheny strikes it rich in Mexico, but rumours of bribery also surface.

Episode 2: The Wild West

The police investigation ends, but not everyone believes the official story.

Episode 1: A Noise in the Night

A strange recording inspires a search for the truth behind two mysterious deaths.

Episode 10: It’s Over

The end of the affair. Some claim victory, others defeat. How does it look, 50 years on?

Episode 9: That Speech

The Prime Minister decides to make a broadcast. What could possibly go wrong?

Episode 8: The Wayside

The heart of darkness in rural Northern Ireland, as masked men take to the roads.

Episode 7: Anarchy in (part of) the UK

Surreal times. Breeze block barbeques. Cement mixers powering petrol pumps. Food heists.

Episode 6: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Huge hopes for a ‘back to work’ march – but will anyone show up?

Episode 5: Power Games

A State of Emergency is declared – and there’s bad news from the Army…

Episode 4: Carnage

At a press briefing, phones suddenly start ringing. Utterly shocking news is breaking.

Episode 3: Of Lunchboxes and Giros

As the country grinds to a halt, NI Ministers need helicopters to get to work.

Episode 2: Through Glasses Darkly

Strikers seize power stations, as NI’s Chief Executive asks: who elected these people?

Episode 1: It’s On!

A government vote triggers a strike – but even the organisers don’t know what’s to come.

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.