Download Gangster Presents... Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties
The story of the biggest prison smuggling plot ever busted in the UK - and the love story at the heart of it.
Journalist Amber Haque untangles what happens when mental health nurse Amy Hatfield meets convicted criminal Joe Whittingham. Her investigation leads into a world of blackmail and manipulation, where you never quite know who to trust or who's watching.
Credits
Host: Amber Haque
Producer: Becca Bryers
Sound design: Ivor Manley and Andy Fell
Story and music consultant: Emma Weatherill
Development by: Rob Byrne, Rhiannon Nevada and Emma Shaw
Production management: Gaelan Davis-Connolly and Debbie Wadell
Executive producer: Joe Kent
Commissioning producer: Sam Proffitt
Commissioning executive: Louise Kattenhorn and Lorraine Okuefuna
Commissioning editor: Richard Maddock
A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live
Published on Monday, 10th November 2025.
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