British Scandal
by Wondery
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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Episodes
The Sexed Up Dossier | 45 Minutes From Doom | 1
43m · PublishedUN Weapons Inspector David Kelly gets caught in the middle of a controversy over the British case for the Iraq War. He battles to save his reputation against warring factions in the government and the media.
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The Sexed Up Dossier | 45 Minutes From Doom | 1
43m · PublishedUN Weapons Inspector David Kelly gets caught in the middle of a controversy over the British case for the Iraq War. He battles to save his reputation against warring factions in the government and the media.
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The Litvinenko Affair | Londongrad Today - Interview with Luke Harding | 5
41m · PublishedAlice and Matt talk to journalist and author Luke Harding about what The Litvinenko Affair means today. Luke Harding is a foreign correspondent with the Guardian. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief. The Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the cold war. He is the author of A Very Expensive Poison -The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia’s War with the West.
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The Litvinenko Affair | Londongrad Today - Interview with Luke Harding | 5
41m · PublishedAlice and Matt talk to journalist and author Luke Harding about what The Litvinenko Affair means today. Luke Harding is a foreign correspondent with the Guardian. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief. The Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the cold war. He is the author of A Very Expensive Poison -The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia’s War with the West.
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The Litvinenko Affair | The Russian Runaround | 4
38m · PublishedThe Litvinenko investigation moves to Moscow. If British police want to interview their chief suspects, they’ll need to get co-operation from the Russian authorities.
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The Litvinenko Affair | The Russian Runaround | 4
38m · PublishedThe Litvinenko investigation moves to Moscow. If British police want to interview their chief suspects, they’ll need to get co-operation from the Russian authorities.
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The Litvinenko Affair | The Polonium Trail | 3
38m · PublishedPolice at Scotland Yard realise they’re not only dealing with the murder of one man…London is facing a full scale nuclear incident.
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The Litvinenko Affair | The Polonium Trail | 3
38m · PublishedPolice at Scotland Yard realise they’re not only dealing with the murder of one man…London is facing a full scale nuclear incident.
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The Litvinenko Affair | The Mysterious Edwin Carter | 2
37m · PublishedAs Sashais dying of a mysterious illness, time is running out for the police to get crucial information about his attackers. The race is on to find out who poisoned him and why.
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The Litvinenko Affair | Poisoned | 1
43m · PublishedIn the first episode of our four part series, Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko flees Moscow to live in exile in London, but he doesn’t know Russian agents are moving against him and there will be no billionaire to protect him.
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British Scandal has 303 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 202:59:43. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 31st, 2024 19:47.
