Podcast Episodes

1. The Heist

Season 5 Episode 2

The mystery of one of Britain’s weirdest art heists begins at an exhibition party at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, in September 2019.

A £5 million solid gold toilet, created by Italian artist Maurizio…

Published on 6 months ago

Introducing... The Golden Toilet Heist

Season 5 Episode 1

A story of art, mystery and a solid gold, fully plumbed in toilet stolen from a British palace.

With behind-the-scenes access at Blenheim Palace, we explore the inside story of the heist and its fallo…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

20. The Repercussions

Season 4 Episode 21

This final episode, recorded in December 2024, considers what the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry will achieve, and what might change as a result. BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner, legal commentator Jo…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

19. The Closing Statements

Season 4 Episode 20

After 7 weeks and over a hundred hours of evidence, the public hearings of the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry come to an end. In this episode, the main participants, including Dawn’s family, make their final …

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

18. The Bottle and the Blind Spot

Season 4 Episode 19

When the agents suspected of poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal with Novichok left Salisbury, what had they done with the nerve agent and how did the deadly chemical weapon end up in the hands of Cha…

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

17. Marina Litvinenko

Season 4 Episode 18

The widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko explains why she feels lessons weren’t learned between her husband’s assassination and the Salisbury Poisonings. Marina Litvinenko warns that Brit…

Published on 10 months ago

16. Protecting the Public

Season 4 Episode 17

As Salisbury starts to reopen in the summer of 2018, the authorities weigh up how to keep the public safe, when they know there could be more Novichok out there. Questions are asked about whether eno…

Published on 10 months ago

15. The Suspects

Season 4 Episode 16

Two Russian men visit Salisbury just as the former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a nerve agent. They say they simply wanted to see the famous cathedral spire, but that’s not t…

Published on 10 months ago

14. The Hunt for the Poison

Season 4 Episode 15

When Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with a nerve agent, police faced one of the most complex investigations in their history. They had to trace a weapon which they could neither see nor smell…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

13. Science in Secret

Season 4 Episode 14

When Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley were taken to hospital, the emergency services tried to piece together what had happened to them. We hear how they questioned whether it was a coincidence that …

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago