Last Man Standing | Times Investigates

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The Politician | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 5

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:01:00 GMT

Mario speaks with a former IRA volunteer, who tells him something shocking about the bombing.

Deep into his investigation, Mario is left asking how high up did the decision to authorise the killing go?

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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The Dirty War | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 4

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:01:00 GMT

Mario searches for the ‘man with the limp’, allegedly seen in the Reading Rooms the night before the bombing.

He learns the man is also linked to another terror plot.

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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The Borderlands | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 3

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:01:00 GMT

Mario asks why the IRA targeted Enniskillen and discovers police may have known about suspected IRA figures seen nearby, on the night before the killing happened.

He also goes searching for the man accused of being the ‘mastermind’ behind the bomb.

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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The Aftermath | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 2

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:15:00 GMT

Mario asks if enough was done to stop the bombing, and finds evidence of police failures to properly investigate.

And the alleged mastermind is dramatically named.

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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The Atrocity | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 1

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:01:00 GMT

On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Mario Ledwith’s hometown of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, killing 11 people.

A lifetime later, Mario returns to investigate the silence surrounding that terror attack.

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence that you may find upsetting.

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:03:52 GMT

On Remembrance Sunday in November, 1987 an IRA bomb exploded in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen, killing 11 people.

No one has ever been charged.

The Times’s Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to properly investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened?

Begins Monday 20th October.

Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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Poison - A conversation on suicide prevention | Poison Ep. 6

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:26:37 GMT

Why does suicide occur? Why is there still a stigma around it? And how can we work to prevent people from taking their own lives?

If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.

Guest: Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow.

Author of 'When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It'

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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UPDATE: Kenneth Law in the dock | Poison Ep. 5

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:25:03 GMT

Kenneth Law faces 14 counts of murder and 14 of aiding suicide. James returns to speak with David Parfett, the bereaved father whose loss began it all.

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Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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UPDATE: Kenneth Law is arrested | Poison Ep. 4

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:24:27 GMT

Days after Poison first aired, Kenneth Law is arrested in Canada. At a late-night press conference, police reveal the alleged scale of his operation: 1,200 packages, shipped to over 40 countries.

For the families left behind, the arrest brings both relief and renewed grief, and a question that hangs over the entire investigation: why did it take so long?

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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An encounter in Toronto | Poison Ep. 3

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:23:36 GMT

James flies to Canada, hoping to talk to Kenneth Law. After days chasing false leads, he tracks him down to a car park in Toronto.

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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The man who sells death | Poison Ep. 2

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:22:53 GMT

The search for answers leads to a name: Kenneth Law. From a quiet suburb outside Toronto, Law appears to run a website selling a substance to young, vulnerable, adults around the world, some of whom are using it to take their own lives.

Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

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The Life of Tom Parfett | Poison Ep. 1

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:21:24 GMT

Twenty two-year-old Tom Parfett took his own life in October, 2021.

As his father David begins to ask questions, what first appeared as an isolated tragedy reveals a darker truth - one that exposes the ease with which death can be bought online.

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Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times

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Introducing: Poison

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:20:31 GMT

Twenty two-year-old Tom Parfett took his own life in October, 2021. His grieving father’s search for answers leads investigative journalist James Beal from a quiet British town to a freezing carpark in Canada, where he tracks down a man allegedly selling death online.

In this award-winning series, James Beal uncovers the global trade in a lethal substance, searches for the man alleged to be at its centre, and exposes the systemic failures that allowed it to thrive.

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The wilderness of mirrors | Murder in Cairo Ep. 2

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:48:31 GMT

The case breaks open. Using WikiLeaks cables, memoirs, and declassified files, journalist Emanuele Midolo joins Peter Gillman as their investigation into David Holden's death leads them all the way to a CIA post in Jerusalem.

But who ordered the hit, and who looked away?

Host: Manveen Rana

Guests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo, Emanuele Midolo, reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times and co-author of Murder in Cairo

Clips: ITN, Getty, Truth Tellers.

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The death of our star reporter | Murder in Cairo Ep. 1

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:46:17 GMT

December 1977: The Sunday Times correspondent David Holden lands in Cairo to report on crucial peace talks between Egypt and Israel. Hours later he’s found dead near the airport - shot with a single bullet to the heart.

Decades later, Peter Gillman retraces Holden’s final days, uncovering a planned abduction, missing telexes, and an espionage tangle between Whitehall, the CIA and the KGB.

Host: Manveen Rana

Guests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo, Emanuele Midolo, reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times and co-author of Murder in Cairo

Clips: ITN, Getty, Truth Tellers.

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The neo-Nazi YouTuber | Britain’s New Far Right Ep. 2

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:54:59 GMT

On the trail of the far-right YouTuber known only as ‘Ayatollah’. Tips from undercover sources, summer camp sightings and voice-recognition technology lead David to a quiet village in the West Midlands.

How did a karaoke-singing millennial go from writing about Asian footballers to livestreaming Hitler praise, and what role did YouTube play in keeping him online?

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: Father and Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens, 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited.

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A lockdown creation | Britain’s New Far Right Ep. 1

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:53:52 GMT

With the streets emptied by Covid, David Aaranovitch steps into the online world of Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group turning the pandemic into a recruitment tool.

Discovering a particularly virulent racist aligned to the group, David asks if YouTube is doing enough to stop hate speech?

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, ITN.

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Atonement? | The Feud Ep. 5

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:20:26 GMT

Andrew returns to Oxford to reveal the wounds that still remain following the seven-figure financial settlement.

The woman who made an allegation against Martyn Percy speaks out, alleging intimidation by some of his supporters.

And has Christ Church tried to hide the astronomical cost of the feud?

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

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Who blinks first? | The Feud Ep. 4

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:19:38 GMT

Breaking point as the college dons question Martyn Percy’s mental capacity.

He accuses them of smear campaigns, and an ill-judged essay likening his plight to Nazi persecution triggers outrage.

Costs soar, reputations crumble, and the University of Oxford itself is forced to intervene.

After four long years, a deal is struck. But at what cost?

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

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Mystery in the cathedral | The Feud Ep. 3

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:18:14 GMT

Christ Church stalls when a student asks for protection, yet when Martyn Percy is accused of impropriety he is suspended within days.

What at first appeared a battle over different styles of governance now carries the stain of misconduct - and divisions widen within the college.

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

Clips: ITV, BBC, Sky News.

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Immoral, scandalous, or disgraceful | The Feud Ep. 2

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:16:55 GMT

A stabbing, a scandal, and a battle over job descriptions.

Andrew exposes the bureaucratic dispute that spirals into bitter war between Martyn Percy and Christ Church’s governing body.

Behind the formal manners and age-old statutes, a plot is being devised to oust the dean at any cost.

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

Clips: Walt Disney Studios

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Down the rabbit hole | The Feud Ep. 1

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:15:35 GMT

Christ Church, Oxford: a bastion of higher education since the 16th century that produced some of the country’s best and brightest, and is home to a very British way of life.

When The Very Reverend Martyn Percy - a reformer from a working-class background - was appointed dean in 2014, everything looked promising. Until it didn’t.

Andrew Billen explores the city's dreaming spires to find out why.

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times

Clips: BBC

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Introducing: The Feud

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:11:31 GMT

The Very Reverend Martyn Percy leaves his post as dean of the world-famous Christ Church, Oxford, with a seven-figure settlement after a bitter dispute that pitted a lone reformer against an institution.

But what really happened amid the Alice in Wonderland world of Oxford's dreaming spires?

The Times's feature writer Andrew Billen heads down the rabbit hole to find out.

This series was first released on 13 October, 2022.

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Pennant money | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 3

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:02:13 GMT

Pennant money reshaped not only Jamaica, but also modern Britain. In Wales, it financed the vast Penrhyn slate quarry, built villages, and paid for the castle that April-Louise visits alongside her father, Gil. Together, they face the portraits of men who enslaved their ancestors, and ask what it would take for Britain to stop looking away.

Host: Brenna Daldorph

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Plantation records | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 2

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:01:25 GMT

April-Louise Pennant’s grandparents were part of the Windrush Generation, emigrating from the Caribbean to Britain in the 1950s. Visiting a local university archive to discover the significance of her Welsh surname, she discovers the Jamaica Papers - a collection of plantation records donated by the Pennants, which reveal a confronting truth.

Host: Brenna Daldorph

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Building Britain | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 1

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:00:21 GMT

Arguments still rage about Britain’s role in the slave trade, but the evidence of that dark past is written across the faces of some of the country’s wealthiest stately homes. Journalists Brenna Daldorph and David Aaronovitch face facts to look behind the grandeur and gold-leaf exteriors of one - Penrhyn Castle in North Wales - to uncover the brutal foundation on which it was built.

Hosts: Brenna Daldorph & David Aaronovitch

This series was first published on 2 August 2021.

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The kittens who still purr | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 4

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:45:13 GMT

Adnan Oktar is behind bars but some of his followers still believe. Louise meets his devotees, listens to their claims of injustice and comes to terms with the power Oktar still wields from behind bars.

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

Clips: Al-Jazeera, CNBC, Sky News, CNN.

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The turnstile system | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 3

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:44:36 GMT

The fortress walls begin to crumble. Survivors describe suffering sexual abuse and financial crimes while cult insiders help the authorities bring Adnan Oktar down.

Accompanied by a former ‘kitten’, Louise revisits the night the police finally descended on Oktar’s hilltop compound

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

Clips: Ulusal Kanal

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Nice girls from good families | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 2

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:43:50 GMT

Away from the TV cameras, Adnan Oktar reigns over a den of secrecy. Louise meets the male enforcers he used to keep it under control.

Oktar’s ‘lions’ reveal the hierarchy, rules, and ruthless methods used to enforce loyalty to the cult. And a woman who says she was sexually abused by Oktar describes how loyalty comes with a terrifying cost.

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

Clips: A9TV, ABC News.

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The Mahdi wears Armani | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 1

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:42:31 GMT

Meet Adnan Oktar, the Turkish televangelist who’s rarely spotted without an entourage of surgically enhanced young women he calls his ‘kittens’.

After Oktar is sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison, Louise tries to get to grips with one of the strangest stories she has ever covered.

Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East correspondent at The Sunday Times.

Clips: CNN TÜRK, TV100, Anadolu Agency, CBS News, Sky News, A9TV.

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Introducing: The Messiah and his Kittens

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:41:12 GMT

The leader of Turkey’s most powerful cult, Adnan Oktar, was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison in January 2021.

The Sunday Times’s Middle East correspondent Louise Callaghan steps into his weird world of ‘kittens’, ‘lions’, and televangelism to reveal its dark heart.

This series was first published on 28 January, 2022.

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Innocent | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 8

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:17:07 GMT

Seventeen years after his original conviction, Andrew Malkinson walks out of prison a free man. In the final episode of the series, we visit Andy a day after the Court of Appeal overturned his rape conviction following the revelation that new DNA evidence implicated another man in the crime.

Host: Will Roe

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A breakthrough (February 2023 UPDATE) | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 7

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:15:37 GMT

Finally, a door opens. The CCRC refers Andy’s case to the Court of Appeal, and police arrest another man. After 17 long years, could Andy win his freedom?

Host: Will Roe

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Police failings | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 6

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:14:22 GMT

Emily meets the former wife of another suspect in the original investigation. Police failures loom as we learn of other men - some with violent histories - who were barely investigated.

Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.

Actress: Eliza Marsland.

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‘Forced’ to testify? | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 5

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:13:29 GMT

Cracks are showing in the case against Andrew Malkinson. Emily Dugan meets the key witnesses who claimed they felt pressure to testify, and learns of failures at the Criminal Cases Review Commission that may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice.

Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.

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Forensics | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 4

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:12:16 GMT

Years into Andrew Malkinson’s prison sentence, new forensic techniques reveal the presence of another man’s DNA at the crime scene. Emily Dugan investigates the implications of this evidence and the challenges of reopening a long-closed case.

Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.

Audio from HMP North Sea Camp courtesy of Two Step Films.

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Witness testimony | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 3

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:11:25 GMT

Eyewitness evidence is powerful. But it is not infallible. Emily Dugan draws on wrongful convictions abroad to explore how memory and trauma can complicate justice and what this might mean for Andy’s conviction.

Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.

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The trial | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 2

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:09:14 GMT

No DNA. Contradictory descriptions. Witnesses with hidden criminal pasts. Andy’s trial is fraught with controversy. As the jury returns a guilty verdict, Emily Dugan unpicks the flaws in the judicial system that can send an innocent man down.

Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.

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Life turned upside down | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 1

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:07:55 GMT

In 2003, a 33-year-old mother of two was raped and left for dead during a horrific attack in Salford, Greater Manchester. A local security guard called Andrew Malkinson was arrested and later sentenced to life - despite insisting he was innocent. Emily Dugan explores how a seemingly ordinary man became caught up in a shocking crime and left trying to navigate a flawed justice system.

Host: Emily Dugan, social affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times.

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