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British Scandal
by Audible
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… Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of British Scandal ad-free right now.
Episodes
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Encore: Guy Fawkes | Plot | 3
The Gunpowder Plot lies in ruin. Fawkes is the first conspirator to face the wrath of the King, and unthinkable torture. With his life hanging in the balance, Fawkes must decide: martyr himself for a lost cause, or betray everything he believes in? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...
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Encore: Guy Fawkes | Treason | 2
As London bristles with paranoia, the conspirators race against time. Guy Fawkes is ready to light the fuse, but whispers of treason echo through the shadows. Will the Gunpowder Plot go up in smoke? Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question...
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Encore: Guy Fawkes | Gunpowder | 1
In Elizabethan England, Catholics face brutal persecution. A young Guy Fawkes vows to fight back. When, years later, he returns home from abroad to find his homeland even more rotten, he knows the time has come. But can Fawkes spark a revolution without getting caught in the crossfire? Do you…
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The Guildford Four | Head Held High | 3
The lawyer hired to keep the Guildford Four behind bars finds something in the case files that changes everything. But Gerry is about to learn that walking free is only the beginning of the fight. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question…
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Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder
Lauren Malloy was a baby when her mother, Lori, was murdered in East Providence, Rhode Island. For thirty years, no one told her. Everyone said Lori died of natural causes. Then a stranger sent Lauren a message — and the lie collapsed. Now Lauren is investigating her own mother’s murder. She’s...
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The Guildford Four | Buried Alive | 2
Gerry has spent thirteen years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now a tenacious lawyer named Gareth Peirce is about to start asking questions nobody wants to answer. And the answers are going to shake the British establishment to its core. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would...
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The Guildford Four | Day Trips to the Moon | 1
Gerry Conlon escapes Belfast hoping London will offer freedom, work and a bit of fun. Instead, an IRA bombing plunges the country into panic - and in Britain's hunt for justice, Gerry becomes the perfect suspect. This 20-year-old has just been swept up in one of Britain's most shocking wrongful...
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Operation Mincemeat | How Lies Helped Win the War | 4
Historian of deception and espionage Dr Helen Fry has spent years uncovering the extraordinary world of Britain’s wartime spies, codebreakers and secret intelligence networks. She joins Alice and Matt to reveal what it really took to fool the Germans in World War II. Was Operation Mincemeat as...
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Operation Mincemeat | Hook, Line and Sinker | 3
British intelligence have a peculiar problem: they need a German spy to steal a briefcase, whilst making it look like they're trying to stop him. But when Abwehr agent Kühlenthal finally takes the bait, will Hitler actually fall for it? Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to...
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Operation Mincemeat | Dead Drop | 2
Charles and Ewen have a body and watertight backstory for their fictional Acting Major Bill Martin. Now they have to get him to Spain Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would like to ask our hosts? Email us at...
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Operation Mincemeat | The Perfect Body | 1
Intelligence officers Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu must prove their audacious - and downright disgusting - plan can fool the Nazis, change the course of WW2, and save thousands of lives. But for that, they need a body. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or...
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The Shipwrecked Marriage | Meet the Man Who Also Survived Being Lost at Sea | 4
Douglas Robertson and his family survived 38 days in the same stretch of water as Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, after their yacht was sunk by killer whales in 1972. Drinking turtle blood, fantasising about buttered toast, and searching for rainwater became their daily reality. Douglas joins Alice…
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The Shipwrecked Marriage | Landlocked | 3
Turns out surviving the ocean was the easy part. Back on land, Maurice's health unravels and the couple who endured everything together find themselves more adrift than ever. The only cure, it seems, is the sea. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you…
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The Shipwrecked Marriage | Adrift | 2
Now Maralyn and Maurice are adrift in a raft, with dwindling supplies and no way to call for help. Survival demands more of them than they could have ever expected. Can they hold it together long enough to be found? And do they both still want to be? Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you…
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Listen Now: I Am Not Nicholas
“I am not Nicholas Rossi!” gasps Arthur Knight through an oxygen mask in March 2022. Recently discharged from a Covid ward in Glasgow, he's in a wheelchair. The police say he’s Nicholas Rossi, suspected of faking his death and wanted for rape in Utah. The story makes headlines globally. When...
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The Shipwrecked Marriage | Auralyn | 1
Maralyn and Maurice Bailey want out. Out of the 9-5, out of the net curtains, out of the ordinary life they've always known. Together they risk everything to sail the world. They're not bringing a radio, because what could possibly go wrong? This is a real-life story of stubbornness, survival…
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The Acid King | Meet the Undercover Officer Who Turned Against Drug Busts | 4
Former undercover drugs operative Neil Woods joins Alice and Matt to reveal what it’s really like to wage the war on drugs. After 14 years spent infiltrating gangs, earning the trust of dealers and risking his life inside the criminal underworld, Neil came to a surprising conclusion: major drug...
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Listen Now: Dan Taberski’s Manifesto
Just in time for America’s 250th birthday, follow Dan Taberski (Hysterical, 9/12, Missing Richard Simmons) as he sets off on his most complicated quest yet: to reclaim the manifesto and write his own. Dan attempts to rescue the manifesto as a form from the sweaty clutches of cynical politicians…
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The Acid King | Drop Out | 3
Britain’s acid revolution is growing fast. But when Detective Dick Lee finally gets the resources he’s been fighting for, a tiny Welsh village becomes the centre of a national manhunt. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would like...
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The Acid King | Tune In | 2
Richard Kemp's revolution is working, and all from a leaky Welsh cottage. But when a fatality leaves a name on a police notepad, there's a detective who is determined to find out the truth. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would...
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The Acid King | Turn On | 1
A brilliant biochemist believes his LSD can transform the world - and make a criminal network millions. But someone among them is watching. Fifty years on, this is the unbelievable true story of Operation Julie: one of the most audacious undercover police operations in British history. Do you…
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Jade Goody | The Exec Behind Big Brother’s Most Explosive Era | 4
Executive Producer Paul Osborne takes Alice and Matt behind the scenes and into the key decisions made during the Jade Goody years. Paul worked on Big Brother 3, where he first met Jade during her home visit before she entered the house. He later became Executive Producer of the controversial...
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Listen Now: Foul Play
Ed is the grandson of footballing legend Gordon Banks. He was a national icon, the only goalkeeper ever to win the soccer World Cup for England. But Ed’s heard a rumour: that in 1970, while defending the title, his granddad, his hero, was poisoned… by the CIA. All part of a Cold War plot to…
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Jade Goody | The Shiniest Star | 3
Jade Goody storms into the Big Brother house, all cocky confidence and East London charm. She fights, laughs and screams her way through the first few days, but behind the loudmouth antics, there’s more than meets the eye. By eviction night, the nation can’t get enough. But will they love her… or...
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New Season - Dr. Death: The Cowboy
Dr. John Schneider rode into town like a character out of a Western: an outsider on a Harley-Davidson, in trademark cowboy boots. He promised relief to patients suffering in Wyoming and Montana. He seemed like the hero they needed. But when surgeries go wrong and a strange letter exposes a bitter...
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Jade Goody | No Laughing Matter | 2
Jade returns to the Big Brother house, but what starts as a reality TV experiment quickly spirals into a national scandal. Finally, her actions spark outrage that reaches the Prime Minister. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you…
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Jade Goody | Am I Mingin'? | 1
Jade Goody storms into the Big Brother house, all cocky confidence and East London charm. She fights, laughs and screams her way through the first few days, but behind the loudmouth antics, there’s more than meets the eye. By eviction night, the nation can’t get enough. But will they love her… or...
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The Warring Queens | History’s Messiest Royal Rivalry | 4
Historian Kate Williams joins Alice and Matt to make the case for Mary, Queen of Scots - and why history's been getting her all wrong. Professor Williams unpicks centuries of blame placed on Mary for her own downfall, and reveals how looking at her life through a modern lens changes everything.…
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The Warring Queens | The Last Gasp | 3
Mary arrives in England expecting rescue, but instead finds herself trapped under her cousin Elizabeth’s watch. As the years drag on, plots swirl, loyalties shift, and even her own son turns against her. Backed into a corner, Mary makes one final, desperate gamble to reclaim her crown… with...
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The Warring Queens | Marry in Haste | 2
Determined to strengthen her claim to England’s throne, Mary's desperate to get hitched. But while Mary gains an heir, her disastrous choice of suitor sets off a calamitous chain of events. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would...
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The Warring Queens | Rivals | 1
Mary Queen of Scots has everything: beauty, charm, royal blood and a claim to the most powerful throne in the world. There's just one tiny problem... Her cousin Elizabeth I. This is the story of two queens, one throne, and a decades-long struggle. Protestant against Catholic, cousin against…
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An Exciting Announcement from Alice and Matt | 5
We're going on the road! If you're based in England, come and see British Scandal live at Crossed Wires Festival on July 3rd. And if you're not... Well, we hear flights are very reasonably priced this time of year. Find tickets here: https://crossedwires.live/ See Privacy Policy at...
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The Notorious Dr Crippen | Why Belle Still Gets Blamed | 4
Historian Hallie Rubenhold has spent years dissecting the case of Hawley Harvey Crippen and she's here to clear a few things up. Hallie tells Alice and Matt why she believes there's no real doubt about his guilt, the twisted reason why his victim, Belle Elmore ended up cast as a villain, and why...
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The Notorious Dr Crippen | Devil's Breath | 3
In the Old Bailey, evidence piles up, tempers flare, and Hawley Crippen discovers that pyjamas can tell a damning story. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would like to ask our hosts? Email us at [email protected] See...
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The Notorious Dr Crippen | Operation Handcuffs | 2
A murder, a lover, and a desperate flight across the Atlantic. As Inspector Dew closes in, Hawley Crippen must outrun a frenzy of journalists in the world’s first media manhunt. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would like to ask...
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The Notorious Dr Crippen | Disappeared | 1
Hawley Crippen is trapped. Married to a woman he cannot stand, in love with his young typist and desperate to escape a life that is closing in around him. So when his wife disappears, the whispers begin. And the police are listening. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to...
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Harry v Wills | What The Butler Saw | 4
Grant Harrold served King Charles and Princes William and Harry for years. He saw the formalities, the wedding days, the pranks played behind palace doors. Now he's talking. From the surprising way he first met a young Harry, to what Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was really like - this is royal life...
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Harry v Wills | Option Five | 3
Harry and Meghan try to carve out a life away from palace rules, but the Firm has other plans. Wills is fuming, Charles is panicking, and the Sandringham Summit turns into a full-blown family showdown. The crown survives, but can the brothers? Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like...
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Harry v Wills | The Fab Four | 2
Harry meets his dream woman, but Wills is less impressed. Suddenly, this "spare's" love life becomes a constitutional - and brotherly - crisis. Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would like to ask our hosts? Email us at...
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Harry v Wills | Brothers in Arms | 1
Two young princes, one impossible family. When their mother dies, William and Harry promise to stick together. But growing up royal isn’t exactly normal. There are posh schools, questionable fancy dress parties, and a divisive step-mum. As Wills trains for the crown and Harry rebels against it,...
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Sharon and Ozzy | Inside the Osbourne Machine - Mick Wall on Chaos, Control and Survival | 4
Rock journalist Mick Wall has spent decades in Ozzy and Sharon's orbit, and he's got stories to tell. He takes Matt and Alice behind-the-scenes, from drinking pints of wine with Ozzy, to the moment Sharon asked him to escort her husband to rehab. Mick - who was also the couple's biographer…
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Sharon and Ozzy | Master of Reality | 3
When The Osbournes TV show becomes a global hit, Ozzy and Sharon step into a whole new kind of fame. Sharon rides the wave like a pro, whereas Ozzy would quite like to hide under it. Money pours in, the cameras never leave, and the family realise they've sacrificed more than just privacy. See...
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Sharon and Ozzy | Paranoid | 2
Sharon and Ozzy try to build a life that works: a family, a comeback, a tour that keeps the money coming in and the wheels on. But life on the road exposes every crack. Ozzy’s addictions resurface, Sharon’s ruthless instincts sharpen, and a dangerous enemy from her past turns their lives upside...
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Sharon and Ozzy | Blizzard of Oz | 1
When Ozzy Osbourne is kicked out of Black Sabbath, his career and his life are in freefall. Enter Sharon Arden: a sharp, ambitious and straight-talking manager, determined to turn a self-destructive has-been into a solo star. Their partnership is volatile, risky and electric, but it just might…
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The Post Office Scandal | The Barrister Who Broke the Case Open | 4
Alice and Matt sit down with Paul Marshall, the barrister who helped reveal the truth behind the Horizon scandal - and nearly paid the price for it himself. He tells us how he uncovered an explosive legal opinion that exposed misleading evidence, discredited a key witness and helped overturn…
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The Post Office Scandal | The Clarke Advice | 3
Jo joins forces with Alan Bates to expose decades of lies and a criminal cover-up. But when sub-postmasters’ convictions are overturned, the two face a bittersweet victory. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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…
Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of British Scandal ad-free right now.
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