How an Olympic swimming coach accused of child abuse hid in plain sight for 30 years
A new podcast series from BBC Sounds looks at how George Gibney abused his power and then disappeared unpunished.
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Antonia Quirke
Antonia Quirke is an author and journalist. She presents The Film Programme on BBC Radio 4. She writes a column on radio for the New Statesman.
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The myth-busting show with more episodes than Star Wars.
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With countless sharp and memorable remarks on both activism and a public health crisis, ten-part series A Big Disease…
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BBC Radio 4’s Hearing Architecture suggests you can.
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When the lockdown came to Ambridge
The Archers is "corona-proof" because it can't get any more boring than it is already. Fans simply cannot lose. …
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A new BBC radio documentary offers an original, disturbing look at life on death row
“I am in every way an ordinary guy,” says the narrator of the BBC World Service's The Documentary: The Death…
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