Dan and Lucy learn how waste can fuel a mafia. Is the UK is playing a dangerous game? Then, in a finale of twists, they uncover the secret that disturbed Joe until the end.
Dan and Lucy learn how waste can fuel a mafia. Is the UK is playing a dangerous game? Then, in a finale of twists, they uncover the secret that disturbed Joe until the end.
"All you have to do... is dig it up."
A trucker鈥檚 deathbed tape plays out. It鈥檚 urgent, desperate.
In this 成人论坛 Radio 4 podcast series, investigative journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor deep-dive into one of the worst environment crimes in UK history - the secret dumping of a million tonnes of waste near a city. But when they uncover missing documents, fears of toxicity and allegations of organised crime, they realise they鈥檝e stumbled into something much bigger. As they pick at the threads of one crime, they begin to see others. Could Britain be the home of a new mafia, getting rich on our waste?
In a thrilling investigation, the husband-and-wife duo dive into a criminal underworld, all the time following clues left in a deathbed tape. They鈥檙e driven by one question - what did the man in the tape know?
Presenters and Producers: Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Assistant Producer: Tess Davidson
Original Music and Sound Design: Phil Channell
Sound Design and Series Mixing: Jarek Zaba
Executive Producers: Phil Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
A Smoke Trail production for 成人论坛 Radio 4.
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- Fri 10 Feb 2023 21:00成人论坛 Radio 4
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Buried
True-crime series digging into some of our most disturbing environmental stories.