The Slow Newscast
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Jul 18, 2020
Nic Rom
Apr 28, 2020
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The Slow Newscast from Tortoise takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From the war in Ukraine, the downfall of Boris Johnson, to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations. From a startup newsroom with a different approach to journalism.
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Brace, brace: Boeing's hard landing
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Zaporizhzhia: Ukraine's nuclear front
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Hong Kong's billionaire rebel
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Introducing...To Die For
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Putin's murders: The full Stalin - episode 3
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Putin's murders: Follow the money - episode 2
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Putin's murders: A culture of political murder - episode 1
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Dangerous games: Red Bull's killer PR
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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The State of Netanyahu: The Failure - episode 3
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The State of Netanyahu: The Magician - episode 2
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The State of Netanyahu: Mr Right - episode 1
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Broking Bad
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Anna Wintour: The last Editor
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Who Trolled Amber?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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A hidden hell: the prison for children
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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The trials of Alexei Navalny
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Ackman: A billionaire’s war on woke
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Marked men
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Betrayal: Alex and Nicola - episode 2
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Betrayal: Alex and Nicola
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Murdoch: The other hacking story
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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From Lizzo to Beckham: My life according to… Me
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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The Biden Operation
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Eight years hard Labour: episode 6 - Do you really want to go out on a knight like this?
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Eight years hard Labour: episode 5 - The Revolution Defeated
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Eight years hard Labour: episode 4 - Jeremy and the Jews
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Eight years hard Labour: episode 3 - Oh Jeremy Corbyn
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Eight years hard Labour: episode 2 - The chicken coup
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Eight years hard Labour: episode 1 - Jez we can
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Motherland
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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The poet's window
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Helen versus Sam: The battle for OpenAI
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Assad: The rubble king
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Unforgivable: Boris Johnson and Covid’s second wave
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Eight years' hard Labour
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Walter's War: An English gentleman
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Sneakered: Adidas, Yeezy & Kanye
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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The lottery winner
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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The shadow: Hamas's hidden commander
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Dr Anti-Vax: The fall
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Mr Right: Paul Marshall and the battle for The Telegraph
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Killer mountain: Abandoned on K2
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - episode 3
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - episode 2
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Trump and Rudy: A bare-knuckle romance - episode 1
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Blue light: one woman's story of policing on the frontline
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Introducing... Trendy
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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William and Murdoch: the prince and the press baron
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Boris’s Baroness: The mysterious rise of Charlotte Owen
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Attack of the Killer Whales
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Putin v Prigozhin: A story of mutiny and death
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Spotted: snooker’s fight against match fixing
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Sick river: saving the Brent
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Johnny Depp: the great uncancelling
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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The death of Kellie Sutton
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Genocide hunters: on the trail of a mass murderer
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Three doors down
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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The News Meeting with Basia
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Modern family: I had my dead son’s baby at 68
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Crispin Odey: The Octopus’s world
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Into The Dirt
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Gender GP: inside the world of private trans healthcare
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Epstein's moneymen episode 4: the prey
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Epstein's moneymen episode 3: master of the universe
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Epstein's moneymen episode 2: eyes wide open
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Epstein's moneymen episode 1: the man in the hot tub
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Boris Johnson: The Dishonours List
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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The 31: Ukraine’s stolen children
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May 30, 2023 |
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Beastly: The stories of David Walliams
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May 23, 2023 |
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Children locked away: Britain's modern bedlam
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May 16, 2023 |
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Blackout: Coal, corruption and cyanide
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May 09, 2023 |
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Londongrad: Iran’s Hit Squads
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May 02, 2023 |
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Rogue Lawyer: Power, money and a scandal at a London law firm
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Yesterday's Men: The Brexit hardliners' last stand
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Ignition: The quest for nuclear fusion
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Safe country: A death, and a deal, in Rwanda
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 4
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 3
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 2
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 1
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Peltz-Beckham: A super-wedding gone wrong
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Detained in Modi’s India: A British citizen’s story
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Rupert Murdoch: News vs the truth
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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After the Fall – A death on the Lansdowne Estate
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Wagner’s war: A year in Ukraine and beyond
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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The prince against the press
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Wronged: a murder and a miscarriage of justice
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Snatched: A mother's quest to find her children
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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God on your side: Christians, courts and culture wars
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Real Money - episode 1 of our new investigative series
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Introducing: The News Meeting
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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The Westminster Accounts
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Damn and blast off: how not to go back to the moon
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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2022 picks - The Darwin job: the mystery of the vanishing notebooks
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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2022 picks - Lebedev: Lord of Siberia
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Musking it: Inside Elon’s Twitter takeover
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Octopus: the allegations against Crispin Odey
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Inside Unite
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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The Alzheimer's casino
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Egypt's bad cop
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Mutiny: The undoing of Liz Truss
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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The missing male pill
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Pig Iron
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Britannia unhinged
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Toxic: The making of Andrew Tate
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Paradise Bust: Scandal in the British Virgin Islands
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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A crime in the making
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The Second Elizabethan Age: the constitution
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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The Second Elizabethan Age: rule Britannia
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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The Second Elizabethan Age: head of state
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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The Second Elizabethan Age: speak to us ma'am
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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The Second Elizabethan Age: strong as a yak
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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The Second Elizabethan Age: the coronation
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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The Fix
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Thank the Lord
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Myanmar: the forgotten coup
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Hostile environment
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Hunt for the porn king: a reckoning
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Chained woman
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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America at the crossroads: abortion in South Bend
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Left to die: Return to the Amarula
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Londongrad: The Johnson Affair
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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The Darwin job: the vanishing, reappearing notebooks
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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A coup at Claridge’s: Qatar’s quiet move on London
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Hollywood’s cultural revolution
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Visit Rwanda: Britain’s harsh welcome for refugees
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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The Rules: democracy in Britain
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Introducing: Londongrad
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Stripped. Searched. Traumatised. Children and the police
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Odesa
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May 26, 2022 |
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Revealed: Stormy Daniels and her battle for truth
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May 19, 2022 |
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Downfall: twenty days that did for Rishi Sunak
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May 12, 2022 |
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The Backstory
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May 05, 2022 |
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Mariupol
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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The Lost Ark
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Greg Barker: the lord's work
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Fallen women
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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The trials of Alexei Navalny
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Into the dark: The broken promise of a bionic eye
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Shadow whipping: The men who saved Boris
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Russian warship, go f**k yourself
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Lebedev: Lord of Siberia
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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An injection of fear
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Modi's warrior pose
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Inside Branch 251
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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The Ministry of Untruths
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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China’s missing tennis player
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Virginia
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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A finding of rape
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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The promise of CoolSculpting
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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A year in stories
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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School 49
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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The super divorce
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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A place for Elliott
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Retreat from Kabul – Part 2
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Retreat from Kabul – Part 1
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Who is REvil?
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Nazanin: trapped in Whitehall
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Shamsa, the forgotten princess
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Introducing: Sweet Bobby
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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True crime: the tragedy of Gabby Petito
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Havana Syndrome: the mystery illness spreading through America's embassies
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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From Russia with diamonds: part 2
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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From Russia with diamonds: part 1
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Pfizer's war
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Wrong turn: murder and miscarriage of justice
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Beau and Biden: Constant companions
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Orphaned by America
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Smear: cartels and conspiracies in Oldham
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Son of Afghanistan
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Popbitch: the power of gossip
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Boycott! The lost Olympics
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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The porn headmaster
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Genesis: The mystery of where Covid began
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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The arms race
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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DIY justice
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Left to die - episode 3
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Left to die - episode 2
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Left to die - episode 1
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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The missing note
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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A death at Lancaster Lodge
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Inside Downing Street: the second couple
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Hunt for the porn king
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May 27, 2021 |
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The neo-Nazis next door
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May 20, 2021 |
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The white gold rush
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May 12, 2021 |
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What happened to Shukri Abdi?
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May 06, 2021 |
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Pariah - episode 4
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Pariah - episode 3
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Pariah - episode 2
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Pariah - episode 1
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Lost at sea
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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The battle for truth
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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What the RFK Jr?!
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Cross stitch
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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The Reasonable Case of Keir Rodney Starmer
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Disaster at Camp 3
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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The Navalny Show
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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March of the mutants
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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A Very British Business
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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A fairy tale on Wall St
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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306 days
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Corinna & the king: The money hunt
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Hidden Homicides - episode 4
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Hidden Homicides - episode 3
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Hidden Homicides - episode 2
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Hidden Homicides - episode 1
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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This was a coup
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Shot in the dark
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Crossing the Channel
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Did it have to be this bad?
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Is Covid cover for corruption?
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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The rise & fall of The Wing
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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The split
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Boris Johnson's horror show
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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China takes down a superstar
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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JK Rowling and the Unfinished Business
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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The (un)Christian president
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Recession 2021
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Happy - the elephant in the courtroom: episode 3
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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Happy - the elephant in the courtroom: episode 2
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Happy - the elephant in the courtroom: episode 1
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Tested: How test and trace became a national disaster
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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The golden egg
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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The endless virus
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Florida: The punchline state
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Inside Evin
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Beat police
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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How the world filled a hole - and saved itself
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Trailblazer
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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The slaver who stayed put
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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What the RFK Jr?! From Camelot to conspiracies
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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The hopeful Chancellor: is Rishi Sunak the right man for the job?
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Silenced in China: the price of protest
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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"How are you?" Mental health in lockdown
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Death at the ministry: a very British injustice
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Uncommon wealth: money and the British Crown
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Together, with Jurgen Klopp
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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The sick man: Boris Johnson, Britain and the virus
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Black Lives Matter 2020
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Inside Amazon: a superpower in a pandemic
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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What if they don't turn up?
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May 28, 2020 |
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Cash and caring: the business of care homes
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May 21, 2020 |
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The jobs tightrope
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May 14, 2020 |
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Undercrowded and overfunded: the Nightingale hospitals
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May 07, 2020 |
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Coronavirus in Africa: the final straw?
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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No weddings and fourteen funerals
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Covid-19: The 5G conspiracy
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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The zoo-keeper: surviving coronavirus
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Coronaviolence: domestic abuse in a lockdown
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Lives on the line: why is coronavirus killing so many health workers?
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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How pandemics end
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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The rules: can we fix our broken politics?
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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A college with secrets
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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My mother's murder - episode 4: The last domino
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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My mother's murder - episode 3: Truth to power
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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My mother's murder - episode 2: An assassination foretold
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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My mother's murder - episode 1
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Trump in Bethlehem
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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The world inside
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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Coronavirus: is this the one?
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Three women, homeless
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Labour's North Star
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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The man who counts trees
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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The new superpowers: Apple
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Labour: anatomy of a catastrophe
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Nameless, stateless: N3
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Dec 07, 2019 |
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Murder in Malta
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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The PRince disaster
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Techno Tories
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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It’s Your Identity, Stupid
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Nov 09, 2019 |