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1. Mayday: Trailer

   3 november 2020 · 3 min

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   When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Lees meer

   Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax.

   James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings. So when his body was found by worshippers on their way to morning prayers, there were a lot questions.

2. Tunnel 29: 10. The Shoes

   16 oktober 2019 · 18 min

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   “I started dancing with Eveline.” A final twist in the final chapter. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

3. Tunnel 29: 9. The Signal

   16 oktober 2019 · 15 min

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   “If you don’t have a coffee, then bring me a cognac.” Ellen's plan is derailed. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

4. Tunnel 29: 8. The Messenger

   16 oktober 2019 · 14 min

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   I said "ok, I'll do it”. Ellen, Mimmo's girlfriend, agrees to play a dangerous role. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

5. Tunnel 29: 7. The Interrogation

   16 oktober 2019 · 17 min

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   “That’s the first time I saw her again.” Wolfdieter's show trial begins. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

6. Tunnel 29: 6. The Gun

   16 oktober 2019 · 15 min

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   “And then my interrogation began.” The escape operation unravels. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

7. Tunnel 29: 5. The Trap

   16 oktober 2019 · 16 min

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   “We had no chance to be together.” The diggers hatch a new plan, unaware the Stasi are onto them. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

8. Tunnel 29: 4. The Death Strip

   16 oktober 2019 · 14 min

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   “If we could hear them, they could hear us.” The diggers reach the terrifying death strip. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

9. Tunnel 29: 3. The Deal

   16 oktober 2019 · 15 min

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   “We have a tunnel.” The diggers are on the hunt for money and make an unlikely alliance. Lees meer

   Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

   Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
   Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
   Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
   Editor: Richard Knight
   Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

   #tunnel29

10. Tunnel 29: 2. The Spy

    16 oktober 2019 · 15 min

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    “I choose the codename Fred.” A hairdresser becomes a Stasi spy. Lees meer

    Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

    Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
    Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
    Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
    Editor: Richard Knight
    Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt

    #tunnel29

11. Tunnel 29: 1. The Escape

    16 oktober 2019 · 19 min

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    “I didn’t want to be a part of this new world.” Joachim is on holiday in East Germany when he hears Berlin is to be divided. The wall is built and the escapes begin. Joachim has to decide whether he'll be among them. Lees meer

    Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. It’s also the story of the Stasi spy who betrays the tunnel, the American TV network which funds it and the love that develops between refugees who find freedom together.

    The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel.

    Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman
    Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
    Translation and additional research: Sabine Schereck
    Editor: Richard Knight
    Joachim Rudolph's original interviews voiced by Mark Edel Hunt
    #tunnel29

12. Tunnel 29: Trailer

    11 oktober 2019 · 2 min

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    Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, family and strangers escape. The series is based on original interviews with the survivors as well as thousands of documents from the Stasi archives and recordings from the tunnel. Lees meer

    Producer & Presenter: Helena Merriman

    Sound design: Eloise Whitmore

    Editor: Richard Knight

    #tunnel29

13. The Ratline: Bonus: Stephen Fry meets Philippe Sands

    15 oktober 2018 · 20 min

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    In a bonus episode of Intrigue: The Ratline, Stephen Fry interviews Philippe Sands in front of an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. They discuss a range of issues brought up by the series including historical responsibility and the nature of evil. Plus as a special extra, there is a full version of The Ratline theme music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita. Lees meer

14. The Ratline: 10. Persilschein

    8 oktober 2018 · 30 min

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    In the final episode of The Ratline, the Persilschein and denial continue. Charlotte Wachter finally brings Otto home. Philippe takes a forensic look at how Otto died and returns to Hagenberg to confront Horst with some new evidence.
    In this episode, Dame Sue Black is incorrectly described as a forensic pathologist. She is a forensic anthropologist.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

15. The Ratline: 9. The Lucids

    8 oktober 2018 · 29 min

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    Philippe travels to Albuquerque to meet Tom Lucid Jnr, the son of the CIA agent who recruited Karl Hass, chief source on Project Los Angeles and the man Otto had lunch with on Lake Albano. How much does he know about his father's role in recruiting Nazis and a close relative in Geneva?
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

16. The Ratline: 8. Nest of Spies

    1 oktober 2018 · 31 min

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    Philippe and the team work out the identity of the mysterious man Otto lunched with on Lake Albano, and discover he too is connected with the Nazi Bishop. They take a trip to the lake to meet the Priest who buried the man and he reveals some unbelievable family secrets.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

17. The Ratline: 7. The Nazi Bishop

    1 oktober 2018 · 26 min

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    Philippe Sands accesses the Vatican archives to find out about Otto's protector in Rome, the man who was by his side as he lay dying, Alois Hudal. Hudal's archivist reveals to the team something extraordinary.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

18. The Ratline: 6. The Men Who Murdered Nazis

    24 september 2018 · 22 min

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    Otto contracts a strange illness and Charlotte rushes to Rome to be by his side. Philippe talks to an old friend who was working for British intelligence in 1949 and explores who might have been hunting Otto in Rome and why.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

19. The Ratline: 5. La Forza del Destino

    24 september 2018 · 25 min

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    Midnight. Rome. 1949. Otto Wachter, a Nazi on the run, arrives in the Eternal City, penniless, homeless, searching for a way out to Argentina. He's also unwittingly found himself in the middle of a battle between East and West. He is taken in by monks, makes a friend high up in the Vatican and takes on some unusual employment. The continuing investigation into how a senior Nazi evaded justice.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita Lees meer

20. The Ratline: 4. Where's Otto?

    21 september 2018 · 25 min

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    The war is over and Otto Wachter has disappeared. Whilst his friends are committing suicide or being tried for mass murder Otto has escaped high into the mountains with the help of a young SS soldier. Meanwhile his wife Charlotte is working on getting him out of Austria. Barrister and author Philippe Sands continues his investigation into how a leading Nazi evaded justice.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

21. The Ratline: 3. A Lot Going On in Lemberg

    21 september 2018 · 32 min

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    The criminal charge sheet against senior Nazi Otto Wachter. Whilst Charlotte Wachter and her children were spending the summer in Zell am See, Otto was in Lemberg overseeing the 'Grosse Aktion' - the mass deportation of Jews to concentration camps. Philippe Sands interviews two Nazi hunters from the US Department of Justice to go through the evidence against Otto. Meanwhile Otto's son Horst continues to maintain his father's innocence.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

22. The Ratline: 2. Meet the Wachters

    18 september 2018 · 26 min

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    Otto and Charlotte Wachter climb to power, after Hitler annexes Austria, with Otto at his side. Otto's job takes the family to a palace in Krakow and on to Galicia, where his story collides with those of the family of presenter Philippe Sands. This is the continuing investigation into how a leading Nazi evaded justice.
    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
    Otto Wachter: Stephen Fry
    Charlotte Wachter: Laura Linney
    Other parts by members of the BBC Radio Drama Company Lees meer

23. The Ratline: 1. The Secrets in the Castle

    18 september 2018 · 20 min

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    Philippe Sands investigates the mysterious disappearance of senior Nazi Otto Wachter, who was indicted for mass murder. The Ratline is a story of a curious death, political intrigue, spies, Nazi hunters, shadowy forces in the Vatican and a son grappling with the sins of his father. Lees meer

    Philippe begins by travelling to a castle outside Vienna to meet an old man who believes his father was murdered, while a voice from the past offers up clues to how it might have happened.

    Producer: Gemma Newby
    Sound design: Neil Churchill
    Research: James Everest and Lea Main-Klingst
    Original music by Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita

24. The Ratline: Trailer

    16 augustus 2018 · 4 min

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    A story of love, denial and a curious death presented by Philippe Sands.

25. Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel: Episode 5

    17 maart 2017 · 21 min

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    How the murder of British businessman and fixer Neil Heywood changed China. Concluding the true-life tale of sex, death and politics, told by the BBC's former China Editor Carrie Gracie. As we hear, however, the story isn't over - as one thing you can't predict in China is the past. Lees meer

    Producers: Maria Byrne and Neal Razzell
    Sound mix by James Beard.

26. Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel: Episode 4

    10 maart 2017 · 22 min

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    A spectacular show trial exposes the lavish lifestyle of China's new elite. The continuing true story of sex, death and top-level Chinese poltiics, told by the BBC's former China Editor, Carrie Gracie. Lees meer

    Producers: Maria Byrne and Neal Razzell
    Sound mix by James Beard.

27. Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel: Episode 3

    3 maart 2017 · 19 min

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    What really happened in the hotel suite in Chongqing? The British businessman and go-between Neil Heywood arrives in Chongqing, where an"iron-blooded" police chief holds sway. The continuing true story of sex, death and Chinese politics, told by the BBC's former China Editor Carrie Gracie. Lees meer

    Producers: Maria Byrne and Neal Razzell
    Sound mix by James Beard.

28. Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel: Episode 2

    24 februari 2017 · 23 min

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    We've met the mayor's wife. Now meet the mayor, the remarkable man who takes this story to the national stage. The continuing true story of death, sex and elite politics in China, presented by BBC's former China Editor Carrie Gracie. Lees meer

    Producers: Maria Byrne and Neal Razzell
    Sound mix by James Beard.

29. Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel: Episode 1

    17 februari 2017 · 23 min

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    The story of the mysterious murder which changed the course of Chinese politics. Carrie Gracie investigates the killing of a British man, Neil Heywood, in Chongqing in 2011, and explores his links to China's up-and-coming power couple. China is gripped by a lurid show trial. Lees meer

    Producers: Maria Byrne and Neal Razzell
    Sound mix by James Beard

30. Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel: Trailer

    15 februari 2017 · 1 min

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    The story of the mysterious murder that changed the course of Chinese politics.