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  • A fifth woman comes forward with allegations against the author Neil Gaiman.


    Reporter: Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel Johnson

    Producer: Matt Russell

    Additional reporting: Jess Swinburne

    Original music and sound design: Tom Kinsella

    Series editor: Matt Russell

    Editor: Jasper Corbett


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  • Almost a month since the investigation where two women came forward with allegations that the author Neil Gaiman sexually assaulted them - allegations he strenuously denied - more women have come forward. Including another woman made to sign a non-disclosure agreement.


    Reporter: Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel Johnson

    Producer: Katie Gunning and Matt Russell

    Additional reporting: Jess Swinburne

    Original music and sound design: Tom Kinsella

    Series editor: Matt Russell

    Editor: Jasper Corbett


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  • The second woman to allege Neil Gaiman sexually assaulted her first met him as an 18-year-old fan. They began a consensual sexual relationship two years later. She alleges he was abusive and once penetrated her without her consent. He strenuously denies any unlawful behaviour and maintains all their sex was consensual.


    Reporter: Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel Johnson

    Producer: Katie Gunning

    Additional reporting: Jess Swinburne

    Original music and sound design: Tom Kinsella

    Series editor: Matt Russell

    Editor: Jasper Corbett


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  • New Zealand police tell the former nanny there isn’t enough evidence to actively pursue her sexual assault complaint against Neil Gaiman. He says he offered himself up for an interview with the police. But the facts may indicate otherwise.


    Clip: 1968 interview with Neil Gaiman - BBC 

    Clip: Big Bang Theory, series 11, episode 21 - CBS/Warner Bros

    Clip: Newsnight - BBC 

    Clip: William Morrow 2014

    Clip: Politics and Prose bookstore 2013

    Reporter: Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel Johnson

    Producer: Katie Gunning

    Additional reporting: Jess Swinburne

    Original music and sound design: Tom Kinsella

    Series editor: Matt Russell

    Editor: Jasper Corbett


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  • The former nanny who alleges Neil Gaiman sexually assaulted her shares her WhatsApp messages with him. The messages appear friendly and affectionate. He says they’re evidence that she consented to sex with him. But is there another way of reading them?


    Reporter: Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel Johnson

    Producer: Katie Gunning

    Additional reporting: Jess Swinburne

    Original music and sound design: Tom Kinsella

    Series editor: Matt Russell

    Editor: Jasper Corbett


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  • Neil Gaiman is one of the world’s most successful authors. And one of the most loved. His works have been adapted for film, TV and the stage. Now two women, a former nanny and a fan, allege he sexually assaulted and abused them while they were in consensual relationships with him. He strenuously denies all the allegations.


    Clip: The Sandman trailer - DDC comics / Netflix 

    Clip: The Ocean at the End of the Lane trailer - National theatre 

    Clip: The Simpsons - Disney

    Reporter: Paul Caruana Galizia and Rachel Johnson

    Producer: Katie Gunning

    Additional reporting: Jess Swinburne

    Original music and sound design: Tom Kinsella

    Series editor: Matt Russell

    Editor: Jasper Corbett


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  • Introducing...What's Wrong With Democracy?


    By the end of this year, countries making up half the world’s population will have held elections. But not all of them will have been free and fair. In ‘What’s Wrong with Democracy?’ Professor Ben Ansell of Oxford University will, with the help of academics, journalists, activists and writers, figure out whether democracy is working and how best to preserve democratic freedoms, equality and rights. 


    What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by The Open Society Foundations. 


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    Host: Professor Ben Ansell

    Producers: Katie Gunning and Ada Barume

    Editor: Jasper Corbett

    Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil


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  • After years of failed attempts, an expert flies over from America to help guide the parents on how to get their children back. But getting them home is not the end of the journey, for anyone caught up in Anne’s web.


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    Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett


    Producer: Gary Marshall


    Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


    Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


    Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


    Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


    Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


    Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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  • What motivated Anne in her work with the young women and did she believe what she was leading them to believe? In the search for answers, Grace turns to one of the only people who has heard Anne’s side of the story directly from her.


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    Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett


    Producer: Gary Marshall


    Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


    Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


    Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


    Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


    Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


    Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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  • As Huey’s dependence on Anne grows, she becomes increasingly isolated from the outside world. Until, after a series of events over the summer of 2014, the police turn up and start to investigate. 


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    Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett


    Producer: Gary Marshall


    Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


    Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


    Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


    Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


    Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


    Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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  • After Huey cycled off into the distance, her mother had no idea what caused her to leave or why. She was in the dark about the extraordinary things Huey had come to believe about her own family. So she finds someone who can help track her down.


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    Written and reported by: Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall


    Producer: Gary Marshall


    Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


    Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


    Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


    Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


    Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


    Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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  • Fipsi starts to question what really happened in the soft pink room, and how to help her friends who are still on their journeys with Anne Craig. But for one of them it’s already too late, as she makes a series of life altering decisions.


    This is episode 2 of 6 of Dangerous Memories. To binge-listen to all 6 episodes ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.


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    Written and reported by Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall


    Producer: Gary Marshall


    Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


    Additional editing: Claudia Williams


    Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


    Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


    Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


    Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


    Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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  • A group of well-heeled young English women hear about an intriguing therapist figure, who describes herself as a ‘teacher of personal development’. One by one they start to visit her for sessions and, for some, it will lead to disastrous consequences. 


    This is episode 1 of 6 of Dangerous Memories. To binge-listen to all 6 episodes ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.


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    Written and reported by Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall


    Producer: Gary Marshall


    Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


    Additional editing: Claudia Williams


    Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


    Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


    Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


    Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


    Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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  • Introducing...Dangerous Memories


    When Sarah watched her 23 year old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea - a well-off corner of London - she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for 6 years. What would make a loving child from a life of privilege sever ties with friends and family, and disappear? 


    It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter. Something strange was happening to other young women, too.


    And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist figure - a woman they were all seeing and sharing their problems, their secrets, their fears with. But it took years for the truth of what was happening behind closed doors to emerge, and the extraordinary things this woman led them to believe.


    Dangerous Memories is the story of young women who wanted to be healed that became, for us, a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our mind, and our memory.


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    Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett

    Producer: Gary Marshall

    Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper

    Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella

    Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail

    Podcast artwork: Lola Williams

    Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings

    Executive producer: Ceri Thomas


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  • In the final episode of the series, is the 40-year game of cat-and-mouse nearly over?


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    Reporter: Chloe Hadjimatheou 

    Producer: Claudia Williams

    Editor: Jasper Corbett

    Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

    Additional production: Imy Harper

    Sound design: Hannah Varrall

    Original theme music: Tom Kinsella

    Original artwork: Jon Hill


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  • In this episode, Chloe looks into what happened to The Gas Man when he arrived back in Germany as a fugitive – and investigates whether his trade with Iran ever really ended


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    Reporter: Chloe Hadjimatheou 

    Producer: Claudia Williams

    Editor: Jasper Corbett

    Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

    Additional reporting: Marten Hahn

    Sound design: Hannah Varrall

    Original theme music: Tom Kinsella

    Original artwork: Jon Hill


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  • Chloe makes a startling discovery about another chemical trafficker that has consequences for her investigation. A Kurdish survivor of mustard gas shares her story.


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    Reporter: Chloe Hadjimatheou 

    Producer: Claudia Williams

    Editor: Jasper Corbett

    Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

    Sound design: Hannah Varrall

    Original theme music: Tom Kinsella

    Original artwork: Jon Hill


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  • The team persuades The Gas Man to step out from the shadows. He reveals the first big clue in the investigation to how he got away with it – and makes a surprising claim about his role in the case


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    Reporter: Chloe Hadjimatheou 

    Producer: Claudia Williams

    Editor: Jasper Corbett

    Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

    Sound design: Hannah Varrall

    Original theme music: Tom Kinsella

    Original artwork: Jon Hill


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  • Special Agent Bass has his target in his sights but he’s on another continent. If he wants him to talk he’ll need a clever plan – and maybe a bit of luck


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    Reporter: Chloe Hadjimatheou 

    Producer: Claudia Williams

    Editor: Jasper Corbett

    Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

    Sound design: Hannah Varrall

    Original theme music: Tom Kinsella

    Original artwork: Jon Hill


    FX credit: Boeing 737-800 Fly Over 3.wav by soundslikewillem at freesound


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  • In the 1980s Special Agent Dennis Bass received a tip-off that changed the course of his career. 30 years on reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou sets out to solve the mystery of how an international fugitive got away with his crimes – and why he's still on the run.


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    Reporter: Chloe Hadjimatheou 

    Producer: Claudia Williams

    Editor: Jasper Corbett

    Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

    Sound design: Hannah Varrall

    Original theme music: Tom Kinsella

    Original artwork: Jon Hill


    FX credit: Telex by YleArkisto at freesound - License: Attribution 4.0


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