A tragedy in the English Channel got Aaron Walawalkar thinking. How could it be that people were dying, their boats sinking in one of the busiest stretches of water in the world?

This is how Liberty Investigates went to battle over FOI rejections, knocked on doors and analysed shipping data to reveal the shocking reality behind deaths at sea.

Read all about it: 

https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/coastguard-effectively-ignored-19-reports-of-small-boats-before-november-2021-tragedy/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/29/uk-coastguard-left-channel-migrants-adrift-in-lead-up-to-mass-drowning 

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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The horizon near Ali’s house is filled with flames. Owen Pinnell and Jess Kelly, from BBC Arabic, can't stop thinking of them.

And back in the UK, Unearthed's Joe Sandler Clarke is digging into his own investigation.

This is the story of how journalists worked with citizen journalists and scientists to delve into the impact of oil drilling around Basra, Iraq.

Read all about it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cm32 

https://projects.unearthed.greenpeace.org/big-oil-iraq/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/27/ali-smoke-choked-bp-oilfield-death-gas-flaring

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

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You will have heard about the BBC Newnight interview with Prince Andrew - it was a seismic scoop that reverberated around the world.

But how did it happen? The answer is one woman: Sam McAlister. This is how she bagged the interview of the decade.

Read all about it: 

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sam-McAlister/Scoops--The-BBCs-Most-Shocking-Interviews-from-Prince-And/27025330

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/netflix-prince-andrew-film-scoop-gillian-anderson-rufus-sewell-1235514568/ 

Supported by Studio To Be.

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan 

Audio production support: Chloe Behrens

Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan

Original music: Claudia Meza

Theme music: Dice muse

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.