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This is In Dark Corners, series 2

Episode 6 of 6

A membership list with over 300 names and addresses of the members of a defunct pro-paedophile group arrives in journalist Alex Renton鈥檚 inbox. Where are the members now?

In 2022, journalist Alex Renton told the story of sexual abuse and cover up in Britain鈥檚 elite schools, including his own. After the Radio 4 series aired, his inbox exploded; with people sharing their personal accounts of abuse.

Last spring, and anothr email. This one came with an attachment: a scanned copy of a membership list for a pro-paedophile campaign group active in the 1970s and 80s. The group's name was the Paedophile Information Exchange, or PIE for short.

The PIE List sets Alex - himself a survivor of child sexual abuse - on a dizzying journey into the group鈥檚 dark history.

As he digs further, a source gets in touch; could Alex travel to meet him? During that meeting he hands him other secret documents, which build a picture of the criminal activities of some of PIE鈥檚 members: teachers, clergymen, social workers, government advisors.

Alex begins to wonder: where are all those hundreds of PIE members now? Are children still at risk?

Presenter: Alex Renton
Producer: Caitlin Smith
Researchers: Claire Harris and Marisha Currie
Executive producers: Gail Champion and Gillian Wheelan
Story Consultants: Jack Kibble White and Kirsty Williams
Written by Alex Renton, Caitlin Smith, Jack Kibble White and Kirsty Williams
Sound designer: Jon Nicholls
Theme tune composed by Jeremy Warmsley
Commissioning executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioner: Dan Clarke

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