The Story Episodes Episode guide
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Did the Queen hate Boris Johnson?
Tim Shipman on the last of his quartet which has covered our mad political life.
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Diamonds and divorces: Are the oligarch sanctions working?
How 'pre-emptive' divorce might be an oligarch evasion strategy.
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Death in the blood: One of the most shocking scandal in NHS history
Two decades on Caroline Wheeler lifts the lid on the NHS infected blood scandal
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Death in Qatar; what really happened to British businessman Marc Bennett?
Why did British businessman Marc Bennett die in Qatar?
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Criminal or artist? The trial of the rapper Young Thug
Is artistic freedom of speech under threat?
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Could TikTok be banned?
Is the app a national security concern? And is time running out for TikTok?
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Could the Butcher of Tehran's death signal danger for the Iranian regime?
Could the vacuum left by his passing open up an opportunity for Iran’s reformers?
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Could the 'blue wall' fall?
Surrey has always been a bastion of support for the Conservatives, So what’s changed?
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Could Scotland's hate crime law be the beginning of the end for free speech?
What's in it? And why has it put Scotland once again at the centre of the culture wars?
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Could Hunter Biden's laptop cost his father the presidency?
Gabriel Gatehouse breaks down the Hunter Biden conspiracy theories.
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Could Donald Trump go to jail?
What are the key legal problems Donald Trump is facing and what are their consequences?
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Could Boris Johnson really bounce back?
How has the former PM been keeping busy?
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Could a Labour Government mean the end of private schools?
Will Britain’s private schools lose tax breaks they have benefited from for years?
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Could a jab cure cancer?
Is a vaccine for cancer on the horizon and if so, will it be a cure?
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Cocaine Britain: Traffickers v the police
How is so much cocaine getting into the country? And what can be done about it?
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China’s deadly role in America’s fentanyl epidemic
Is China deliberately fuelling its rival’s opioid crisis?
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China's new spy army
Has Britain been slow to grasp the scale of China’s spying operations?
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China's Covid gamble
How is China coping with the abrupt end to its "zero-Covid" policy?
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Can the Oscars lobbying machine ever be fair?
How significant are race, power and celebrity friends in the campaign to win an Oscar?
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Can the new Chancellor save the economy and the Prime Minister?
After weeks of economic uncertainty will recent changes be enough to steady the markets?
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Can an AI bot convince you that it's sentient?
Google maverick claims his AI bot is sentient. Can we distinguish life from imitation?
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Can a ‘miracle’ weight loss drug end Britain's obesity epidemic?
Could a huger suppressing diabetic drug be our best bet at tackling UK obesity?
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By the Dnipro: One night on the frontline
Senior Foreign Correspondent, Anthony Loyd spends a night on the Ukrainian frontline
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Britain’s new far-right (Pt 2): The Nazi YouTuber
We track down the man behind one of the most racist YouTube channels in the country.
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Britain’s new far-right (Pt 1): A lockdown creation
An investigation has found how a far-right group made the most of the pandemic.
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Britain's migration crisis, explained
What do we know about the migrants risking their lives and what do they face on arrival?
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Borscht, books and ballet: the battle for Ukraine's identity
What does the complete removal of Russian influence mean for the country's future?
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Boris Johnson on the brink
On a tumultuous day in Westminster, what went on behind the scenes?
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Bird Flu: The devastating pandemic that’s flown under the radar
5.5m farm birds have been culled to stop a bird flu outbreak, how bad could it get?
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Best of 2023: How Putin might fall: A lesson from 1991
We’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.