Welcome to The Tip Off- the podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. Each episode we’ll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work as they tell us about the leads, the dead-ends and of course, the tip offs. There’ll be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafes, wrangling with despotic regimes and much more. So if you’re curious about the fun, complicated detective work that goes into doing great investigative journalism- then this is the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 10 hours 14 minutes
episode 59: Ep. 59 Unidentified flying objects
One December day, Samira Shackle found herself in the midst of an unfolding, global story. Drones had been spotted flying around Gatwick Airport. But weeks, then months passed, and no drone operators were ever found.
Samira lays out how she dug into the mystery and revealed all was not as it first seemed.
Read all about it:
https://www.theguardian...
episode 58: Ep. 58: Where justice ends
Annabel Hennessy was reporting on another case when she heard a name that would change everything. A lawyer, expert in First Nations’ rights, told her about Jody Gore - a woman convicted of murder with little weight given to the years of domestic abuse she suffered.
This story unravels how Annabel’s groundbreaking series of articles led to real change in Western Australia.
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of domestic abuse and may not be suitable for all...
episode 57: Ep. 57 Evicted in a pandemic
What do you do if the data you need doesn’t exist?
When the pandemic hit I couldn’t stop wondering about how the impact of lockdown, sickness or bereavement on people’s ability to pay their rent or mortgage. I wanted to know more, but I couldn’t do it alone. This is the story of how a group of more than 20 journalists, all across England and Wales, came together in one of the largest court-reporting projects of its kind.
Read all about it: https://www...
episode 56: Ep. 56 Exposing Savile - Part Two
Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones think they have everything they need to finally expose Jimmy Savile’s abhorrent crimes. But as their transmission date gets nearer, their BBC bosses start to pull back.
This is the story of how the BBC came to drop the Newsnight investigation into Savile and the seismic consequences of that decision.
This is the second part of a two-episode story.
Read all about it:
https://www.theguardian...
episode 55: Ep. 55 Exposing Savile - Part One
Meirion Jones has had a strange feeling about Jimmy Savile for some time and he thinks he may have a way to probe further. When Savile dies, Meirion teams up with Liz MacKean to try and get to the truth.
This is how Liz and Meirion pulled together the pieces - in an attempt to finally bring Savile’s crimes to light.
Many thanks to Liz MacKean's family for allowing me to use audio from an un-aired interview in 2015...
episode 54: Ep. 54 How it gets built
Zak Garner-Purkis is sat in a fastfood restaurant - his attention laser-focused on the men gathering across the road. He is trying to work out who these man are, how they have come to be there, and whether this is what modern day slavery looks like in 21st century London?
This is the story of how Zak went undercover to expose a shocking system of exploitation in the construction industry.
Read all about it: https://www.constructionnews.co...
Coming soon - Series 9 of The Tip Off
Stay tuned - we will be back very soon with more stories behind the headlines.
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episode 53: Ep. 53 Black and white data
Sarah Turnnidge started her journalism career at local papers so it was there she first encountered press releases from police forces. But over time Sarah started to wonder - did they tell the whole story.In this episode Sarah talks through her meti...