Podcasts
Was There Ever A Crime?
Chart topping podcast questioning the convictions of Lucy Letby - downloaded over 1 million times.
Lucy Letby is Britain’s worst female serial killer in modern times.
Or is she? Join John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith as they reassess the safety of Letby's convictions. On the day she was first convicted, veteran journalist John Sweeney tweeted: “Lucy Letby may well be the victim of a miscarriage of justice, that the Crown has taken a cluster of accidental and natural deaths and pointed the finger at Letby. There is no compelling evidence of a single murder. The law, sometimes, gets it wrong."
Eight-part series presented by John and Edward, produced by Chalk & Blade and available on all major platforms.
BBC History Extra
Nicholas Winton: the 'British Schindler'
Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, a British stockbroker worked tirelessly to rescue hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia by transporting them to new lives in Britain. Nicholas Winton's life and achievements are the subject of a new film One Life, and ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, Edward Abel Smith joins Spencer Mizen to discuss his story.
A Short History of ...
Inspirations of Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming’s most famous creation, James Bond, is a cultural icon. To paraphrase one critic, Bond is someone men want to be, and women want to be with. Although many attitudes expressed in the Bond books are out of kilter with modern ideas, Bond remains one of the most enduring fictional characters in history. But what is the story behind his creator - Ian Fleming?
What inspired Fleming to write the ultimate spy novels? Did his success bring happiness? And how much of his own character did he lend to James Bond? This is a short history of Ian Fleming.
