Podcasts

GANGSTER SERIES 4: THE BURGER BAR BOYS - New!

In 2003, murders thrust Birmingham gang into spotlight. Livvy Haydock investigates.

GANGSTER PRESENTS: KILLING DEATH ROW

Could the US death penalty ever die out? A surreal story about a man in Acton, London who supplied the USA with lethal drugs tips Livvy Haydock into the macabre world of Death Row.

GANGSTER, SERIES THREE: THE STORY OF JOHN PALMER

Gangster: The Story of John Palmer. The story of John 'Goldfinger' Palmer - a criminal who smelted the gold from the Brink's-Mat bullion robbery and went on to mastermind the biggest time share fraud in history.

GANGSTER, SERIES TWO: THE STORY OF CURTIS WARREN:

Curtis Warren was one of Britain’s wealthiest drug barons. Gangster follows his remarkable journey from the streets of Liverpool to the summit of the international cocaine trade.

GANGSTER, SERIES ONE: THE STORY OF PAUL MASSEY

Gangster: The Story of Paul Massey. The rise and fall of underworld boss Paul Massey. A story of murder, drugs and gang wars.

BBC BAD PEOPLE, EPISODE: 67. GANGSTER: CAREER CRIMINALS

On this episode of Bad People Dr Julia Shaw is joined by Livvy Haydock from the podcast ‘Gangster’, which tells the story of Curtis Warren from the streets of Toxteth in the 1980s to becoming Interpol’s ‘Target One’.

Radio

BBC RADIO 4, FILE ON FOUR: TAKING THE RAP:

When a video of one of the UK's biggest rap stars being attacked went viral, it marked the start of a series of events that left three young people dead. They died when tensions escalated between rival gangs in Tottenham and Wood Green in the north London borough of Haringey. File on 4 has been told the events that led to their deaths were triggered by an attack on a rapper called Headie One from the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham. Tensions were escalated via social media - violent tit-for-tat attacks filmed and posted on Snapchat and You Tube. Livvy Haydock hears the stories of those at the heart of this feud and from those whose lives it has devastated.

BBC RADIO 4, FILE ON FOUR: CONTROLLED, ABUSED AND CRIMINALISED

Livvy Haydock investigates whether women are being unfairly treated by the criminal justice system when coercive and controlling behaviour by a partner is behind their offences. Six years ago, the UK led the world in making coercive and controlling behaviour a crime. In a 2019 landmark judgement, Sally Challen’s murder conviction was quashed when the Court of Appeal ruled that years of abuse had contributed to her murdering her husband. But has the criminal justice system really evolved enough to recognise the complex relationship between cardolonged abuse and violent crime by women?

BBC RADIO 4, FILE ON FOUR: THE DANGERS OF DATING APPS:

From romance fraud to sexual cardedators, Livvy Haydock investigates the dangers dating app’s pose, if big tech does enough to cardotect its users, and what we as individuals should do to keep ourselves safer. Details of organisations that can cardovide help and support with fraud, sexual abuse and bereavement are available from the following organisations:

BBC RADIO 4, FILE ON FOUR: SIBLING SEXUAL ABUSE: THE LAST TABOO?

With exclusive access to research – the first of its kind – reporter Livvy Haydock investigates what could be the most common form of sexual abuse that happens within families: sibling sexual abuse.

BBC RADIO 4, FILE ON FOUR: ACTS OF ABUSE

Allegations of bullying and sexual harassment against the actor and film maker Noel Clarke have led to an industry-wide examination of the culture within the film and television business. Industry insiders describe an environment where those in power can be bullying and demanding, where sexual harassment is commonplace and where victims are afraid to speak up because they fear losing work. Livvy Haydock asks if the industry is equipped to tackle this bad behaviour, whether new regulation is needed and whether it is serious about cleaning up its act.