In de jaren tachtig en negentig was Engeland het centrum van de hooligancultuur. Elke week kwamen voetbalfans opgefokt naar het stadion om daar keihard met elkaar op de vuist te gaan. In de BBC-podcast Gangster: Hooligans vertellen ex-hooligans, journalisten, slachtoffers, politieagenten en andere betrokken over deze gewelddadige tijd. Door strenge regels en dure kaartjes is het nu een stuk rustiger in de stadions, waardoor sommigen met lichte weemoed op het hooliganisme terugkijken. Bokskampioen en Evertonfan Tony Bellew praat de verhalen aan elkaar met een vet Liverpools accent.
New Series: Gangster Presents: Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties.
A secret and dangerous affair. An out-of-control addiction. It ends with the smashing of the UK’s biggest prison smuggling gang, but it all begins with a love story…
Journalist Amber Haque untangles what happens when mental health nurse Amy Hatfield meets convicted criminal Joe Whittingham. Her investigation leads into a world of blackmail and manipulation, where you never quite know who to trust or who’s watching.
The story of the biggest prison smuggling plot ever busted in the UK – and the love story at the heart of it.
Journalist Amber Haque untangles what happens when mental health nurse Amy Hatfield meets convicted criminal Joe Whittingham. Her investigation leads into a world of blackmail and manipulation, where you never quite know who to trust or who’s watching.
Credits
Host: Amber Haque
Producer: Becca Bryers
Sound design: Ivor Manley and Andy Fell
Story and music consultant: Emma Weatherill
Development by: Rob Byrne, Rhiannon Nevada and Emma Shaw
Production management: Gaelan Davis-Connolly and Debbie Wadell
Executive Producer: Joe Kent
Commissioning support: Sam Profitt
Commissioning executive: Lorraine Okuefuna
Commissioning editor: Richard Maddock
A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live
