Eleanor Williams is een tenger, blond meisje van negentien uit Barrow-in-Furness, een Engels stadje waar iedereen elkaar kent. Ze is een geliefde medewerker van de pub. Haar moeder en zusje zien haar steeds vaker thuiskomen met blauwe plekken, en Ellie verdwijnt regelmatig om later weer op te duiken met nieuwe verwondingen. Niemand weet wat er aan de hand is, totdat ze op Facebook een verhaal post dat Barrow op z’n grondvesten doet schudden. Ellie beschuldigt enkele mannen van verkrachting, mishandeling en mensenhandel. Haar aanklacht leidt tot een explosie van geweld, maar wat is nu echt gebeurd? In Unreliable Witness hoor je het hele schokkende verhaal.
SEASON 6: Unreliable Witness (2024/25)Investigating the high-profile case of Ellie Williams, the young woman jailed for lying about sexual assault and grooming in her home town. Sky News’ Jason Farrell and Liz Lane look at what could have led her to make these claims and if, underneath it all, there is some other secret buried amongst the lies.NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS – GOLD, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM PODCAST SEASON 5: Patient 11 (2024) Following the death of her brother, young mother Alexis Quinn seeks temporary respite in NHS psychiatric care, never imagining that three days, would turn into more than three year ordeal that would ultimately expose a national scandal. PRESS GAZETTE FUTURE OF MEDIA AWARDS – PODCAST OF THE YEAR NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS – SILVER, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM PODCAST SEASON 4: StoryCast 21 (2021) Through extraordinary personal stories, Sky News revisits 21 of the world’s biggest news events this century. NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS – GOLD, PERSONAL LIVES DRUM MEDIA AWARDS – PODCAST OF THE YEAR SEASON 3: Polonium and The Piano Player (2020) Two Russian agents release a miniature nuclear weapon in a 5-star London hotel. But former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is not the only victim. AIB’s AWARDS – HIGHLY COMMENDED, FACTUAL PODCAST SERIES SEASON 2: What happened to Annie? (2019) In 2005, the body of 30-year-old Swedish woman, Annie Börjesson, was found on Prestwick beach in Scotland. Could one of the world’s most secretive security agencies be behind her death? NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDS – GOLD, INVESTIGATIVE PODCAST SERIESAIBs AWARDS – GOLD, INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY SEASON 1: The Hunt for the Brinks-Mat Gold (2018) In 1983, an armed gang stole £26m in gold bars from a high-security depot near Heathrow Airport. Dubbed the crime of the century, the heist changed the face of Britain’s criminal landscape and the life of one undercover Scotland Yard detective. AIBs AWARDS – HIGHLY COMMENDED, FACTUAL PODCASTNEW YORK FESTIVAL’S RADIO AWARDS, FINALIST, NARRATIVE PODCAST SERIES
Sophy Ridge and Wilf Frost bring you the Cheat Sheet to the day’s news in 10 minutes.
On this first episode, they look at the Huntington mass stabbing and hear from an eye witness. Sophy’s spoken to the sole survivor of the Air India crash which killed 241 people back in June. And Wilf’s heard from the US ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens, who wants the UK to keep drilling for oil and gas. And India’s women bring home the cricket World Cup.
