Intrigue
BBC Radio 4 - bbc.co.uk
Latest episode: Wed Feb 15 2017
'Jaw dropping', 'gripping', 'bingeable,' 'thrilling' - dramatic true stories and investigations that reveal how the world really works.
To Catch A Scorpion: The dramatic hunt for one of Europe's most-wanted people smugglers, recorded as it unfolds.
BBC journalist, Sue Mitchell, and former soldier and aid worker, Rob Lawrie go on a search for a crime boss: a people smuggler on the run, whose codename is Scorpion. He is one of the central characters controlling the transport of migrants from the European mainland into the UK.
Barzan Majeed - codenamed Scorpion - leads the Scorpion gang. He's on international most-wanted lists. He started his criminal career in Britain and went on to build a smuggling empire which now spans the globe.
An international police surveillance operation trapped more than 20 of his gang and almost netted Scorpion himself, but he was tipped off and escaped.
Sue and Rob, two seasoned investigators, team up to try to do what the police have been unable to achieve: to find Scorpion, to speak to him, to ask him to account for his crimes and to seek justice for the families he has harmed.
Their investigation takes them to the heart of an organised criminal gang making millions from transporting thousands of migrants on boat and lorry crossings that in some cases have gone dangerously wrong, causing serious injury and putting lives at risk. They witness his operation in action and record as intense situations unfold, where vulnerable people desperate for a better future, put their lives in the hands of ruthless and dangerous criminals.
As they edge ever closer, they meet the people helping and supporting Scorpion and unpick the financial side of his business funding his luxury life. As they start to understand the man himself, can they garner enough clues to trace his whereabouts?
- Feb15Welcome to Intrigue: Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
- Feb17Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel - Episode 122mins
- Feb24Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel - Episode 223mins
- Mar3Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel - Episode 318mins
- Mar10Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel - Episode 421mins
- Mar17Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel - Episode 520mins
- Aug16Welcome to Intrigue: The Ratline3mins
- Sep18The Ratline – Ep 1. Secrets in the Castle19mins
- Sep18The Ratline – Ep 2. Meet The Wachters25mins
- Sep21The Ratline – Ep 3. A lot going on in Lemberg32mins
- Sep21The Ratline – Ep 4. Where's Otto?24mins
- Sep24The Ratline – Ep 5. La Forza del Destino25mins
- Sep24The Ratline – Ep 6. The men who murdered Nazis21mins
- Oct1The Ratline – Ep 7. The Nazi Bishop25mins
- Oct1The Ratline – Ep 8. Nest of Spies30mins
- Oct8The Ratline – Ep 9. The Lucids28mins
- Oct8The Ratline – Ep 10. Persilschein30mins
- Oct15The Ratline - Bonus: Stephen Fry meets Philippe Sands20mins
- Oct11Introducing Tunnel 292mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 1. The Escape19mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 2. The Spy14mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 3. The Deal15mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 4. The Death Strip14mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 5. The Trap16mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 6. The Gun14mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 7. The Interrogation16mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 8. The Messenger14mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 9. The Signal14mins
- Oct16Tunnel 29 - Ep 10. The Shoes18mins
- Nov3Introduction to Mayday2mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 1. On the Ledge19mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 2. The Pizza in the Suitcase17mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 3. The Miracle Baby25mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 4. Hoax Producers31mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 5. God Bless Syria35mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 6. The One With Sean Penn27mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 7. Managed Massacres36mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 8. Operation Magic Carpet23mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 9. The Boiling Frog32mins
- Nov9Mayday - Ep 10. The Second Casualty33mins
- Nov20Mayday - Bonus: The Canister on the Bed36mins
- Apr7Mayday - Bonus: The Evidence Gatherers54mins
- Jun20Introducing - Intrigue: Burning Sun3mins
- Jun26Burning Sun - Ep 1. The Phone Call29mins
- Jul3Burning Sun - Ep 2. Kakao Talk29mins
- Jul10Burning Sun - Ep 3. The Nightclub28mins
- Jul17Burning Sun - Ep 4. Consent28mins
- Jul24Burning Sun - Ep 5. An Extreme Decision29mins
- Jul26Burning Sun - Ep 6. The Reckoning29mins
- Aug29Introducing - Intrigue: The Immortals1min
- Sep4The Immortals – Ep 1. Dracula14mins
- Sep4The Immortals – Ep 2. The Experiment15mins
- Sep11The Immortals - Ep 3. The Plasma Clinic14mins
- Sep11The Immortals - Ep 4. The Hype Cycle15mins
- Sep18The Immortals - Ep 5. The Trial14mins
- Sep18The Immortals - Ep 6. Longevity Escape Velocity14mins
- Sep25The Immortals - Ep 7. Vitalik14mins
- Sep25The Immortals - Ep 8. The Prophet14mins
- Oct2The Immortals - Ep 9. Nerd Rapture14mins
- Oct2The Immortals - Ep 10. After the Dragon15mins
- Apr16Welcome to Intrigue3mins
- Nov17Introducing - Intrigue: Million Dollar Lover3mins
- Nov23Million Dollar Lover – Ep 1. Stranger in Town29mins
- Nov23Million Dollar Lover – Ep 2. A Lady Never Tells31mins
- Nov30Million Dollar Lover – Ep 3. The Fight31mins
- Nov30Million Dollar Lover – Ep 4. Rewards of Love32mins
- Dec7Million Dollar Lover – Ep 5. Family Fortunes38mins
- Dec7Million Dollar Lover – Ep 6. Unforgettable36mins
- Dec14Million Dollar Lover – Ep 7. Hidden Lives34mins
- Dec14Million Dollar Lover – Ep 8. Taking Control36mins
- Dec21Million Dollar Lover – Ep 9. Missing You34mins
- Dec21Million Dollar Lover – Ep 10. Final Plot36mins
- Apr26Introducing – To Catch A Scorpion2mins
- May3To Catch a Scorpion: 1. Dangerous Journeys34mins
- May3To Catch a Scorpion: 2. Trading in People30mins
- May3To Catch a Scorpion: 3. Satisfaction Guaranteed32mins
- May10To Catch a Scorpion: 4. Dangerous Meddling35mins
- May10To Catch A Scorpion: 5. A Scorpion's Nest37mins
- May10To Catch a Scorpion: 6. In Our Grasp33mins
- May10To Catch A Scorpion: 7. Buried Deep37mins
- May10To Catch A Scorpion: 8. The Final Sting40mins