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    The Trial of Russell Brand

    The Trial of Russell Brand is season 14 of Times Investigates, bringing you award-winning investigative and true crime podcasts from The Times & The Sunday Times.

    From war zones to suburban homes, pursuing brutal criminals and cult leaders, our podcasts go further than any other to uncover the truth.

    In season one, war correspondent Anthony Loyd investigates the fate of his colleague John Cantlie, who was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State.

    In season two, crime correspondent John Simpson breaks down the wall of silence surrounding the killing of 14-year-old Corey Junior Davis

    In season three Berlin correspondent Oliver Moody uncovers the story of Hans Globke, the Nazi bureaucrat who laid the legal basis for the Holocaust – and helped build the modern German state

    In season four, columnist David Aaronovitch follows the trail of charm and deception left by businessman Lex Greensill through the corridors of power in Britain

    In season five, special correspondent Emily Dugan asks whether the wrong man was sent to prison for a brutal attack on a mother of two

    In season six, Middle East correspondent Louise Callaghan steps into the weird world of ‘kittens’, ‘lions’, and televangelism surrounding a cult leader

    In season seven, journalists Brenna Daldorph and David Aaronovitch explore the dark past behind some of Britain’s wealthiest stately homes

    In season eight, feature writer Andrew Billen exposes a very British scandal at the world-famous university college, Christ Church, Oxford

    In season nine, David Aaranovitch steps into the online world of Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group using the Covid pandemic as a recruiting tool

    In season ten, journalists Peter Gillman and Emanuele Midolo investigate the death of one of our own, David Holden, the reporter whose killing became a Cold War whodunnit

    In season 11, social affairs editor James Beal follows a trail leading from a quiet British town to frozen Canada, where he discovers a man allegedly selling death online

    In season 12, reporter Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown in Northern Ireland, seeking answers about the bloody 1987 Remembrance Sunday attack

    In season 13, The Sunday Times’s Insight team investigates how Nigel Farage came to depend upon a crypto enthusiast, gambler and convicted fraudster

    In season 14, journalists Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace join Luke Jones to report daily from the trial of Russell Brand


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    The Borderlands | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 3 Oct 22, 2025
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    Mario asks why the IRA targeted Enniskillen and discovers police may have known about suspected IRA figures seen nearby, on the night before the killing happened.


    He also goes searching for the man accused of being the ‘mastermind’ behind the bomb.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    The Aftermath | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 2 Oct 19, 2025
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    Mario asks if enough was done to stop the bombing, and finds evidence of police failures to properly investigate.


    And the alleged mastermind is dramatically named.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    The Atrocity | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 1 Oct 19, 2025
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    On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Mario Ledwith’s hometown of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, killing 11 people.


    A lifetime later, Mario returns to investigate the silence surrounding that terror attack.


    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence that you may find upsetting.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com


    Connect your Times subscription with Apple Podcasts and get episodes ad free and early.

    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb Oct 14, 2025
    Show notes

    On Remembrance Sunday in November, 1987 an IRA bomb exploded in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen, killing 11 people.


    No one has ever been charged.


    The Times’s Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to properly investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened?


    Begins Monday 20th October.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    A conversation on suicide prevention | Poison bonus Ep. Oct 09, 2025
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    Why does suicide occur? Why is there still a stigma around it? And how can we work to prevent people from taking their own lives?


    If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.


    Guest: Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow.

    Author of 'When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It'


    Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.


    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    2024 UPDATE: Kenneth Law in the dock | Poison Ep. 5 Oct 09, 2025
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    Kenneth Law faces 14 counts of murder and 14 of aiding suicide. James sits down with series producer Will to talk through the developments.


    WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.


    Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

    Email: james.beal@thetimes.co.uk

    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    UPDATE: Kenneth Law is arrested | Poison Ep. 4 Oct 09, 2025
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    Days after Poison first aired, Kenneth Law is arrested in Canada. At a late-night press conference, police reveal the alleged scale of his operation: 1,200 packages, shipped to over 40 countries.


    For the families left behind, the arrest brings both relief and renewed grief, and a question that hangs over the entire investigation: why did it take so long?


    WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.


    Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

    Email: james.beal@thetimes.co.uk




    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    An encounter in Toronto | Poison Ep. 3 Oct 09, 2025
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    James flies to Canada, hoping to talk to Kenneth Law. After days chasing leads, he tracks him down to a car park in Toronto.


    WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.


    Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.

    Email: james.beal@thetimes.co.uk

    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

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    The man who sells death | Poison Ep. 2 Oct 09, 2025
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    The search for answers leads to a name: Kenneth Law. From a quiet suburb outside Toronto, Law appears to run a website selling a substance to young, vulnerable, adults around the world, some of whom are using it to take their own lives.


    WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.


    Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.



    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


    The Life of Tom Parfett | Poison Ep. 1 Oct 09, 2025
    Show notes

    Twenty two-year-old Tom Parfett took his own life in October, 2021.


    As his father David begins to ask questions, what first appeared as an isolated tragedy reveals a darker truth - one that exposes the ease with which death can be bought online.


    WARNING: This series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.


    Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times


    This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here: https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/timesinvestigates/

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


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