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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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    Introducing: The Feud Sep 24, 2025
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    The Very Reverend Martyn Percy leaves his post as dean of the world-famous Christ Church, Oxford, with a seven-figure settlement after a bitter dispute that pitted a lone reformer against an institution.


    But what really happened amid the Alice in Wonderland world of Oxford's dreaming spires?


    The Times's feature writer Andrew Billen heads down the rabbit hole to find out.


    This series was first released on 13 October, 2022.

    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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    Pennant money | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 3 Sep 17, 2025
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    Pennant money reshaped not only Jamaica, but also modern Britain. In Wales, it financed the vast Penrhyn slate quarry, built villages, and paid for the castle that April-Louise visits alongside her father, Gil. Together, they face the portraits of men who enslaved their ancestors, and ask what it would take for Britain to stop looking away.


    Host: Brenna Daldorph


    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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    Plantation records | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 2 Sep 17, 2025
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    April-Louise Pennant’s grandparents were part of the Windrush Generation, emigrating from the Caribbean to Britain in the 1950s. Visiting a local university archive to discover the significance of her Welsh surname, she discovers the Jamaica Papers - a collection of plantation records donated by the Pennants, which reveal a confronting truth.


    Host: Brenna Daldorph



    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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    Building Britain | The Legacy of Penrhyn Castle Ep. 1 Sep 17, 2025
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    Arguments still rage about Britain’s role in the slave trade, but the evidence of that dark past is written across the faces of some of the country’s wealthiest stately homes. Journalists Brenna Daldorph and David Aaronovitch face facts to look behind the grandeur and gold-leaf exteriors of one - Penrhyn Castle in North Wales - to uncover the brutal foundation on which it was built.


    Hosts: Brenna Daldorph & David Aaronovitch


    This series was first published on 2 August 2021.

    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 kittens who still purr | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 4 Sep 10, 2025
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    Adnan Oktar is behind bars but some of his followers still believe. Louise meets his devotees, listens to their claims of injustice and comes to terms with the power Oktar still wields from behind bars.


    Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

    Clips: Al-Jazeera, CNBC, Sky News, CNN.


    If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of available support services:

    https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk/

    Or contact Victim Support’s 24/7 support line on 08 08 16 89 111


    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 turnstile system | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 3 Sep 10, 2025
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    The fortress walls begin to crumble. Survivors describe suffering sexual abuse and financial crimes while cult insiders help the authorities bring Adnan Oktar down.


    Accompanied by a former ‘kitten’, Louise revisits the night the police finally descended on Oktar’s hilltop compound


    Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

    Clips: Ulusal Kanal


    If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of available support services:

    https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk/

    Or contact Victim Support’s 24/7 support line on 08 08 16 89 111


    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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    Nice girls from good families | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 2 Sep 10, 2025
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    Away from the TV cameras, Adnan Oktar reigns over a den of secrecy. Louise meets the male enforcers he used to keep it under control.


    Oktar’s ‘lions’ reveal the hierarchy, rules, and ruthless methods used to enforce loyalty to the cult. And a woman who says she was sexually abused by Oktar describes how loyalty comes with a terrifying cost.


    Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East Correspondent at The Sunday Times.

    Clips: A9TV, ABC News.


    If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of available support services:

    https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk/

    Or contact Victim Support’s 24/7 support line on 08 08 16 89 111


    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 Mahdi wears Armani | The Messiah and his Kittens Ep. 1 Sep 10, 2025
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    Meet Adnan Oktar, the Turkish televangelist who’s rarely spotted without an entourage of surgically enhanced young women he calls his ‘kittens’.


    After Oktar is sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison, Louise tries to get to grips with one of the strangest stories she has ever covered.


    Host: Louise Callaghan, Middle East correspondent at The Sunday Times.

    Clips: CNN TÜRK, TV100, Anadolu Agency, CBS News, Sky News, A9TV.


    If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the website below has a summary of available support services:

    https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk/

    Or contact Victim Support’s 24/7 support line on 08 08 16 89 111


    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.


    Introducing: The Messiah and his Kittens Sep 10, 2025
    Show notes

    The leader of Turkey’s most powerful cult, Adnan Oktar, was sentenced to over 1,000 years in prison in January 2021.


    The Sunday Times’s Middle East correspondent Louise Callaghan steps into his weird world of ‘kittens’, ‘lions’, and televangelism to reveal its dark heart.


    This series was first published on 28 January, 2022.

    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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    Innocent | Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson Story Ep. 8 Sep 03, 2025
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    In July 2023, almost 20 years after he was sentenced to life in jail, Andrew Malkinson's conviction is quashed. We visit Andy a day after the Court of Appeal overturned his rape conviction following the revelation that new DNA evidence implicated another man in the crime.


    Host: Will Roe


    If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:


    Rape Crisis England & Wales

    NHS - Help after rape and sexual assault

    Criminal Cases Review Commission

    Appeal - Charity and law practice

    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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