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The Missing Billions | The Diamond King, Ep 2 17.07.2026 42min

Nirav Modi’s diamond empire has reached unimaginable heights,. He’s got the backing of some of the world’s most powerful people, and his designs are worn by Hollywood and Bollywood’s biggest names.But when a bank manager at a small branch in Mumbai retires, his replacement notices something that doesn’t add up. Hidden behind years of paperwork and financial transactions lies the answer to the question many have asked: where was Nirav getting the money? Within days, the illusion crumbles. All hell breaks loose. As investigators in India and the US close in on what they allege is a billion-pound fraud, Nirav’s diamond empire collapses. Stores are shut down, employees lose their jobs and the arrests begin. But there’s one person nobody can find: Nirav Modi. The diamond king has vanished. He's now one of the world’s most wanted men. Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorReporters and writers - Mick Brown and Robert MendickProducer, writer and sound design - Anna Staufenberg Executive producer and story editor - Cara McGooganMixing - Elliot Lampitt Original theme music - Sandeep ThulasidasAdditional music - John Cadigan Commissioning editor - Louisa Wells Archive supplied by the BBC and GettyHighlights: The Missing BillionsWhere was Nirav Modi getting the money? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All That Glitters | The Diamond King, Ep 1 10.07.2026 40min

In 2010, a fresh-faced newcomer launches himself into the luxury world of high-end jewellery. His name is Nirav Modi, an ambitious diamantaire who dropped out of business school to make jewellery for the world’s elite. His vision is to fuse East with West; to bring something of India’s tradition into western designs. Within a few years, he’s risen to the top. He opens stores on the most prestigious shopping streets in New York, London, Macau and Hong Kong. But he doesn’t stop there; he wants his name in bright lights around the world.For now, it seems Nirav’s rise is unstoppable. But there’s something about him that leaves those around him feeling unsettled; and then, the questions start – where are the billions coming from? Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorReporters and writers - Mick Brown and Robert MendickProducer, writer and sound design - Anna Staufenberg Executive producer and story editor - Cara McGooganMixing - Elliot Lampitt Original theme music - Sandeep ThulasidasAdditional music - John Cadigan Commissioning editor - Louisa Wells Archive supplied by the BBC and Getty Highlights: All That GlittersThe Rise of Nirav Modi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing: The Diamond King 07.07.2026

The rise and fall of Nirav Modi, accused of India’s biggest ever bank fraud – and how The Telegraph caught him. Nirav Modi was a billionaire diamond tycoon whose jewellery was worn by Kate Winslet and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. But in 2018 he was charged with masterminding a £1.3 billion fraud. Now one of the world’s most wanted men, he disappeared. Where was he hiding and would he face justice?The Diamond King: Coming Friday 10th July. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cover-up | Murder in the Masai Mara, Ep 5 19.12.2025 55min

John’s investigation keeps coming up against brick walls - and five decades on, so does Katherine’s. When Kenya admits to a cover-up it begins to make sense. But it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Who exactly were the authorities covering up for, and was the British government involved? As her reporting comes to a close, Katherine celebrates a young woman whose life was cut short; and at the eleventh hour, a chat with a Mi6 agent sheds new light on Julie’s case.Archive in this episode: ITN via Getty, The TelegraphGet in touch: juliewardcase@telegraph.co.ukWatch the accompanying film to this series: https://youtu.be/T8VhCxyx3O0Sign up to the Telegraph: https://bit.ly/murdermasaimaraSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The President's Son | Murder in the Masai Mara, Ep 4 12.12.2025 51min

A whistleblower comes forward claiming to have witnessed everything and pointing the finger at someone nobody expected: Jonathan Moi, the president’s son. It's almost too far-fetched to be believed, but his name starts coming up again, and again. An incriminating scrap of paper. A police statement locked up for decades. Rumours of a romance. Katherine investigates the evidence.  Archive in this episode: ITN via Getty, Channels Television, Citizen TV Kenya, NTV Kenya, KTN News KenyaGet in touch: juliewardcase@telegraph.co.ukWatch the accompanying film to this series: https://youtu.be/T8VhCxyx3O0Sign up to the Telegraph: https://bit.ly/murdermasaimaraSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Search Party | Murder in the Masai Mara, Ep 3 05.12.2025 38min

With Julie’s murderer still at large, attention focuses on the last man to see her alive and the head ranger of the Masai Mara game reserve. Reporter Katherine goes to Kenya herself to track them down and see if their recollections can help unlock the decades-old cold case. A previously unknown tip from a Masai elder emerges. Could this be the breakthrough the Ward family has been waiting for? Archive in this episode: ITN via Getty, The TelegraphGet in touch: juliewardcase@telegraph.co.ukWatch the accompanying film to this series: https://youtu.be/T8VhCxyx3O0Sign up to the Telegraph: https://bit.ly/murdermasaimaraSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Go Home | Murder in the Masai Mara, Ep 2 28.11.2025 51min

The authorities insist Julie killed herself, but father John refuses to believe it. An altered post-mortem prompts him to take matters into his own hands. When a team of British cops is dispatched to Kenya, hopes are high that they can solve the riddle of Julie’s murder/death. How did her jeep end up nine miles from her body? What are those strange marks on her leg? And who forged her signature in a nearby guesthouse?Archive in this episode: NPR, ITN via Getty, The TelegraphGet in touch: juliewardcase@telegraph.co.ukWatch the accompanying film to this series: https://youtu.be/T8VhCxyx3O0Sign up to the Telegraph: https://bit.ly/murdermasaimaraSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SOS | Murder in the Masai Mara, Ep 1 28.11.2025 40min

On a cold February day in 1988, Julie Ward sets off on the journey of a lifetime from England, through Africa. She establishes a new life in the bustling capital of Kenya but mysteriously disappears while on safari - leaving her plane ticket back to England untouched on a table in her Nairobi home. When her father John flies to Kenya to track her down, he finds a gruesome crime scene in the Masai Mara that throws up more questions than it answers. Archive in this episode: NPR, ITN via Getty, The TelegraphGet in touch: juliewardcase@telegraph.co.ukWatch the accompanying film to this series: https://youtu.be/T8VhCxyx3O0Sign up to the Telegraph: https://bit.ly/murdermasaimaraSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing: Murder in the Masai Mara 20.11.2025 1min

When Julie Ward vanishes mysteriously in the Masai Mara in 1988, her father begins a hunt for answers that stretches from a safari lodge in Kenya to MI6’s headquarters in London. The case was never solved.Nearly four decades on, The Telegraph Deputy Investigations Editor Katherine Rushton pours over classified documents, interviews the people tangled in the case, and travels to Kenya to try to understand who tried to stop her murder being solved.What happened to Julie Ward, why did the Kenyan authorities try to cover it up, and why were MI6 agents involved?Murder in the Masai Mara: Coming Friday 28th November. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legacy | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 9 03.04.2025 1h 9min

Peace walls, segregated schools and old enemies living on the same street. Cara returns to Northern Ireland to see how, today, The Troubles are far from forgotten history. A victim of Stakeknife breaks his silence and, like so many others, he wants to know the truth about his father’s murder. As her investigation draws to a close, Cara examines the legacy of Britain’s terror spy network and asks, has justice been served – or is the state getting away with murder?Archive in this episode: Getty, ITN, PA, Infowars, BBC, RTÉBed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Devastation | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 8 29.03.2025 1h 4min

A family forced to flee abroad. A young soldier killed by a car bomb. Two teenagers gunned down in a mobile shop. As Cara exposes the cold-bloodedness of both sides in the Troubles, she finds out the extent of the state's lethal spy network. Bereaved families hunt for justice, and the truth is shrouded in secrecy as killers walk the streets.Archive in this episode: RTE, GettyBed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cover-up | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 7 21.03.2025 56min

IRA spycatcher Freddie Scappaticci has been outed as FRU agent Stakeknife – but he’s not going to disappear without a fight. The British state takes unprecedented measures to make sure their spy gets away with murder. Cara teams up with veteran reporter John Ware to reveal just how high up the cover-up goes. Their reporting leads to a key organisation that has so far remained in the shadows: MI5.Archive in this episode: Getty, Parliament TVBed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

License to Kill | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 6 14.03.2025 52min

Brian Nelson is finally in the dock for his campaign of murderous violence, but will he face justice? The question sends shivers through the British government, and the answer causes even more of a stir. But Brian is just the tip of the iceberg – there’s a new battle, shocking revelations, and a landmark apology to come. Archive in this episode: Getty, ITN, UK ParliamentBed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Handlers | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 5 13.03.2025 49min

Cara tracks down soldiers from the covert unit of the British army at the heart of her investigation. As these people who handled spies in the IRA and loyalist paramilitaries spill their secrets, it becomes clear that Agent 6137 and Scap are just the tip of the iceberg. Betrayal, sex, murder. Was it really all for the greater good?Bed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Touts | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 4 12.03.2025 49min

The IRA creates a new unit to root out informers – or touts – and kill them. A man known as Scap quickly rises to the top of this ‘Nutting Squad’ and builds up a fearsome reputation for cruelty. But he is hiding a dark secret – and the implications of the truth being exposed are enormous.Archive in this episode: Carlton TV, ITV, BBC, Getty, ITN, RTÉBed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Agent 6137 | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 3 11.03.2025 56min

Facing life in prison for murder, a key loyalist makes a surprising confession: he is Agent 6137. When he targeted people for the UDA to assassinate, he was also working for the British. The daughter of one of his victims hunts for the truth about his life as a spy – but as she and Cara dig deeper, they find documents are missing and proof is hard to pin down. Archive in this episode: Getty, ITN, BBCBed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Collusion | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 2 10.03.2025 49min

Top detectives race to untangle a web of lies behind the murders. But just as they’re about to arrest a key loyalist suspect, their secure office containing top-secret evidence goes up in flames. They hear whispers that a clandestine unit of the British army could be behind the sabotage. All to protect one man – a man Cara reveals is a vicious fighter with a shadowy past. Bed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Follow the Bed of Lies feed: https://linktr.ee/bed_of_liesSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trouble | Bed of Lies, Series 3, Ep 1 10.03.2025 46min

Three innocent Catholic men are shot dead in front of their families by a brutal Protestant paramilitary group hunting the IRA. Even in the dark days of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the murders shock the nation. Then it emerges the gunmen aren’t working alone. Cara McGoogan is determined to find out who else is involved and how deep the collusion goes.Archive in this episode: Getty, ITN, ITV, RTÉ, Fremantle, Thames TV, NpatouBed of Lies, Series 3: A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army, who ran the notorious agent Stakeknife. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorGet in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Defector | The Tech Boss Who Was Russia's Secret Spy, Ep 3 09.03.2025 44min

A “sophisticated” UK-based spy ring passed secrets to Russia for nearly three years before they were prosecuted. It was revealed that the ring leader, a man named Orlin Roussev, had exchanged messages with a mysterious man code named ‘Rupert Ticz’. The prosecutors revealed that the man was in fact Jan Marsalek, the fugitive ex-Wirecard chief operating officer, who is wanted in connection with a €1.9bn (£1.57bn) banking fraud. For almost three years, he had gathered information on targets across Europe, planning kidnappings, murders and assaults alongside the spy ring.In the third instalment of The Tech Boss Who Was Russia's Secret Spy, Hayley Dixon reveals the messages that were sent by Marsalek and uncover what he has been up to since he went on the run since June 2020.This series was originally published on The Telegraph's Daily T podcast: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcastReporter: Hayley Dixon Producer: Georgia CoanExecutive Producers: Adélie Pojzman-Pontay and Louisa Wells Original music by John Cadigan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Russia With Love | The Tech Boss Who Was Russia's Secret Spy, Ep 2 08.03.2025 34min

Former tech boss turned fugitive Jan Marsalek was living a double life as a Russian spy, having met his handler during a meeting on a yacht in Nice back in 2014. Throughout his time at the company, he is accused of running operations on behalf of the Kremlin, from assembling a Libyan militia and running surveillance on enemies of the state to an alleged audacious plot to hijack the Austrian spy service.In the second instalment of The Tech Boss who was Russia's Secret Spy, Hayley Dixon examines Marsalek’s relationship with the country and tracks down his closest friend to find out more about the man behind the headlines. This series was originally published on The Telegraph's Daily T podcast: https://linktr.ee/thedailytpodcastReporter: Hayley Dixon Producer: Georgia CoanExecutive Producers: Adélie Pojzman-Pontay and Louisa Wells Original music by John Cadigan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.