Foul Play

Episode

• 2 | Bogota Bracelet 28.05.2026 47mnt

  Enjoying the series? Subscribe to Audible to binge all 7 episodes ad-free, right now. Why would the CIA want to sabotage England’s chances of winning the World Cup? While Gabriel delves into the secret archives of the Cold War, Ed remembers an unsolved footballing mystery that might be more important than he first thought. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
• 1 | Men in White Coats 28.05.2026 47mnt

  Enjoying the series? Subscribe to Audible to binge all 7 episodes ad-free, right now. Ed needs help. He’s heard that the CIA poisoned his grandfather, legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks. True, Banks did get ill with food poisoning at the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, causing England to crash out. Investigative journalist Gabriel Gatehouse is sceptical at first. But when Ed’s mum Wendy drops a tantalizing clue, Gabriel checks in with one of his old CIA contacts, who tells him: it’s not as crazy as it sounds. But they’d better hurry: the only living witness to this rumour is in his nineties, and in poor health… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
• Introducing: Foul Play 22.05.2026 3mnt

  Ed is the grandson of footballing legend Gordon Banks. He was a national icon, the only goalkeeper ever to win the soccer World Cup for England. But Ed’s heard a rumour: that in 1970, while defending the title, his granddad, his hero, was poisoned… by the CIA. All part of a Cold War plot to bolster a military dictatorship in Latin America, supposedly. Could this possibly be true?