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A Very British Cult

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, News

4.8 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In November 2021 investigative journalist Catrin Nye got a call from Dawn. She said her boyfriend Jeff was trying to leave a cult. But this cult was also a life coaching company.

Dawn said Jeff had handed over more than £100,000 to them and wasted years of his life. And what Dawn is really worried about is that the group are still active; they’re recruiting new members and she needs to raise the alarm. Jeff had simply signed up for a life coach, so how did it all go so wrong for him?

What happens when a life coach takes over your life? Catrin Nye and her team expose control, intimidation and fear at a sinister life coaching company.

Reporter: Catrin Nye Written by: Jamie Bartlett and Catrin Nye Producers: Osman Iqbal, Natalie Truswell, Ed Main and Jo Adnitt Researcher: Aisha Doherty Executive Producer: Ravin Sampat Sound engineer: James Bradshaw Original music by: Phil Channell Commissioner: Rhian Roberts

Archive clips from: Stephen Covey Video on Choosing Success (Success Television)

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0:44.0	Many people.
0:46.0	You don't know me very well?
0:47.0	I think I'm a mystic.
0:48.0	Because I'm able to sort of feel things if no one else came because quite simply I'm in touch with this hutton sense of extraordinary
0:56.2	awareness that's becoming more extraordinary all the time. Does it let you record both ends? I guess it probably does.
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1:18.8	One rainy afternoon in late 2021 I get a call from a woman called Dawn.
1:25.0	So why did you get in touch?
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