2. The Boy From Bradford

Gangster

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Amy is risking it all for a relationship with career criminal Joe - but who is the boy from Bradford she’s falling in love with.

Host Amber Haque delves deep into his past and jumps down the rabbit hole of #prisontok as she attempts to make sense of the illicit affair and who’s really in control.

Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Andy Fell Executive producer: Joe Kent

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Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.5	The party is raging.
0:09.8	Drinks flowing, laughter echoing.
0:12.8	But this isn't your standard night out.
0:17.0	It's all happening inside prison.
0:20.2	Join me, Amber Hack, for a shocking case of forbidden love, hidden corruption and a million pound drug boss.
0:28.7	You don't think it can happen to you, but it does.
0:31.1	Gangster Presents, Sex, Drugs and Cell Block Parties.
0:35.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.9	You were about to listen to Gangster Presents, sex, drugs and cell block parties.
0:44.7	Episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts.
0:48.2	But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the full series right now, first, on BBC Sounds.
0:56.7	I'm Amber Hac, just to let you know before you listen.
1:00.5	This series contains some very strong language, sexual references, and it deals with adult
1:07.1	themes, including drugs and violence.
1:10.5	Yes, lads, we're making a HM prison chicken chalmy, let's get it, let's get.
1:14.6	Dice up your onions, your peppers and your garlic, slap some oil in the kettle.
1:19.3	And fry it.
1:20.2	So listen, I'm not sure about you, but when I find a new topic or something that fascinates
1:25.7	me, I'm not the kind of girl who can just skim the
1:29.3	surface. I have got to dive all the way in. I know that it's part of my job, but in all
1:36.8	honesty, it's sort of just who I am as a person.
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