Summary
Brendan Hughes wants to question Joe Fenton and find the “main mover.” Is Stakeknife suspected? We meet the former IRA man who interviewed Hughes and whose hero was Scappaticci.
Credits
Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy Co-Producer: Paddy Fee Editing and Sound Design: Ciarán Cassidy Composer: Michael Fleming Sound mixing: Ger McDonnell Theme tune by Lankum Artwork by Conor Merriman Assistant Commissioners for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna and Sarah Green. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins
Stakeknife is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts |
| 0:04.4 | You're about to listen to a brand new episode of Steakknife, the new series of cover. |
| 0:09.1 | Episodes will be released weekly, wherever you get your podcast, but if you're in the UK, |
| 0:12.8 | you can listen to the latest episodes right now, first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:16.7 | And just so you know, the following podcast contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting and some occasional strong language. |
| 0:23.8 | Episode 5. Someone bigger. |
| 0:31.1 | You're well used to these. |
| 0:37.1 | Interview's been ahead. Yeah. You're well used to these. I'm going to use by now. |
| 0:42.3 | I think we kept the window open. |
| 0:46.3 | Probably, you know, I know that the window was behind us |
| 0:52.3 | with a table in the room between us and the recording devices |
| 0:57.3 | on the table. |
| 0:59.5 | It's 2002. |
| 1:02.2 | Two men sit opposite each other, |
| 1:04.4 | high in the Divis Flats Complex |
| 1:05.9 | in Belfast, the 12th floor. |
| 1:09.4 | There's a small tape recorder |
| 1:10.7 | on the table between them. |
| 1:13.2 | This recording will be labeled as interview 14 |
| 1:16.4 | with the subject C. |
| 1:19.4 | My memory doesn't suggest it was a smoke-filled room. |
| 1:23.3 | Maybe that's why we had the window open |
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