Summary
It’s the 1990s and Wo Shing Wo gangsters think they’re untouchable. Georgie Pai is fighting yet another deportation order after being caught in the UK again. He’s granted bail on the condition that he reports weekly to a local police station.
Meanwhile, a team of television journalists set up a sting in Manchester, aiming to expose how the Triads operate. The broadcast is devastating, a huge ‘loss of face’, which in the eyes of many in the Chinese community turns Georgie Pai from a feared villain to laughingstock overnight. Georgie Pai ends up fleeing to Cheltenham, leaving the Triad life behind him. But in the gang world, there’s always someone waiting in the wings to become top dog.
Presenter: Livvy Haydock Series Producer: Hayley Mortimer Technical Producer: Richard Hannaford Producers: Patrick Kiteley & Matt Toulson Fixer in Hong Kong: Michelle Chan Music: Andy Simms and Reliable Source Music Journalism Assistants: Hattie Valentine & Ellie Dover Commissioning Producer: Sam Proffitt Commissioning Executive: Lorraine Okuefuna and Louise Kattenhorn Commissioning Editor: Richard Maddock Editor and Executive Producer: Clare Fordham
Archive: The Cook Report: Meet The Triads (Central Television, ITV)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.3 | Their company's success helped build a nation. |
| 0:10.9 | The company is such a big part of Korea's economy. |
| 0:13.5 | But who are the family behind one of the world's tech giants? |
| 0:17.2 | They often say, look, we built the nation. |
| 0:19.2 | And without us, South Korea as it exists today, would simply not be here. |
| 0:24.1 | Inheritance, Samsung, explores the real-life dramas of the Lee family and their company. |
| 0:29.7 | They are the equivalent of royalty. |
| 0:31.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.0 | A quick warning. |
| 0:35.6 | This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence. |
| 0:41.3 | My mum was a nurse and I would line all my teddies and dolls up and I'd give them smarties as tablets |
| 0:47.3 | and this was all from the age of three. It's what I always wanted to do. 30 years ago, Jane Goodwin was a student nurse at Manchester Royal Infirmary. |
| 0:58.7 | It's a very busy, highly specialised hospital. |
| 1:02.6 | After three years on the surgical ward, Jane thought she'd seen it all. |
| 1:08.2 | But one night, her shift takes a turn. |
| 1:12.7 | A new patient is brought in, a Chinese man, |
| 1:16.9 | his body and face covered in deep knife wounds. |
| 1:21.6 | He was handcuffed to a police officer, |
| 1:24.6 | and we were told that he was a prisoner. |
| 1:28.6 | Jane's told to accompany him into a side room to keep him medically safe while police question him. |
| 1:35.7 | I was given quite specific instructions from the police officers where I was to sit with my back towards a television screen. |
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