77. Riot at the Hate Factory

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

When a prison riot breaks out inside Scotland’s Peterhead Prison, two officers are taken hostage and the SAS are secretly called in. But the truth of what happened wouldn’t come out for years...

This is the story of a brutal prison, a high-stakes rescue mission, and the man who survived it all.

For pictures of the destruction of D Block, see here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41397881

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0:00.0	So it's that time of year again
0:03.4	When a huge tented city rises in Somerset
0:06.5	And the stage is set for some incredible music
0:09.9	It's time for Glastonbury
0:10.9	Join us for bonus episodes of sidetracked
0:14.0	featuring some very special guests
0:15.9	Rod Stewart, Emily Evas and more
0:18.7	Plus all the festival chat
0:20.7	Sightracked by Glastonbury with Nick Grimshaw and Annie McMannis.
0:24.5	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:28.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:32.1	Hello!
0:33.6	Hello, hello and an extra hello.
0:35.7	Welcome to Murder.
0:37.6	They wrote with Laura Wittmorene and Sterling.
0:40.8	Your weekly dose of true crime goodness.
0:45.0	Yeah, a bit of badness as well.
0:46.4	There's quite a bit of badness out there.
0:47.8	There's a lot of badness.
0:49.6	And I'm not just talking about true crime,
0:51.7	just the world in general.
0:53.4	Well, it's true crime and life to be true is good and bad if we really break it down.
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