8. The Showdown

A Very British Cult

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, News

4.8 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It’s the final showdown. The BBC team finds out there’s been another investigation going on in parallel to their one. It’s by the Government, who want Lighthouse shut down.

Lighthouse International Group end up in court, and more than 20 team members crowd into the hearing room, squashed alongside the BBC as well as Jeff and Dawn. Catrin finally gets to put her questions to Lighthouse and their leader Paul Waugh, and a massive crowd piles down a central London street as she tries to get answers.

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 & Jo Adnitt Researcher: Aisha Doherty Executive Producer: Ravin Sampat Sound Mixing: James Bradshaw Original Music by: Phil Channell Commissioner: Rhian Roberts

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0:00.0	Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.
0:05.0	My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.
0:08.0	It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, moments and movements,
0:14.7	stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.
0:19.1	And the BBC's position at the heart of British music means we can tell those stories like no one else.
0:24.6	We were, are and always will be right there at the center of the narrative.
0:28.6	So whether you want an insightful take on music right now or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and
0:34.4	infamous moments in music check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.
0:38.6	BBC Sounds music radio podcasts.
0:45.0	The world is worse, not because we do wrong,
0:47.3	but because of what we do with what we do wrong,
0:49.0	which is terrible.
0:49.7	We ignore it, we don't take accountability.
0:52.4	Does that make sense?
0:55.0	It's early 2023.
0:59.0	After 18 months investigating the mentoring and life coaching organization Lighthouse International,
1:06.3	the group is fighting back.
1:08.1	We will never let you forget or let yourselves get away with this.
1:11.4	We thought we were the only ones investigating Lighthouse, but we were wrong.
1:17.0	So basically on Tuesday, Lighthouse could be over. That's huge. I can't believe it's happening.
1:27.5	And one way or another, we'll finally get to see Paul War in person.
1:33.0	I think they're coming out.
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