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Today in Focus

Can I tell you a secret? Episode one: the beginning

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Revisited: Guardian journalist Sirin Kale takes us to a small town in the north of England to uncover how one man began a decade of cyberstalking. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:07.6

Hi, this is Nothane.

0:09.6

I'm just here to introduce you to the first part of Can I Tell You a Secret.

0:14.0

We ran this opening episode on Today in Focus back in September.

0:18.4

But now, in case you missed it, we want to bring you the whole series.

0:23.6

There are seven episodes in total. It's a really engrossing listen.

0:28.0

Today in Focus will be back in the new year on Tuesday the 3rd of January.

0:33.6

A warning before we start.

0:35.6

This is a series about stalking and some people might find parts of it difficult to listen to.

0:41.2

There's also some swearing.

0:48.0

Oh hi, hello.

0:50.0

Hello, the council.

0:51.0

No, so I'm a ja-a-a-a.

0:52.0

I'm a ja-a-a-a-a for The Guardian New Zealand. Excuse me. I'll go grab something.

0:57.6

Yeah.

0:57.6

I'm a ja-a-a-a-a-a-a-a for The Guardian New Zealand.

1:00.4

And when I'm working on a podcast about Matthew Hardy, yes, you should have ever there, right?

1:05.6

Yes.

1:08.4

I'm on a quiet road, letting me a small lot of flats.

1:13.2

With our people around, with guns, knives looking for him,

1:18.8

It was like a living nightmare.

1:21.8

I'm here because of a name on a court filing.

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