Caught on camera: Exposing China’s spycam porn
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Warning: This programme deals with adult themes that may not be suitable for some listeners
Criminals are hiding video cameras in hotel rooms across China to secretly film and live stream unsuspecting victims having sex and then selling the footage online. The illegal trade in spycam porn has become a big business, one with devastating consequences for the people whose most intimate moments are made public without their consent. Wanqing Zhang has been hunting the hidden cameras and trying to find those responsible. Can they be stopped?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | A warning before we start. |
| 0:08.1 | This podcast deals with adult themes that might not be suitable for some listeners. |
| 0:17.5 | If you check into a hotel room in China, you may not be as alone as you think. |
| 0:23.6 | There may be something listening to what you are saying. |
| 0:30.6 | Watching what you are doing. |
| 0:35.6 | Across the country, criminals are hiding secret cameras in hotel rooms. |
| 0:41.5 | They are trying to capture people having sex, |
| 0:44.5 | filming their most intimate moments without their knowledge or consent, |
| 0:49.2 | then putting the footage online so strangers can pay to watch. |
| 0:52.8 | We found that cigarette filmingryphemy can't |
| 0:54.7 | anywhere. |
| 0:57.3 | So-called SpyCamp porn has created a climate |
| 1:00.4 | of fear and paranoia. |
| 1:03.0 | It's a hot topic on social media and reality TV. |
| 1:08.8 | There's a hidden camera here. |
| 1:11.1 | There's a pinhole camera here. |
| 1:13.6 | A massive illegal industry with nightmarish real-life consequences. |
| 1:18.9 | I already knew yours, me. |
| 1:20.7 | After watching for two or three seconds. |
| 1:23.5 | You felt very scared. |
| 1:25.1 | You felt traumatized. |
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