Contracts of Silence
Seriously...
BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
'Gagging clauses' - NDAs or non-disclosure agreements - have been rarely out of the headlines in recent months. High profile cases in business, politics and celebrity life have prompted calls for an outright ban, particularly when used to cover up apparent sexual impropriety. This programme explores the rise and rise of the NDA. Who uses them, why, and when? Are they an invisibility cloak, helping the rich and powerful to silence victims of their bad behaviour? Or are they a vital tool for those looking to protect personal privacy and business interests? Tiffany Jenkins investigates.
Producer: Dave Howard
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:39.0 | Hello, I'm Saeed Avarsi. |
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| 0:46.0 | I'm sick of Muslim women only being heard if we're talking about domestic violence or |
| 0:51.2 | terrorism or burkers or burkers. |
| 0:55.0 | So I'm telling some different stories. |
| 0:57.2 | Uplifting, tragic, intimate and sometimes shocking. |
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| 1:05.1 | woman on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:07.0 | Hi I'm Riana Dillon and this is seriously. |
| 1:16.0 | That's it. Done. |
| 1:18.0 | Signed. |
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