Curtis Warren: 1. Just a Lad from Tocky

Gangster

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Against a backdrop of unemployment and racism, Curtis Warren starts to make his mark on the streets of Toxteth. But a botched robbery lands him in prison for the first time. This podcast includes strong language and descriptions of violence. Presenter: Livvy Haydock. Series producer: Paul Grant Producer: Scott Hesketh Technical production and sound design: Matthew Dempsey and Richard Hannaford. Journalism Assistant: Tim Fernley Production Manager: Cathy Clark Commissioning editor: Richard Maddock. Editor and executive producer: Carl Johnston

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0:00.0	Ever wondered what the world's wealthiest people did to get so ridiculously rich?
0:05.5	Our podcast Good Bad Billionaire takes one billionaire at a time and explains exactly how they made their money.
0:11.9	And then we decide if they are actually good, bad or just plain wealthy.
0:15.5	So if you want to know if Rihanna is as much of a bad guy as she claims,
0:19.2	or what Jeff Bezos really did to become the first person in history to pocket a hundred billion dollars,
0:24.6	listen to Good Bad Billionaire with me, Simon Jack, and me, Zingsing.
0:28.5	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:32.4	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:36.3	A quick warning.
0:37.9	This podcast contains strong language and some descriptions of violence.
0:43.0	From BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live,
0:46.6	I'm Livy Haydok, and this is Gangsta,
0:51.0	the story of Curtis Warren.
0:54.4	Episode 1.
0:55.9	Just a lad from Tocky.
1:05.6	It's hard to explain what that feeling's like from total calmness,
1:10.0	from being in a dream, to being in a fucking violent movie.
1:18.9	You come around pretty quick when you realise that your life's going one way or the other.
1:25.4	There was police crouched down at the window.
1:28.4	The dog kicked off from the back in the car.
1:34.4	I couldn't hear anything, I could hardly see anything.
1:36.4	I just got turned over in the bed, literally cut it out by hands and feet,
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