Gangster Presents... Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties

Gangster

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The story of the biggest prison smuggling plot ever busted in the UK - and the love story at the heart of it.

Journalist Amber Haque untangles what happens when mental health nurse Amy Hatfield meets convicted criminal Joe Whittingham. Her investigation leads into a world of blackmail and manipulation, where you never quite know who to trust or who's watching.

Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Ivor Manley and Andy Fell Story and music consultant: Emma Weatherill Development by: Rob Byrne, Rhiannon Nevada and Emma Shaw Production management: Gaelan Davis-Connolly and Debbie Wadell Executive Producer: Joe Kent Commissioning support: Sam Profitt Commissioning executive: Lorraine Okuefuna Commissioning editor: Richard Maddock A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Hello, I'm Kimberly Wilson. I'm a psychologist, and in my new podcast, Complex, I'll be your guide
0:14.4	through all the information and misinformation that's out there about mental health.
0:19.0	I'm joined by expert guests covering topics
0:21.9	from people pleasing to perfectionism,
0:24.2	burnout to empathy,
0:25.9	to find tangible advice
0:27.3	so we can understand ourselves a little better.
0:30.5	Complex with me, Kimberly Wilson.
0:33.0	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:38.2	I'm Livy Haydock, investigative journalist and presenter of the gangster podcast.
0:43.7	I'm here with Amber Hack, who is investigating the next series of Gangster Presents, sex, drugs and cell block parties.
0:52.0	It's a shocking case of forbidden love, corruption and a million
0:56.9	pound drug bust, which all took place behind the walls of HMP Lindoam. We were here from
1:04.3	Amy Hatfield, a former mental health nurse at the prison who begins a relationship with inmate
1:10.6	Joe Whittingham. And the series
1:12.9	goes on to explore how prison workers can be drawn into illicit relationships with inmates,
1:18.8	and in some cases make the types of decisions that land them behind bars.
1:35.2	Now I've been very lucky and I've had the first two episodes shared with me, Amber, and I'm hooked.
1:36.4	I want the rest of it.
1:36.8	Where is it?
1:38.0	When's it coming?
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