John Palmer: 2. London Calling
Gangster
BBC
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
John Palmer heads to Tenerife where he starts to build a timeshare empire with the money made from the Brink’s Mat gold bullion robbery. But Scotland Yard are on his tail. His Somerset home is raided and there’s evidence to link him to ‘the crime of the century.’ Palmer is now a fugitive - but his options are running out.
This podcast includes strong language and descriptions of violence.
Presenter: Livvy Haydock Series producer: Mick Tucker Producer: Patrick Kiteley Technical production and sound design: Nicky Edwards Additional technical production: Richard Hannaford Journalism Assistant: Tim Fernley Production Manager: Sarah Payton Commissioning editors: Richard Maddock and Dylan Haskins Editor and executive producer: Carl Johnston.
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| 0:28.8 | dedicated sports fans across the UK. |
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| 0:35.7 | Seven years ago, I was filming East London Mosque when the story broke. |
| 0:40.9 | The three schoolgirls from the area had gone missing. |
| 0:43.8 | They were heading to Syria to join the Islamic State Group. |
| 0:47.1 | Breaking news this morning, three British schoolgirls are reportedly missing at the |
| 0:51.9 | university. |
| 0:52.9 | Shemla Beger was the only one of the girls to emerge from the ashes of the so-called |
| 0:55.7 | caliphate. |
| 0:56.7 | I've retraced her steps from the UK through Turkey and into Syria to find people who |
| 1:01.6 | knew her and to investigate the truth of her story. |
| 1:04.8 | What do you think people think of you? |
| 1:06.3 | As a danger, as a risk, as a potential risk. |
| 1:09.0 | The Shemima Begum story, series two of I'm Not a Monster. |
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