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British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Did one man’s friendship with a dolphin go way – way – too far? It’s 1987 and the British seaside town of Amble has seen much better days. So when a wild bottlenose dolphin nicknamed Freddie appears in the harbour, it feels like a miracle. Everyone wants to swim with him. But Freddie chooses one person above all others: Alan Cooper, a dedicated animal rights activist committed to freeing captive dolphins. But when Alan’s friendship with Freddie is turned against him, he finds himself in the fight of his life.

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0:00.0	Matt, can we talk about what we're going to cover in the next season of British scandal?
0:03.8	Because I have a story that's pretty wild.
0:06.8	OK, I'm all ears.
0:08.3	It involves an unusual friendship between a swimmer and a wild dolphin,
0:12.8	a bit rivalry, and a disturbing accusation that spirals out of control.
0:17.4	Oh man, is this Freddie the dolphin?
0:19.7	The legend himself.
0:21.2	Yes, I remember it because it was in the early 90s,
0:23.8	and this wild dolphin shows up in the harbor of some rundown town in the north of England
0:28.9	and had a proper following.
0:30.1	Can you imagine if this was a different dolphin, a different story?
0:33.1	No, you're absolutely right. That is what it is.
0:34.8	The town nicknamed the dolphin Freddie,
0:36.7	and Freddie would swim for hours with this guy called Alan Cooper,
0:40.3	a committed animal rights activist who was campaigning to close down the local dolphin Aryan.
0:45.7	OK, sounds like a good man.
0:47.6	Well, people thought so until one day, Alan was accused of getting a bit too friendly
0:54.6	with Freddie the dolphin.
0:56.2	And he finds himself in the centre of a tabloid scandal that grips Britain
0:59.7	and ends honestly in one of the most bizarre cases in legal history.
1:04.3	Oh, this sounds perfect.
1:06.0	I cannot wait for us to cover it.
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