Marianna in Conspiracyland 2: 2. Conspiracyland at home
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BBC
2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Could the answer lie in the past? The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent, Marianna Spring, continues investigating what happened to Paloma Shemirani. She speaks to Paloma’s brothers to see if the answers could lie in the house they grew up in. Who is Paloma’s mum - prominent British conspiracy theorist influencer Kate Shemirani - and how did her beliefs evolve and impact Paloma and her siblings? Could her mum’s conspiracy theory views have influenced Paloma’s decision to reject chemotherapy?
Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Anna Harris Story Editor: Matt Willis Sound Designer: Tony Churnside Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning producer: Nathan Jones Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts This was a BBC collaboration with Panorama. Watch Cancer Conspiracy Theories on iPlayer now.
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| 0:00.0 | An early start here. |
| 0:02.7 | It's time to kick off. |
| 0:04.0 | Your day. Morning! |
| 0:05.8 | What a line-up. |
| 0:07.2 | Oh, thanks very much. |
| 0:08.2 | We do get some great guests on the show. |
| 0:10.1 | The crowd is loving this. |
| 0:12.2 | Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind. |
| 0:14.1 | From morning chaos to match day commentary. |
| 0:17.6 | And everything in between. |
| 0:19.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:20.2 | Packed with personality. BBC Sounds. Packed with personality. |
| 0:23.6 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:31.2 | We had a revolving door of cats throughout our childhoods. |
| 0:38.3 | The peak was 12. |
| 0:40.3 | Gary, Ronnie, Lenny, Larry, Dave, Lulu, Pearl, Jimmy, Lily, Ruby, Rita. |
| 0:53.3 | When you call a cat over and it's name is Dave. |
| 0:56.0 | It's funny, right? |
| 0:59.0 | Sebastian Shemarani, three years older than his sister Paloma, |
| 1:04.0 | is making me a cup of tea in the kitchen of a smart North London flat. |
| 1:08.0 | Everyone knows that kids love to play imaginative games, |
| 1:13.0 | but Sebastian's childhood was on another level. |
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