My dad was Britain's 'most wanted'

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Without realising it, Nick Reynolds had been living his childhood on the run.

Early one morning in 1968 he answered his front door, completely oblivious to the whirlwind about to be unleashed on his family. Most of Nick's early years had been spent carefree and happy on the shores of Mexico with his British parents. But all the while he had been growing up in the shadow of one of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century.

Presenter: India Rakusen Producer: Eric Mugaju and Anna Lacey

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(Photo: Nick & Bruce Reynolds. Credit: Ronnie Biggs)

Transcript

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:06.9	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.1	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:13.7	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history.
0:20.7	We're still looking for Lucan.
0:22.1	It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime.
0:25.9	I'm Alex von Tundselman.
0:27.3	This is The Lucan Obsession.
0:29.2	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.6	In 1969, a plan to show support for an anti-racism protest
0:35.9	turned the lives of 14 promising black student
0:39.4	athletes upside down. Amazing sports stories from the BBC World Service tells their story. Search for
0:46.4	amazing sports stories wherever you get your BBC podcasts. I think it was about 20 past seven or
0:52.6	something like that. I shouted doorbell dad and he said, oh, it's probably Jane next door, can you go get it?
0:59.1	So I innocently just went down the stairs and opened them.
1:02.7	And the next thing I knew, the door came flying open and in came a barrage of police.
1:07.9	Music barrage of police.
1:21.4	What you're hearing is the moment that Nick Reynolds' life changed forever.
1:27.6	He was just six years old, living in Devon in the south of England with his parents.
1:36.5	But he had no idea that he was also living in the shadow of one of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century.
1:46.4	As an adult, Nick is a sculptor and musician and part of the British band, the Alabama 3, who are perhaps best known for one particular track, a track that became the theme
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