Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast for Netflix original true crime stories.

I'm Rebecca Lervoy, your host.

Each episode we take a close-up look at true crime narrative, documentary, or series, and I talk to the people who made them,

diving deep into the backstories and getting answers to questions raised by what we just watched.

This week, we'll be discussing the documentary Nail

bomber manhunt with the film's executive producer Colin Barr. A note to

listeners this episode contains spoilers so make sure to watch Nail bomber and then listen on.

Nail bomber, manhunt, tells the story of a far right extremist who, in 1999,

detonated three bombs across London with the hope of instigating a race war.

Through exclusive interviews with investigators undercover informants, local leaders, and survivors, the film recounts how the city was terrorized for 13 days

and ultimately how the community and police captured and brought the bomber to justice.

I spent 10 years undercover in the far right. I've got a different

perspective. There was talk about starting a race war. All someone had to do was like a match.

Whilst the politicians and the police were thithering,

the bomber is preparing the next bomb.

It brought the pressure to a different level.

Nobody was thinking about the fact that this could go wider to the gay community.

I was passing by and in.

He's murdered an unborn child.

I was never going to let him get away with it.

There's never been a serial bomber.

People were afraid.

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