Paul Massey: 4. The Serpent

Gangster

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Massey sets his sights on the top political job in Salford, but he's facing pressure on all sides. The police are out to get their man and he finds himself caught up in a violent gangland feud. This podcast contains strong language and descriptions of violence. Presenter: Livvy Haydock Series Producer: Paul Grant Producer: Oliver Newlan Assistant Editor: Ciaran Tracey Technical Production and sound design: Craig Boardman Editor and executive producer: Carl Johnston

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0:05.6	It's informed that in Formal, we pick the day's top stories and we find experts who can
0:11.2	really dig into them.
0:12.4	We use our colleagues in the newsroom and our contacts.
0:15.2	Some people pick up the phone rather faster than others.
0:18.6	We sometimes literally run around the BBC building to grab the very best guests.
0:23.4	Join us for daily news chats.
0:25.6	To get you ready for today's conversations, newscast,
0:29.3	listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.0	A quick warning. This podcast contains strong language and descriptions of violence.
0:43.2	From BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live, I'm Livy Haydok and this is gangster.
0:50.9	Episode 4. The Serpent.
0:53.3	Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in.
1:02.5	That's a great saying going back to the Godfather.
1:05.7	If you've been a gangster, you've been a villain, you can want to move away from that.
1:10.8	But there's always going to be the potential that your drug back in.
1:14.8	That's sort of what people were doing with Paul.
1:17.7	He's still a big name and he's a big pain in the ass right now.
1:21.2	Things are done differently now.
1:24.1	It's a different way of life out there now.
1:28.0	These are all young gangs struggling to do what they've got to do.
1:31.4	Drugs have changed the whole way that the criminals were now.
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