The Daniels and the Lyons: 4. The Digger

Gangster

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Gerbil is recruited for a kidnapping plot which doesn't go to plan. Meanwhile, he continues his reign of terror as he seeks to build his drug empire - leading to a growing number of enemies out to get him.

Gerbil's reputation is such that he is recruited to carry out a kidnapping by a Liverpool drug gang. Meanwhile, he doubles down on his efforts to take control of the drug trade in parts of Glasgow - taking dealers hostage and threatening them with violence. He gives one dealer an ultimatum and arranges a meet in a supermarket car park. But things take an unexpected and deadly turn.

For a who's who, please visit this BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4Czgw23hf0tqsb855CcPKPJ/who-s-who-in-the-story-of-the-daniels-and-the-lyons

Presenter Livvy Haydock Series producer: Paul Grant Producer: Patrick Kiteley Journalism assistant: Tim Fernley Editor and executive producer: Carl Johnston

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0:36.6	This podcast contains strong language and some descriptions of violence.
0:40.7	From BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live, I'm Livy Haydock, and this is Gangster, the story of the Daniels and the Lions.
0:52.0	Episode 4, The Digger.
0:59.8	I'm in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
1:03.1	Old Reiki, as it's known.
1:05.2	It's around 47 miles down the road from Glasgow,
1:07.9	but speak to many people,
1:10.4	and they say the two cities feel worlds apart.
1:16.6	But behind the tourist trails and tartan souvenirs, Edinburgh has got a dark underbelly too.
1:23.6	Heroin hit the city hard in the 80s and 90s.
1:33.3	Remember train spotting? In 2008, just over a decade after Ewan McGregor went head first into the worst toilet in Scotland,
1:42.3	drug deaths in Edinburgh were at a record high.
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