The Murdoch Phone Hacking | Death Of A Tabloid | 3
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The news breaks that murder victim Milly Dowler was hacked. It sparks a public outcry. Rebekah Brooks fights to hold on to her job while Rupert Murdoch arrives to try to contain the outrage.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prime Members. You can listen to British scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:06.3 | Just a warning before we begin this episode. It does contain strong language Alice. |
| 0:10.0 | I might not have heard some of these words before. I think I've heard you use all of them. |
| 0:20.3 | Matthew. Miss Levine. |
| 0:22.3 | For more. Here's a question for you. How have you ever been arrested? |
| 0:25.8 | No, what's going on? Let's wait you try to find me. Now you're trying to get me nicked. |
| 0:29.2 | Okay, a different question. Has your partner ever been arrested? |
| 0:32.1 | I don't think so. Where's this going? It will all become relevant. |
| 0:37.5 | 17th of July 2011. Charlie Brooks looks out at a London street through the tinted window of his wife's executive car. |
| 0:45.6 | On the outside he's calm, but inside he's freaking out. His wife Rebecca Brooks has just been arrested. |
| 0:52.8 | Charlie knows it's only a matter of time before their home has searched. |
| 0:56.3 | He takes out his phone. He scrolls down to the name Mark Hanna. Pressors call. |
| 1:03.2 | Mark is Charlie. I need your help. |
| 1:06.1 | An hour later, Charlie steps out of the lift into an underground car park. |
| 1:10.4 | He clutches a large jiffy bag and a laptop close to his chest. He looks around furtively. |
| 1:16.2 | Then, satisfied he's alone, he dumps them next to a wheelie bin. |
| 1:19.7 | He races back to the lift, back up to the safety of his flat. |
| 1:22.6 | It doesn't feel like a master plan. Not one of the best ones anyway. |
| 1:30.6 | Now all he can do is wait. Over the next hours, Charlie thinks back to the events of the last |
| 1:35.7 | couple of weeks, the closure of the news of the world, Rupert Murdoch getting a custard pie |
| 1:40.0 | in Parliament, Rebecca being forced to resign. It all seems like a bad dream. |
| 1:45.5 | Charlie doesn't know how much trouble Rebecca is in. Please determine to protect her at any cost. |
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