The Murdoch Phone Hacking | The Dark Arts | 1
British Scandal
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🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Two ambitious journalists Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson rise through the ranks of The News Of The World - Britain’s biggest sunday tabloid. But the culture of ‘dark arts‘ threatens to bring everything down.
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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. |
| 0:12.3 | Hello Matthew. |
| 0:13.3 | Miss Levine. |
| 0:14.0 | Guess who is back in the old narration seat, I guess, a reward for good behaviour. |
| 0:18.6 | Yes, I can see you're in the big chair, but it's not for good behaviour. |
| 0:21.8 | Is it? We just alternate and see if it's each. |
| 0:23.7 | Alright, don't go into the lightnessy gritty. You know, air our dirty laundry. |
| 0:26.6 | I have a big question for you, as always, at the beginning of a new series. |
| 0:30.1 | How do you think Britain's biggest newspaper got so many exclusives at the beginning of the 21st century? |
| 0:36.7 | Oh, well, of course, it was good old-fashioned proper journalism coming through lengthy details of court proceedings, |
| 0:43.7 | talking to witnesses, spending the hard yards being a proper, diligent journalist. |
| 0:49.4 | Good one, no. Actually, by calling someone's mobile phone and hoping they don't answer... |
| 0:55.6 | It feels quite retro. |
| 0:56.8 | Yeah, it really is. Well, let's cast our minds back. |
| 1:01.4 | It's 6am, 8th of August 2006, Cheam, South London. |
| 1:06.2 | Glen Mulcare wakes with a start. |
| 1:08.6 | A moment ago, the 34-year-old was sleeping soundly, |
| 1:11.6 | but now he's completely alert to a noise coming from outside. |
| 1:15.6 | It's the steadily growing roar of a helicopter so close it could almost be in the house. |
| 1:20.2 | Never a good sign. |
| 1:21.4 | Never. |
| 1:22.4 | Then there's a thudding at the door, his front door. |
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