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The Sunday Edition: Poison (Pt 1) - The life of Tom Parfett

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Politics, Unknown, Daily News, News

41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Poison is the podcast series behind the new two-part TV documentary 'Poisoned', which airs on Channel 4 this Wednesday, 9 July and Thursday, 10 July.

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory.


Part One: In October 2021, David Parfett’s 22-year-old son, Tom, took his own life.


Listen to the full series: Poison.

Further reading: The moment I confronted the poison poster who is accused of 14 murders


Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide.

If you or someone you know has been affected by suicide or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.


Host: James Beal, Deputy Investigations Editor, The Times.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0

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0:03.9

Made with zesty lemon thyme from a small family farm in Provence

0:08.4

and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.

0:14.2

So, if three quarters of your G&T is a fever tree tonic,

0:19.1

maybe it's time to call it a T&. Fever tree, mix with the best.

0:27.3

Ooh, that takes me straight to the med. I'm Will Kelleher. Join me and Alex Lowe for the Red Lions,

0:35.7

a special three-part series on the history of the British and Irish Lions from 1950 to this year's tour of Australia.

0:43.3

With first-hand accounts from the players themselves, it tracks the ranker and revival of rugby's greatest touring team.

0:50.3

The Red Lions, memories, music, match reports and more, available wherever you download

0:56.5

the Ruck Rugby podcast from The Times.

1:02.0

Hi, it's Manveen here. Today we're replaying the first episode in our award-winning series,

1:08.0

Poison, from 2023. It's hosted by James Beale, the deputy investigations editor

1:14.4

at the Times. The series is the inspiration for a new Channel 4 documentary, which airs next week.

1:21.2

We'll put more information about that in the description notes of this episode. And if you want to

1:25.4

listen back to the full original series, just search

1:28.6

for poison wherever you get your podcasts. Before we begin, the following podcast contains discussions

1:36.2

about suicide. If you or anyone you know may be affected by this, there's a link in the

1:41.8

episode notes to the Samaritan's website and phone number.

1:45.8

And do consider if you should continue listening.

1:50.2

Let me just start.

1:55.0

Yeah, you get some...

1:55.8

Grab a couple, and just bring them in here.

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