The Tip Off

A tragedy in the English Channel got Aaron Walawalkar thinking. How could it be that people were dying, their boats sinking in one of the busiest stretches of water in the world? This is how Liberty Investigates went to battle over FOI rejections, knocked on doors and analysed shipping data to reveal the shocking reality behind deaths at sea. Read all about it: https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/coastguard-effectively-ignored-19-reports-of-small-boats-before-november-2021-tragedy/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/29/uk-coastguard-left-channel-migrants-adrift-in-lead-up-to-mass-drowning  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Audio production support: Chloe BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2023

The horizon near Ali’s house is filled with flames. Owen Pinnell and Jess Kelly, from BBC Arabic, can't stop thinking of them. And back in the UK, Unearthed's Joe Sandler Clarke is digging into his own investigation. This is the story of how journalists worked with citizen journalists and scientists to delve into the impact of oil drilling around Basra, Iraq. Read all about it:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cm32  https://projects.unearthed.greenpeace.org/big-oil-iraq/  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/27/ali-smoke-choked-bp-oilfield-death-gas-flaring Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Audio production support: Chloe BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2023

You will have heard about the BBC Newnight interview with Prince Andrew - it was a seismic scoop that reverberated around the world. But how did it happen? The answer is one woman: Sam McAlister. This is how she bagged the interview of the decade. Read all about it: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sam-McAlister/Scoops--The-BBCs-Most-Shocking-Interviews-from-Prince-And/27025330 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM https://variety.com/2023/film/global/netflix-prince-andrew-film-scoop-gillian-anderson-rufus-sewell-1235514568/  Supported by Studio To Be. Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Audio production support: Chloe BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2023

Hannah Al-Othman sits in her car in front of a stranger’s house. Inside is a man who might be responsible for a woman’s death. A man whose name is known to a lot of people, but who has not yet been brought to justice. In this episode we hear how Hannah and her colleague David Collins uncovered a shocking story of silence and inaction. Read all about it:https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-believe-british-soldiers-killed-my-sister-agnes-wanjiru-now-i-want-the-truth-rbc69q9pf  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-army-soldier-murder-mother-kenya-9hffnjqqv  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crying-with-laughter-british-soldiers-joked-about-mothers-murder-on-facebook-fkj9s6stb  Supported by Studio To Be. Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Audio production support: Chloe BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 April 2023

We're between series of The Tip Off now - and planning lots more great episodes for you, but while we do, why not take a listen to Silenced. A new podcast from human rights organisation ARTICLE 19 Silenced tell the Stories of journalists and activists around the world, whose governments attempt to rein them in and cover up the truth.  Take a listen to this episode, in which Matthew Caruana Galizia, journalist and son of the late investigative journalist Daphne Caruana-Galizia, speaks to host Nicola Kelly about the day of his mother's murder and his determination to continue her legacy, exposing corruption among Malta's elite. Then find Silenced in your favourite podcast app and get subscribing: https://podfollow.com/1619957803 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2022

Rob Cribb had an idea for an investigation, an idea so big it was almost impossible to envisage how the work could be done. But then, it came to him.... This is the story of how more than 100 journalists across Canada banded together to reveal the shocking levels on lead in tap water across the country. Read all about it: https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/lead-in-water.html https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2019/11/04/how-we-did-it-inside-the-tainted-water-investigation.html This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2022

Who gets to tell the stories we hear? On this episode we hear from citizen journalists - two women with lived experience of homelessness and surrounding issues, as they talk us through a ground-breaking project. Warning: this episode contains some explicit language and mention of sexual violence. Read all about it:https://groundswell-listenup-hub.org/  Sign up to the Listen Up Hub's mailing list: https://groundswell.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=898f9a6f3bf48a747d1b8a9d0&id=cb4875e542 This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor and sound design: Maeve McClenaghanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2022

How do you investigate a group that is shrouded in secrecy by its very nature?  This is the story of how two journalists - Patrick Lohmann and Marnie Eisenstadt tracked down dozens of people, to reveal the concerning goings on in an AA-type support group. Read all about it:https://www.syracuse.com/butternutters/#:~:text=The%20organization%20called%20%22The%20Syracuse,Post%2DStandard%20investigation%20has%20found.  This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Soobin KimTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2022

Where do you start in unravelling one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in the UK system? For Nick Wallis it all began with a tweet. This is the story of how Nick’s tenacity, with over a decade of reporting, exposed a scandal of unimaginable proportions. Read all about it:https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-great-post-office-scandal/nick-wallis/9781916302389  This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Dan WoodburnTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2022

Hi Tip Off Listeners - We are working hard on new episodes for you, and have some more great stories coming up this series. But this week we are taking a dip into our archive. As the Russian regime is accused of breaking international law and committing untold atrocities in Ukraine, we're re-publishing the first of a two-parter, originally published in 2018. This is the story of how Heidi Blake and her team of journalists at Buzzfeed UK revealed a series of deaths, all on British soil and all linked to Russian actors. These episodes came out just a few weeks before the horrifying news of Novichok poisonings in Salisbury.  So, stay tuned for more stories behind the headlines, and for now, enjoy a classic from our archives. Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/from-russia-with-blood/heidi-blake/9780008300098 If you liked this episode go back and find Episode 16 in our archive - called Web of Death Part 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2022

One December day, Samira Shackle found herself in the midst of an unfolding, global story. Drones had been spotted flying around Gatwick Airport. But weeks, then months passed, and no drone operators were ever found. Samira lays out how she dug into the mystery and revealed all was not as it first seemed.  Read all about it:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-of-the-gatwick-drone   https://samirashackle.com/karachi-vice/  This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Soobin KimTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2022

Annabel Hennessy was reporting on another case when she heard a name that would change everything. A lawyer, expert in First Nations’ rights, told her about Jody Gore - a woman convicted of murder with little weight given to the years of domestic abuse she suffered. This story unravels how Annabel’s groundbreaking series of articles led to real change in Western Australia. WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of domestic abuse and may not be suitable for all. ​​If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence, support is available globally through a number of hotlines and organisations, some are listed below. Note - a previous version of this episode wrongly called Annabel's paper the Western Australian, it is, of course: the West Australian. Apologies. Read all about it:  https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/kill-or-be-killed-chapter-one-the-incarceration-of-jody-gore-ng-b881296125z https://thewest.com.au/features/kill-or-be-killed-chapter-three-the-crisis-centre-files-ignored-at-jody-gores-murder-trial-ng-b881317254z  Interview with Dr Hannah McGlade, from Noongar Dandjoo TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5o91-fvYiE This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Rushana MillerTheme music: Dice muse ​​If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic violence, support is available globally through a number of hotlines and organisations. Here are just a few: 22 Standout Groups Stopping Domestic Violence: https://greatist.com/happiness/stop-domestic-violence-organizations#get-help-now AUSTRALIADjirra, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation which provides holistic, culturally safe and specialist legal and non-legal support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience family violence – predominantly women: https://djirra.org.au/who-we-are/ 1800RESPECT: https://www.1800respect.org.au/help-and-support/services-overview UKRefuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline: https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/ USANational Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ CANADAShelter Safe: https://sheltersafe.ca/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2022

What do you do if the data you need doesn’t exist?  When the pandemic hit I couldn’t stop wondering about how the impact of lockdown, sickness or bereavement on people’s ability to pay their rent or mortgage. I wanted to know more, but I couldn’t do it alone. This is the story of how a group of more than 20 journalists, all across England and Wales, came together in one of the largest court-reporting projects of its kind. Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-09-23/evicted-in-less-than-10-minutes-courts-fail-tenants-broken-by-pandemic  https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-11-03/banks-repossessions-pandemic-mortgages  https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2021-10-05/closeddoors-how-local-journalists-exposed-pandemic-evictions  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58643437  This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editing and sound design: Maeve McClenaghanVoice acting: Francis WhittakerOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2022

Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones think they have everything they need to finally expose Jimmy Savile’s abhorrent crimes. But as their transmission date gets nearer, their BBC bosses start to pull back. This is the story of how the BBC came to drop the Newsnight investigation into Savile and the seismic consequences of that decision. This is the second part of a two-episode story. Read all about it:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/02/jimmy-savile-bbc-journalists-risked-jobs-reveal-truth  https://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-10-04/watch-the-itv-documentary-on-jimmy-savile/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victim-Zero-Jimmy-Savile-Tried/dp/1786060299 https://www.channel4.com/news/by/jackie-long/blogs/my-friend-liz-mackean-a-forensic-journalist-who-had-time-for-people-who-others-ignored https://www.channel4.com/news/hunted-russia-gay-dispatches-channel-4-video  Special thanks to Liz MacKean's family for their support. This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Soobin KimTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2022

Meirion Jones has had a strange feeling about Jimmy Savile for some time and he thinks he may have a way to probe further. When Savile dies, Meirion teams up with Liz MacKean to try and get to the truth. This is how Liz and Meirion pulled together the pieces - in an attempt to finally bring Savile’s crimes to light. Many thanks to Liz MacKean's family for allowing me to use audio from an un-aired interview in 2015. This is the first part of a two-episode story - stay tuned next week for part 2. This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Rushana MillerTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2022

Zak Garner-Purkis is sat in a fastfood restaurant - his attention laser-focused on the men gathering across the road. He is trying to work out who these man are, how they have come to be there, and whether this is what modern day slavery looks like in 21st century London? This is the story of how Zak went undercover to expose a shocking system of exploitation in the construction industry. Read all about it: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/agenda/investigations/how-i-bought-slave-labour-in-london-an-undercover-investigation-19-12-2019/  https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/agenda/investigations/stop-funding-slavery-19-12-2019/ Transcript available: http://thetipoffpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Transcript-The-Tip-Off-S9-Ep54-How-it-gets-built.pdf This show is a co-production of Studio to be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Co-Executive Producers: Joaquin Alvarado and Ken IkedaProducer: Olivia AylmerAudio Editor: Chloe BehrensSound design, audio mixing and original music: Claudia MezaTranscription support: Soobin KimTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2022

Stay tuned - we will be back very soon with more stories behind the headlines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2021

Creator and host of The Tip Off, Maeve McClenaghan has written a book, and it is now out in paperback. No Fixed Abode: Life and Death Among the UK’s Forgotten Homeless tells highly personal, human and sometimes surprisingly uplifting stories of real people struggling in a crumbling system. The book goes behind the scenes of the dramatic, winding investigation that revealed - for the first time - how and when people were dying homeless in one of the richest countries in the world. This paperback edition includes a new preface covering the impact of Covid-19. Here’s some of the nice things people have said about it:“A conscience-pricking look at the reality of life on Britain’s streets . . . No Fixed Abode couldn’t be more illuminating, timely and urgent.” - Sunday Times“Urgent, gripping and devastating” - the Secret Barrister“A campaigning book of the very highest order” - Irish Times‘A meticulous investigation exposes the shameful truths surrounding the UK’s homeless population . . . moving and revealing” - Guardian Available here and in all good bookshops: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Maeve-McClenaghan/No-Fixed-Abode--Life-and-Death-Among-the-UKs-Forgotten-Homeless/25638386 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2021

Cheats: we love to hate them. But in this climate of fast news, short attention spans, 280 characters, do we ever get the full picture? Cheat!, a new podcast from Somethin’ Else, digs underneath the surface to tell the inside stories behind some of the biggest scandals in contemporary history and introduces you to the flawed protagonists at their heart: controversial and contentious figures from the world of pop culture, business, sport, politics and love. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 June 2021

Sarah Turnnidge started her journalism career at local papers so it was there she first encountered press releases from police forces. But over time Sarah started to wonder - did they tell the whole story. In this episode Sarah talks through her meticulous data project which revealed a worrying disproportionality when it came to information put out about black criminals. Read all about it:https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/metropolitan-police_uk_603fa18ec5b617a7e411ffc5  This episode was made with the production support of Studio To Be.  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanEdited by: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2021

Andrew Gold, a freelance journalist, is feeling out of his depth. He is in a church hall on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, and the priest he is there to see is not happy. This is the story of how Andrew tracked down a man who claimed to be exorcising demons.  WARNING: contains descriptions/audio of supposed exorcisms, which some might find upsetting. Read all about it:BBC Three Exorcism The Battle for Young Minds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l78hW8qVIWI  Andrew's podcast: On The Edge With Andrew Gold https://podfollow.com/on-the-edge-with-andrew-gold Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanEdited by: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2021

Pete Murimi has stumbled upon a horrifying hypothesis - that people are snatching children from the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. Now he is working for BBC Africa Eye and is on the trail. Working with Njeri Mwangi Marc Perkins (Editor) and Tom Watson (Exec), this is how the BBC investigations team exposed a shocking tale. Read all about it: BBC The Baby Stealers https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08yjy5r/africa-eye-africa-eye-the-baby-stealershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ix5jbCmiDU Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanEdited by: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2021

To commemorate getting to our 50th episode we look back at what happened next after some big stories went out.  Jane Bradley, Samir Jeraj, Natalie Bloomer and Aliaume Leroy broke some great investigative scoops, but the story didn’t end there. The impact of their work continues to reverberate and impact change - here’s what happened next. Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanTheme music: Dice Muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2021

In late winter 2017 I was struck with what I thought was a simple question… how many people were dying while homeless? It turned out nobody knew the answer - so I set out, with colleagues around the country, to find out.  In this episode I dissect one of my own investigations, focusing on the reporting process around one man’s death.  I go deeper and tell more of these stories in my new book No Fixed Abode: Life and Death Among the UK's Forgotten Homeless. The book is on sale now in hardback and audiobook form. https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Maeve-McClenaghan/No-Fixed-Abode--Life-and-Death-Among-the-UKs-Forgotten-Homeless/24568143 https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/No-Fixed-Abode-Audiobook/1529023742  The project has now been taken over by Museum of Homelessness, you can read and support their work, or let them know of any deaths, here: https://museumofhomelessness.org/  If you want to support organisations working with and for those experiencing homelessness, you might look at:https://www.streetskitchen.org/ https://hobstafford.co.uk/https://www.streetlink.org.uk/ https://www.crisis.org.uk/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanTheme music: Dice Muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2020

Samir Jeraj and Natalie Bloomer have decided to team on to take on an investigation… they want to know if and how police forces are sharing information with immigration officials, and they are about to uncover some shocking findings.  Read all about it:https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/04/05/met-police-hands-victims-of-crime-over-to-the-home-office https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/08/11/sex-worker-robbed-at-knifepoint-faces-deportation-after-conthttps://www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/11/28/woman-reports-rape-to-police-and-is-arrested-on-immigration Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanTheme music: Dice Muse  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2020

Omar Radi is working in dangerous circumstances. His journalism is exposing how tribal lands are being snatched away from inhabitants in Morocco, only to be sold off at exorbitant rates. He knows this work is making him enemies… but he has no idea just how serious things will get. Support Omar:Sign the Amnesty International Ireland petition: https://www.amnesty.ie/urgent-action-morocco-stop-harassing-journalist-omar-radi/ Write to or tweet at your Moroccan Embassy, in the UK: https://www.moroccanembassylondon.org.uk/en/Contact%20us.html / @MOROCCOinUK  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanTheme music: Dice Muse  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2020

Peter Geoghegan is standing on a train station platform when he sees it - a large advert in a free-sheet newspaper that will set him off on an investigation into the dark world of campaign spending. In this episode we hear how he worked to unravel the secrets behind the Brexit campaigning by Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party - as he attempts to follow their funding to the source. Read all about it:Peter’s book Democracy For Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics is out now https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Peter-Geoghegan/Democracy-for-Sale--Dark-Money-and-Dirty-Politics/24069555  Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanTheme music: Dice Muse  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2020

BBC journalist Ellie Flynn is nervous, she is about to go undercover to meet a man who is offering a bed in his flat, but there is a catch…  For weeks Ellie travelled the country meeting men who were advertising rent in exchange for sex. This is how she produced a documentary for BBC Three about this shockingly prevalent practice. Read all about it:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05y93q5 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Alice MilikenTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Thanks to our Patreon supporters who make these stories possible - you can support us at: https://www.patreon.com/thetipoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 June 2020

HuffPost UK's Nadine White is onto a story- following allegations of fraud and wrong-doing in a well-publicised British church. But why has no-one else spotted the story? Could it be because these are black victims? In response to Nadine's findings, SPAC Nation denied the allegations and said that it has thousands of members and police should carry out the review and take whatever measures they deemed fit. Read all about it:https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/spac-nation-pastors-church-knife-crime_uk_5dc47ee4e4b0eb0ef22b13d8 https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/spac-nation-opinion-media-politicians_uk_5dcd91f1e4b03a7e0296d035 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Thanks to our Patreon supporters who make these stories possible - you can support us at: https://www.patreon.com/thetipoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2020

Ayo Awokoya had an idea and she couldn’t let it go. This is how a talented and tenacious freelancer followed her instincts to uncover a shocking story - revealing modern day slavery practices happening in European agriculture. The work later won the Frontline Club Award for Print. Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/20/tomatoes-italy-mafia-migrant-labour-modern-slavery Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Thanks to our Patreon supporters who make these stories possible - you can support us at: https://www.patreon.com/thetipoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2020

For years Alon Aviram and Adam Cantwell-Corn followed a story - a story that took them to dingy warehouses, stake-outs in cars, and undercover work in ice cream vans. This is how the Bristol Cable tracked alleged wrongdoing in one of the city’s well-known businesses. The multi-award winning investigation took years and had big impact… this is how they did it. Read all about it: https://thebristolcable.org/2019/05/finally-exposed-how-lopresti-ice-cream-boss-kept-men-in-slave-like-conditions-tenants-and-families-in-squalor-but-people-spoke-out/ https://thebristolcable.org/2019/10/revealed-an-anti-slavery-court-order-was-made-against-local-boss-lopresti-heres-evidence-it-may-be-being-breached/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Alice MilikenTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Thanks to our Patreon supporters who make these stories possible - you can support us at: https://www.patreon.com/thetipoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2020

This week we offer you a taste of something new... enjoy an extract from new podcast series The Immaculate Deception. Fertility doctor Jan Karbaat was renowned for getting amazing results. Women who were desperate for children would visit him at his Rotterdam clinic and always leave pregnant. But when the clinic closed, rumours began about the methods Karbaat used to achieve his success. The children conceived at the clinic - the Karbaat Kids - began asking difficult questions about what happened to their mothers.  What happened in Dr Karbaat’s clinic? From Somethin’ Else, The Immaculate Deception is a story about a doctor who was determined to create life - by any means possible. Reported and hosted by Jenny Kleeman.  Find it now wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2020

Journalist Louise Tickle is one of a handful of reporters who covers a secretive and little known area of UK life… the family courts. In this episode she explains the many challenges she faces in reporting even the most egregious cases of wrong-doing, and talks through a potentially precedent setting case. Read all about it:https://openfamilycourt.wordpress.com/ https://www.patreon.com/louisetickle https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/19/right-open-family-courts-scrutiny-high-court Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2020

While researching the effects of the One Child Policy in China, LA Times journalist Barbara Demick stumbles upon an extraordinary story: twin sisters, one of whom was forcibly adopted away to the USA. Barbara sets off to find the missing twin, and reunite the family.  Read all about it:https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-07/how-a-journalist-discovered-and-reunited-identical-twins Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2020

Hundreds of miles apart, journalists Jessica Purkiss and JD are working to get answers. They are looking for accountability and justice for an Afghan man named Masih. Masih’s entire family was wiped out in an airstrike, on his house in a remote part of Afghanistan.  This is the story of how Masih worked with journalists around the world to get to the truth.  Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-06-03/us-bomb-kills-afghan-family https://youtu.be/cUNihuiCp3o Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2020

Jodi Kantor was given a beat and had been pointed at a tweet - a single tweet, without any names included that would set her on a months-long investigation. Teaming up with Megan Twohey, the two New York Times’ journalists set off to uncover one of the biggest scandals of the decade: a slew of allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. (Weinstein and lawyers representing his former company went on to deny all wrong-doing.) This is the story of what went into breaking a major story that started a viral, online movement.  Read all about it: Jodi and Megan’s book She Said is out now and available from all good booksellers: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586563/she-said-by-jodi-kantor-and-megan-twohey/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2020

In a crowded tent at Latitude Festival, journalist Charlie Mole explains how he tracked back how a conspiracy theory had grown and developed, finally ending up on US national news. In this show, recorded in front of a live audience, Charlie explains how the death of a young Democrat staffer, sparked an elaborate story about revenge killings, secret leaks and shady forces at work. Help support the show: www.patreon.com/thetipoff Read all about it:https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/conspiracy-files-murder-in-washington-bbc2/5127901.article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43727858 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka AyersTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 10 October 2019

After working for years to put together the pieces of how a massacre had gone unsolved, Barry and his team publish their findings. But that is far from the end of the story… This is how Barry got sucked into the story himself - after being arrested and taken to court, all for trying to report the truth. Read all about it:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/31/northern-ireland-judge-rebukes-police-for-seizing-papers-from-journalists https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-48504287 https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/19/news/rte-to-screen-loughinisland-documentary-no-stone-unturned-1716947/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka AyersTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2019

The violent, protracted conflict known as The Troubles claimed many innocent victims in Northern Ireland. But one atrocity stood out for journalist Barry McCaffrey - the massacred of six men in the quiet, tiny village of Loughinisland. The killings stuck with him, in part because it seemed so clear who the suspects were, so why were they walking free? Barry explains how he spent years digging into what happened after the massacre, an investigation that would be developed into the acclaimed Alex Gibney film No Stone Unturned. It is a story that would have unintended consequences…  Read all about it:https://www.thedetail.tv/articles/loughinisland-collusion-or-myth https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Stone-Unturned-Aidan-OToole/dp/B078HQSC2M Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka AyersTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2019

Amelia Gentleman’s work exposing the Windrush Scandal is some of the most impactful and well-renowned journalism of recent years. But where did it all begin? Amelia explains how a simple email she received while on holiday, set off a chain of events that would lead to arguably the biggest story of her illustrious career. Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-windrush-betrayal/amelia-gentleman//9781783351848 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2019

A video of an extrajudicial killing haunts Aliaume Leroy - but how do you get to the truth from a short film posted on social media?  Aliaume found himself banding together with open source investigators across the world in a race to uncover the truth behind the atrocity. This is the story of how they did it. Read all about it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-45599973/cameroon-atrocity-finding-the-soldiers-who-killed-this-woman Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2019

Back in 2000 Jim DeRogatis received a fax that would change the course of his career forever.  This is the story of how one journalist stayed on a story for decades, continuing to report allegations of abuse while the rest of the world covered its ears. Read all about it: https://www.abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/soulless-the-case-against-r-kelly/ Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Alice MillikenTheme music: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2019

Brexit. It is all anyone is talking about. But while politicians argue and wring their hands, what is going on behind the scenes? Alice Ross and Lawrence Carter, part of Greenpeace's Unearthed team, set out to find out and discovered one way that lobbyists might try to get their ideas in front of the right people. Read all about it:https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/29/iea-hard-brexit-think-tank-access-ministers/ https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/07/30/iea-brexit-shanker-singham-mark-littlewood-us-donors/ Fund in Lyra McKee’s memory: https://uk.gofundme.com/in-memory-of-lyra-mckee Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support and edit: Cheeka EyersMusic: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2019

Madlen Davies has been reporting on a concerning topic for years: the rise of antibiotic resistance and superbugs. Her reporting started in the UK but she soon realised she would need to travel further to get the real story. Here she talks about one international reporting trip... a story with a tragic ending. Read all about it: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-08-08/scourge-superbugs-killing-babies-malawi Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support and editing: Cheeka EyersMusic: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2019

Ashley Fantz often covers police press conferences as part of her day job at CNN. But a few years ago she would attend one that would set her on a months long journey, forensically piecing together the evidence to reveal the systematic destruction of vital police evidence. This is the story of how a team at CNN revealed widespread issues in sexual assault investigations, across the USA. WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and listener discretion is advised. Read all about it: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/investigates/police-destroyed-rapekits/index.html Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersMusic: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2019

Ep.28 W1GWhat connects a wide-screen TV in the toilet, a faked blockbuster film and an elaborate Las Vegas heist? Turns out... it's one address in central London. This is the story of how Oliver Bullough followed a tangle of financial crimes back to the source, discovering a far-from-transparent system on the way! Read all about it: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/19/offshore-central-london-curious-case-29-harley-street and https://www.waterstones.com/book/moneyland/oliver-bullough/9781781257920Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersMusic: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2019

Ep.27 MotherLorna Tucker doesn’t think of herself as a journalist, more of a collector of stories. So years ago, when she stumbled on a story that needed to be told, she knew she wouldn’t stop until the truth came out. This is how she helped to document the stories of several Native American women who had undergone forcible sterilisation in the USA. Correction: Maeve mistakenly refers to former US president LBJ as Lyndon Boyd Johnson, it is of course Lyndon Baines Johnson. Apologies. Read all about it: https://amamovie.com/Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersMusic: Dice Muse This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2019

Shiv Malik thought he was onto something special. He’d been working with a source who was offering incredible insights into the UK terrorist scene. And now, this same source was saying he was ready to turn his back on his past life and he wanted Shiv to tell that story. Then things fell apart. Shiv's book The Messenger will be released in June 2019. Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-messenger/shiv-malik/9781783350452 Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanProduction support: Cheeka EyersMusic: Dice Muse, Poddington Bear, Blue Dot Sessions and Komiku This series of The Tip-Off is brought to you in association with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and funding from Charities Aid Foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2019

Just a quick one to say thanks for all your support in 2018 and to update on plans for what comes next...... oh and to announce Maeve's part in a charity Christmas single.... yes you read that right! We don't ask for much at The Tip Off but we'd be overjoyed if you'd spend just 99p to buy The Sounds of Christmas by Podcast Al-lStars. All money raised goes to Samuel's Charity which provides treats to sick children: https://www.samuelscharity.co.uk/ The Sounds of Christmas is available on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play and elsewhere: https://awal.lnk.to/podcastchristmas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2018

A court case, a mysterious witness and an envelope at the Post Office... this is the story of how Sam Bungey and Jennifer Ford unravelled a decade old murder case. Recorded in front of a live audience as part of Audible's Spoken Worlds Festival- Maeve hears how Sam and Jennifer made the smash-hit podcast series: West Cork. Read all about it:https://www.amazon.com/West-Cork/dp/B0792BWQWT Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghanMusic:  Dice MuseAudio clips thanks to Audible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2018