Gritty true stories from people pushed to the brink. Guests range from gangsters to celebrity chef’s prodigies and undercover cops who reveal secrets of their extraordinary lives.
Hosted by Express investigations editor Zak Garner-Purkis, a journalist specialising in exposing criminals and holding the powerful to account, these interviews will make you think differently about topics ranging from crime and drugs to love and fame.
The common thread between each guest is that they’ve all had a period of their lives when they have been On The Edge of something intense or powerful, at the heart of a scandal or secret.
Paula Lewis believes her brother's 'suicide' was murder | On the Edge
Paula Lewis shares her conviction that her brother Damien's 'suicide' was actually murder, sparking a disturbing investigation into the Thames' unsolved body dumping cases.
4 Nov 2024
Darren Gee exposes organised crime that runs Liverpool
Darren Gee, former Liverpool drugs kingpin, exposes the brutal reality of organised crime that ravaged the city throughout the 2000s.
28 Oct 2024
Essex Boys former hooligan Carlton Leach relives his worse brawls
'West Ham United hooligan firm became my drug’
A former hooligan and Essex gangland debt collector, author of the book which inspired the Rise of the Footsoldier franchise discusses his antics leading one of Englands most feared firms and gets deep.
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21 Oct 2024
Liverpool gangland boss reveals he once planned a terrorist attack
‘My terrorist UK mass shooter attack failed because of Liverpool gang lure’
Liverpool gangland boss Sicarius McGrath engaged in a life of crime and flooded the streets with guns reveals he once planned a terrorist attack after converting to radical Islam.
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15 Jul 2024
Why Britain’s best undercover police officer now regrets everything | On the Edge Podcast
For 14 years Neil Woods was the man sent to infiltrate the organised crime groups who were considered impenetrable.
His life was threatened repeatedly as he adopted the persona of a drug addict for his undercover exploits, but worse than the danger were his doubts; 'Was the "War on Drugs'" really delivering the results it promised?'
8 Jul 2024
How prison became ‘like home’ for the UK’s first trans boxer
Growing up as a girl in Essex Danny Baker always thought he was a monster. Blighted by poverty and domestic violence, the young Danny began selling drugs and fighting everyone until he was sent to jail. Shown love and acceptance like he'd never known, Danny began committing crimes just to go back to prison. Eventually, he realised he was trans and had a sex change; it proved to be the best decision of his life and prompted him to embark on a boxing career.
1 Jul 2024
The Celebrity star chef who says Jamie Oliver saved him from a life of crime
Patrick Campbell was taught by Jamie Oliver to cook for celebrities like Ed Sheeran, Rio Ferdinand and John Torode.
But his journey to the kitchen of a Michelin-star restaurant could so easily never have occurred. Patrick had one of his childhood friends killed as an innocent bystander in the crossfire of a deadly gang war.
He escaped by becoming a top chef but found life in Michelin-star kitchens was still challenging, with bullying and abuse rife.
1 Jul 2024
The Michelin star chef who says Jamie Oliver saved him from a life of crime
Patrick Campbell was taught by Jamie Oliver to cook for celebrities like Ed Sheeran, Rio Ferdinand and John Torode.
But his journey to the kitchen of a Michelin-star restaurant could so easily never have occurred. Patrick had one of his childhood friends killed as an innocent bystander in the crossfire of a deadly gang war.
He escaped by becoming a top chef but found life in Michelin-star kitchens was still challenging, with bullying and abuse rife.
26 Jun 2024
Ex-gangster recalls life in Manchester during gun-fuelled violence of the 90s
An ex-gangster who ruled Manchester during the notorious 'Gun-chester' era, Matthew Norford details what life is really like trapped in an urban gang war. He explores how his complex relationship with his brother drove him towards a life of crime and saw him pass up the chances to escape it all with basketball.
18 Jun 2024
The TikTok prison star on the crime which changed everything
The man behind TikTok channel Jail Tales, Jamie Robinson, reveals his shocking back story. Constantly in prison since he was a teenager, it took being shot through his mother's door for him to realise what the life he was living was doing to him. In this powerful and exclusive podcast interview Jamie delivers a brutally honest telling of his life from heroin addiction to his personal relationships.
10 Jun 2024
The America’s Top Model judge who became a ‘felon with lethal weapon’
Rob Evans was one of the biggest stars in modelling in the early 2010s. Chosen by Tyra Banks as a judge from the global hit TV show America's Next Top Model the pair were linked romantically until a brush with the law saw Rob lose his career and permission to remain in America. Sharing his incredible story for the first time, Rob reveals how he is now seeking to fulfil the ambitions related to his first love boxing through some high-profile influencer bouts.
19 Apr 2024
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Gritty true stories from people pushed to the brink. Guests range from gangsters to celebrity chef’s prodigies and undercover cops who reveal secrets of their extraordinary lives.
Hosted by Express investigations editor Zak Garner-Purkis, a journalist specialising in exposing criminals and holding the powerful to account, these interviews will make you think differently about topics ranging from crime and drugs to love and fame.
The common thread between each guest is that they’ve all had a period of their lives when they have been On The Edge of something intense or powerful, at the heart of a scandal or secret.
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