Shadow World
Hosted by Lewis Albrow and Jemma Gander and Annabel Deas and Chris Maclean and Christopher Whyte and Dan Clarke and Fran Robertson and Kate Holland and Sholto and Tracy Williams · BBC Radio 4
4.8from 201 ratings
- 84
- Episodes
- 35
- Transcribed
- 201
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Shadow World
On 1 July 2000, eight-year-old Sarah Payne ran ahead of her brothers and sister in a field near her grandparents' home in West Sussex and was never seen alive again. Seventeen days later, her body was found. Her disappearance prompted one of the largest and most heavily publicised searches in British history — and at its heart was Sarah's mother, Sara Payne, a woman who set out to turn unimaginable loss into a force for change. Across six episodes, documentary-maker Edmund Coulthard draws on archive and new testimony from Sarah's family, detectives, journalists and politicians to tell the story of the murder investigation, the divisive News of the World campaign to name and shame sex offenders and the long battle for Sarah's Law. It is the story of a crime that changed the national conversation about child sex offenders living in ordinary communities, and of an extraordinary woman determined that her daughter's name would never be forgotten. Gripping stories from the Shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 May 2024
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
35 of 84 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sarah Payne: Unforgotten: Trailer
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Breakin' the Cycle: 6. The Final Act
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Breakin' the Cycle: 5. One Shot
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Sarah Payne: Unforgotten: Trailer
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] From exploring the inside story of how ancient treasures disappeared from one of the world's most famous museums, to following the extraordinary battle between two activists and the world's biggest fast food giants, we now bring you the story of how a missing child changed Britain. Sarah Payne, Unforgotten. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 40 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 161 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Shadow World?
Lewis Albrow and Jemma Gander and Annabel Deas and Chris Maclean and Christopher Whyte and Dan Clarke and Fran Robertson and Kate Holland and Sholto and Tracy Williams host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
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