Undercover

About Undercover

Police Officer Mark Kennedy aka ‘Mark Stone’ is unmasked by the friends and lovers he was sent to spy on. Andy Whittaker investigates how he and other ‘spycops’ operated. Presenter / Producer: Andy Whittaker. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Producer: Kathryn Morrison. Executive Editor, BBC Radio Nottingham: Chris Pegg. Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin.

Publisher

BBC Local Radio

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jan 2024

Latest episode

6 Jun 2024

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Jun 2024

   20. Box 500

   Andy Whittaker investigates how involved MI5 was in the deployment of undercover officers with political and protest groups and shares analysis of the first official report from the chairman at the public inquiry. Also former undercover officer Neil Woods shares his thoughts on undercover policing in general.

2. 

   6 Jun 2024

   19. The Undercover Policing Inquiry

   The 2020 public inquiry started hearing evidence and ‘Madeleine’ was the first deceived woman to give her account. Kate Wilson, who had a two year relationship with undercover officer Mark Kennedy, also gets her day in court. Featuring activist and podcast maker Tom Fowler from south Wales who explains how the inquiry works.

3. 

   6 Jun 2024

   18. The blacklist

   How undercover police officers contributed to an illegal blacklist being maintained in a secretive Worcestershire business called the ‘Consulting Association’. Featuring Dave Smith and ‘Madeleine’ who talks about how a knock on her front door from a representative of the undercover policing inquiry, changed her life.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

71 ratings

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