Missing Debbie | Bed of Lies

With Nottinghamshire Police now investigating the disappearance of Debbie Cooper, it soon becomes clear she never left the country and Jamie has been travelling alone for years. Investigators slowly unravel his lies, but critical questions remain: what did he do to Debbie and how can they get their hands on him?

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As Debbie’s family and friends await news from the police, Jamie is enjoying an international backpacking trip across Europe, Asia and the Americas. To the people he meets on his travels, he plays the role of chatty, opinionated traveller who reveals very little about his personal life. But behind the friendly facade lies a volatile temperament and a dark secret about the life he left behind.

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A year into the worldwide honeymoon, Jamie begins a cynical travel blog called Diary of a Misanthrope. Back in Nottingham, it sets off alarm bells with Debbie’s friends who can’t see any photos or mentions of her. They fear she’s vanished. Matthew and Andy start to investigate and they find a phone number for someone who reveals disturbing details about Jamie’s past.

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Debbie and Jamie are getting married, but family and friends aren’t invited. They exchange vows in front of a handful of guests, then announce they’re setting off on a round-the-world honeymoon. They vanish onto the backpacker trail without getting their wedding presents, photos, or saying goodbye. To the outside world, it looks like the trip of a lifetime, but back home Debbie’s loved ones have a growing sense of unease.

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When Debbie Cooper turns 40, she’s finally ready to find love and settle down, putting years of wanderlust behind her.

She falls in love with awkward, geeky Jamie Starbuck and their relationship moves very quickly.

But Debbie’s friends and family feel uncomfortable around him, and the new couple withdraw from the world. Cara McGoogan investigates the red flags and asks if we can we ever really know what’s going on with our loved ones?

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On a cold February day in 1988, Julie Ward sets off on the journey of a lifetime from England, through Africa. She establishes a new life in the bustling capital of Kenya but mysteriously disappears while on safari - leaving her plane ticket back to England untouched on a table in her Nairobi home. When her father John flies to Kenya to track her down, he finds a gruesome crime scene in the Masai Mara that throws up more questions than it answers. 

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When Julie Ward vanishes mysteriously in the Masai Mara in 1988, her father begins a hunt for answers that stretches from a safari lodge in Kenya to MI6’s headquarters in London. The case was never solved.

Nearly four decades on, The Telegraph Deputy Investigations Editor Katherine Rushton pours over classified documents, interviews the people tangled in the case, and travels to Kenya to try to understand who tried to stop her murder being solved.

What happened to Julie Ward, why did the Kenyan authorities try to cover it up, and why were MI6 agents involved?

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Peace walls, segregated schools and old enemies living on the same street. Cara returns to Northern Ireland to see how, today, The Troubles are far from forgotten history. A victim of Stakeknife breaks his silence and, like so many others, he wants to know the truth about his father’s murder. As her investigation draws to a close, Cara examines the legacy of Britain’s terror spy network and asks, has justice been served – or is the state getting away with murder?

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A family forced to flee abroad. A young soldier killed by a car bomb. Two teenagers gunned down in a mobile shop. As Cara exposes the cold-bloodedness of both sides in the Troubles, she finds out the extent of the state's lethal spy network. Bereaved families hunt for justice, and the truth is shrouded in secrecy as killers walk the streets.

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