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 McClenaghan Production support: Alice Miliken Theme music: Dice Muse
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Welcome to The Tip Off- the podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. Each episode we’ll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work as they tell us about the leads, the dead-ends and of course, the tip offs. There’ll be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafes, wrangling with despotic regimes and much more. So if you’re curious about the fun, complicated detective work that goes into doing great investigative journalism- then this is the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

News & Politics

News

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 Behrens Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan Original music: Claudia Meza Theme music: Dice muse 
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Ep. 68 The deep blue

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 Behrens Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan Original music: Claudia Meza Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 67 Moths to a flame

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 Behrens Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan Original music: Claudia Meza Theme music: Dice muse 
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Ep.66 What a scoop!

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 Behrens Sound design and audio mixing: Alec Cowan Original music: Claudia Meza Theme music: Dice muse

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Ep. 65 Closed ranks

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.

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