The case breaks open. Using WikiLeaks cables, memoirs, and declassified files, journalist Emanuele Midolo joins Peter Gillman as their investigation into David Holden's death leads them all the way to a CIA post in Jerusalem. 

But who ordered the hit, and who looked away?

Host: Manveen Rana

Guests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo, Emanuele Midolo, reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times and co-author of Murder in Cairo

Clips: ITN, Getty, Truth Tellers.

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December 1977: The Sunday Times correspondent David Holden lands in Cairo to report on crucial peace talks between Egypt and Israel. Hours later he’s found dead near the airport - shot with a single bullet to the heart. 

Decades later, Peter Gillman retraces Holden’s final days, uncovering a planned abduction, missing telexes, and an espionage tangle between Whitehall, the CIA and the KGB.

Host: Manveen Rana

Guests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo, Emanuele Midolo, reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times and co-author of Murder in Cairo

Clips: ITN, Getty, Truth Tellers.

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On the trail of the far-right YouTuber known only as ‘Ayatollah’. Tips from undercover sources, summer camp sightings and voice-recognition technology lead David  to a quiet village in the West Midlands. 

How did a karaoke-singing millennial go from writing about Asian footballers to livestreaming Hitler praise, and what role did YouTube play in keeping him online?

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: Father and Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens, 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited.

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With the streets emptied by Covid, David Aaranovitch steps into the online world of Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group turning the pandemic into a recruitment tool.

Discovering a particularly virulent racist aligned to the group, David asks if YouTube is doing enough to stop hate speech?

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, ITN.

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Andrew returns to Oxford to reveal the wounds that still remain following the seven-figure financial settlement. 

The woman who made an allegation against Martyn Percy speaks out, alleging intimidation by some of his supporters. 

And has Christ Church tried to hide the astronomical cost of the feud?

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

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Breaking point as the college dons question Martyn Percy’s mental capacity.

He accuses them of smear campaigns, and an ill-judged essay likening his plight to Nazi persecution triggers outrage. 

Costs soar, reputations crumble, and the University of Oxford itself is forced to intervene. 

After four long years, a deal is struck. But at what cost?

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

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Christ Church stalls when a student asks for protection, yet when Martyn Percy is accused of impropriety he is suspended within days. 

What at first appeared a battle over different styles of governance now carries the stain of misconduct - and divisions widen within the college.

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

Clips: ITV, BBC, Sky News.

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A stabbing, a scandal, and a battle over job descriptions. 

Andrew exposes the bureaucratic dispute that spirals into bitter war between Martyn Percy and Christ Church’s governing body. 

Behind the formal manners and age-old statutes, a plot is being devised to oust the dean at any cost.

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times.

Clips: Walt Disney Studios

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Christ Church, Oxford: a bastion of higher education since the 16th century that produced some of the country’s best and brightest, and is home to a very British way of life. 

When The Very Reverend Martyn Percy - a reformer from a working-class background - was appointed dean in 2014, everything looked promising. Until it didn’t. 

Andrew Billen explores the city's dreaming spires to find out why.

Host: Andrew Billen, feature writer, The Times

Clips: BBC

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The Very Reverend Martyn Percy leaves his post as dean of the world-famous Christ Church, Oxford, with a seven-figure settlement after a bitter dispute that pitted a lone reformer against an institution.

But what really happened amid the Alice in Wonderland world of Oxford's dreaming spires?

The Times's feature writer Andrew Billen heads down the rabbit hole to find out.

This series was first released on 13 October, 2022.

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