BeaoutQ sprang up in 2017 and reeked havoc in the Gulf for two years before being taken down in 2019; but who was behind the Pirate TV channel? Enda Coll chats with Ben Jacobs who wrote an extensive piece on the subject in the Blizzard. We discuss the issues it caused between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the conspiracy theories behind it and how it played a role in the collapse of the Newcastle United takeover by a Saudi-led group.