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Undercover

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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.

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Jun 6, 2024 · 43 min
20. Box 500
How the secret intelligence service MI5 collected reports from the ‘spycops’.
Jun 6, 2024 · 30 min
19. The Undercover Policing Inquiry
The 2020 public inquiry started hearing evidence from deceived women.
Jun 6, 2024 · 25 min
18. The blacklist
How undercover police officers contributed to an illegal blacklist.
Jun 6, 2024 · 30 min
17. Tradecraft
Andy Whittaker reviews the Special Demonstration Squad’s tradecraft handbook.
Jun 6, 2024 · 30 min
16. Donna, 'Lindsey' and Carlo
Donna McLean, and ‘Lindsey’ had long relationships with spycop Carlo Neri.
Jun 6, 2024 · 26 min
15. The whistleblower
Former Special Demonstration Squad officer Peter Francis turns whistleblower.
Jun 6, 2024 · 30 min
14. The bereaved families
Discussing ’Rod Richardson', the last undercover cop to use the identity of a dead child.
Jun 6, 2024 · 27 min
13. Lawsuit
Deceived women take legal action against the police.
Jun 6, 2024 · 33 min
12. The children
Revealing two undercover ‘spycops’ who had fathered children with their targets.
Jun 6, 2024 · 29 min
11. Aftermath
Two further undercover officers are revealed after Mark Kennedy’s unmasking,
May 28, 2024 · 1 min
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Jan 23, 2024 · 43 min
10. ‘I’m not the only one’ - Mark Kennedy
Mark Kennedy talks to the media while his deployment leaves huge questions.
Jan 23, 2024 · 31 min
9. Unmasked
The activists become investigators and discover who Mark Kennedy really is.
Jan 23, 2024 · 18 min
8. The passport – Who is Mark Kennedy?
Mark Stone’s long-term girlfriend ‘Lisa’ discovers a passport with his real name.
Jan 23, 2024 · 28 min
7. Ratcliffe on Soar power station protest
In 2009, a covert plan to shut down a power station is prevented by a police raid.
Jan 23, 2024 · 29 min
6. Train hijack
Police documents reveal Mark Stone’s involvement in a plot to intercept a coal train.
Jan 23, 2024 · 22 min
5. The D lock
Mark Stone appears on TV news with his head secured to a gate at a nuclear power plant.
Jan 23, 2024 · 26 min
4. Gleneagles, G8 summit
Mark Stone is at the heart of a plan to block roads as the G8 leaders meet in Scotland.
Jan 23, 2024 · 19 min
3. The friends from London
Andy Whittaker hears about an odd incident when Mark's ‘friends’ come from London.
Jan 23, 2024 · 22 min
2. Building trust
Exploring more of Mark's undercover life, the friends he had and relationships he built.

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