Assume Nothing Podcast
The teams assume nothing as they examine events through fresh eyes.
Episodes to download
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Episode 1: It鈥檚 On!—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
1/10 A government vote triggers a strike 鈥� but even the organisers don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 to come.
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Episode 2: Through Glasses Darkly—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
2/10 Strikers seize power stations, as NI鈥檚 Chief Executive asks: who elected these people?
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Episode 3: Of Lunchboxes and Giros—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
3/10 As the country grinds to a halt, NI Ministers need helicopters to get to work.
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Episode 4: Carnage—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
4/10 At a press briefing, phones suddenly start ringing. Utterly shocking news is breaking.
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Episode 5: Power Games—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
5/10 A State of Emergency is declared 鈥� and there鈥檚 bad news from the Army鈥�
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Episode 6: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
6/10 Huge hopes for a 鈥榖ack to work鈥� march 鈥� but will anyone show up?
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Episode 7: Anarchy in (part of) the UK—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
7/10 Surreal times. Breeze block barbeques. Cement mixers powering petrol pumps. Food heists.
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Episode 8: The Wayside—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
8/10 The heart of darkness in rural Northern Ireland, as masked men take to the roads.
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Episode 9: That Speech—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
9/10 The Prime Minister decides to make a broadcast. What could possibly go wrong?
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Episode 10: It鈥檚 Over—How to Kill a Government in 14 Days
Sat 11 May 2024
10/10 The end of the affair. Some claim victory, others defeat. How does it look, 50 years on?
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Episode 1: A History of Control—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
1/8 Stage one of the Homicide Timeline starts before a couple even meets.
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Episode 2: Lovebombing—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
2/8 Stage Two. A whirlwind romance. Early declarations of love. Things are moving fast.
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Episode 3: Living with Control—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
3/8 Stage Three. Control. Challenge. Consequence.
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Episode 4: Trigger—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
4/8 Stage Four. The most dangerous time for a woman is when she tries to leave.
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Episode 5: Escalation—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
5/8 Stage Five. Increased controlling behaviour. Threats to suicide. Stalking.
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Episode 6: A Change in Thinking—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
6/8 Stage Six. A decision by the abuser to resolve the situation, one way or another.
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Episode 7: Planning.—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
7/8 Stage Seven. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no such thing as a crime of passion.鈥�
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Episode 8: Homicide—Femicide: Eight Steps to Stop a Murder
Sat 16 Mar 2024
8/8 Stage Eight. The final stage, but it鈥檚 not inevitable.
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Episode 4: To Catch a Ghost—The Handler: Six Months in Hell
Sat 16 Dec 2023
4/4 A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. James hunts an elusive explosives expert.
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Episode 3: A Game of Risk—The Handler: Six Months in Hell
Sat 9 Dec 2023
3/4 Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A source sets James a high-stakes test.
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Episode 2: Of Bombs and Bank Robberies—The Handler: Six Months in Hell
Sat 2 Dec 2023
2/4 A source is ordered to carry out a dangerous operation.
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Episode 1: Leaks and Lies—The Handler: Six Months in Hell
Sat 25 Nov 2023
1/4 A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A leak puts a source in serious danger.
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Episode 1: The Letter—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
1/8 What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?
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Episode 2: The House—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
2/8 Brian and his mum set out to find the burial site in County Monaghan.
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Episode 3: I Killed Him There—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
3/8 Brian decides to enlist expert help in his search for Thomas Johnston鈥檚 remains
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Episode 4: The Search—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
4/8 The team use specialist equipment to examine what lies below ground
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Episode 5: The Dig—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
5/8 A digger arrives on site and begins to excavate
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Episode 6: What Lies Beneath—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
6/8 The team prepare to break through an old floor, but are they in the right place?
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Episode 7: Sins of the Father—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
7/8 What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?
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Episode 8: The Final Dig—I Killed a Man and Buried Him
Sat 7 Oct 2023
8/8 What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?
