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Nov 2022
28m 29s

Episode 7: Frozen In Time

Bbc Radio 5 Live
About this episode

After 30 years in jail, Malcolm MacArthur returns to the streets of Dublin. But the unanswered questions around his case persist.

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CREDITS:

Narrated by Adrian Dunbar Written by Paul Walker

Archive producer: Declan Smith Music: Jeremy Warmsley Mix engineer: Peregrine Andrews

Development producer: Satiyesh Manoharajah Development researcher: Christian Dametto Creative director: Georgia Moseley

Assistant producer: Tess Davidson Series Producer: Eamon O’Connor

Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins

Obscene: The Dublin Scandal is a BBC Studios Podcast production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

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