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Jul 2024
43m 45s

The Seagull | Dangerous Memories Ep 2

The Observer
About this episode

Fipsi starts to question what really happened in the soft pink room, and how to help her friends who are still on their journeys with Anne Craig. But for one of them it’s already too late, as she makes a series of life altering decisions.


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Written and reported by Grace Hughes-Hallett & Gary Marshall


Producer: Gary Marshall


Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper


Additional editing: Claudia Williams


Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella


Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail


Podcast artwork: Lola Williams


Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings


Executive producer: Ceri Thomas



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