logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2024
36m 55s

8: Sting in the Tale

Bbc Radio 5 Live
About this episode

On the other side of the world, a bugged goalpost brings tales of the match-fixing king. Having completed his confession, Moses faces up to Troy Deeney's judgement of his incredible story.

Warning this podcast contains language some might find offensive.

Presented by: Moses Swaibu with Troy Deeney Producers: Stephen Hollywood, Jack Kibble-White and Marion MacNeil Associate Producer: Moses Swaibu Music: Julian Corrie. Sound Design: Julian Corrie and David Martin Researcher: Jack Herrall. Additional scripting: Martin Conaghan Additional development: Kate Bissell Story Consultant: Graham Russell Commissioning Executive: Stevie Middleton Executive Producer: Tom Connor.

A BBC Scotland Production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live.

Up next
Mar 2025
Introducing…Bloodgate
Rugby union was rocked to its core by an episode that involved deception, cover-ups, recriminations and life-changing consequences for those involved.  Hosted by actor and award-winning documentary maker Ross Kemp, with reporting by BBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones, this ... Show More
1m 23s
Jun 2021
7. The Final Furlong
The police used many methods to locate Shergar and most interestingly they sought help from psychics, diviners and the mysterious Mobius group. They claimed to be able to locate Shergar and used parts of his saddle to sniff him out.A supergrass emerges claiming he knows the ident ... Show More
35m 35s
Mar 2025
1. Dandies to Dark Arts
Ross Kemp visits the Clapham joke shop at the origin of the Bloodgate cheating scandal that brought rugby union to its knees.We learn how the advent of professionalism in the 1990s brought a new win-at-all-costs mentality to the sport.And Harlequins players Tom Williams, Ugo Mony ... Show More
27m 50s
Recommended Episodes
Oct 2024
Central Intelligence: Series 1: Episode 5
<p>The inside story of the CIA from the perspective of Eloise Page (Kim Cattrall), who joined on the Agency’s first day in 1947 and, in a 40-year career, became one of its most influential figures. Eloise takes the listener on a journey through the highs and lows of US foreign p ... Show More
29m 10s
Apr 2025
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter: Part Two
Following a cryptic clue to an isolated house outside London, Holmes and his companions find themselves in a desperate race against time. But will the combined genius of the Holmes brothers be enough to unravel this international conspiracy before innocent lives are lost? A Noise ... Show More
28m 53s
Jun 2025
11. The Titanic Inquiry
Bruce Ismay takes the stand in New York. Titanic’s crew members close ranks, dodging difficult questions from the senators. The ‘money boat’ survivors are given a grilling. And as a second investigation gathers pace in London, newspaper editors on both sides of the Atlantic conti ... Show More
55m 13s
Oct 2023
The Haunter of the Dark: Episode 1
Three years on from Heawood's dramatic disappearance at Pleasant Green, Kennedy has lost hope of ever seeing him again. Following the dramatic end to The Shadow Over Innsmouth, she has travelled extensively, following apparent leads, and there is no trace of him. But then a myste ... Show More
16m 6s
Dec 2022
10. The King of Fire and Water
Will’s sister is missing. He searches through driving rain and melting snow to find her, as a road becomes a river. The great white horse again comes to his aid and, when lightning strikes, a ship rises bearing a long-dead king. Listen on headphones for 3D immersive sound. #TheDa ... Show More
18m 14s
Oct 2025
The Adventure of Black Peter: Part One
In a lonely cabin on the edge of the woods, a retired sea captain lies dead, pinned to the wall by his own harpoon. But no one weeps for Peter Carey—a violent drunk who terrorised his family, neighbours, and colleagues. With a list of enemies that stretches from the Arctic Seas t ... Show More
33m 50s
Aug 2025
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client: Part Two
With Holmes gravely injured and time running out, Watson embarks on a dangerous undercover mission. The plan is to finally bring Gruner to justice, but a woman with nothing left to lose soon turns the investigation on its head. A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonnev ... Show More
34m 46s
Oct 2025
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part Three
THREE BROKEN THREADS - Our stalker was becoming more present. Sherlock was determined to close this case as quickly as possible as he still attempted to clean up the mess from our previous adventure... But his theories and his threads were fraying... Part 3 of 10 This episode con ... Show More
42m 40s
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami