Deep Dive

In 2009, John Warboys - the so-called black cab rapist - was convicted and jailed, believed to have attacked more than 100 women, making him one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders. Nearly twenty years later, ITV's drama Believe Me has brought his crimes back into the national conversation. Host Nicola Thorpe speaks to two of those survivors: Carrie Johnson, who has written about her experience for the Mail, and "Sarah", who has chosen to remain anonymous. Together, they describe what it took to keep Warboys behind bars - a crowdfunded judicial review that put them at risk of losing their homes if they lost - and the landmark changes to parole board transparency that their campaign helped bring about. This is a story about female friendship, and a justice and policing system that still has a long way to go.Host: Nicola ThorpProducer: Artemis Irvine Content Editor: Joseph Palmer Executive Producer: Bella SoamesA Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Britain goes to the polls on Thursday - and the political map is being redrawn in real time. Daily Mail columnist Guy Adams has spent a week on the campaign trail, canvassing across Wales, and what he found should alarm both Labour and the Conservatives. Labour are losing voters to Reform on the right and the Greens on the left, while the Conservatives are fighting a "rear-guard action". But the story stealing the headlines is the Greens' extraordinary surge under Zack Polanski - a former actor and hypnotherapist who deploys social media with devastating effectiveness. Is he the hard-left Donald Trump? And as thirty Green candidates face antisemitism investigations, what dark forces has he unleashed?More from Guy Adams:https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15783551/Zack-Polanski-huckster-Green-Party-leader.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15767291/GUY-ADAMS-finds-Labours-grip-Wales-doomed.htmlHost: Chris PleasanceGuest: Guy AdamsProducers: Joseph Palmer and Artemis IrvineA Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Senior reactor operator Leonid Toptunov was 25 years old when he sat down at the controls of Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was just after midnight on April 26, 1986. He would be dead within three days.At 1:23am and 44 seconds, a power surge of catastrophic proportions tore the 1,000-tonne concrete roof off the reactor and blasted the equivalent of 500 Hiroshima bombs worth of radiation into the night sky above Soviet Ukraine.In Pripyat, a city of 50,000 people built for one purpose only: Chernobyl, the buses were already on their way. The residents would never return home.In extraordinary detail, Minute by Minute: Chernobyl reconstructs how the world's worst nuclear disaster unfolded – from the routine safety test that spiralled out of control, through the desperate hours as firefighters and engineers fought an invisible killer without knowing what they faced, to the cover-up that reached all the way to the Kremlin, and the clean-up operation that exposed around 700,000 people to dangerous levels of radiation.Narrated by legendary broadcaster Michael Buerk, this is the definitive minute-by-minute account of the Chernobyl disaster - 40 years on. Host: Michael BuerkProducer: John RogersSound Design: John ScottExecutive Producers: Bella Soames and Jamie EastA Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, at age 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, ending a remarkable 70-year reign. From taking her palace on the throne in the first televised coronation the country had ever seen through five Royal Jubilees, fifteen Prime Ministers, beginning with Winston Churchill and ending with Liz Truss, to the loss of of her ‘strength and stay’ of 73 years Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II occupied a unique place in the hearts of her people.In this special celebration, Sarah Vine is joined by the royal historian's royal historian Hugo Vickers to talk about his latest book, Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History. A revelatory biography that doesn’t just chart the highs and lows of her reign but sheds new and unprecedented light on the woman behind the crown.A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The former Duke of York can be questioned and held without charge for up to 24 hours from the moment he arrived at the police station this morning. Andrew's new home - Wood Farm on the King’s Sandringham estate - is currently being searched by Thames Valley Police, along with his former residence, Royal Lodge in Windsor. As this story continues to unfold, we're bringing you a previous edition of Deep Dive, in which Sarah Vine sat down with historian and author Andrew Lownie, whose revelatory book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York set much of what we're witnessing today in sharp relief.A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ON January 19th 2026, the showbiz and celebrity world was rocked by a series of Instagram stories from Brooklyn Peltz-Beckham.There had long been reported a rift and unease between his parents, David and Victoria Beckham and that of his wife Nicole Peltz and her hugely wealthy and powerful family. Nothing however, prepared the world for what unfolded. Accusations of control and coercive behaviour, legal threats, displaced dogs and inappropriate wedding dances. To say it was a wild bolt out of the blue is an understatement. Celebrities simply don't behave like this in public... and certainly not the Beckhams.In the episode of Deep Dive, the Daily Mail's contributing Editor Showbiz and podcaster Jamie East dissect the news and contemplate what impact this will have on Britain's unofficial Royal Family.A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Vietnam War fighter pilot Raymond Wagner toggled the radio transmit button on the right hand side of his Boeing 747-121's control yoke. 'Clipper 103 requesting oceanic clearance', he intoned, using the modulated aviation voice he'd honed over several decades flying. On the other end was Alan Topp, the Scottish Air Traffic Controller working more than 50 miles away in Prestwick, west of Glasgow.The time was 6:58pm on December 21, 1988.They were the last words recorded from Pan Am Flight 103.Within five minutes of that transmission, all the passengers and crew aboard were dead, killed by a bomb that destroyed the aircraft as it flew over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. Large sections of the plane plunged 20,000ft and crashed into residential streets below.270 people died that night: 243 passengers, 16 crew, and 11 Lockerbie residents.In extraordinary detail, Minute by Minute: The Lockerbie Bombing reconstructs how the deadliest terror attack in Britain's history unfolded – from the moment the bomb was loaded onto a plane in Malta, through the 38 fatal minutes in the air, to the decades-long search for justice that continues today.Narrated by legendary broadcaster Michael Buerk, this is the definitive minute-by-minute account of the Lockerbie Bombing.Host: Michael Buerk Producer: John Rogers Sound Design: John Scott Executive Producers: Bella Soames and Jamie East A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mohamed and his mother are reunited in Nairobi after almost 30 years apart. They take journalists Andy and Kamal with them as they retrace the life they shared here – recounting difficult memories as refugees in an unwelcoming city and sharing one of their most painful experiences: the story of their separation.As Sir Mo slowly lifted himself out of a difficult early life, Mohamed endured years of hardship. This is the story of their lives in the 30 years since that sliding doors moment.Reporters: Andy Jehring and Kamal Sultan Producers: Sally McLennan and Bella Soames Sound Design: John Scott Executive Producer: Bella Soames A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paper trails, a dead woman’s revelatory memoir, spies, paying peppercorn rates on his palatial home, a spectacularly misjudged Newsnight interview, how did this once favoured son fall like a dying star from the sky? Forget Edward and Mrs Simpson, it’ll take more than stepping back from the Royal spotlight to escape the allegations and shadows cast by Epstein and his island. In this latest episode Sarah Vine is joined by Andrew Lownie, historian, and author of the revelatory Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York to try to answer some of the questions surrounding Prince Andrew.Presenter: Sarah Vine and Andrew LownieProducer: Philip WildingEditor: Alex GrahamExecutive Producer: Bella SoamesA Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we break down the latest revelations in the assassination of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk. Host Germania speaks with Daily Mail reporter Josh Boswell, who shares exclusive details from police affidavits, text messages between the alleged shooter and his roommate, and new insights into the suspect’s alleged motive, family dynamics, and involvement in online subcultures. Together, they explore how internet communities, political polarisation, and personal relationships may have converged to spark this shocking crime - and what happens next as Tyler Robinson is charged with murder and prosecutors say they will pursue the death penalty.A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A single gunshot silences one of America's most influential conservative voices. Charlie Kirk, the conservative firebrand and MAGA influencer, was shot dead at a university event in Utah.Germania Poleo Rodriguez is joined by campaigner Jack Anderton to discuss Charlie Kirk's meteoric rise to power; his influential role in the MAGA movement and Donald Trump's election victory; and what his assassination means for politics on both sides of the Atlantic.fa7c1275eeeb0fd4cb149b7c832e058b2d685737A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.