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Estimated from 41 chart positions in 41 markets.
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- 🇦🇺AU · Documentary#17300K to 1M
- 🇬🇧GB · Documentary#27100K to 300K
- 🇨🇦CA · Documentary#31100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Documentary#48100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Documentary#5430K to 100K
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830K to 2.5M🎙 ~2x weekly·88 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
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1.7M to 5.1M🇦🇺20%🇮🇳16%🇬🇧6%+38 more - Active Followers
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664K to 2.0M
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Searching for Soldier Dad: 5. Answers
May 18, 2026
42m 02s
Searching for Soldier Dad: 4. The dads
May 11, 2026
30m 12s
Searching for Soldier Dad: 3. Ghosts
May 4, 2026
37m 20s
Searching for Soldier Dad: 2. Eureka
Apr 27, 2026
34m 24s
Searching for Soldier Dad: 1. Love story
Apr 20, 2026
34m 10s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/18/26 | ![]() Searching for Soldier Dad: 5. Answers✨ | family relationshipsmilitary+3 | James Netto | British Army | — | fatherrelationship+3 | — | 42m 02s | |
| 5/11/26 | ![]() Searching for Soldier Dad: 4. The dads✨ | orphancourt case+3 | — | BBCBBC World Service | — | orphancourt+5 | — | 30m 12s | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() Searching for Soldier Dad: 3. Ghosts✨ | familyidentity+3 | CathyPeter | BBCBefrienders Worldwide | — | DNA analysismental health+3 | — | 37m 20s | |
| 4/27/26 | ![]() Searching for Soldier Dad: 2. Eureka✨ | DNA detectivesAmerican serial killer+4 | — | BBCBBC World Service | — | DNAdetectives+6 | — | 34m 24s | |
| 4/20/26 | ![]() Searching for Soldier Dad: 1. Love story✨ | family secretsidentity+3 | — | BBCBBC World Service | Kenya | fatherDNA+5 | — | 34m 10s | |
| 4/13/26 | ![]() Searching for Soldier Dad: Trailer✨ | DNA detectionpaternity+4 | — | BBC | Kenya | DNA detectivesBritish soldiers+5 | — | 3m 01s | |
| 3/23/26 | ![]() The Darkest Web: 6. My brother, the abuser✨ | child sexual abusearrest+4 | — | BBCBBC Eye+1 | — | abusearrest+5 | — | 40m 57s | |
| 3/16/26 | ![]() The Darkest Web: 5. Buried hard drives✨ | child sexual abuseinternet safety+4 | — | BBCBBC World Service+2 | BrazilPortugal+1 | paedophilechild abuse+6 | — | 28m 10s | |
| 3/9/26 | ![]() The Darkest Web: 4. Undercover✨ | dark webchild sexual abuse+3 | — | BBC | — | dark webchild abuse+4 | — | 26m 17s | |
| 3/2/26 | ![]() The Darkest Web: 3. The hidden child✨ | child sexual abusedark web+4 | — | Facebook | — | dark webchild abuse+4 | — | 25m 37s | |
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| 2/23/26 | ![]() The Darkest Web: 2. Man with the amazing memory✨ | child sexual abusedark web+4 | — | BBCFacebook+1 | — | dark webchild abuse+5 | — | 25m 59s | |
| 2/16/26 | ![]() The Darkest Web: 1. Meeting a monster✨ | child sexual abuseonline exploitation+4 | Greg SquirePete Manning | BBCBBC World Service+1 | DenmarkAmerica+2 | dark webchild abuse+5 | — | 29m 12s | |
| 2/9/26 | ![]() The Darkest Web: Trailer✨ | child abusedark web+3 | — | BBCBBC Eye+1 | America | dark webchild abusers+3 | — | 4m 44s | |
| 12/29/25 | ![]() The Child Cancer Scam: 6. The calls | After never receiving the money raised in their children’s name, mothers are finally confronting the scammers and demanding answers. Now is the time to ask why. Where is the money? Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model. World of Secrets will be back with gripping new investigations in 2026.Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson Sound design: Andy Fell Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel | 33m 01s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | ![]() The Child Cancer Scam: 5. The agency | The investigation into why millions of dollars promised to families with sick children never reaches them moves to Israel. There we find misleading addresses and more questions than answers. Who is making these online campaigns which claim to help desperate parents? New ones keep appearing, but the story’s the same. Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson Sound design: Andy Fell Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel | 28m 34s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | ![]() The Child Cancer Scam: 4. The contract | A mother from Ukraine signs a contract, hoping that it will help her young daughter. Viktoriia has a brain tumour: her story is plastered all over social media despite her family’s request that the video they made isn’t shared. Olena says she wasn’t given time to read the contract properly. When we look more closely, it makes for shocking reading. Now she knows the truth, she wants to stop the scammers, agreeing to help us go undercover. Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson Sound design: Andy Fell Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel | 27m 44s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | ![]() The Child Cancer Scam: 3. The recruiters | A woman called Isabel pushes a little girl to send videos from her hospital bed. It’s part of a recruitment drive for sick children in Colombia to take part in campaigns. What does she know about the hundreds of thousands of dollars that appear to have been raised? It’s money the family never saw. Who was she working for, and what can she tell us about this scam? Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson Sound design: Andy Fell Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel | 31m 05s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | ![]() The Child Cancer Scam: 2. The director | As videos of other sick children pleading for money are found online, we find out more about the man behind the camera. And it becomes clear that there’s a complex network of organisations registered in Israel, the United States and Canada, exploiting families who just need help. Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson Sound design: Andy Fell Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel | 28m 17s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | ![]() The Child Cancer Scam: 1. The video | Seven-year-old Khalil from the Philippines has cancer. His family hope making a campaign video might save him, because they desperately need help to pay for his treatment. But the shoot is demanding, exhausting. Khalil even has onions put in front of his eyes to make him cry. For his mother Aljin, it’s a last-ditch attempt to help her son. But despite following every demand made by a “foreign sponsor”, she’s told the video doesn’t make any money. Season 10 of World of Secrets, The Child Cancer Scam, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. Please note, the image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the child depicted is a model.Reporter and Presenter: Simi Jolaoso Additional reporting: Jack Goodman and Ned Davies Writer and Producer: Neil McCarthy and Rob Wilson Sound design: Andy Fell Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel | 27m 17s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | ![]() The Child Cancer Scam: Trailer | Your child is critically ill with cancer. It’s the worst news you can get. But to make the situation even more awful, you struggle to afford the care they need. So, when someone tells you a foreign sponsor can help raise the money, you’ll do anything. You make a video: your child begs for help from strangers online. But it comes to nothing. You wait and wait for the cash from the donations. It never comes, and all the while your child is fighting for their life. In this World of Secrets podcast from the BBC World Service, BBC Eye uncovers the shocking truth. Released from 15th December. Please note, the show image is being used for illustrative purposes only and the person depicted in it is a model. | 4m 01s | ||||||
| 10/26/24 | ![]() The Abercrombie Guys: 11. Mike Jeffries Under Arrest | "Anyone who thinks they can exploit others by using the so-called casting couch system... prepare to trade that couch for a bed in federal prison."Prosecutors in New York send a stern message, as The Abercrombie Guys, Mike Jeffries and Matthew Smith, are arrested on charges of sex trafficking and interstate prostitution, along with their alleged fixer Jim Jacobson. They've denied wrongdoing.Reporter Rianna and producer Ruth head to New York to watch the court proceedings unfold, just a stone's throw from Mike Jeffries' Hamptons mansion. | 25m 04s | ||||||
| 9/13/24 | ![]() The Abercrombie Guys: 10. Final Fantasy | "I thought I was gonna die." A man fears for his life after attending an Abercrombie Guys event. Mike Jeffries time as Abercrombie and Fitch CEO comes to an abrupt end, marking the end of an era. Meanwhile, in 2024 the allegations against him and Matthew Smith continue to mount. "The courtroom is where we will deal with this matter," say their lawyers. #worldofsecrets | 49m 30s | ||||||
| 9/13/24 | ![]() The Abercrombie Guys: 9. The FBI is at my door | The FBI is investigating following allegations made in World of Secrets. The Abercrombie Guys vehemently deny wrongdoing and an old acquaintance comes to their defence, with a different side of the story. "Which one’s true? The audience will have to decide," he says. Meanwhile another man reports what happened when he went on a luxury cruise with Mike Jeffries and Matthew Smith - and says he faced the consequences of saying no to the former Abercrombie boss. #WorldofSecrets | 41m 03s | ||||||
| 11/21/23 | ![]() The Abercrombie Guys: 8. The Fallout | A lawsuit is filed revealing new allegations, but what did Abercrombie and Fitch know? An anonymous source speaks about Mike Jeffries' time at A&F, but the company won't answer all our questions. Meanwhile, another staffer recalls his time working for The Abercrombie Guys: "I only worked for them for a year, and I hated every second of it."Have you got a story to tell? Email rianna@bbc.com. Let us know what you think of the season using the hashtag #WorldofSecretsThis podcast refers to sexual abuse and contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting, as well as some occasional strong language. If you've been affected by any of the issues in this series, please contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support for survivors of sexual abuse, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is presented and investigated by Rianna Croxford Series Producers: Ruth Evans and Alys Harte Senior Producer: Emma Close Development Producer: Hannah Livingston Investigation Editor: Ed Campbell Podcast Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Executive Editor: Emma Rippon Studio Engineers: Neil Churchill, Andy Fell, Gareth Jones, and Ali Rezakhani Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill Commissioning Editor: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Executive: Louise Kattenhorn Assistant Commissioner: Natasha JohanssonThis podcast is made in collaboration with BBC Panorama.If you are in the UK, you can watch Panorama: The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool on BBC iPlayer now, or on BBC Select if you are in the in the US.World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is a BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds. | 29m 01s | ||||||
| 10/2/23 | ![]() The Abercrombie Guys: 7. Do You Remember Me? | The Abercrombie Guys’ alleged main recruiter is tracked-down to a small town in Wisconsin and asked about his involvement in the operation: “Nobody went into this without their eyes wide open.” One high profile American lawyer examines the team’s evidence and calls for prosecutors to investigate.Have you got a story to tell? Email rianna@bbc.com. Let us know what you think of the season using the hashtag #WorldofSecretsThis podcast refers to sexual abuse and contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting, as well as some occasional strong language. If you've been affected by any of the issues in this series, please contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support for survivors of sexual abuse, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is presented and investigated by Rianna Croxford Series Producers: Ruth Evans and Alys Harte Senior Producer: Emma Close Development Producer: Hannah Livingston Investigation Editor: Ed Campbell Podcast Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Executive Editor: Emma Rippon Studio Engineers: Neil Churchill, Andy Fell, Gareth Jones, and Ali Rezakhani Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill Commissioning Editor: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Executive: Louise Kattenhorn Assistant Commissioner: Natasha Johansson This podcast is made in collaboration with BBC Panorama. If you are in the UK, you can watch Panorama: The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool on BBC iPlayer now, or on BBC Select if you are in the in the US. World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is a BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds. | 33m 38s | ||||||
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