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The Crime Agents
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Crime, but as you've never heard it before
- with Neil Basu and Andy Hughes
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“Their mantra is antiquated and offensive”

Andy & @lewisgoodall.com from @newsagents.bsky.social ask why the Royal Family hasn’t done its own investigation into Andrew’s links to Epstein

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#EpsteinFiles #PrinceAndrew #RoyalFamily
February 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
🚨 ICYMI: new episode alert!

Mandelson, Epstein & Andrew: when policing and power collide

Andy and @lewisgoodall.com look at the investigation into Peter Mandelson and discuss whether powerful people are treated differently by the police

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February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
🚨 New episode alert!

Andy teams up with @lewisgoodall.com from @newsagents.bsky.social to explore the Peter Mandelson investigation and how UK & US authorities will be working together to secure evidence from the Epstein Files

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February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
“There are other reasons why insulin could spike"

Andy & Neil discuss the conclusion of an expert panel that the babies in former nurse Lucy Letby’s care were victims of ‘bad medical care’ — not murder

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#LucyLetby #LucyLetbymurdertrial #Netflix
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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#QnA #Questions #Podcast
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
'It seems like your gut feeling is she's innocent'

Sir Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary at the time of Lucy Letby’s alleged crimes, tells Andy & Neil why he still has questions about the former nurse’s conviction

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#LucyLetby #LucyLetbymurdertrial
February 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
🚨 New episode alert!

Was Lucy Letby wrongly convicted?

As calls for a retrial grow, Andy & Neil explore the doubts around the case and Sir Jeremy Hunt joins to explain his concerns over one of Britain’s most controversial cases

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February 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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#QnA #Questions #Podcast
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
“It’s not hard to find if you know where you’re looking”

Andy presses the UK's head of Counter Terror Policing AC Laurence Taylor on whether AI tools like Grok are safe, or whether it's time for it to be shut down

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#Grok #ElonMusk #AI
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
“Of course we don’t want to be arresting them”

Andy challenges the UK's head of Counter Terror Policing AC Laurence Taylor over the controversial move to proscribe Palestine Action

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#PalestineAction #Palestine #TheMiddleEast
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"They're doing nowhere near enough"

Andy sits down with Assistant Commissioner Taylor inside Britain’s counter-terror HQ to ask an important question: should tech giants like #ElonMusk and #MarkZuckerberg face counter-terror laws?

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#Grok #Meta
January 30, 2026 at 11:14 AM
🚨 New episode alert!

Inside Britain’s counter-terror HQ

Andy exclusively interviews the UK's Counter-Terrorism Police Chief on the threat from ISIS & whether it's time for tech bosses to be held to account for what happens on their platforms

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January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“Oh my god, they don’t know"

Andy describes interviewing Stephen Port’s parents on the day he was arrested on suspicion of multiple murders. He explains how he ended up breaking the news that Port had also been a #MasterChef contestant

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January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
‘Surely this is important evidence?’

Miriam Blythe explains some of the police failures that mean she believes the death of her son, Edward, wasn’t taken seriously because he was gay

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#EdwardCornes #Police #Crime
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Are the police still institutionally homophobic? Andy & Neil hear from a grieving mother who feels like her son's death wasn't investigated properly - because he was gay

Have lessons been learned or ignored?

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#MetPolice #homophobia #grief
January 22, 2026 at 1:14 PM
“I hope she was a better detective than she was a faithful!”

Andy & Neil discuss banished faithful (and former Met detective) Amanda’s missteps, and whether eyebrows should be raised over her former career

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#thetraitors #thetraitorsuk #traitors
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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#QnA #Questions #Podcast
January 19, 2026 at 11:22 AM
'They never would’ve thought he was a cop because he was so stupid'

Former #undercover Met officer James Bannon reveals what it was like to infiltrate Millwall’s notorious #football firm in the 1980s — the Millwall Bushwackers

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January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
🚨 New episode alert!

What does it really take to live a double life & infiltrate dangerous worlds? Andy & Neil reveal the brutal reality of undercover policing, with Neil drawing on his vast experience of deploying covert units

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January 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
In the aftermath of Trump’s highly debated capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro, Andy, Neil & returning guest, drug smuggling expert Tony Saggers unpack how it differs from Honduras’ former president—despite similar charges

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#Trump #Venezuela
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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#QnA #Questions #Podcast
January 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
“Organised crime doesn’t stop”

Will the capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro disrupt the UK drugs trade? Returning guest & ex-NCA chief Tony Saggers explains why it's unlikely

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#Trump #Maduro #Venezuela
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“I guess anything’s possible”

Trump has arrested Nicolas Maduro on drug trafficking charges. Returning guest & drug-smuggling expert Tony Saggers weighs in on the likelihood of the former President being involved with drug cartels

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January 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
🚨 New episode!

Is recently captured President Maduro responsible for flooding the UK with cocaine? Andy & Neil discuss whether Trump's operation will have an impact on the drugs trade here in the UK

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#Trump #Venezuela #Maduro
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“You got fired by your own Dad?!”

Ever wondered how Andy became a crime journalist? He reveals why being fired by his Dad was the best thing that ever happened to him

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#QnA #fired #journalism
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM