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Mark Horgan
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As a youth I used to weep in butchers' shops • Producer @secondcaptains.bsky.social • Producer, reporter ‘Where Is George Gibney?’ • ‘Stakeknife’ is out now on BBC Sounds •
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Hi folks, thanks to everyone who has gotten in touch with me so far since we released the series on Friday, the response (especially to episode 2) has been amazing.

I hope you’ll add it to your playlist for the week ahead & make your own mind up (1/2)
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"Riveting"
"Indispensable"
"Exceptional"

@msmirandasawyer.bsky.social of The Observer has given her verdict on the new 'Stakeknife' podcast which is also the @theguardian.com pick of the week.

Episode 1 is out now on all platforms & 1 AND 2 are available on BBC Sounds. Give it a listen now ⭐️
“The BBC podcast and the impact it had in prompting the four victims to come forward are mentioned several times in the court documents from Florida.”

Just an incredible line to read. Thanks for all the messages over the past couple of days, everyone.
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We’ve released 2 bonus Stakeknife pods this week.

Huge thanks to Patrick Radden Keefe for joining me for a Q&A, ‘Say Nothing’ was a big inspiration so this was a thrill to record.

I hope you also get a chance to listen to our final bonus ep with with the equally inspiring Angela Donnelly 🔴🟠
June 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Sorry Mick & sorry everyone, power cuts after the worst storm in Ireland in decades have meant episode 10 of Stakeknife will now be released in the morning.

🟠 Episode 10: Frank - out tomo morning on BBC Sounds🟠

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@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
Red weather warning, stuck to the couch from lack of sleep, clicking refresh on my "MySounds" section of #BBCSounds app endlessly.... Tick tock... C'mon already 😂
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Episode 10 is STILL being worked on and on its way. It’s an edit we begun just a week ago and will be with you a little later today on BBC Sounds.

Thanks for your patience everyone🟠

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@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
We’re still working (🫨) on the final episode of Stakeknife which is out tomorrow on BBC Sounds.

Thanks to everyone who has given it a go so far, I’ve just been told it’s already passed the 1 million listens mark in the UK alone, which in my book, is a lot of listens ❤️

@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We’re still working (🫨) on the final episode of Stakeknife which is out tomorrow on BBC Sounds.

Thanks to everyone who has given it a go so far, I’ve just been told it’s already passed the 1 million listens mark in the UK alone, which in my book, is a lot of listens ❤️

@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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New Stakeknife episodes out this morning 🟠

7. The Beginning of the End - wherever you get your podcasts

8. The General and the Agent - BBC Sounds only, where we return to the solicitors office with the other journalist in the room.

@younghorgan.bsky.social
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A brand new episode of Stakeknife has just landed🟠

Episode 7: The Beginning of the End - BBC Sounds only. Link below.

Thanks for all your messages on episode 6 featuring the Coyles from Derry which is available to listen to everywhere now.
@younghorgan.bsky.social
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I hope you can find time to listen to all the episodes in the Stakeknife series but ‘Playing God’ is especially important to me.

It’s the story of the children of Kevin Coyle, an alleged informer killed in Derry in 1985, told for the first time by Orla & Kevin jr themselves.
Two more extraordinary Stakeknife episodes are OUT NOW:

Episode 5: Someone Bigger🟠
Available wherever you get your podcasts

Episode 6: Playing God🔴
Available on BBC Sounds

Thanks to everyone for listening so far🎧

@younghorgan.bsky.social
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social

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December 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
“I believe he was executed to protect someone bigger.”

This is Brendan Hughes and Anthony McIntyre in the Divis flats in Belfast in 2002, as featured in episode 5 of our series, Stakeknife.

Brand new episodes out tomorrow morning on BBC Sounds & wherever you get your pods 🟠
December 19, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Thanks for all your messages on Stakeknife so far. Tomorrow’s episodes feature the actual Boston tape recording of Brendan Hughes. Available from 7am
🟠Brand new Stakeknife episodes are out Friday first thing 🔴

"Excellent" - Irish Times
"Exceptional" - The Observer
"Gripping" - The i Paper
"Superlative podcasting" - Examiner

Episode 4: The (Estate) Agent - out everywhere

Episode 5: Someone Bigger - out @BBCSounds
December 12, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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Episode 3: The FRU - wherever you get your pods ⚫️

Episode 4: The (Estate) Agent - BBC Sounds only 🟠

@younghorgan.bsky.social
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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The latest episode of 'Stakeknife' concerns the FRU, the intelligence unit that ran Scappaticci. You can listen now on @BBCSounds or on Friday wherever else you get your podcasts.

Let us know what you think of the series so far & please do rate & share
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December 4, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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🚨NEW EPISODES OUT NOW🚨for the podcast series being described as “riveting”, “exceptional & “indispensable”.

Episode 2: Sin É - is out NOW wherever you get your podcasts

Episode 3: The FRU - is out now ONLY on BBC SOUNDS

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November 29, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Hi folks, thanks to everyone who has gotten in touch with me so far since we released the series on Friday, the response (especially to episode 2) has been amazing.

I hope you’ll add it to your playlist for the week ahead & make your own mind up (1/2)
@ciarancassidy.bsky.social
"Riveting"
"Indispensable"
"Exceptional"

@msmirandasawyer.bsky.social of The Observer has given her verdict on the new 'Stakeknife' podcast which is also the @theguardian.com pick of the week.

Episode 1 is out now on all platforms & 1 AND 2 are available on BBC Sounds. Give it a listen now ⭐️
November 24, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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AVAILABLE NOW:
Stakeknife, our new 10-part series with the BBC is out now on all platforms.

Episode 1: The Man Who Never Was
On @BBCsounds & wherever you get your podcasts

Episode 2: Sin É
On @BBCSounds only

Please listen, subscribe and spread the word

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Cover - Stakeknife - 1. The Man Who Never Was - BBC Sounds
A man denies he’s Stakeknife to the press but a forgotten tape comes back to haunt him.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM