1 October 2025

28 minutes

Available for over a year

In 1995, a mysterious man phones the O’Connors. He wants to get something off his chest. Sensing something potentially huge, Nemone secretly records their meeting. What happened next could have change everything. The secret the mysterious man wants to share? He knows who killed Donk Ambridge.

Meanwhile Ragnar is forced to confront everything he thought he knew about this case and his father. Hidden in the family archive is an account of the night Donk Ambridge was murdered that could turn everything upside down.

Presenter: Ragnar O’Connor

Producer: Emily Esson, Victoria McArthur

Research: Elizabeth Ann Duffy, Louise Yeoman

Script Assistant and Additional Research: Marisha Currie

Actors: Cameron Jack, Irene Macdougall

Script Writers: Emily Esson, Jack Kibble-White

Original Music: Lomond Campbell

Theme Music: Barry Jackson

Addition mixing and sound effects: Charlie McPhee, Kayleigh Raphel

Story Consultant: Jack Kibble-White

Script Editor: Graham Russell

Executive Editor: Gillian Wheelan

Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams

Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke

A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4

Thanks to Cheryl Field, Richard Field and Kirsty Williams