Contains some strong language, some violence and some upsetting scenes.

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Gangster

Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties

Gangster Presents... Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties

10 November 2025

12 minutes

Available for over a year

The story of the biggest prison smuggling plot ever busted in the UK - and the love story at the heart of it.

Journalist Amber Haque untangles what happens when mental health nurse Amy Hatfield meets convicted criminal Joe Whittingham. Her investigation leads into a world of blackmail and manipulation, where you never quite know who to trust or who's watching.

Credits

Host: Amber Haque

Producer: Becca Bryers

Sound design: Ivor Manley and Andy Fell

Story and music consultant: Emma Weatherill

Development by: Rob Byrne, Rhiannon Nevada and Emma Shaw

Production management: Gaelan Davis-Connolly and Debbie Wadell

Executive producer: Joe Kent

Commissioning producer: Sam Proffitt

Commissioning executive: Louise Kattenhorn and Lorraine Okuefuna

Commissioning editor: Richard Maddock

A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live