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Undercover

Police Officer Mark Kennedy aka ‘Mark Stone’ is unmasked by the friends and lovers he was sent to spy on. Andy Whittaker investigates how he and other ‘spycops’ operated.

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Episodes

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The Spycops
20. Box 500
How the secret intelligence service MI5 collected reports from the ‘spycops’.
06 Jun 2024,43 mins
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19. The Undercover Policing Inquiry
The 2020 public inquiry started hearing evidence from deceived women.
06 Jun 2024,30 mins
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18. The blacklist
How undercover police officers contributed to an illegal blacklist.
06 Jun 2024,25 mins
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17. Tradecraft
Andy Whittaker reviews the Special Demonstration Squad’s tradecraft handbook.
06 Jun 2024,30 mins
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16. Donna, 'Lindsey' and Carlo
Donna McLean, and ‘Lindsey’ had long relationships with spycop Carlo Neri.
06 Jun 2024,30 mins
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15. The whistleblower
Former Special Demonstration Squad officer Peter Francis turns whistleblower.
06 Jun 2024,26 mins
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14. The bereaved families
Discussing ’Rod Richardson', the last undercover cop to use the identity of a dead child.
06 Jun 2024,30 mins
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13. Lawsuit
Deceived women take legal action against the police.
06 Jun 2024,27 mins
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12. The children
Revealing two undercover ‘spycops’ who had fathered children with their targets.
06 Jun 2024,33 mins
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11. Aftermath
Two further undercover officers are revealed after Mark Kennedy’s unmasking,
06 Jun 2024,29 mins
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Explore what happened next and what was real as we uncover more stories.
28 May 2024,1 min
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10. ‘I’m not the only one’ - Mark Kennedy
Mark Kennedy talks to the media while his deployment leaves huge questions.
23 Jan 2024,43 mins
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9. Unmasked
The activists become investigators and discover who Mark Kennedy really is.
23 Jan 2024,31 mins
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8. The passport – Who is Mark Kennedy?
Mark Stone’s long-term girlfriend ‘Lisa’ discovers a passport with his real name.
23 Jan 2024,18 mins
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7. Ratcliffe on Soar power station protest
In 2009, a covert plan to shut down a power station is prevented by a police raid.
23 Jan 2024,28 mins
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6. Train hijack
Police documents reveal Mark Stone’s involvement in a plot to intercept a coal train.
23 Jan 2024,29 mins
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5. The D lock
Mark Stone appears on TV news with his head secured to a gate at a nuclear power plant.
23 Jan 2024,22 mins
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4. Gleneagles, G8 summit
Mark Stone is at the heart of a plan to block roads as the G8 leaders meet in Scotland.
23 Jan 2024,26 mins
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3. The friends from London
Andy Whittaker hears about an odd incident when Mark's ‘friends’ come from London.
23 Jan 2024,19 mins
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2. Building trust
Exploring more of Mark's undercover life, the friends he had and relationships he built.
23 Jan 2024,22 mins
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1. The target
Exploring how an undercover police officer infiltrated a group of climate activists.
23 Jan 2024,31 mins
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Introducing Undercover
Officer Mark Kennedy is unmasked by the friends and lovers he was sent to spy on.
05 Jan 2024,4 mins