A verdict | Lucky Boy update
Aug 27, 2026
For the last three weeks, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou has been following the trial of Sally Anne Bowen, the teacher at the centre of Tortoise Investigates’ podcast series Lucky Boy, first released in…
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Gareth | Lucky Boy Ep1
Aug 27, 2026
Gareth spent years believing he was a lucky boy. He was the 14-year-old who got the attention of the attractive young science teacher. Now, decades later, he wants the truth to come out about the…
A Flying Start | The Mandelson files Ep1
Aug 17, 2026
When Peter Mandelson was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the United States over his links with Jeffrey Epstein people wondered how he ever got appointed in the first place. Eventually Keir…
Asma's Syria | We call her Emma Ep6
Aug 10, 2026
Eighteen months ago the Assad regime suddenly collapsed, and the first lady and her family fled to Moscow. A regime insider tells Chloe just how powerful Asma had become in the final years and what…
Asma’s orphanages | We call her Emma Ep5
Aug 03, 2026
Chloe learns of allegations that Asma - the ‘mother of the nation’ - had an active role in one of the regime’s cruellest strategies: separating the children of dissidents and rebel fighters from…
Asma’s choice | We call her Emma Ep3
Jul 20, 2026
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Diana of Damascus | We call her Emma Ep2
Jul 13, 2026
When Asma arrives in Syria, there’s a palpable sense of hope. People in the country and around the world dare to believe that she is a force for good. Chloe hears from people who worked with her in…
The girl from Acton | We call her Emma Ep1
Jul 06, 2026
Emma is a high achieving, middle class woman from West London - she’s destined for a successful career and a comfortable British life. But in 2001 she makes a decision that will come to define her -…
Introducing...We call her Emma
Jun 30, 2026
Emma is a high achieving, middle class girl from west London. She seems destined for a successful career in banking and a comfortable British life. Until she makes a decision that will come to define…
Betrayal | Foundling Ep 5
Apr 20, 2026
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Under one roof | Foundling Ep 2
Mar 24, 2026
Jess does a DNA test. And she and Lucy travel to visit a house where Jess’s birth mother once lived, and try and work out how nobody noticed a thing.Foundling is a 6 part original series from…
On the verge | Foundling Ep 1
Mar 24, 2026
Journalist Lucy Greenwell goes in search of Jess following rumours and unanswered questions about where she was born and who gave birth to her. Foundling is a 6 part original series from Tortoise…
Introducing... Foundling
Mar 17, 2026
On 6th October 1987, a newborn baby is found on the verge of a remote country lane in Suffolk. Police comb the area for clues and appeal for witnesses, but the mother is never found. The baby, Jess…
The Missing Book | The Walkers Ep7
Feb 16, 2026
The Salt Path was the supposed bestseller debut book by Raynor Winn, selling millions worldwide. So when two more sequels came along with increasingly bold claims on reversing a terminal illness, why…
The Letters | The Walkers Ep6
Feb 09, 2026
At a motorway service station, Chloe meets someone close to Raynor Winn who’s nervous about coming forward. It turns out she’s another character from The Salt Path…and she’s Raynor Winn’s niece. And…
The French Quarter | The Walkers Ep5
Feb 02, 2026
In the aftermath of her initial investigation, Chloe hears from a close family member of Moth’s. The story is one of deep divides…and another theft. But it takes her one step closer to understanding…
The Miracle | The Walkers Ep4
Jan 26, 2026
Moth is suffering from a rare and terminal illness: corticobasal degeneration. Life expectancy rarely extends beyond eight years. But almost two decades after his diagnosis, Moth is still defying the…
Cider at Haye | The Walkers Ep3
Jan 20, 2026
When the television cameras come to a heritage cider farm in Cornwall, Moth and Raynor Winn take centre stage. Within weeks, they vanished. The farm’s owner, their friend, is left to piece together…
On the path | The Walkers Ep2
Jan 13, 2026
With question marks now raised over how The Salt Path began, Chloe Hadjimatheou starts to track down other characters from the book. Did Raynor Winn and Moth ever walk the path the way they…
The Missing Money | The Walkers Ep1
Jan 12, 2026
In a small town in north Wales, an alleged theft at a local estate agents plants the seeds for a global blockbuster.Subscribe to Observer+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to binge listen to the entire…
Introducing... The Walkers: The real Salt Path
Jan 06, 2026
Raynor Winn’s memoir The Salt Path was a bestseller and literary phenomenon with millions of people captivated by this true story of financial ruin, terminal illness, and healing through nature…
In good faith | Deep Water Ep6
Dec 15, 2025
After weeks of chasing him, Lydia finally speaks to Vitomir Maričić, the Croatian freediver at the heart of the scandal – and he tells his side of the story.Subscribe to Observer+ on Apple Podcasts…
Click Bait | Deep Water Ep5
Dec 08, 2025
An anti-doping officer tells Lydia that drugs are only considered a problem in freediving on social media, and in podcasts. She learns the problem is bigger, and more complex, and more corrupt, than…
Don’t hold your breath | Deep Water Ep4
Dec 01, 2025
The CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency – and the man who caught Lance Armstrong – has advice for Lydia. It’s not what she’s expecting.Subscribe to Observer+ on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to…
In the bag | Deep Water Ep3
Nov 24, 2025
Vertical Blue, 2023, the moment the doping scandal erupts. The competition organiser, William Trubridge, recounts his plan to catch the dopers – and Lydia investigates the fallout of a very…
Fair Play | Deep Water Ep2
Nov 17, 2025
Lydia travels to Kalamata, Greece, a renowned freediving spot to investigate the doping allegations. What substances are athletes meant to be taking? And what are the risks – to them, and to the…