Bed of Lies
4.7/5
Critic Rating
A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army.Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles and asks: is the British state getting away with murder?The first and second series of Bed of Lies are also available to listen to on this feed:Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the story they didn't want you...
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.8
Miranda Sawyer • The Guardian • Feb 1, 2025
"(Series: Conflict) The BBC’s Stakeknife is about exactly this subject too but is a very different show. Where it bangs straight in, McGoogan chisels away with remarkable innocence and sometimes unintentionally politicised language. ...her innocence means that McGoogan is audibly, genuinely shocked that the British establishment would use murderous tactics against the people it calls its citizens. So she should be. It is completely shocking."
Score: 4.8
Miranda Sawyer • The Guardian • Dec 5, 2020
"And another podcast full of secrets. In Bed of Lies, we hear from seven different women who formed relationships with undercover policemen who joined leftwing activist groups in the 1990s and early 2000s. The practice began being exposed in 2010, but the effects are still felt by the women involved. We’re a few episodes into this gripping, complicated tale. Each man seems unique and yet they all act in the same way with the women they seduce, gradually ensnaring them into a life that seems wonderful but is built on pathological dishonesty. Their stories are shocking and heartrending. This is a must-listen series."
Score: 4.5
Anna Leszkiewicz • New Statesman • Nov 18, 2020
"It’s a shame Bed of Lies presents the story as a mystery; I’d rather it dispensed with the question marks to tackle this horrifying abuse of human rights head-on. Bed of Lies will sound familiar to those who have deeply researched this scandal. But that doesn’t make it any less stomach-churning."
