Cover
5.0/5
Critic Rating
A new investigative series from the production team behind ‘Where Is George Gibney?’This new series will focus on another figure who lived a double life and was eventually forced to live under cover. And it’s a story, like the George Gibney one, that many would prefer was never told.So, from this point on, this feed will be renamed ‘Cover.’ Series 1 one of which was ‘Where Is George Gibney?’ and series 2 is Stakeknife.In Northern Ireland from 1978 to 1994, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers; people accused of passing information to the police and the British Army. But the man who often...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Miranda Sawyer • The Guardian • Nov 23, 2024
"(Series: Stakeknife) ...episode two of Stakeknife is an exceptional piece of audio documentary – riveting and sad – and it should be acknowledged. ...It’s Stakeknife who is the subject of this investigative documentary. But within it there are other stories, of lives wrecked, families smashed. All bubbling to the surface years later. …"
