Cover
4.7/5
Critic Rating
Cover is an award-winning series investigating true stories of people living secret double lives, presented and produced by Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy.Series 1: Where Is George Gibney? An Olympic coach charged with child sexual abuse who never stood trial. Instead, he vanished. Series 2: Stakeknife. A man tasked with finding and killing alleged IRA informers who was, in fact, a British agent all along.You can contact our production team about either series at cover@bbc.co.uk.Credits for series 2: Stakeknife -Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy Co-Producer: Paddy Fee Editing an...
Critic Reviews
Score: 4
Rebecca Lavoie, Kevin Flynn, Lara Bricker & Toby Ball • Crime Writers On • Feb 13, 2025
"(Season: Stakeknife) Kevin said "Stakeknife" is an epic in its storytelling, its soundscape, and the emotional stories of journalists, families, and operatives affected. Lara thought it was historically dense, but the skullduggery was thrilling."
Score: 5
Alice Florence Orr • PodcastReview.org • Jan 6, 2025
"(Season: Stakeknife) That these events are only a generation past is chilling to consider. Listen to Stakeknife for a sad and complicated audio documentary that charts a part of history highly relevant to current events."
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. …"
