What happens when a dangerous surgeon arrives on one of the world’s most remote islands? How much damage can he do before he is stopped?St Helena is a small British island in the South Atlantic, over 1000 miles from the nearest landmass. It is famous for hosting Napoleon in exile, and boasts the world's oldest living land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, as one of its residents.But this tiny British Overseas Territory has been gripped with scandal. When orthopedic surgeon Dr Sergio Villatoro Bran arrived in 2015 he was supposed to revolutionise care on the island. Instead he caused unimaginable har...
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42 min
What Next?
Following the release of The Surgeon of St Helena, Luke has updates. Producer Louisa Adams joins him in the studio to ask some of your questions.This episode is also available as v…
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29 min
Hostile
Back in the UK, Ruth and co take their fight against the St Helena government to court. But there is another twist. Luke also tries to find out where Dr Sergio is now.Got questions…
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33 min
Lawfare
Luke is on the island, but getting a meeting with those in charge is proving almost impossible.With Ruth, he digs into how the bureaucracy of St Helena works, and why it appears th…
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31 min
Courtroom Drama
Solicitor Ruth travelled to the island to see Sergio sentenced, but nothing went the way she expected.Luke meets The Peters, one of the families Ruth is representing on St Helena,…
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27 min
Landing
Luke plans to travel to St Helena to meet Dr Sergio Villatoro Bran’s victims, but unexpectedly the airport closes. Leaving the population of the island stranded.He takes us back to…
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26 min
Driftwood
Could Dr Sergio be part of a bigger picture? Why are some of the doctors who came before him on the island also dogged by horrible stories of malpractice?Luke hears the story of tw…
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28 min
Good Company
Dr Sergio Villatoro Bran was arrested, but someone seemed intent on helping him get off the island. Meanwhile, Bernard and Sandra started speaking to Sergio’s patients, and a troub…
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31 min
The Bone Man
After the release of The Pitcairn Trials, Luke received emails about another British Overseas Territory - St Helena. They told a shocking story of medical negligence, criminality a…
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2 min
Introducing: The Surgeon Of St Helena
What happens when a dangerous surgeon arrives on one of the world’s most remote islands? How much damage can he do before he is stopped?St Helena is a small British island in the S…
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24 min
An update from the creators of The Pitcairn Trials
A brand new investigative series from the creators of The Pitcairn Trials is on the way! Luke Jones shares an exclusive update of what to expect and introduces an episode of his mu…
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33 min
Your Questions Answered
Luke Jones takes you behind The Pitcairn Trials, to answer some of your most-asked questions. We hear how he navigated interviewing Glenda, who grew up on Pitcairn and experienced…
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40 min
The Aftermath
The Guilty men of Pitcairn received remarkably short prison sentences. Some on the island, sent to the luxury jail they helped to build. Some received community service, with time…
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34 min
Taking a Stand
Glenda takes the stand. Through interviews and court transcripts, we examine the Defence team’s arguments, and the legal debates that surrounded them. Glenda and police officer Pet…
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34 min
White Wigs and Red Dirt
Judges, lawyers and a press pack make the long journey to Pitcairn and the trials begin. Journalists are summoned to a meeting of all the women on the Island at Big Fence as they a…
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34 min
Order, Order
Despite immense pressure to withdraw their testimony, key witnesses for the prosecution are secured. A campaign to undermine the victims to withdraw from the trial begins, led by P…
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34 min
Glenda, A Survivor’s Story
Luke Jones meets Glenda at her home, in the UK. Glenda grew up on Pitcairn but now lives in the UK. She was abused growing up but told no one, until she was contacted by Kent Polic…
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36 min
Have you Ever Wanted to Disappear?
What is the history of the Island of Pitcairn, its myths and realities? Born from the 1789 Mutiny, the mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian stumble across Pitcairn. Handily wrongly…
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33 min
Up the Hill of Difficulty
Kent WPC Gail Cox is chosen as the woman to bring law to Pitcairn. She sets off to Pitcairn to teach the locals how to Police themselves. At a drunken Pitcairn party, one evening,…
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27 min
Paradise, Lost
In Kent, UK, Police Officer Peter George is asked to investigate an alleged serious crime: the rape of a child. The crime is not in England but on the remote Pacific Island of Pitc…
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2 min
Introducing: The Pitcairn Trials
Halfway between Peru and New Zealand is a tiny volcanic island, a little known British Territory. The community of Pitcairn is home to 37 people and a terrifying scandal. In The Pi…