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Al-Fayed: Who Looked Away?

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  • Al-Fayed - Episode 5: Power & Influence

    October 10, 2026 · 35 min

    In this bonus episode of Al Fayed: Who Looked Away?, we’re hearing from journalist Meirion Jones. Throughout his career Meirion has investigated and broken stories about powerful offenders. The kind of people who, like Mohamed Al-Fayed…

  • Al-Fayed - Episode 4: What Does Justice Look Like?

    October 3, 2026 · 37 min

    Many survivors of Al-Fayed’s abuse stayed silent about their experiences for years. Now that silence is broken.  But speaking out isn’t enough. These survivors want meaningful action. Frustrated by the new police investigation, Operation…

  • Al-Fayed - Episode 3: Trafficking

    September 26, 2026 · 45 min

    As details emerged about the scale and systematic nature of Mohamed Al-Fayed’s crimes, he was compared to another notorious predator – Jeffrey Epstein.  Soon, survivors of Al-Fayed start describing their experiences using a term from…

  • Al-Fayed - Episode 2: The Pattern

    September 19, 2026 · 39 min

    Mohamed Al-Fayed’s abuses were not isolated incidents. They were a deliberate pattern of exploitation and control. And they started on the shop floor, a toxic working environment where young women were on show as much as the items on sale…

  • Al-Fayed - Episode 1: I’ve Got To Get Rid of You

    September 19, 2026 · 35 min

    On a winter’s day in 1990, Joanna Brittan’s boss beckons her off the street, and into a waiting limousine.  They take a long drive to a country estate outside of London, where they meet Mohamed Al-Fayed – the billionaire businessman who…

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  • Coming soon - Al-Fayed: Who Looked Away

    September 14, 2026 · 1 min

    Mohamed Al-Fayed was the billionaire businessman who owned the iconic department store – Harrods. Together they projected an image of wealth, luxury and glamour. In the wake of his death, that image was shattered when hundreds of former…

  • Charlene: Somebody Knows Something - Jodie - Episode 6

    November 27, 2025 · 36 min

    A witness gets in touch with Nicola, with new information that could be significant for the investigation. A mysterious flat, a suspect that has never been identified, and an intriguing possibility – did Charlene really disappear on that…

  • Charlene: Somebody Knows Something - Issues With The Evidence - Episode 5

    November 20, 2025 · 41 min

    What had gone so wrong with Charlene’s case? After some very public failings, the police put one of their own in front of a disciplinary hearing. But this is bigger than one bad detective.   As Nicola investigates the fallout from the…

  • Charlene: Somebody Knows Something - A Few Bad Men - Episode 4

    November 13, 2025 · 43 min

    In the wake of Charlene’s disappearance, the focus was on the network of men grooming young girls from late night takeaways. But what the public didn’t know was that these weren’t the only bad men in Charlene’s life. Nicola speaks to…

  • Charlene: Somebody Knows Something - Rez - Episode 3

    November 6, 2025 · 39 min

    On a chilly morning in Blackpool, Nicola interviews Mohammed Raveshi, one of the men charged in relation to Charlene’s disappearance. Some still believe he is guilty. But as he tells the strange story of how he ended up on trial for the…

  • Charlene: Somebody Knows Something - The Trial - Episode 2

    October 30, 2025 · 26 min

    Two men are arrested and charged – for murdering Charlene and disposing of her body. Police and prosecutors believe they have the audio tapes to prove it. But it’s not so simple. What happens in the trial will shock everyone and shape this…

  • Charlene: Somebody Knows Something - Bright Lights and Dark Alleyways - Episode 1

    October 30, 2025 · 32 min

    On Saturday 1st of November 2003, fourteen-year-old Charlene Downes disappeared from her hometown of Blackpool. The story of what happened to her has haunted the town ever since – but is it true? Twenty years later, another Blackpool girl…

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About the show

Launching September 19th. Mohamed Al-Fayed was the billionaire businessman who owned the iconic department store – Harrods. Together they projected an image of wealth, luxury and glamour. In the wake of his death, that image was shattered when hundreds of former Harrods employees came forward to accuse Al-Fayed of grooming, abuse and assault. But this was more than just one man. It was a trafficking network, on the scale of Jeffrey Epstein. In Al-Fayed: Who Looked Away?, journalist Nicola Thorp speaks with survivors to uncover the system that enabled and protected Al-Fayed - and the fight for justice that continues to this day.   Al-Fayed may be gone, but those who enabled him are still alive. If you have any information, you can contact us at info@thecrimedesk.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.