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Season one, Where Is George Gibney?, tracks the Irish Olympic swim coach accused of abusing children, who left for America and quietly built a new life there.

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April 17, 2025 · 3 min

Two bonus episodes coming soon including a Q&A with Patrick Radden Keefe, the author of the international bestseller Say Nothing. The second episode is an exclusive interview with Angela Donnelly, a woman whose brother Eugene Simons was…
10. Frank

January 31, 2025 · 55 min

Mark travels to where Freddie Scappaticci lived after he disappeared from Belfast. A news report we featured from 1987 inspires a man to get in touch with the podcast. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and…
9. No Harm Will Come to You

January 24, 2025 · 49 min

Shauna tells the story of her mother Caroline Moreland. We hear how her campaigning has helped others connected to the the Stakeknife case and how other families have come forward to Mark since the start of this series. Credits Reporter…
8. The General and the Agent

January 17, 2025 · 58 min

We return to the solicitor’s office in West Belfast as Mark meets three crucial people to discuss the end of Scappaticci’s time in the IRA and his eventual uncovering as the agent Stakeknife. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and…
7. The Beginning of the End

January 10, 2025 · 37 min

In 1990, a man called Sandy Lynch was tied up, blindfolded and interrogated by Scappaticci. He survived to document his experience. Marks speaks to an IRA man who “guarded” Lynch. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark…

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A message to listeners - one week break

January 3, 2025 · 2 min

Episode 7 is available on Friday, January 3rd on BBC Sounds.
6. Playing God

December 27, 2024 · 41 min

Orla and Kevin Coyle tell the story of their father who was killed as an alleged informer by the IRA. The profound shadow cast by their father’s death has lasted almost 30 years. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark…
5. Someone Bigger

December 20, 2024 · 44 min

Brendan Hughes wants to question Joe Fenton and find the “main mover.” Is Stakeknife suspected? We meet the former IRA man who interviewed Hughes and whose hero was Scappaticci. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark…
4. The (Estate) Agent

December 13, 2024 · 39 min

Mark tells the story of a man called Joe Fenton and how he was connected to Stakeknife. We learn there was a hierarchy of agents, where some were saved and some were not. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan…
3. The FRU

December 6, 2024 · 49 min

Mark meets two former members of the FRU, the secret army intelligence unit that ran the agent Stakeknife. How did they recruit people? How was Scappaticci recruited? Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and…
2. Sin É

November 29, 2024 · 49 min

Mark speaks to the brother of one of the first people interrogated by Stakeknife. We follow Seamus’ journey as he retraces his brothers steps in the days before he was murdered. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark…
1. The Man Who Never Was

November 22, 2024 · 37 min

A man flees Northern Ireland when he’s named as Stakeknife. At a surprise press conference a few days later he denies the charges but a forgotten tape comes back to haunt him. Credits Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark…

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About the show

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 and Sound Design: Ciarán Cassidy Composer: Michael Fleming Sound mixing: Ger McDonnell Theme tune by Lankum Artwork by Conor Merriman Assistant Commissioners for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins Cover is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.