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In Dark Corners

by BBC Radio 4
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About the show

Campaigning journalist, broadcaster and historian Alex Renton shines a light into the dark corners of British society.

Latest episodes

  • 5. This Evil Thing

    February 5, 2025 · 30 min

    Journalist Alex Renton is sent a secret membership list of a pro-paedophile group active in the 1970s and 80s. It’s a lot to take in. Alex is not only a journalist, he’s a survivor of child sexual abuse. The Paedophile Information…

  • 4. Member 51

    January 29, 2025 · 30 min

    A social care consultant who advises the government on children in care, is raided by police in 1992. A detective finds evidence linking him to the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE). A local social worker is called in. He and the…

  • 3. The Dirty Squad

    January 22, 2025 · 33 min

    Alex Renton tries to find out more about the notes scribbled in the margins of the PIE membership list. It looks like they were written by police, who were going door to door visiting the members listed in the document. But this active…

  • 2. They Groom Everyone

    January 15, 2025 · 29 min

    Alex Renton has letters and documentation passed to him by a secret source. He tries to track down a former member of the defunct pro-paedophile group, the Paedophile Information Exchange, or PIE. He delves into the group's origins and…

  • 1. The List

    January 7, 2025 · 29 min

    Journalist Alex Renton is shown a secret document, containing the names and addresses of people signed up to a pro-paedophile group called the Paedophile Information Exchange, or PIE, which was active in the 1970s and 80s. That’s not all…

  • 4. South Africa

    January 7, 2025 · 28 min

    Journalist Alex Renton attended three traditional private schools. When he was eight he left home and boarded at Ashdown House, where he was sexually abused by a teacher. It wasn't until 2014 that Alex felt able to face his demons. He…

  • 3. Aberlour & Gordonstoun

    January 7, 2025 · 28 min

    Alex Renton attended three traditional private schools. When he was eight he left home and boarded at Ashdown House, a prep school in East Sussex; a feeder school to Eton College. Within weeks of his arrival he was sexually abused by a…

  • 2. Eton to Fettes

    January 7, 2025 · 28 min

    Alex Renton attended three traditional private schools. When he was eight he left home and boarded at Ashdown House, a prep school in East Sussex; a feeder school to Eton College. Within weeks of his arrival he was sexually abused by a…