During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, a senior IRA member known as Stakeknife was leading a double life; he was also working as a top British agent. In the IRA, Freddie Scappaticci's job was to interrogate, torture, and murder suspected informants. But he was a leading informant himself.
We're previewing the BBC series Stakeknife.
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For our Time Machine, we have a unique double feature. First, we’re heading back to May, 2003. This is when the Stakeknife story broke open in the press. But we also have a special Time Machine segment on the music, movies, and TV set in or about the Troubles.
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Here, we discuss only the first episode of the series to decide if this crime is worth your time. There will be no spoilers for anything after episode one. Check back here for our Full Recap next time, where we discuss the series as a whole. Preview episodes are released each Thursday. Full Recaps are released the following Tuesday.
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You can find Stakeknife wherever you listen to podcasts, including at the BBC.
There's also a helpful glossary of terms mentioned in the podcast.
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