Intrigue

In 1988, Dumfries and Galloway police is the smallest force in the UK: only 310 officers. Now they’re dealing with the world’s biggest crime scene.
Detectives from all over Scotland are bussed into Lockerbie overnight. Within days, American intelligence agents make an appearance. They hole up in Lockerbie Academy, each claiming a classroom.
Scottish police are determined to recover every single piece of evidence from the 845-mile crime scene. They bag everything that looks like plane debris before sending it off for forensic evaluation.
The investigation rolls on for two years, spanning Germany, Sweden, the UK, and Malta, a small Mediterranean island between Sicily and Libya. That’s when they make a series of breakthroughs.
Myles Bonnar speaks with investigators in Scotland and in the FBI about a Libyan double agent, dubbed Puzzle Piece. Could he unlock the whole investigation?
Lockerbie is produced by Caitlin Smith
Additional production by Rob Wilson
Sound design by Eloise Whitmore
Story consultants are Innes Bowen, Jack Kibble White and Graham Russell
Fact checking by Faisal Qureshi
Research by Rachael O’Neill and Callum McCulloch-Nowlan
Executive Producer: Gillian Wheelan
Original development by Sally Greig Lockwood
BBC Scotland commissioners: Heather Kane Darling and Victoria Easton-Riley
For BBC Radio 4, the commissioning executive is Tracy Williams, and commissioning editor is Dan Clarke.
Music by Callan Marchetti

Myles Bonnar pieces together the original police investigation.
He goes back to the night of the explosion; tracking down three sources, each with unique insight into how the police investigation unfolded.
From the very early days it’s clear confusion and conspiracy are taking hold.
Rumours circulate. Why are American special agents on board the flight? Was the plane used to smuggle drugs? Who are those mysterious figures in the woods in Lockerbie?
The police investigation narrows in on a Palestinian militant group. But are they the real culprits?
Lockerbie is produced by Caitlin Smith
Additional production by Rob Wilson
Sound design by Eloise Whitmore
Story consultants are Innes Bowen, Jack Kibble White and Graham Russell
Fact checking by Faisal Qureshi
Research by Rachael O’Neill and Callum McCulloch-Nowlan
Original development by Sally Greig Lockwood
Executive Producer: Gillian Wheelan
BBC Scotland commissioners: Heather Kane Darling and Victoria Easton-Riley
For BBC Radio 4, the commissioning executive is Tracy Williams, and commissioning editor is Dan Clarke.
Music by Callan Marchetti

One of the world’s longest running conspiracies. Who was really behind the Lockerbie bombing?
On 21 December 1988, a plane explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. A Libyan man, Abdelbaset al Megrahi, is convicted.
Despite a global investigation, Megrahi’s conviction, and the failed appeals that followed, are still tainted- for some- with doubt and conspiracy theory. Myles Bonnar wants to find out why.
Now, almost four decades on; fresh evidence and a new trial. The alleged bomb maker Abu Agila Masud is in custody, with a trial expected to begin any day. He denies any involvement in the Lockerbie bombing.
Journalist Myles Bonnar (Dead Man Running, Shiny Bob) picks apart the original investigation and finds himself in a world full of militant groups, top secret files and grieving families who will never give up on the pursuit of the truth.
Intrigue: 'Jaw-dropping', 'gripping', 'bingeable,' 'thrilling' - dramatic true stories and investigations that reveal how the world really works.
Lockerbie is produced by Caitlin Smith
Additional production by Rob Wilson
Sound design by Eloise Whitmore
Story consultants are Innes Bowen, Jack Kibble White and Graham Russell
Fact checking by Faisal Qureshi
Research by Rachael O’Neill and Callum McCulloch-Nowlan
Original development by Sally Greig Lockwood
Executive Producer: Gillian Wheelan
BBC Scotland commissioners: Heather Kane Darling and Victoria Easton-Riley
For BBC Radio 4, the commissioning executive is Tracy Williams, and commissioning editor is Dan Clarke.
Music by Callan Marchetti

The search for a convicted people smuggler who put money in the UK planning for retirement.
This investigation stems from a tip-off: a convicted smuggler once dubbed the most successful in history, is currently living in the UK and running a string of businesses here. Could it be true?
Sue and Rob go on the hunt for Twana Jamal – a smuggler who had so many aliases he had to write them on his baseball cap to remind himself which he was using. In court, prosecutors said he and his gang were making £4 million a year and they believed he was funnelling his money into UK businesses: car washes and mini-markets.
The search for Twana Jamal starts in the north of England, where migrants report seeing Twana driving a BMW and exuding an air of wealth. They remember how feared he was in the Calais camp: it was migrants there who reported him to police. His gang was the first to industrialise the lorry crossings, which featured so heavily in 2016 as thousands waited to reach Britain.
After a smuggling conviction and five-year prison sentence in France, Twana Jamal entered the UK and is believed to have given a different alias to the Home Office. Sue and Rob track him down to an English village, where he’s running a string of stores selling vapes, sweets and alcohol. Over several days they watch his movements to find out more about his life here. When the moment is right, they plan to confront him.
The series is researched and recorded by Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie.
It is produced and overseen by Joel Moors.
Original music is by Mom Tudie.
Sound design and mix is by Tom Brignell.
Editorial, legal, production and commissioning decisions are overseen by Tracy Williams, Dan Clarke, Joe Kent, Will Drysdale, Lynne Jones and Ross Allen.

Can Sue and Rob find a smuggler from the past who everyone thought had disappeared?
Listen to the final episode, Return of the King, on Wednesday 1 July, first on BBC Sounds.