Bed of Lies
The Telegraph
Bed of Lies
The Telegraph
It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the story they didn't want you to know - and one of the biggest medical disasters in history.
The award-winning first series of Bed of Lies is also available to listen to on this feed: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. This is the untold story of one of Britain's biggest secrets.
Wednesday 17 November 2021 : Every month, more names are added to the list of survivors. But with every year, more names on that list succumb to their illnesses. Will...
Wednesday 17 November 2021 : A letter leads to a lawsuit – and a big development in our story. After years of feeling silenced, British survivors are making their...
Tuesday 09 November 2021 : Plasma is a life saver - and a lucrative industry. One that made fortunes and cost lives. But what was really going on behind closed doors?...
Tuesday 02 November 2021 : If you knock on enough doors, eventually one will open. Tireless investigators trace the infected blood from the arms of people with...
Monday 25 October 2021 : Sadness turns to anger; anger to action. The survivors fight back, but for each confrontation, there's a coverup.Read Cara’s...
Monday 18 October 2021 : Medicine is a game of risk, and few have seen the cost of getting it wrong as clearly as one group of boys. Whispers, a terrifying newspaper...
Monday 11 October 2021 : Two young couples, two shock diagnoses. Our story begins with Clair, Bryan, Frankie and Joe - and four young lives turned upside down.Read...
Thursday 07 October 2021 : It begins in a maximum security prison in Louisiana – and it ends in thousands of deaths. This is the story of people poisoned, families...
Tuesday 22 December 2020 : The spycops' relationships were built on a bed of lies – including their marriages. In this final episode of the series, we hear about the...
Tuesday 22 December 2020 : Police spies have infiltrated homes – and hearts. Now, they face a public inquiry. But why did they dupe women into relationships in the...
Tuesday 15 December 2020 : Each woman has a fragment of the truth. When they put the pieces together, the true scale of the deception starts to emerge. But as they...
Tuesday 08 December 2020 : It’s a thin line between spying and meddling. And it’s one that's only faintly drawn in the manual once given to new undercover police...
Tuesday 01 December 2020 : The mask slips, the relationships unravel, and as lies are uncovered, so too are the men behind them. Plus, for the very first time, our...
Tuesday 24 November 2020 : One by one, the men vanish. As the search begins, the girlfriends start to question what they’re really looking for - and who they’re...
Tuesday 17 November 2020 : The perfect relationships are free of secrets. But these aren’t the perfect relationships. As the years go by, things begin to unravel -...
Monday 09 November 2020 : It’s one of Britain’s biggest secrets, and it begins with a love story. Young activists united in their fight for justice. But then,...
Thursday 29 October 2020 : They thought they had found their soulmates – but they were all in love with a lie. Cara McGoogan tells the story of one of Britain's...
Bed of Lies
The Telegraph
6 - Retribution, Part 2
Every month, more names are added to the list of survivors. But with every year, more names on that list succumb to their illnesses. Will...
6 - Retribution, Part 1
A letter leads to a lawsuit – and a big development in our story. After years of feeling silenced, British survivors are making their...
5 - Violation
Plasma is a life saver - and a lucrative industry. One that made fortunes and cost lives. But what was really going on behind closed doors?...
4 - Fabrication
If you knock on enough doors, eventually one will open. Tireless investigators trace the infected blood from the arms of people with...
3 - Confrontation
Sadness turns to anger; anger to action. The survivors fight back, but for each confrontation, there's a coverup.Read Cara’s...
2 - Experimentation
Explicit content
Medicine is a game of risk, and few have seen the cost of getting it wrong as clearly as one group of boys. Whispers, a terrifying newspaper...
1 - Infection
Explicit content
Two young couples, two shock diagnoses. Our story begins with Clair, Bryan, Frankie and Joe - and four young lives turned upside down.Read...
Introducing Bed of Lies: Blood
It begins in a maximum security prison in Louisiana – and it ends in thousands of deaths. This is the story of people poisoned, families...
7 - Inquiry, Part 2
Explicit content
The spycops' relationships were built on a bed of lies – including their marriages. In this final episode of the series, we hear about the...
7 - Inquiry, Part 1
Explicit content
Police spies have infiltrated homes – and hearts. Now, they face a public inquiry. But why did they dupe women into relationships in the...
6 - Fightback
Each woman has a fragment of the truth. When they put the pieces together, the true scale of the deception starts to emerge. But as they...
5 - Tradecraft
It’s a thin line between spying and meddling. And it’s one that's only faintly drawn in the manual once given to new undercover police...
4 - Uncovered
The mask slips, the relationships unravel, and as lies are uncovered, so too are the men behind them. Plus, for the very first time, our...
3 - Breakdown
Explicit content
One by one, the men vanish. As the search begins, the girlfriends start to question what they’re really looking for - and who they’re...
2 - Secrecy
Explicit content
The perfect relationships are free of secrets. But these aren’t the perfect relationships. As the years go by, things begin to unravel -...
1 - Infatuation
Explicit content
It’s one of Britain’s biggest secrets, and it begins with a love story. Young activists united in their fight for justice. But then,...
Introducing Bed of Lies: Love
They thought they had found their soulmates – but they were all in love with a lie. Cara McGoogan tells the story of one of Britain's...
