Podcast Series: Deadliest Day for BBC Radio 4

A six part podcast series produced for the BBC R4 program Beyond Today.

A string of improvised explosive devices killed five British soldiers from one platoon in a matter of minutes. They were in Helmand, Afghanistan, fighting the Taliban. That was ten years ago and since then, two more of the platoon have died. I worked with reporter Claire Read to get to know the soldiers and families both saved and broken by war.

The Spectator called it “for once, money well spent” which I believe is their highest form of praise for the BBC. Others have called it intimate, unflinching and poignant, and brutally authentic.