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EPISODE 1

Introducing...The Salisbury Poisonings

Six years after a mum was poisoned by a Russian nerve agent in Wiltshire, will a public inquiry bring answers? In 2018, Dawn Sturgess came into contact with one of the most dangerous substances in the world: Novichok. She thought it was perfume. Four months earlier, a former Russian spy and his daughter had been found slumped on a park bench having been poisoned too. How could this happen and where does responsibility lie? As an inquiry begins into Dawn’s death, this podcast will follow the key moments with analysis, context, and exclusive interviews. Presenters: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon Senior Reporter: Dan O’Brien Producers: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon, Tom Ryan, Dan O'Brien, Rachael Smith Executive Producers: Mary Sanders, Naomi Wordley Consultant: Jake Williams Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin

3 min
EPISODE 2

1. The Novichok Attack

Salisbury becomes the scene of a major international incident. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are found poisoned on a park bench. Then, an astonishing discovery: he’s a former Russian spy and they've been poisoned with Novichok, one of the deadliest substances in the world. Parts of Salisbury are locked down as police try to find the poison. Presenters: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon Reporter: Dan O’Brien Producers: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon, Tom Ryan, Dan O'Brien, Rachael Smith Executive Producers: Mary Sanders, Naomi Wordley Consultant: Jake Williams Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin

16 min
EPISODE 3

2. Poison Perfume

More people fall ill from Novichok poisoning. It’s four months since the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Salisbury is starting to return to normal and then, it happens again. Local mum Dawn Sturgess is given a bottle of perfume that contains the deadly chemical Novichok. Days later, Dawn dies in hospital leaving her family and friends wondering how she was poisoned with a Russian-made chemical weapon. Presenters: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon Senior Reporter: Dan O’Brien Producers: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon, Tom Ryan, Dan O'Brien, Rachael Smith Executive Producers: Mary Sanders, Naomi Wordley Consultant: Jake Williams Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin

20 min
EPISODE 4

3. Baroness Theresa May

Theresa May, who was prime minister at the time of the attack, recalls when she first heard about the Salisbury poisonings. Baroness May describes how it felt to stand in the House of Commons and blame the Russian state for the attack, the moment she heard that a British citizen had been killed and shares her hopes for the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry. Presenters: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon Senior Reporter: Dan O’Brien Producers: Andy Howard, Marie Lennon, Tom Ryan, Dan O'Brien, Rachael Smith Executive Producers: Mary Sanders, Naomi Wordley Consultant: Jake Williams Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin

25 min
EPISODE 5

4. The Inquiry begins

Marie Lennon and Andy Howard reflect on an extraordinary first day at the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry. We hear that there was enough nerve agent hidden in a perfume bottle to kill thousands. Dawn is described as an “innocent victim, caught in the crossfire of an illegal and outrageous assassination attempt.” As the finger is pointed at Putin, Dawn’s family call on the Russian president to give evidence and look them in the eye.

16 min
EPISODE 6

5. Dawn: A mother’s tribute

Caroline, Dawn’s mother, speaks publicly for the first time about her daughter and sets the record straight about who Dawn was. The police apologise to her family for the way she was portrayed, plus we hear evidence from the only person who saw what happened to Dawn on the day she was poisoned, her boyfriend Charlie Rowley.

14 min
EPISODE 7

6. The 999 Calls

Paramedics and police relive the moments they were called to Charlie Rowley's flat in Amesbury. First Dawn Sturgess is found unresponsive, and then several hours later Charlie falls ill too. The emergency services disagree about what has caused him to be so unwell. The Inquiry investigates whether Dawn could have survived if the initial treatment had been different.

12 min
EPISODE 8

7. Russia responds

As the inquiry prepares to move from Salisbury to London, Andy Howard and Marie Lennon review a momentous week of evidence, which saw the emergency services interrogated and the communication between them questioned. Dawn's family ask for President Putin to appear at the inquiry in person to answer questions about her death and the Russian Ambassador to the UK gives his response. Focus turns to the protection given to Sergei Skripal; should he have been living in the UK under his own name without surveillance?

16 min

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