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Buried
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Why is someone leaving dozens of dead animals as a mafia-style warning in the British countryside? Buried is the multi award-winning investigative series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this thrilling new investigation, Buried: Dead Rabbit, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham to investigate. First, villagers find twenty mangled animals outside a primary school, then fifty by a farm shop, blood smeared over the doors.
Are they a Godfather-like threat? A taunt? A strange Satanic sacrifice? Or - just like a classic horror movie - the first flash of a monster, lurking in the shadows?
The answer leads the team to uncover a terrifying criminal underworld operating in the heart of the countryside. Masked men in 4x4s, violent rage, and tens of thousands of pounds at stake. Chris Packham tells us his own dead-animal threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. Farmers and villagers say they feel abandoned, and the problem is darker - and far more widespread - than anyone thought.
Dead Rabbit begins like a folk horror movie but turns into a gripping, fast-paced thriller about the takeover of illegal hare coursing in the countryside.
This is the third series of Buried, bringing bingeable, fast-paced mysteries exposing urgent environmental true stories you've almost certainly never heard of. Husband-and-wife investigative duo Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor dive into secret worlds of organised crime unfolding in our waste (Series 1) or trails of toxic chemicals that go right to our plates (Series 2, Buried: The Last Witness). Each series is a separate story bringing to light never-before-heard recordings and boxes of explosive legal documents, inviting the audience to unpick crimes or scandals with them.
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Dead Rabbit: 10. Catch Me
4d ago00:18:28Tap to summarizeWaiting for a verdict is weird, but it does eventually arrive. Afterwards, Dan and Lucy ask, is violence winning? Because it turns out, the dead animal threats are everywhere. In this final episode, a monster in plain sight, which the rest of us didn't know about. "Tweet tweet, tweet tweet."Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 9. The Trial
4d ago00:16:01Tap to summarizeDan and Lucy meet the man accused of leaving the dead animals outside the village shop, as new CCTV is released in court showing how brazen it was, and how quick. Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 8. Left for Dead
4d ago00:16:35Tap to summarizeIf organised crime groups have taken over hare coursing, what happens when people confront them? Our survey shows the terrifying scale of violence and threats across the country. People in the countryside say they feel abandoned. And Dan and Lucy are given a new tip about one of the dead animal events that led them into this.Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 7. Criminal Evolution
4d ago00:16:23Tap to summarizeDan and Lucy are discovering that the hare coursing criminal underworld is bigger than they ever imagined - but who is really behind it? And will they ever catch them in the act?Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 6. A Dark Web Rumour
4d ago00:16:31Tap to summarizeDan and Lucy find a video filmed the night of the cup final, exposing that hare coursing isn’t just a game - it’s big business. Why would anyone pay tens of thousands of pounds for one dog? Chris Packham weighs in with his experience, and a police chief gives them striking new information. Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 5. Final Day
4d ago00:18:15Tap to summarizeIn broad daylight, 70 people storm a farm, tear up fields and rob a petrol station. People fear for their lives. Is something bigger at play? When he turns up to investigate, Dan is shown something special. Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 4. Caught in the Headlights
4d ago00:19:32Tap to summarizeAfter the wild rumours they heard about hare coursing in the villages, Lucy and Chris Packham join a stakeout to see it for themselves. It means driving over remote fields late at night, with only a volunteer called John and his friends to keep them safe. It feels like this is leading them into something new - could it be dangerous?Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 3. An Unspoken Suspect
4d ago00:18:16Tap to summarizeThe killers strike again at a village shop, just a few miles away from where dead animals were dumped outside a school. And this time, it is far worse, with more than fifty hares piled up, blood smeared on the shop windows and birds impaled on the door handles. Local people are scared to talk about it - but slowly, Dan and Lucy realise that they know who is behind it.Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 2. Different Killers
4d ago00:20:02Tap to summarizeSomeone in the New Forest is on a killing spree, with dead animals left in lots of different places. Could the dead animals left outside the school be some kind of satanic sacrifice? Chris Packham steps in to help Dan and Lucy investigate. Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Transcribe →Dead Rabbit: 1. Dead Rabbit
4d ago00:18:16Tap to summarizeIt starts like a horror film. In the dead of night, 20 dead animals are left outside a village school. Who left them there - and why? In this new investigation, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor stumble into something sinister lurking in the British countryside. Is it the first flash of a monster?Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, Dan and Lucy team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside. Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba Original music and sounds by Phil Channell Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
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