Episode 1: Room 205

<p>They say a leopard doesn’t change its spots.&nbsp;Our investigation starts in&nbsp;2013,&nbsp;and&nbsp;we meet an attorney&nbsp;called Belinda&nbsp;Walter&nbsp;who is recruited by BAT in London to spy on the tobacco smugglers within South Africa. How is it that an upstanding citizen can get&nbsp;wrapped up in this world? Can a young journalist uncover one of the biggest scandals&nbsp;the&nbsp;South African tobacco&nbsp;industry has seen in decades?</p><br><p>Over the next 8 weeks, we will&nbsp;be exploring&nbsp;allegations that British American Tobacco&nbsp;used&nbsp;a network of spies to&nbsp;help&nbsp;damage&nbsp;its&nbsp;rivals. One of these,&nbsp;Belinda Walter, nearly brought the whole operation crashing down.</p><br><p>BAT&nbsp;denies&nbsp;any wrong&nbsp;doing.</p><br><p>A Novel&nbsp;production for&nbsp;the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Auddy.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer...