Cover

BBC Radio 5 Live

Cover is an award-winning series investigating true stories of people living secret double lives, presented and produced by Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy.
Series 1: Where Is George Gibney? An Olympic coach charged with child sexual abuse who never stood trial. Instead, he vanished. Series 2: Stakeknife. A man tasked with finding and killing alleged IRA informers who was, in fact, a British agent all along.
You can contact our production team about either series at cover@bbc.co.uk.
Credits
Reporter: Mark HorganProduced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán CassidyCo-Producer: Paddy FeeEditing and Sound Design: Ciarán CassidyComposer: Michael FlemingSound mixing: Ger McDonnellTheme tune by LankumArtwork by Conor MerrimanAssistant Commissioners for BBC: Lorraine OkuefunaCommissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins
Cover is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.

No. of episodes: 30
Latest episode: 2025-07-11

Where can you listen?

Episodes

Questions & Answers

How many episodes are there of Cover?

There are 30 episodes avaiable of Cover.

Where can you listen to Cover?

Cover is available, among others places, on:

Spotify
Apple Podcasts
Podtail
Google Podcasts

When did Cover start?

The first episode of Cover that we have available was released 13 August 2020.

Who creates the podcast Cover?

Cover is produced and created by BBC Radio 5 Live.