1. The Man Who Never Was
A man flees Northern Ireland when he’s named as Stakeknife. At a surprise press conference a few days later he denies the charges but a forgotten tape comes back to haunt him.
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 Okuefuna and Sarah Green.Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins
Stakeknife is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.
Cover
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 for series 2: Stakeknife -
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
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