Gemma has been producing audio documentaries (formerly known as radio) for fifteen years for Radio 4, the World Service, and lately, Audible.
Gemma Newby
Senior Producer
“I joined Tortoise to tell stories with integrity. For me, in a podcast-rich world, Tortoise hits the sweet spot between narrative storytelling and investigative journalism, giving equal weight to both. I love that it doesn’t shy away from the heavy stuff.â€
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Thursday 22 September 2022
Secrets and lies
Two young children make horrific allegations in a London police station, lighting the fuse on one of the most serious British conspiracy theories in decades
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Thursday 22 September 2022
Ella’s list
Seized upon by conspiracy theorists, Ella’s list of alleged cult members spreads like wildfire across the Internet. Hampstead parents start receiving death threats and lives are torn apart
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Thursday 22 September 2022
The Avengers
The perpetrators of the Hampstead hoax meet their match in an unassuming mystery novelist, who is determined to expose their lies and bring them to justice
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Monday 4 April 2022
Fallen women
Twenty-seven women. Falling. Off balconies, out of windows, from the top of multi-storey carparks. And there, in most of the cases, is a man, standing in the shadow of her fall. What if these women didn’t just fall, but were pushed?
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Monday 28 February 2022
Lebedev: Lord of Siberia
Door after door in Britain has been opened for Evgeny Lebedev, all the way to the House of Lords. Who has opened them, and why?