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    6. Starcrossed Lovers

    19/12/2025 | 39 mins.

    Amy and Joe had been planning a future together, outside — but now they’re stuck behind bars, facing the consequences of their actions.In this final episode, host Amber Haque unpicks how their story ends - and finds there’s still love, but also loss.And for Amy, the question that lingers - was any of it ever real?Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Ivor Manley Story and music consultant: Emma Weatherill Development by: Rob Byrne, Rhiannon Nevada and Emma Shaw Production management: Gaelan Davis-Connolly and Debbie Wadell Executive producer: Joe Kent A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live Commissioning producer: Sam Proffitt Commissioning executive: Louise Kattenhorn and Lorraine Okuefuna Commissioning editor: Richard MaddockA BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live

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    5. “Love You”

    12/12/2025 | 33 mins.

    Amy knows this is the final run - just one more package of drugs to smuggle in, one more drop-off before Joe walks free and maybe they can leave crime behind.But this time, someone is watching.Will the couple stay loyal to each other, as a wider conspiracy begins to unravel?Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Ivor Manley Executive producer: Joe Kent A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 LiveDetails of information and support with addiction is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline

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    4. Illegal Highs

    05/12/2025 | 35 mins.

    Highly-addictive, relatively cheap and easy to smuggle, Spice is running rampage through Britain’s prisons.And Spice is the reason Amy finds Joe zombie-like in his cell, eyes rolled back in his head.The reason, he’s in debt with other prisoners.The reason he’s asking her to smuggle something in for him. Again.Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Andy Fell Executive producer: Joe Kent A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 LiveDetails of information and support with addiction is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline

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    3. Just This Once

    28/11/2025 | 33 mins.

    Smuggle one package of drugs into prison for her boyfriend Joe and he’ll be able to pay off his debts. That’s what Amy needs to do and then she can concentrate on planning their future together, or so she thinks. It’s not long till he’ll be released and then they can have the proper relationship she dreams of.Joe insists the smuggling is just a one-off, but will Amy do what he's asking?Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Ivor Manley Executive producer: Joe KentA BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live

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    2. The Boy From Bradford

    21/11/2025 | 34 mins.

    Amy is risking it all for a relationship with career criminal Joe - but who is the boy from Bradford she’s falling in love with.Host Amber Haque delves deep into his past and jumps down the rabbit hole of #prisontok as she attempts to make sense of the illicit affair and who’s really in control.Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Andy Fell Executive producer: Joe KentA BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 LiveDetails of information and support with addiction is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline

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New Series: Gangster Presents: Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties.A secret and dangerous affair. An out-of-control addiction. It ends with the smashing of the UK's biggest prison smuggling gang, but it all begins with a love story...Journalist Amber Haque untangles what happens when mental health nurse Amy Hatfield meets convicted criminal Joe Whittingham. Her investigation leads into a world of blackmail and manipulation, where you never quite know who to trust or who's watching.
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