Should a Man Write the Drama about the Sarah Everard Case? Our Take on the BBC Controversy | Bonus Episode
🎙️ A special bonus episode of Popcorn & Patriarchy.
🍿💋 This week, Esme and Joe step away from their usual film discussion and creative challenge format to unpack a major debate in the UK screen industry.
Following the BBC's decision to commission a drama about Sarah Everard, more than 400 female …
Jimmy & Peter Answer Your Questions
TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville address your comments and questions regarding the BBC's Sarah Everard drama, axing long-running TV shows, Claude writing quiz show questions, as well as discussing Michael Grade's recent comments about terms of trade.
Topics discussed:
Michael Grade's c…
EPISODE 89: The Outraging Murder of Sarah Everard
A normal walk home. A well lit London street. CCTV everywhere. Then a man flashes a badge and says the words that are supposed to mean safety: “I’m a police officer.” Sarah Everard’s case hits like a punch because it’s not a mystery built on bad decisions, it’s a nightmare built on trust, complianc…
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Women and girls experience towns and cities differently. Many change their routes, avoid particular places after dark or plan journeys around where they are most likely to feel safe. Yet planning responses often remain focused on familiar interventions such as brighter lighting, CCTV and clearer si…
She Was Stopped by a Police Officer… Then Vanished
As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Sarah Rosemary Everard with me today. The murder of Sarah Everard became one of the most high-profile true crime cases in modern British history. In March 2021, the 33-year-old disappeared while walking home through South London, sparking a natio…
Sarah Everard: the murder that broke trust in the police
In March 2021, Sarah Everard walked home from a friend's flat in Clapham. She never arrived. Her face went up on lampposts across south London, her name spread across the country, and within a week police had arrested a suspect: a serving Metropolitan Police officer.
Neil reveals how he felt in the…
David Carrick: why did nobody stop the rapist police officer?
PC David Carrick was one of the most prolific sex offenders in British history and for nearly two decades, he abused women while carrying a warrant card and a gun. Complaints were made about him before he joined the police, and again and again during his career, but he was only stopped after he had…
Q&A: would the Suffragettes be labelled 'terrorists' under today's laws?
If the Suffragettes were campaigning today, would the law treat them as terrorists? It's a question that goes to the heart of how Britain defines political violence, and Neil - the former head of UK Counter-Terrorism Policing - takes on the uncomfortable comparison: where exactly is the line betwee…
Monster Cop Wayne Couzens And The Murder Of Sarah Everard With Detective Wedger
Wayne Couzens is a former British police officer who is serving a whole-life prison sentence for the March 2021 abduction, rape, and murder of Sarah Everard in London. His case sparked national outrage, deeply damaged public trust in UK policing, and initiated intense debate surrounding women's saf…
The detectives were shocked at what they saw in the car_ True Crime Documentary
A car sits abandoned in a Hollywood tow yard for days. The manager notices a smell—strong, sweet, and wrong. Flies swarm the vehicle in clouds. When detectives finally pop the front trunk, they find a black cadaver bag covered in maggots. Inside: a decomposed head and torso. Beneath it, a second ba…
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