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Cover, Stakeknife, 3. The FRU

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Stakeknife

3. The FRU

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November 29, 2024

49 minutes

Available for over a year

Mark meets two former of the FRU, the secret army intelligence unit that ran the agent Stakeknife. How did they recruit people? How was Scappaticci recruited?

Credits

Reporter: Mark Horgan

Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy

Co-Producer: Paddy Fee

Editing and Sound Design: Ciarán Cassidy

Composer: Michael Fleming

Sound mixing: Ger McDonnell

Theme tune by Lankum

Artwork by Conor Merriman

Assistant 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.