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The Scoop: Series 1

The Scoop: Series 1: Episode 1: Neil MacKay

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Episode 1: Neil MacKay

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BBC Radio Scotland - The Scoop, Series 1, Neil MacKay

Neil MacKay explains how he exposed the IRA double agent codenamed Stakeknife.

Donal MacIntyre speaks to investigative journalists about the stories of their careers. Neil MacKay explains how he exposed the IRA double agent codenamed Stakeknife.

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Startling stories from behind the headlines. Neil Mackay - the Sunday Herald's multi-award winning Home Affairs and Investigations Editor - hears from fellow investigative journalists about the biggest stories of their careers. What on earth drives them to pursue a scoop well beyond the point of their own safety and possibly their own sanity? This week Neil speaks to Paul Kenyon about his truly shocking investigation into the poor and vulnerable being used as human guinea pigs to test medication to be used by us here in the west.

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Donal MacIntyre speaks to investigative journalists about the stories of their careers.

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