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Jeremy Thorpe: The Silent Conspiracy

05/12/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Jeremy Thorpe: The Silent Conspiracy

Tom Mangold investigates the life of Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal leader.

Tom Mangold investigates the life of Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal leader. Was there an establishment cover-up to protect him during his political career?

Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal leader, led a life which combined major political achievements with persistent rumours of scandal, culminating in a trial for conspiracy to murder and his acquittal. But was there an establishment cover-up to protect him during his political career? Tom Mangold has been investigating, in a programme containing both new evidence and material from the 1970s that has never previously been broadcast.

Producer: Martin Rosenbaum.

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