Programme Index

Duration: 20 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 3^rd Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 3^rd Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The Boy in the Woods: why it took more than twenty years to track down a killer. Winifred Robinson investigates a case that's stayed with her for more than half her working life. Show more

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3. The Prime Suspect

Duration: 22 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 5^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 5^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The rumours flow thick and fast as stunned neighbours try and make sense of what's happened. Meanwhile Rikki's grieving father appeals for public help in catching his son's killer. Show more

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4. The Interrogation

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 6^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 6^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Police officers split into teams and begin interrogating their main suspect in the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave. The questions are relentless as they hone in on his home life Show more

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5. The Clamour for Justice

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 7^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Fri 7^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Rikki's murder is making headlines across the UK and even further afield and everyone seems to have a view on which way the court case will go. They all want to see justice done. Show more

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7. Hidden Clues

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 11^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 11^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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A new team is brought in to search for Rikki's killer. Officers hope that more advanced forensic techniques could help but discover that vital evidence in the case has disappeared. Show more

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Omnibus Edition Part Two

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 14^th Oct 2022, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 14^th Oct 2022, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

In the second part of the omnibus, Winifred Robinson continues her investigation into the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave and the long search to find and trap the real killer.

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The Boy in the Woods: The Discussion

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 17^th Oct 2022, 20:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 19^th Oct 2022, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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In this programme, linked to her recent Radio 4 series, Winifred Robinson reports on current best-practice and hears from those involved in the inquiry into Rikki Neave's murder Show more

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2. A Body is Found

Duration: 19 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 4^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 4^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Police spread out across the estate and begin searching for clues about what's happened to six-year-old Rikki Neave. Stunned neighbours try and piece things together themselves. Show more

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Omnibus Edition Part One

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 7^th Oct 2022, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Fri 7^th Oct 2022, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

In this special omnibus edition you can join Winifred Robinson as she investigates what happened to six-year-old Rikki Neave, who went missing from his Peterborough home in 1994. Show more

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6. Out of the Shadows

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 10^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Mon 10^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Winifred Robinson reports on the murder of Rikki Neave and in this episode she tracks the efforts of a novice investigator determined to get the case re-opened. Show more

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8. A Suspect on the Run

Duration: 24 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 12^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Wed 12^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Police believe they're close to knowing what really happened to six-year-old Rikki Neave, but suddenly their main suspect goes on the run and everything is thrown up in the air. Show more

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9. A Web of Lies

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 13^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Thu 13^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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It's taken so long to get this case to the stage it's now at. Can there finally be justice for six-year-old Rikki and what will happen to the person police believe killed him? Show more

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Introducing The Boy in the Woods

Duration: 3 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 5^th Sep 2022, 12:19

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Winifred Robinson tells the story of a case that's stayed with her for more than half of her working life and asks why it took more than 20 years to catch a child's killer.

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Bad People present True Crime Crackers 2022 ft. The Boy in the Woods

Duration: 41 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 21^st Dec 2022, 11:23

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Bad People presenter Dr Julia Shaw meets the people behind the darkest and most compelling true crime on BBC Sounds in 2022. Show more

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10. A Case to Answer

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 14^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 14^th Oct 2022, 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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In the last episode of the series Winifred Robinson investigates how some of those responsible for leaving Rikki vulnerable have never paid a price for their part in what happened Show more

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