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Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

By: BBC Radio Wales
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How the luckiest treasure hunters on earth became Newport's most wanted.

(C) BBC 2025
True Crime
Episodes
  • 6. History on Trial
    Apr 24 2025

    Four men stand in the dock, accused of trying to hide and sell a Viking hoard worth millions of pounds. But there’s no honour among thieves. As the trial unfolds, George and Layton’s defence – that the hoard never existed – starts to unravel.

    Can justice recover what history has lost?

    Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

    Contributors: Simon Wicks, Dr Gareth Williams, Kevin Hegarty KC

    Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini Associate Producer: David James Smith

    Producer: Aron Keller

    Exec Producer: James Robinson

    A BBC Studios Audio Production

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    27 mins
  • 4. Gollum Syndrome
    Apr 10 2025

    The net tightens as police arrest George and Layton and search their homes. But when the missing treasure is nowhere to be found, investigators start to wonder: is the hoard even real?

    Meanwhile deleted photos offer a new lead.

    Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

    Contributors: Tim Hoverd, Nigel Cleeton, Peter Reavill, Simon Wicks, Gareth Thomas, Dr Gareth Williams, Kevin Hegarty KC

    Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews

    Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini

    Associate Producer: David James Smith

    Producer: Aron Keller

    Exec Producer: James Robinson

    A BBC Studios Audio Production

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    29 mins
  • 3. The Two Emperors
    Apr 3 2025

    History is written by the winners – but in the ground beneath our feet, lie secrets someone has tried to bury. We travel back in time to 878AD, a world of warring Anglo Saxon kingdoms and Viking invasions. Historian Gareth Williams reveals how the coins found by George and Layton could rewrite the story of King Alfred’s reign and of Britain itself.

    Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards

    Contributors: Dr Gareth Williams, Nigel Cleeton, Peter Reavill

    Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews

    Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini

    Additional Research: Holly Morgan

    Associate Producer: David James Smith

    Producer: Aron Keller

    Exec Producer: James Robinson

    A BBC Studios Audio Production

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    22 mins

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