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Making of a Fugitive

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Enter the world of fugitives, hunted by police across continents to bring them to justice. What drives them, what are they running from and what happens when they’re cornered?

(C) BBC 2025
True Crime
Episodes
  • 4. The hitmen and a fugitive
    Jul 17 2025

    A bungled contract killing in Cardiff shocks the country and leads to a businessman becoming an international fugitive. Two drug addicts hired to carry out a hit, go to the wrong house. They mistakenly murder a brilliant young student, Aamir Siddiqi. But 15 years on, his family are still waiting for a third man suspected of involvement in the crime to face justice. Fugitive Mohammed Ali Ege is on Most Wanted Lists around the world, so how is he staying one step ahead of the law?

    Credits: Narrator: Richard Harrington Written & Produced by Jayne Morgan Sound Design: Cathy Robinson Original Music: Krissy Jenkins Archive Research: Jessica Llewellyn Production Manager: Andrea Deere Studio Director: John Norton Executive Producer: Karen Voisey Commissioner: Bridget Curnow

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    26 mins
  • 3. Catch Me If You Can
    Jul 10 2025

    As the Ostrich man falls deeper and deeper into crime on the run, there’s a plot twist no one saw coming.

    But he’s not letting anything stop his rise through the criminal ranks.

    And there’s another Welsh fugitive’s face on the Most Wanted Poster – but what’s he running from and who’s helping him to stay hidden?

    Credits: Narrator: Richard Harrington Written & Produced by Jayne Morgan Sound Design: Cathy Robinson Original Music: Krissy Jenkins Archive Research: Jessica Llewellyn Production Manager: Andrea Deere Studio Director: John Norton Executive Producer: Karen Voisey Commissioner: Bridget Curnow

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    27 mins
  • 2. Ostriches, chocolate and dirty cash
    Jul 3 2025

    How do you go from working in a coal mine to partying alongside Miss World?

    Martin Evans made good, with a glittering career as a business entrepreneur, but then he gets greedy. And when it all comes crashing down, he ends up behind bars. But he’s about to turn a setback into a comeback as he hatches a plan which earns him the nickname "The Ostrich man" and sees him being hunted by police around the world. And delve into the mind of fugitive fraudster Matt Cox who steals the identities of homeless people to carry on conning banks out of millions while on the run. Credits: Narrator: Richard Harrington Written & Produced by Jayne Morgan Sound Design: Cathy Robinson Original Music: Krissy Jenkins Archive Research: Jessica Llewellyn Production Manager: Andrea Deere Studio Director: John Norton Executive Producer: Karen Voisey Commissioner: Bridget Curnow

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    25 mins

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