Contains very strong language, some violence and some upsetting scenes.

Cover, Stakeknife, 7. The Beginning of the End

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Stakeknife

7. The Beginning of the End

January 3, 2025

37 minutes

Available for over a year

In 1990, a man called Sandy Lynch was tied up, blindfolded and interrogated by Scappaticci. He survived to document his experience. Marks speaks to an IRA man who “guarded” Lynch.

Credits

Reporter: Mark Horgan

Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy

Co-Producer: Paddy Fee

Editing and Sound Design: Ciarán Cassidy

Composer: Michael Fleming

Sound mixing: Ger McDonnell

Theme tune by Lankum

Artwork by Conor Merriman

Assistant Commissioners for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna and Sarah Green.

Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins

Stakeknife is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.