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Shadow World

Stolen Years

1. Contaminated Memories

19 May 2026

29 minutes

Available for over a year

How can a victim of a traumatic crime appear to be so sure, yet so wrong? In the first episode of Shadow World: Stolen Years we confront the eyewitness evidence that helped convict Andrew Malkinson in 2004.

As a new suspect faces trial over the 2003 rape, Andy meets another woman who made the same devastating mistake, offering him an answer to the question that has haunted him for years.

Shadow World: Gripping stories from the shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.

Presenter and Producer: Jemma Gander

Series Producer and Editor: Fran Robertson

Assistant Editor: Christopher Whyte

Composer: Sholto

Sound design and mix: Chris Maclean

Executive Producer for Goldhawk: Kate Holland

Commissioning executive: Tracy Williams

Commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

A Two Step Films production in association with Goldhawk for Radio 4