Contains some strong language.

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Gangster

The Story of The Milkman

2. Cocaine by the Sea

7 August 2026

Available for over a year

Who were the middlemen behind the cocaine flooding Britain in the 1990s? From midnight yacht transfers in the Atlantic to cartel Narcos in Miami, and US agents piecing together the network supplying Brian Brendan Wright.

Credits

Presenter: Livvy Haydock

Series Producer: Louise Clarke

Producer: Patrick Kiteley

Journalism Assistants: Tim Fernley and Hattie Valentine

Technical producer and sound designer: Nicky Edwards

Commissioning Editor: Louise Kattenhorn

Commissioning Producer: Sam Proffitt

Editor and Executive Producer: Tara McDermott