BBC Audio documentary producer. Belfast.
Joined April 2010
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Conor Garrett retweeted
30 Aug 2025
As politicians waffle & procrastinate, “action plans” are not actioned - and agriculture continues it’s skilful lobbying to be able to pollute for profit with impunity - Lough Neagh, the UK’s biggest freshwater body, dies before our eyes
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Conor Garrett retweeted
23 Aug 2025
The hippy heroes who took on McDonald’s
Comedian Mark Steel explores the McLibel case – the longest trial in British history – in a riveting series. Plus, an unmissable documentary about the Asian front of the second world war.
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Conor Garrett retweeted
6 Nov 2024
An at-home DNA test - taken by chance when a game of golf is rained off - forces one man and three women to reassess everything they thought they knew about their families. An incredible and otherwise unheard true story about two babies switched at birth. Listen to The Gift S2.
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Conor Garrett retweeted
28 Oct 2024
Series 2 of The Gift is launching very soon! I cannot wait to share these stories with you. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Conor Garrett retweeted
8 Aug 2024
Carlo Gébler navigates the wings of the Maze Prison’s notorious H-Blocks - to unlock the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.
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Escape From The Maze | Listen on BBC Sounds
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20 Jul 2024
Well…that’s my holiday made. Huge thanks to @msmirandasawyer for this thoughtful review of Escape from the Maze @BBCRadio4
20 Jul 2024
This week in audio: Escape from the Maze; State of Play: Summer Games; Today With Tonies – review theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
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Conor Garrett retweeted
17 Jul 2024
Two really outstanding series running all this week on @BBCRadio4 and @BBCRadio3. Masterclasses in the medium from Carlo Gebler and @WhitlockMonica.
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11 Jul 2024
Dropping Monday. 'Escape from the Maze'
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The History Podcast. Carlo Gebler unlocks the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British or Irish history
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Original music score by
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Conor Garrett retweeted
9 Feb 2024
Listen to TechCrunch reporter @lorenzofb in this @BBCRadio4 bonus episode of The Gift exploring how the @23andMe breach unfolded, who was affected, and what it means for companies handling this kind of highly sensitive data👇🎧 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w6z…
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Conor Garrett retweeted
16 Jan 2024
❄️ Visitor update! ❄️
Belfast Zoo is closed today due to the wintry weather.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Our silverback Gugas has been making the most of the snow and has been out making snowballs. ⛄️
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Conor Garrett retweeted
11 Jan 2024
The MD list of Alternative National Treasures: Terri Hooley 🎖️
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Conor Garrett retweeted
10 Jan 2024
A few episodes into “Things Fall Apart”series 2, @jonronson’s new series on @BBCSounds and it is brilliant and illuminating and haunting. Hugely recommended.
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Conor Garrett retweeted
9 Jan 2024
Catch on @BBCSounds
A fascinating and rather amazing story.
8 Jan 2024
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v3g…
The spirit of Elvis Presley and the mind of Bill Drummond meet at the crossroads in the village of Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim. Tomorrow 1130am @BBCRadio4
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8 Jan 2024
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v3g…
The spirit of Elvis Presley and the mind of Bill Drummond meet at the crossroads in the village of Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim. Tomorrow 1130am @BBCRadio4
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17 Oct 2023
The Gift is now available as a box set on Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gd2…
"...variously sad, gripping and brimming with plot twists..." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fiona Sturges, The Financial Times
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Conor Garrett retweeted
16 Oct 2023
Drumroll… I get my DNA results in the sixth and final episode of The Gift, out today at 11am on @BBCRadio4. If you can’t wait, it’s already there @BBCSounds and wherever else you get podcasts 🧬📻
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11 Oct 2023
Thank you, Dara!
11 Oct 2023
This is an excellent podcast series about the Pandora’s box of DNA testing, which is currently causing a revolution in the kind of adoption searches I talked about in the last tour. Recommended listen. @jennykleeman
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Conor Garrett retweeted
18 Sep 2023
Today’s episode of The Gift is one of the most extraordinary stories I’ve ever encountered. Catch it on @BBCRadio4 at 11am, or, if you can’t wait, it’s already on @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qm…
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