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  • FINAL EPISODE: The Search For Spratt - Answers...
    Jul 11 2025

    In this last ever episode, Saul gets his hands on extraordinary official documentation offering full details surrounding the death of Sergeant William Spratt, victim of “that moment in Iraq".


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    Slowly Peeling Back, the new album by Saul Wordsworth, is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and all other streaming services.


    Alan Stoob's True Crime Casebook™, an original podcast by Saul Wordsworth, is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.


    If you have a story you wish to tell, please email saul@saulwordsworth.com


    Series merchandise is available on request.


    Images from the series can be found here


    The executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter. The other voices featured in this episode are Kevin Molloy, Stuart Scrivens, Tim Patterson and Lucy Bray. Ann Roberts' emails are read by Kate Tasch.

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    58 min
  • BONUS SIX: The Search for Spratt (part two)
    Jul 19 2024

    With the help of an archivist (and distant relative) Saul Wordsworth closes in on Spratt, a name cited in his father's diaries - and very likely the victim of “that moment in Iraq".


    Saul Wordsworth's new album Hope Is Not A Strategy is available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services.


    Images from the series can be found here


    Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter. The other voice featured on this episode is Chris Chakraborty.

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    26 min
  • BONUS FIVE: In conversation with Michael Frayn and Blake Morrison
    May 11 2024

    In this extra-special bonus episode two huge literary figures, Michael Frayn and Blake Morrison - both of whom knew Christopher Wordsworth - join host Saul Wordsworth for a discussion about father-son memoirs.


    The Observer piece cited in this episode can be found here


    Images from the series - including photographs taken during this three-way discussion - can be found here


    Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.


    The executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.


    BOOKS BY MICHAEL FRAYN

    My Father's Fortune

    Amongst Others: Friendships and Encounters


    BOOKS BY BLAKE MORRISON

    And When Did You Last See Your Father?

    Two Sisters

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    35 min
  • BONUS FOUR: The Search for Spratt
    Apr 1 2024

    Saul Wordsworth revisits the British Library in search of Spratt, a name cited in his father's diaries and very likely the figure central to “that moment in Iraq".


    Link to BBC feature


    Images from the series can be found here


    Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.


    Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

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    25 min
  • BONUS THREE: New material
    Feb 1 2024


    This episode features previously unheard diary entries including an original poem by Christopher Wordsworth, plus a letter that has recently come to light.


    NEW RELEASE: Devil in the Wilderness: Original Podcast Soundtrack by Saul Wordsworth is available on Spotify, Amazon Music and all other streaming services.


    Images from the series can be found here


    Executive producer is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

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    23 min
  • BONUS TWO: The Self-Inflicted Wound
    Dec 16 2023

    Reproduced in full: Christopher Wordsworth's essay The Self-Inflicted Wound - which would propel him from isolation and hunger in the depths of bleak Snowdonia moorland, to Fleet Street. Plus discussion of future bonus episodes and the ripple effect of the series.


    The music video cited in the episode can be found HERE


    Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on SPOTIFY and other streaming services.


    Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.


    Images from the series can be found here

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    42 min
  • BONUS ONE: Speeches at the launch
    Dec 4 2023

    El Vino's on Fleet Street played host to an event marking the launch of the series. The speeches were captured and are replayed here. Plus reflections from Saul Wordsworth, and diary entries not featured previously.


    Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.


    Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.


    The Observer article cited in this episode can be found here


    Images from the series can be found here

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    26 min
  • 6. That moment in Iraq
    Oct 31 2023
    6 of 6. Christopher Wordsworth's son, Saul, weighs up the evidence of what happened in Iraq and reaches a conclusion. He also charts his father's final years - and considers his legacy.

    Executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.

    Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.

    If you enjoyed the series please give it a star rating or leave a review. Many thanks.

    Images from the series can be found here

    The track featured in this episode was mixed and mastered by Erik Holmberg @ K51 Studios, Stockholm.

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    1 h et 21 min