The Trapped

Having worked with Daniel, I have been familiar with his work over recent years, exposing the frankly shameful housing that tenants in Britain are given no choice but to put up with. This podcast series revisits some of his most harrowing interviewees, with fresh commentary that adds context: both on how their stories came to be told by the ITV News team, and what (if anything) has happened since. The audio format is somehow even more arresting than the original television pieces – more personal, with more scope for detail and back-stories – though it is worth looking at the dedicated website to see images revealing the full horror of the sodden, damp-ridden, mould-infested homes. It is rare I recommend a podcast, but I simply couldn’t stop listening: even to the point of having it on while I was driving a relative… when I dropped her off, she asked for the name of the series, so she could find it and catch up with the other episodes! Congratulations to those involved on an excellent series.

From the first episode to the last, this is heartbreaking and meticulously unpicks one of the worst problems facing British society today. Beautifully written, it details the human cost of a failed system.

This is different class. So many podcasts start promisingly or shockingly and then bottom out but this just keeps getting more engrossing and unbelievable. An absolute must listen.

From start to finish the podcast never fails to shock. It is so compelling and I couldn’t stop listening. This needs to be heard by everyone in Britain!