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Rating
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This podcast has
34 episodes
Explicit
No
Date created
2023/01/16
Latest episode
2026/07/18
Average duration
16 min.
Release period
54 days
Description
Why is someone leaving dozens of dead animals as a mafia-style warning in the British countryside? Buried is the multi award-winning investigative series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this thrilling new investigation, Buried: Dead Rabbit, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham to investigate. First, villagers find twenty mangled animals outside a primary school, then fifty by a farm shop, blood smeared over the doors. Are they a Godfather-like threat? A taunt? A strange Satanic sacrifice? Or - just like a classic horror movie - the first flash of a monster, lurking in the shadows? The answer leads the team to uncover a terrifying criminal underworld operating in the heart of the countryside. Masked men in 4x4s, violent rage, and tens of thousands of pounds at stake. Chris Packham tells us his own dead-animal threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. Farmers and villagers say they feel abandoned, and the problem is darker - and far more widespread - than anyone thought. Dead Rabbit begins like a folk horror movie but turns into a gripping, fast-paced thriller about the takeover of illegal hare coursing in the countryside. This is the third series of Buried, bringing bingeable, fast-paced mysteries exposing urgent environmental true stories you've almost certainly never heard of. Husband-and-wife investigative duo Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor dive into secret worlds of organised crime unfolding in our waste (Series 1) or trails of toxic chemicals that go right to our plates (Series 2, Buried: The Last Witness). Each series is a separate story bringing to light never-before-heard recordings and boxes of explosive legal documents, inviting the audience to unpick crimes or scandals with them. The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' (Buried: The Last Witness) continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
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Dead Rabbit: 10. Catch Me
2026/07/18
Waiting for a verdict is weird, but it does eventually arrive. Afterwards, Dan and Lucy ask, is violence winning? Because it turns out, the dead animal threats are everywhere. In this final episode, a monster in plain sight, which the rest of us didn't know about. "Tweet tweet, tweet tweet."
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 9. The Trial
2026/07/17
Dan and Lucy meet the man accused of leaving the dead animals outside the village shop, as new CCTV is released in court showing how brazen it was, and how quick.
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 8. Left for Dead
2026/07/17
If organised crime groups have taken over hare coursing, what happens when people confront them? Our survey shows the terrifying scale of violence and threats across the country. People in the countryside say they feel abandoned. And Dan and Lucy are given a new tip about one of the dead animal events that led them into this.
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 7. Criminal Evolution
2026/07/17
Dan and Lucy are discovering that the hare coursing criminal underworld is bigger than they ever imagined - but who is really behind it? And will they ever catch them in the act?
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 6. A Dark Web Rumour
2026/07/17
Dan and Lucy find a video filmed the night of the cup final, exposing that hare coursing isn’t just a game - it’s big business. Why would anyone pay tens of thousands of pounds for one dog? Chris Packham weighs in with his experience, and a police chief gives them striking new information.
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 5. Final Day
2026/07/17
In broad daylight, 70 people storm a farm, tear up fields and rob a petrol station. People fear for their lives. Is something bigger at play? When he turns up to investigate, Dan is shown something special.
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 4. Caught in the Headlights
2026/07/17
After the wild rumours they heard about hare coursing in the villages, Lucy and Chris Packham join a stakeout to see it for themselves. It means driving over remote fields late at night, with only a volunteer called John and his friends to keep them safe. It feels like this is leading them into something new - could it be dangerous?
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor follow a trail left after dozens of dead animals were left in villages in the British countryside. They team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 3. An Unspoken Suspect
2026/07/17
The killers strike again at a village shop, just a few miles away from where dead animals were dumped outside a school. And this time, it is far worse, with more than fifty hares piled up, blood smeared on the shop windows and birds impaled on the door handles. Local people are scared to talk about it - but slowly, Dan and Lucy realise that they know who is behind it.
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 2. Different Killers
2026/07/17
Someone in the New Forest is on a killing spree, with dead animals left in lots of different places. Could the dead animals left outside the school be some kind of satanic sacrifice? Chris Packham steps in to help Dan and Lucy investigate.
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: 1. Dead Rabbit
2026/07/17
It starts like a horror film. In the dead of night, 20 dead animals are left outside a village school. Who left them there - and why? In this new investigation, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor stumble into something sinister lurking in the British countryside. Is it the first flash of a monster?
Buried is the multi award-winning investigative podcast series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, Dan and Lucy team up with the wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose own dead-animal death threats escalated into a car bomb outside his house. The dead animals lead them into uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
The team's previous exploration into 'forever chemicals' continues on TV in Buried with Michael Sheen. Watch the documentary on iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkql/buried-with-michael-sheen
Dead Rabbit is a Smoke Trail Production for BBC Radio 4.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Sound design, mixing and AP: Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
Dead Rabbit: Trailer
2026/07/13
Why is someone leaving dead animals as a mafia-style warning in a village in Hampshire?
From the team behind Buried and Buried: The Last Witness, comes a new investigative documentary series, Dead Rabbit.
Husband and wife journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with Chris Packham to investigate why 20 dead animals were left at a village school – uncovering a criminal underworld in the British countryside.
Listen to the whole series on BBC Sounds from 18 July, 2026.
The Last Witness: 4. Every Last Dollar
2024/06/24
A child born without eyes. What did the chemical do? In Alabama, Dan finds a contaminated town, still reeling from its toxic legacy. Internal confidential memos reveal the manufacturer knew the risk.
Buried is the award-winning true-crime series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this new investigation, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the film star Michael Sheen. Together, they dig into the unseen files of a man who said he was beaten up and put under police protection, after alleging that a chemical had contaminated the food chain.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Research by Georgie Styles
Additional research by Cardiff Journalism School
Sound design and mixing by Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
A Smoke Trail production for BBC Radio 4
The Last Witness: 3. Discredit Gowan
2024/06/24
“They would have killed me.”
Douglas Gowan says he was denounced in Parliament, impersonated and attacked - all to keep him silent. Dan and Lucy dig further into his explosive story, until they uncover an intriguing memo.
Buried is the award-winning true-crime series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this new investigation, reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor team up with the film star Michael Sheen. Together, they dig into the unseen files of a man who said he was beaten up and put under police protection, after alleging that a chemical had contaminated the food chain.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Research by Georgie Styles
Sound design and mixing by Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
A Smoke Trail production for BBC Radio 4
The Last Witness: 2. A Hollywood Sleuth
2024/06/24
Reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor visit the film star Michael Sheen - who recorded the witness's final account - and hear how he fell into a rabbit hole. They also discover Douglas Gowan's unpublished chemical test results. Are people in danger?
Buried is the award-winning true-crime series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this new investigation, Dan and Lucy dig into the unseen files of a man who said he was beaten up and put under police protection, after alleging that a chemical had contaminated the food chain.
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Research by Georgie Styles
Sound design and mixing by Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
A Smoke Trail production for BBC Radio 4
The Last Witness: 1. A Box of Secrets
2024/06/24
When reporters Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor are handed a box of unseen evidence, they begin a new investigation - into a chemical secret. A witness says he found deformed cows, and worried a toxic chemical had entered the food chain. But the witness had a warning for the future: "It's buried, isn't it? But it's going to come back."
Buried is the award-winning true-crime series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history. In this series, Dan and Lucy team up with the film star Michael Sheen, who recorded the witness before he died. Was the witness right?
Produced and presented by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor
Research by Georgie Styles
Sound design and mixing by Jarek Zaba
Original music and sounds by Phil Channell
Executive Producers: Philip Abrams and Anita Elash
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
A Smoke Trail production for BBC Radio 4
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paradise 57 2025/09/15
What could the cause possibly be?
Excellent journalism with a caveat. The whole series they keep asking, "why would they do this? is this part of some larger conspiracy?! who's behind ...
Rooooooonilwazlib 2025/06/01
Season 2
Interesting story, love the surprise element of a celebrity.
Main critique is that there were some random slights and jabs toward Lucy that were comp...
Obi-Wan T. 2024/08/28
Too crucial to complain
Just binge this! Ppl moaning abt the ads and short eps - all eps are out and you CAN skip ads! This is WAY too important a story, not to mention chi...
virtual_me01 2024/06/30
Overly produced / minimal content
The first episode is essentially a teaser with 2-3 minutes of material strung out to 15 minutes. Netflix documentary series tend to rely on atmospheri...
Idiza 2023/10/25
Interesting
But ridiculously short episodes.
Noseroht 2023/01/30
21% ads
14 minute episodes with 3 minutes of ads = 21.4% of the show is ads.