Listen to our award-winning BBC Series ‘Where Is George Gibney?’
‘Where is George Gibney?’ has won 3 Gold & 1 Silver at the NY Festivals Awards to go along with:
?Rockie Award??
?Prix Europa Special Commendation??
?Webby Award??
?British Podcast Award??
?Justice Media Awards??Please listen, share & keep the story alive?@BBCSounds pic.twitter.com/FuRXCB6Br9
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) October 28, 2021
Our international, investigative podcast series ‘Where Is George Gibney?’ has received worldwide coverage over the past 12 months featuring in the likes of The New York Times and the Guardian. The podcast follows the story of the former Olympic swimming coach who was charged with 27 counts of child sexual abuse but never stood trial. It has now been listened to over 4 million times worldwide.
You can listen to every available episode here via BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
The series has also recently been honoured by the Webby Awards, the US Podcast Academy Awards, the Prix Europa Awards, British Podcast Awards, The ARIA’s, The Rockies in Canada and many more. It’s written and produced by Mark Horgan and Ciaran Cassidy for BBC Sounds who you can see picking up the Justice Media Awards in Ireland below.
Here’s @Younghorgan and @CiaranCass accepting the Justice Media Awards overall award and national broadcast journalism award today, thanks to @LawSocIreland??
Full speech is here: https://t.co/ssehTTNQhn pic.twitter.com/8leTBP2HdM
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) June 24, 2021
If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, here’s a list of some support services in Ireland. If you’re in the UK, please refer the the BBC Action Line homepage here. If you’re listening from outside Ireland and the UK, please refer to support services in your own country.
Notice something land in your podcast feed this morning?
Almost three years on from the final episode of ‘Where is George Gibney?’, @Younghorgan returns with an update on the case, and contributors to the podcast meet at a special event in Dublin.
Listen now?? @BBCSounds pic.twitter.com/aXZTLls2m0
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) November 24, 2023