The Bad Guru: Trailer

World Of Secrets

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Miranda’s search for inner peace through yoga leads to allegations of grooming, trafficking and exploitation.

“You just get sucked in so gradually... that you don't realize,” says her mother Penny.

This series contains explicit sexual content, some strong language and allegations of sexual exploitation.

Host: Cat McShane Producers: Emma Weatherill and Cat McShane Sound design: Melvin Rickarby Unit Manager: Lucy Bannister Executive Producer: Innes Bowen Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.
0:08.0	But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA
0:12.0	was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.
0:18.0	Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?
0:21.3	When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?
0:25.1	I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.
0:28.5	Steakknife.
0:29.7	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:35.2	Yoga is more than just exercise.
0:38.2	It's the spiritual practice that millions swear by.
0:42.2	And in 2017, Miranda, a university tutor from London,
0:46.5	joins a yoga school that promises profound transformation.
0:50.2	It felt a really safe and welcoming space.
0:54.5	After the yoga classes, I felt amazing.
0:56.9	But soon, that calm, welcoming atmosphere leads to something far darker,
1:02.5	a journey that leads to allegations of grooming, trafficking and exploitation across international borders.
1:09.9	I don't have my passport. I don't have my phone. I don't have my passport.
1:11.8	I don't have my phone.
1:12.8	I don't have my bank cards.
1:14.1	I have nothing.
1:15.1	The passport being taken,
1:16.7	the being in a house
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -116 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.