The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast Podcast
A new 10-part series about the Grenfell Tower fire and why it happened. Missed opportunities, unheeded warnings and state failure to protect its citizens. What a fire in west London that killed 72 people shows us about how Britain works, and doesn't.
Episodes to download
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204 The Phase 2 Report and the End of the Inquiry
Fri 6 Sep 2024
“Decades of failure”, “systematic dishonesty” and “incompetence”
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Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Episode 0
Fri 6 Sep 2024
What a fire in West London that killed 72 people shows about how Britain works and doesn’t
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Introducing Grenfell: Building a Disaster
Wed 4 Sep 2024
A new 10-part series about the Grenfell Tower fire and why it happened
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202 Nick Hurd
Fri 8 Jul 2022
"I can’t undo the past, but I wanted to be a part of making things better”
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201 Expert toxicology evidence, and closing statements on the aftermath
Fri 1 Jul 2022
“They were failed before the fire, during the fire, and after the fire"
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200 Closing Statements on testing and regulation
Fri 24 Jun 2022
“Crime, compound negligence and neglect across this industry”
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197 Aftermath of the fire: Central government and the Mayor of London
Fri 27 May 2022
“Chaos and hyperactivity in the department”
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196 Aftermath of the fire: Central government and London Local Authorities
Fri 20 May 2022
“More complex than 7/7”
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195 Aftermath of the fire: The Rest Centres
Fri 13 May 2022
“2017 was a watershed year for emergencies in the UK”
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194 Aftermath of the fire: The Council: Week 2
Fri 6 May 2022
“Caught in the eye of a terrible storm”
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193 Aftermath of the fire: The Council and BSRs
Fri 29 Apr 2022
“Bigger than any authority could manage”
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190 Brian Martin and the Ministers
Fri 1 Apr 2022
“People looked for loopholes rather than a good solution”
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188 The Housing Ministry: Week 2
Fri 18 Mar 2022
“A complete failure throughout the proceeding decades"
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186 Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Fri 4 Mar 2022
“Appalling, delayed, partial and looks chaotic”
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185 Building Research Establishment & the Government
Fri 25 Feb 2022
“What you didn’t do…was spell out that people will die”
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182 National House Building Council
Fri 4 Feb 2022
“This act of collaboration was, in one sense, corrupting”
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181 Modules 5 & 6 Closing Statements: Firefighting
Fri 28 Jan 2022
“Incompetent and incapable... to respond to a fire that was extreme but foreseeable”
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180 National House Building Council and LABC
Fri 17 Dec 2021
‘Does the panel feel that potentially we are sitting on a time bomb?'
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178 London Fire Brigade: Week 7
Fri 3 Dec 2021
“It was the most appalling example of institutional failure in recent British history”
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