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CNN Presents: Civilian or Spy
A brand-new linguistic mystery from Countdown’s resident lexicographer, Susie Dent, set in the city of Oxford.
When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy writer whose papers she once worked on.
But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when further graffiti is found near the body of a university lecturer.
Martha is not the only one to have doubts when the suspicious death is assumed by police to be a suicide.
Called upon to lend their linguistic expertise to the case, Martha and her colleagues begin to unearth a tragedy that extends beyond the ancient walls of the university.
As new messages portend more death, it’s clear that a spirit of vengeance is stalking the city’s streets and may be reaching out towards them too.
Re_covering
Media chaplain and broadcaster Reverend Frank Ritchie sits down with top Kiwi journos to unpack that one story that most impacted them, personally and professionally.
Lloyd Burr, The Pike River Report: Six years on from the Pike River Mine disaster, hope was fading that the remains of the 29 men who lost their lives would ever be found.
Politicians insisted it was too dangerous to re-enter the mine, and media interest in the story was waning. But when Lloyd Burr came across a report suggesting re-entry was possible, he started to probe.
Lloyd talks about calling out injustice, what it’s like being made redundant twice in just over a year, and his hopes for the future of the media industry.
