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Sport's Strangest Crimes

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  • Sport's Strangest Crimes

    2. The Calling

    13/02/2026 | 26 mins.
    Every superhero has an origin story. For Captain Cock, it begins in Hong Kong, 1993.
    Comedian Rich Hall takes us back to when Mark is a young bartender in the city’s chaotic nightlife district -far from Velcro trousers, tutus, or a global streaking career. Then comes a drunken dare at the Rugby Sevens, the kind most people laugh off and forget by morning.
    What happens next will set the course of his life for the next three decades.
    But hang on. Someone else remembers that event very differently. So what are the actual origins of this so-called origin story?
    Presented by Rich Hall
    Produced and written by Elle Scott
    Production co-ordinator: Juliette Harvey.
    Production manager: Debbie Waddell.
    Development Executive: Emma Shaw.
    Production Executive: Ian Taitt
    Executive Producer: Georgia Catt
    Sound Design and Composition: Julian Corrie
    Assistant Commissioner: Rob Green
    Commissioning Executive: Stevie Middleton
    A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.
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    1. Captain C**k

    06/02/2026 | 34 mins.
    Comedian Rich Hall presents the story of Mark Roberts - who isn't your average bloke. By day, he's a painter from Liverpool. By night? He's Captain Cock - the world's most prolific streaker, a man who's dropped his kit at over 500 major sporting events across 23 countries.
    By 2002, Mark's conquered almost everything. Wimbledon. The Champions League Final. The Olympics. But there's one event left. The biggest stage on Earth. The Holy Grail of streaking: the Super Bowl.
    So in 2003, Mark jets off to San Diego. No ticket. No plan. What could possibly go wrong?
    Presented by Rich Hall
    Produced and written by Elle Scott
    Production co-ordinator: Juliette Harvey.
    Production manager: Debbie Waddell.
    Development Executive: Emma Shaw
    Production Executive: Ian Taitt
    Executive Producer: Georgia Catt
    Sound Design and Composition: Julian Corrie
    Assistant Commissioner: Rob Green
    Commissioning Executive: Stevie Middleton
    A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.
  • Sport's Strangest Crimes

    Introducing...Confessions of a Super Bowl Streaker

    05/02/2026 | 0 mins.
    Rich Hall presents the story of one man's mission to conquer the Holy Grail of streaking. The Super Bowl.
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    6. Friend or Foe?

    03/09/2025 | 27 mins.
    Was Hansie Cronje a villain? A victim? Or something in between? In this final episode, we unpack the legacy Hansie left behind — the loyalties, the doubts, and the stories that still divide opinion. Some say he was trapped by powerful people and trying to find a way out. Others say he knew exactly what he was doing. From emotional moments with close friends to sharp takes from those who saw a darker side, this episode digs into the heart of the scandal and what it says about cricket today.
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    5. The Only Passenger On Board

    27/08/2025 | 24 mins.
    June 2002. Hansie Cronje dies in a plane crash. The reaction is immediate - shock, disbelief, grief. But not everyone buys the official story. In Episode 5, Mark Butcher traces Hansie’s final hours - a missed flight, a last-minute ride on a cargo plane, and a descent through mountain cloud with broken instruments and almost no visibility. Was it pilot error, as the report claimed? Or something more? From talk of missing money and dropped investigations to strange phone calls and long-held theories, this episode explores where the facts end and the doubts begin.

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