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27 April 2021

Incredible

Pariah It's tough to survive one huge, public scandal in a lifetime. Two is almost unheard of. But that was about to happen to Harvey Proctor.

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Pariah

Incredible

To suffer one shattering public scandal in a lifetime is hard enough. Harvey Proctor has endured two. In the second episode of Pariah, one of the highest profile police investigations of the past decade – Operation Midland – comes knocking on his door.
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  • The high wire
    The high wire

    For the second time in his life, Harvey Proctor was being battered by a storm of dreadful allegations. His lawyers advised a safety-first approach. He had other ideas

    39 min • S1, E3

  • Mixing and merging
    Mixing and merging

    It seems important for all of us to understand the meaning of what’s happened to Harvey Proctor. What was it which liberated the media and the police to behave as they did; to create or fuel the two scandals which wrecked his life?

    40 min • S1, E4

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