Lost At Sea

Lost At Sea

In August 2015 Keith Davis boarded the Victoria 168. A month later, when the ship returned to port, Keith was missing. Reporter Rachel Monroe investigates his case. __ Credits Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins. Lost At Sea is a BBC Studios Factual Podcast Unit production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

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August 22, 2022 3 mins

The mysterious disappearance of Keith Davis, a fisheries observer who went missing 500 miles off the coast of Peru. In August 2015 Keith boarded a tuna vessel, the Victoria 168, but when the ship returned to port a month later, Keith wasn’t on it. Reporter Rachel Monroe investigates.

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Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

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Keith Davis spent sixteen years as an observer, working for months at a time on fishing vessels. But then, in September 2015, he disappeared at sea. How could this have happened?

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Credits

Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins.

Lost At Sea is a BBC Studios Factual Podca...

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November 20, 2022 24 mins

In August 2015 Keith Davis boarded a tuna vessel, the Victoria 168. When the ship returned to port, Keith was missing. With the help of Keith’s observer log, Rachel tries to make sense of his final voyage.

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Credits

Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins.

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November 20, 2022 30 mins

Rachel travels to Panama to retrace Keith’s last days on land, where she has a chance encounter at the port.

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Credits

Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins.

Lost At Sea is a BBC Studios Factual Podcast Unit production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

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November 20, 2022 28 mins

​​What could Keith have encountered on board the Victoria 168? Rachel hears stories from other observers of cruel captains, knife fights, and bribery.

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Credits

Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins.

Lost At Sea is a BBC Studios Factual Podcast Unit production for BBC Ra...

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November 20, 2022 27 mins

Did Keith’s decision to speak out about the mistreatment of crew members put him in a vulnerable position?

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Credits

Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins.

Lost At Sea is a BBC Studios Factual Podcast Unit production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

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November 20, 2022 30 mins

Keith’s disappearance isn’t a one off. Rachel looks into the cases of other observers who have died at sea under suspicious circumstances. _

Credits

Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins.

Lost At Sea is a BBC Studios Factual Podcast Unit production for BBC Radio 5 Live ...

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November 20, 2022 36 mins

In the final episode of the series, Rachel speaks to someone with a unique perspective on what might have happened to Keith: the observer who worked on the Victoria 168 directly before him.

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Credits

Reporter: Rachel Monroe Series Producer: Monica Whitlock Sound Design and Music: Jon Nicholls Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace

Executive Producer: Paul Smith. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins.

Lost At Sea is a BBC Studios Fa...

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Dr Julia Shaw unwraps Bad People’s choice of true crime podcasts in 2022.

She talks to Rachel Monroe about her story of lawlessness on the high-seas, BBC podcast Lost at Sea.

Julia also meets BBC social media and disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring to discuss her series Disaster Trolls, which investigates the trolling of victims of terror attacks by people who claim they never happened

We hear from Audrey Gillan, the accl...

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