Tony Horne on the making of The Rathband Tapes

Podcast Radio exclusively played the first episode of The Rathband Tapes podcast. It’s was aired to coincide with the drama The Hunt for Raoul Moat on ITV across TV in the United Kingdom. For more than a decade, conversations between the late PC David Rathband and his ghost writer Tony Horne, recorded during the writing of the best-selling book Tango 190, have remained in a vault.  Now for the first time, David’s voice tells his own story. Gerry chats to Tony about the making of this podcast, The Rathband Tapes. - From press: Podcast Radio listeners heard David's own account of being shot, the untold story of dealing with becoming blind, his depression, his Pride of Britain Award – and going from hero to zero overnight.  Tony, the high-profile former Metro Radio breakfast show presenter: “David became my friend. This is an emotional and painful story told with the help of David’s twin Darren and of course David himself”. Podcast Radio director Paul Chantler noted: “We were thrilled to be able to offer our listeners a true broadcast exclusive. The Rathband Tapes are condensed from hundreds of hours of recordings and produced to a high standard by Tony. We’re really pleased to be able to work with him.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices