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Author Jake Arnott traces the history of corruption in the Metropolitan police, from Dixon of Dock Green to Line of Duty. What鈥檚 changed?

As an author, Jake has written about corruption; the shadowy figure of the bent copper has featured in more than one of his novels. In this programme, he鈥檚 making some enquiries into that abhorrent character...

From the lone corrupted officer, often characterised as a single 鈥渂ad apple鈥�, to the 鈥淔all of Scotland Yard鈥� and the realisation that a barrel of bad apples might be a better metaphor, Jake hears about whistle blowers鈥� lives ruined and murder cases blighted by police corruption that still reverberate to this day. He speaks to Steve Noonan from the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the body now responsible for tackling corruption in the force, and asks whether he鈥檚 right to suggest that institutionalised police corruption is a thing of the past?

Writer GF Newman (鈥楲aw and Order鈥�, 鈥楯udge John Deed鈥�) and sociologist Sarah Moore explore police corruption in fiction 鈥� why are we so obsessed with watching bent coppers on TV? And journalists Martin Short and Graeme McLagan reveal the role of journalists in holding the police to account.

Producer: Hannah Marshall
A 7digital production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.