Hometown: A Killing

Award-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar moves back to his hometown of Huddersfield to cover the death of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub but realises that there is a much bigger story in town

Radio 5 Live,7 episodes

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6: The Death Threats
Mobeen receives a death threat as the violence in West Yorkshire takes a darker turn.
22 Jun 2020,44 mins
5: The Shame
Mobeen explores if the heroin trade in West Yorkshire is his community’s shameful secret
22 Jun 2020,31 mins
4: The Verdict
Verdicts in the trial send shockwaves through West Yorkshire.
22 Jun 2020,34 mins
3: The Grass
As the trial continues a friend unexpectedly turns on Yassar in court.
22 Jun 2020,34 mins
2: The Father
Mobeen investigates rumours but is Yassar’s father trying to manipulate what he writes?
22 Jun 2020,42 mins
1: The Shooting
Journalist Mobeen Azhar returns to Huddersfield to write about the death of Yassar Yaqub.
22 Jun 2020,37 mins
Welcome to Hometown: A Killing
Mobeen returns home to report on a death but soon realises there’s a bigger story in town
26 May 2020,2 mins