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Sport's Strangest Crimes, Bloodgate, 3. The Cover-ups

Sport's Strangest Crimes

Bloodgate

3. The Cover-ups

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March 15, 2025

28 minutes

Available for over a year

Gripping testimony from the Harlequins dressing-room as Tom Williams persuades club doctor Wendy Chapman to help cover up his act of cheating.

But when new footage emerges of Tom appearing to chew on a fake blood capsule, European Rugby prosecutors decide to press charges against the player, his coach and the club.

Quins agree a cover story - but will it hold water when matters come to a head at a Bloodgate hearing in central London?

Narrator: Ross Kemp

Reporter/Interviewer: Chris Jones

Writer/Producer: Sam Sheringham

Story editor: Tom Fuller

Sound design/production: Jesse Howard

Digital Producers: Sam Huxley and Stephen Trenchard

Assistant producers: Metin Yilmaz, Jack Wood, Mujtaba Ali and Victoria Turner

BBC 5 Live Sport podcast editor: Matt Smith

Commissioner: Stevie Middleton