BP chief ‘poisoned’ in Russia plot, claims former colleague
By Robert Mendick & Adrian Gatton
The Daily Telegraph
29 April 2018
The chief executive of BP was poisoned in a plot believed to have been orchestrated by the Russian security services, a former employee has told the Telegraph.
Read the story here.
“… two young FBI agents introduced themselves to me. They said I was being detained to answer questions regarding the Department of Justice special counsel probe …”
Read the full report on Trump ally Ted Malloch’s detention by Kim Sengupta & Adrian Gatton in The Independent
Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack
Channel 4
26 March 2018
Matt Frei examines former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal’s past – and the murky world of espionage, politics and crime – to find potential motives for his poisoning in Salisbury.
Reporter: Matt Frei
Producer/Directors: Steve Grandison; Richard Nash; Duncan Staff; Adrian Gatton
Watch the programme on catch-up at All4 here.
“In this gripping Dispatches documentary, all the right questions are asked, of all the right people, even if they’re not all answered.” – Sam Wollaston, Guardian review.
Trump & Russia: Sex, Spies and Scandal
Channel 4 Dispatches
18 October 2017
A year after one of the greatest political upsets of all time, Matt Frei travels to Moscow and Washington to find out more about the alleged conspiracy between Donald Trump and Russia.
Reporter: Matt Frei
Producer/Directors: Richard Sanders, Adrian Gatton
Watch the programme here at Channel 4 Dispatches.
“Donald Trump says it’s the greatest witch-hunt in American political history. But it’s also – potentially – a political scandal that would surpass Watergate. Here the estimable Matt Frei looks into what has emerged so far from investigations into whether members of Trump’s circle, including some in his own family, colluded with agents of the Russian state in the run up to the 2016 US presidential election. And if so, what did each side stand to gain?” – Radio Times
“… remorselessly and comprehensively laid out … [a] thorough disentanglement of the connections and relationships between Trump, his campaign – and family – members and the former Soviet Union …” – The Guardian
Ivanka Trump: America’s Real First Lady?
The Passionate Eye, CBC (Canada)
5 September 2017
There’s never been a first daughter quite like her. As Assistant to the President — an official role created especially for her — Ivanka Trump is part of her father’s trusted inner circle. A former model and business woman, she’s the Trump card that many believe helped Trump get elected. So just how much political influence does she wield?
Screened on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) flagship documentary series The Passionate Eye (originally a Channel 4 UK production).
Producer/Director: Lesley Gardiner
Edit Producer (International): Adrian Gatton
The World According to President Trump
Channel 4 Dispatches
12 November 2016
In the last programme Trump won the nomination and was running for President. Well now, against most expectations, he’s won.
What will President Trump really do? Will he really ban all Muslims? Build a wall? Pal up to Putin? Smash Isis? Matt Frei speaks to the people who know.
Producers: Dmitri Collingridge; Adrian Gatton; Mark Alden; Mark Gregory
Executive Producer: Adam Vandermark
President Trump: Can he really win?
Channel 4 Dispatches
23 August 2016
Matt Frei explores how the US presidential contest is shaping up to be one of the most brutal in living memory, and asks if Donald Trump can make it all the way to the White House.
Reporter: Matt Frei
Producer/Directors: Richard Sanders, Dmitri Collingridge
Edit Producer: Adrian Gatton
Crime boss crony arrested over Hatton Garden raid
Michael Gillard and Adrian Gatton
August 7 2016
The Sunday Times
An associate of the gangster David Hunt is under police investigation for allegedly plotting to help launder the proceeds of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been arrested and bailed over claims that he conspired to handle stolen jewellery that detectives found at his business premises in east London.
Police surveillance material obtained by The Sunday Times suggests that Terry Perkins, one of the Hatton Garden ringleaders, wanted to offload some of the stolen jewellery through the man’s company.
Car numberplate recognition technology revealed that Perkins, 68, visited the firm’s …
Read the story here.
Tony Blair wanted $35m to build UAE’s brand and influence
By Robert Mendick, chief reporter, and Adrian Gatton
Sunday Telegraph
9 JULY 2016
Tony Blair’s consultancy asked for $35 million from an oil-rich Arab state to provide advice, The Telegraph can disclose.
The proposal with the United Arab Emirates’ ministry of foreign affairs was worth almost $7 million a year and was due to run for five years, according to company documents.
Tony Blair Associates (TBA), the business set up by the former prime minister on leaving Downing Street, asked for “professional fees” of $6,210,000 a year and an additional $688,000 to cover the company’s annual expenses.
Tony Blair’s personal brand has had its ups and downs, but the former PM is reputed to have fostered a £100 million fortune since leaving office – a figure that Blair himself strongly denies. Delving into what drives the politician, this programme investigates how successful his various business activities have really been.
Producer/Directors: Adrian Gatton, Julie Shaw
First broadcast 4th July 2016. Watch the Blair Rich Project on Channel 5 catch-up here.
Adrian Gatton 