{"podcast":{"title":"The History Podcast","slug":"the-history-podcast-6909702","podcast_index_feed_id":6909702,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/m001z66c.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001z66c","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0nl6949.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":113,"summary":"Sixty Years of Hurt with David Baddiel. What do eleven young men tell us about what it means to be English?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T22:18:57.065874+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-podcast-6909702"},"episode":{"title":"The Magnificent O'Connors: 2. The Murder of Donk Ambridge","slug":"the-magnificent-o-connors-2-the-murder-of-donk-ambridge","published_at":"2025-10-03T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-podcast-6909702/the-magnificent-o-connors-2-the-murder-of-donk-ambridge","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-podcast-6909702","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002kglx","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0m5mpm7.mp3","summary":"Jimmy O’Connor was a small-time thief, making the most of the opportunities war torn London presented to him. How did he end up in a condemned cell at Pentonville? On the Easter weekend 1941, a man is murdered in a London suburb. The police have little evidence to go on, and the usual suspects are pulled in for questioning. Among them is 23-year-old Jimmy O’Connor. He’s eventually charged and tried for the crime, though he maintains his innocence. Sentenced to death, the outlook is bleak as Jimmy awaits his final appointment with hangman Albert Pierrepoint. Presenter: Ragnar O’Connor Producer: Emily Esson, Victoria McArthur Research: Elizabeth Ann Duffy, Louise Yeoman Script Assistant and Additional Research: Marisha Currie Script Writers: Emily Esson, Jack Kibble-White Original Music: Lomond Campbell Theme Music: Barry Jackson Addition mixing and sound effects: Charlie McPhee, Kayleigh Raphel Story Consultant: Jack Kibble-White Script Editor: Graham Russell Executive Editor: Gillian Wheelan Commissioning Executive: Tracy Williams Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4 Archive: The Russell Harty Show, ITV, April 1976 Thanks to Cheryl Field, Richard Field and Kirsty Williams","meta_description":"Jimmy O’Connor was a small-time thief, making the most of the opportunities war torn London presented to him. How did he end up in a condemned cell at Pen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1717,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-podcast-6909702/episodes/the-magnificent-o-connors-2-the-murder-of-donk-ambridge/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-podcast-6909702/the-magnificent-o-connors-2-the-murder-of-donk-ambridge.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}