Chloe Hadjimatheou

Mar 6, 2025 | tortoisemedia.com | Basia Cummings |Gary Marshall |Rebecca Moore |Chloe Hadjimatheou |Hannah Varrall

series Lucky Boy 2h 59 mins • 5 Episodes Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel. Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.

Mar 6, 2025 | tortoisemedia.com | Chloe Hadjimatheou

When he was 14, he fell in love with a teacher. After she walked out of his life everything started to unravel Tortoise’s new investigative series asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim. Listen to Lucky Boy now. It was a warm July evening in 1988 when Gareth* went to the pub in Finchley with his teacher, Miss Bowen. It was end of year staff drinks and the back bar was full of teachers from Christ’s College secondary school.

Dec 9, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Chloe Hadjimatheou

SENSEMAKER Our planet #MiddleEast Prisoner releases bring joy, but also stories of horror As the Assad regime relinquishes control of Syria, hundreds of people have been flooding to its prisons hoping to find their loved ones. So what? Most Syrians know – or know of – someone jailed by their departed dictator. A complex security apparatus that arrested, imprisoned, tortured and executed anyone suspected of disloyalty was key to maintaining regime control.

Dec 5, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Chloe Hadjimatheou

Armed rebels in Syria led by the Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) have taken a second key city, Hama, and were advancing last night on Homs. The surprise offensive began last week with the capture of Aleppo, Syria’s second-biggest city. HTS is proving to be much stronger and more advanced militarily than the Assad regime expected, after spending years investing in combat capabilities including special units and an entire drone force.

Dec 4, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Chloe Hadjimatheou

Syrian rebels take back Aleppo Your browser does not support the audio element. Our planet #MiddleEast A man in combat gear stands in a doorway hugging his mother – it’s a deeply emotional reunion. Since 2011 a civil war has divided Syria. Many families haven’t been able to see their loved ones for years. Before the conflict Aleppo was Syria’s biggest city and it’s been the scene of some of the country’s most brutal fighting.