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Buried: The Last Witness uncovers some of the UK\u2019s darkest environmental secrets. <\/p>

By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2024 at 10:15 AM<\/p>

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BBC Radio 4\u2019s award-winning environmental podcast Buried is set to return next month with a shocking new story \u2013 <\/span>and Good Omens star Michael Sheen<\/a> is set to feature.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hosted once again by filmmakers and investigative journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, Buried: The Last Witness will explore the enduring impact of \u2018forever chemicals\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Ashby and Taylor discover a box of unseen evidence from a deceased witness, they soon find themselves uncovering the terrifying legacy that PCB chemicals are having on the environment, our food chain and our communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, in an unexpected twist, the podcast hosts discover that actor Michael Sheen recorded the witness\u2019s final testimony.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buried: The Last Witness will \u201creveal the results of a one-year investigation involving dossiers of evidence, unseen documents and exclusive testing of British soil, supermarket food and even human blood,\u201d according to the BBC<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Ashby said: \u201cMost true-crime series have a victim, who we all feel empathy for. But in this one, we know the poison, we know the culprits, but the scary question is this: are we all the victims? I\u2019ve never recorded an investigation that is at once so universal, and so deeply personal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Taylor added: \u201cEvery day, sometimes every hour, we have obsessed over the life of one man. He was brilliant, polymathic and eccentric. He is the most unlikely environmental hero.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Michael Sheen.<\/span><\/figcaption> Rachel Manns<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cBut who really was he, and what did he see? Could that one field, in 1967, change all of our lives? Once you see what he saw, Buried: The Last Witness becomes necessary listening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheen said: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to get your head around. This story is about the first of the forever chemicals. And there are so many of them since then. We want people to understand what they are doing right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n