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Foundling | Tortoise Investigates

On the verge | Foundling Ep 1

3/24/202639 min

Journalist Lucy Greenwell goes in search of Jess following rumours and unanswered questions about where she was born and who gave birth to her. 

Foundling is a 6 part original series from Tortoise Investigates and The Observer

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Clips

Told In A B&Q Car Park
Instant Feelings Of Rejection
Anger At The Remote Lane
Abandonment As A Crime
Reporter Remembers The Loneliest Lane
“I’d Have Called You Rebecca”

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Lucy Greenwell· Host0:00

    [suspenseful music] Tortoise Investigates.

  2. Speaker 10:06

    You wouldn't just drop it off in the middle of the countryside.

  3. Lucy Greenwell· Host0:12

    And hope for the best.

  4. Speaker 10:13

    Hope for the best.

  5. Lucy Greenwell· Host0:14

    Yeah.

  6. Speaker 10:14

    There's obviously something fishy about the story.

  7. Lucy Greenwell· Host0:16

    So the story didn't ring true- It didn't ring- ... but we couldn't quite work out why for ages.

  8. Speaker 10:19

    Yeah, it, we didn't, yeah, it didn't really wash.

  9. Lucy Greenwell· Host0:21

    I'm sitting round a table with my sisters. We're drinking tea and going over a memory from when we were kids. It's something we've been through so many times over the years.

  10. Speaker 10:33

    We were like, "Why did you stop?" 'Cause she was driving. And we said, "Why did you... What made you stop to, to look what it was?" 'Cause she said it was in a plastic bag. And she said, "I saw its arm" You see, this is a story my family can never quite put to rest.

  11. Lucy Greenwell· Host0:47

    Maybe every family has one of these. It's that thing that always comes up when you're together. Someone mentions a name, a place, or a particular memory, and there you all go again. [gentle music] The story gets told and retold, details are debated, bits get embellished, and over time it becomes family folklore.

  12. Speaker 11:12

    We talk about it over the years and we're like, "So weird" and we used to guess where it was on that road. Wait, oh, did you know what...

  13. Lucy Greenwell· Host1:19

    But the thing is, this isn't our story. It belongs to someone else.

  14. Unknown speaker1:24

    [baby crying]

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