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GF Newman's The Corrupted is a British radio crime drama based on Newman's novel Crime and Piunishment' and broadcast on BBC Radio 4

Series 1, a ten-part radio drama, was the first part of an adaption of his novel Crime and Punishment.It was broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Drama slot in 2013.

Series 2, a further 10 part radio drama, formed the second part, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 starting 19 January 2015.

Series 3 began airing on Radio 4 on Monday 9 January 2017.

Broadcasting of Series 4 began on Radio 4 on Monday 25 June 2018.

List of episodes
The table lists Episodes of The Corrupted.

Reception
The BBC's Feedback programme on 27 January 2017 included discussion on Series 3 of The Corrupted, including talking "to Radio 4's Commissioning Editor for Drama, Jeremy Howe, about why he felt The Corrupted was worth swvwn hours of airtime over just two weeks" and the assessment that "many loved it, though some were not so keen on the venal themes".

Describing the series as 'Fiction in a factual world', Feedback went on to note the suggestion in The Corrupted storyline, that, after the character Joseph Oldman had deployed some of his wealth to bankroll the Conservative Party, Margaret Thatcher (ignorant of his gangster background) expressed interest in appointing him to the post of chancellor of the exchequer. It also discussed the murder of Airey Neave, which - although claimed by the INLA - by juxtaposition of themes in the series, it was implied, might have had some level of involvement of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), or MI5, who might have desired to silence him to avoid exposure of others with influence.