8 episodes

When a child goes missing there is one thing worse than finding a body – and that’s not finding a body.
No Body Recovered was written, produced and edited by Kevin Connolly, Maria Byrne, Diarmuid McIntyre, and Jeremy Skeet.
Commissioning editor: Fiona Campbell
Music by: Sarah Cullen
Additional editing: Daniel Clancy & Mary McDonnell
It is a production for BBC Stories in collaboration with Grey Heron Media

No Body Recovered BBC Radio

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.3 • 32 Ratings

When a child goes missing there is one thing worse than finding a body – and that’s not finding a body.
No Body Recovered was written, produced and edited by Kevin Connolly, Maria Byrne, Diarmuid McIntyre, and Jeremy Skeet.
Commissioning editor: Fiona Campbell
Music by: Sarah Cullen
Additional editing: Daniel Clancy & Mary McDonnell
It is a production for BBC Stories in collaboration with Grey Heron Media

    Episode 7 - Remembrance

    Episode 7 - Remembrance

    In our final episode we ask if there’s any chance of family reconciliation. And we remember Mary, missing now for 42 years.

    • 29 min
    Episode 6 - Breakdown

    Episode 6 - Breakdown

    Why is Mary's mother Mrs Boyle receiving hate mail?

    • 19 min
    Episode 5 - Exposed

    Episode 5 - Exposed

    Mary's sister Ann thinks she knows what happened to Mary. Her theory has divided the Boyle family.

    • 18 min
    Episode 4 - Charlie

    Episode 4 - Charlie

    Mary’s disappearance changed the lives of everyone she left behind. And the story of her father Charlie was to end in tragedy too.

    • 15 min
    Episode 3 - Theories

    Episode 3 - Theories

    Gypsy bands, paedophile rings and Volkswagen drivers; we look at the rumours and the theories that have swirled around the investigation.

    • 32 min
    Episode 2 - Ripples

    Episode 2 - Ripples

    We meet Mary's twin sister Ann and start to realise how hard it is going to be to tell this story.

    • 24 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
32 Ratings

32 Ratings

Antokin Skywalker ,

Compelling Listening

Gripping stuff from start to finish
Moving and tragic
A story that needs to be heard
Top quality

FaoiGeasa ,

No Body Recovered

Engrossing. You think you know a story, and then you hear it in detail from the people who lived it, and it takes on a whole new force. Devastating.

Dechanter ,

Thoughtful provocative listen

I was hooked from episode 1. Amazed to hear the impact of Mary’s disappearance on her family today. Beautifully crafted, intimate!

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