204 The Phase 2 Report and the End of the Inquiry
The Inquiry’s Phase 2 report was released this week, distilling 400 days of evidence and more than three hundred thousand documents. The rep...
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20 of 216 episodesGrenfell: Building a Disaster - Episode 0
In the early hours of the 14th of June 2017, a fire broke out in a tower block in West London. This fire was both a personal tragedy and a n...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 10: The Final Act
As the sun rises, the local council, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are responsible for helping families try and find their lov...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 8: The Smoke
When Ed Daffarn opens his door in the early hours of the morning of the 14th of June 2017, he is confronted by a wall of thick acrid smoke....
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 9: Stay Put
On the top floor of Grenfell Tower, Marcio Gomes and his family are waiting. Outside, the fire has wrapped itself around 3 sides of the buil...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 7: The Fire
In the early hours of the 14th June 2017, the bell in North Kensington’s fire station begins to ring. Firefighter David Badillo assumes it i...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster- Ep 6: Value Engineering
When Grenfell resident Ed Daffarn first heard about the multimillion pound refurbishment of the tower, he welcomed it. The estate had, in hi...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 5: Single Point of Failure
Why didn't the civil service act on warnings about combustible building materials? You’ve probably not heard of Brian Martin but he’s centra...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 4: Who Gives a Damn
A tale of “deliberate and calculated deceit”. Beneath the cladding, a layer of insulation surrounded Grenfell Tower. This too was combustibl...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 3: Bad Behaviour
How manufacturers sold combustible cladding When Marcio Gomes found out that Grenfell Tower, where he lived, was going to be covered in clad...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Ep 2: Building Blocks
How a fire in Scotland in 1999 foretold the fire at Grenfell Tower. In 1999, a dropped cigarette started a tower block fire in a small town...
Grenfell: Building a Disaster - Episode 1: Wake Up Call
As the world wakes up to news of a fire in West London, questions start about who’s to blame. At 8.30am on the morning of the 14th of June 2...
Introducing Grenfell: Building a Disaster
A new 10-part series about the Grenfell Tower fire and why it happened. As the public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower publishes it’s...
203 The End of the Hearings
After more than four years, more than three hundred thousand documents, four hundred days of testimony and around £150 million, the Inquiry...
202 Nick Hurd
"I can’t undo the past, but I wanted to be a part of making things better” While the Inquiry has paused hearing evidence, Kate Lamble spoke...
201 Expert toxicology evidence, and closing statements on the aftermath
Toxicologist Professor David Purser told the Inquiry that the rapid spread of smoke was the principal cause of death, and that burning cladd...
200 Closing Statements on testing and regulation
This week the inquiry heard closing statements for Module 6, outlining how combustible materials came to be tested, certified and regulated...
199 Expert Witnesses: Week 2
This week, as we passed the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, two expert witnesses levelled a series of fierce criticisms at the...
198 Expert Witnesses
This week, the Inquiry moved on from examining the aftermath of the fire and began hearing evidence from a series of experts in fire enginee...
197 Aftermath of the fire: Central government and the Mayor of London
This week, the Inquiry heard about the confusion, lack of grip and poor communication within Whitehall, as ministers and civil servants deal...