Next week, the BBC launches a new three part documentary, Hostage, based on our award winning Times podcast series Last Man Standing. It's the story of British photojournalist John Cantlie who was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic State in 2012. While his fellow hostages were released or murdered, he remained captive. Then, a series of Isis propaganda videos emerged, fronted by Cantlie. He hasn’t been seen since. So what happened to him? In this episode, The Times War Correspondent, Anthony Lloyd, begins his investigation.

This episode was first published on 24 June 2022.

Listen to the whole series: Last Man Standing

Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Lloyd, War Correspondent, The Times.

Clips: BBC, 5Live, CNN, NBC, BBC.

Further reading: The murky truth about Britain’s forgotten hostage John Cantlie

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