5. The Video

A video appears online titled: “Austin Tice Still Alive”. It shows Austin bound, blindfolded and terrified, surrounded by armed men. But as Josh and Sara dig deeper, the story begins to change. They uncover a trail that leads to the door of the most powerful man in Syria. Austin’s case is like no other.

Archive: CBS; NPR; CNN; khalidfree75; Al Jazeera; BBC; ABC; Middle East Eye.

Writer and showrunner: Josh Baker

Investigative producer: Sara Obeidat

Series producer: Simon Maybin

Field producing: Ouday Al Hussein

Additional producing: Lucy Burns

Open source intelligence: Thomas Bordeaux & Gabor Friesen

Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman

Series editor: Clare Fordham

Head of BBC News Long Form Audio: Emma Rippon

BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke

NPR producer: Monika Evstatieva

NPR editors: Robert Little & Katie Simon

NPR executive producer for Embedded: Irene Noguchi

BBC World Service commissioning editor: Jon Manel

Composer: Firas Abou Fakher

Additional music: Karim Chehoury

Theme music: Sam Slater

Mix and sound design: Tom Brignell