Editorial standards

Who we include

We only include interviewees named publicly, in the documentary itself, its credits, official listings from the streaming service, or reliable published coverage. We never try to identify people who are unnamed, blurred or anonymised.

What we say about them

Each profile gives the person's name and their role as described by our sources. We add background only when it is publicly verified and cited. When nothing more is verified, we say: "No further verified public background is available."

We don't publish private details such as addresses, family members who aren't public figures, or health information. We don't speculate about anyone's motives, relationships or personal life.

Sources and dates

Every material claim links to its source. Each source shows the date we last checked it, and each documentary page shows when its coverage was checked and how the list was put together, including any limits on what was checked.

Which sources we trust most

In order of preference: court and official government records; official production and documentary sources; primary interviews and statements; reputable news organisations and trade press; academic and established reference works; other reliable public sources. Every source is labelled with its type and a reliability rating (high, medium, low or not yet assessed). User-edited sites such as IMDb are rated low and need corroboration.

Facts, allegations and opinions

We never present an allegation as a proven fact. Statements are labelled when they are an allegation, a claim made by an individual, an opinion, a disputed account or unverified. A statement backed by only one publisher is marked "Single source". When sources conflict, we show each account with its source rather than silently choosing one. We never create citations: every link points to a page we checked.

Editorial independence

Money never buys a place in our research. Advertisers, sponsors, affiliates and partners cannot add, remove or reorder people, claims or sources, and cannot change a source's reliability rating. Any commercial content is shown in a separate, clearly labelled box, and paid links are marked as sponsored.

Episodes

We only link an interviewee to an episode when a source says which one. Otherwise the profile reads "Episode not verified".