A criminal lurks in the dark. Watching. Waiting to return a priceless van Gogh. Olivia’s in Amsterdam to find out how a late-night meeting led Arthur Brand to a missing masterpiece. Writer, Producer and Presenter Olivia Graham Producer and Writer Emily Esson and Jack Kibble-White Composer Julian Corrie Executive Producer Elizabeth Clark Executive Editor Heather Kane-Darling Commissioning Editor Gareth Hydes
BBC Sounds Music Radio podcast Amsterdam at the start of autumn.
It's nighttime, but it's warm.
You're outside a party in a residential part of the city.
It's your mate's 50th.
He happens to be a very famous Dutch actor.
And so everywhere you look are famous faces having a bevy and a good time.
Through the chatter about movie premieres, book launches and dinners with directors, you feel a buzz in your pocket.
Someone's just sent you a text.
A criminal, in fact.
It says, good evening, Mr.
Brand.
Do you have an obligation of confidentiality?
For most people, that would be a mad question, but not for you.
Straight away, you text back with, no.
I'm not a priest, but if I give my word, I keep it.
They come back to you with, so.
Can you give me your word of honors that the next thing I'm going to tell you will be between us?
And you say, I give it here.
Right now to you.
But it's the next text that really gets your attention.