Body of lies

How a father and son built an illegal steroid empire from North Wales...

- HANNAH DAVIES, IAN MACEWAN

NEW FACTUAL
Confessions of a Steroid Gang
Tuesday, 9pm, 9.30pm & 10pm, BBC3 (box set, BBC iPlayer)

The true story of how father and son Andrew and Macaulay Dodd started illegally manufacturing and selling steroids from a small farm in North Wales is told in this three-part documentary, featuring interviews with detectives, steroid users and the Dodds themselves.

Despite major health risks linked to anabolic steroids, including anger, paranoia, intrusive thoughts and even death, it’s estimated that more than a million men in the UK use the drugs to help them achieve their dream bodies. So for the Dodds it seemed like easy money.

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