Mohamed bin Hammam was the most senior Qatari in world football. Member of the FIFA Executive Committee. President of the Asian Football Confederation. In 2014, the Sunday Times obtained millions of secret documents from his offices — emails, bank statements, accounting records. They told the story of a parallel campaign that ran alongside Qatar's official bid. Around $5 million, ten accounts, named recipients across four continents.

In this episode:

- The "Insight" investigation by Jonathan Calvert and Heidi Blake — what the documents showed and how they got them

- Africa first: payments routed to officials whose votes Qatar needed, in the months before the ballot

- Port of Spain, May 2011: $40,000 cash envelopes handed to Caribbean Football Union delegates — the only piece tested in formal proceedings

- Why no cour ...