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If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?
In 1999, four Russian apartment buildings were bombed, hundreds killed,
but even now we still don't know for sure who did it.
It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories.
I'm Helena Merriman and in a new BBC series,
I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.
What did they miss the first time?
The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.
Listen on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Laura, you're here when we didn't expect to be here,
but that's good because it's a very busy news day.
Yes, it's a magic trick.
We weren't lying yesterday.
We would never do that when we said I wouldn't be here.
But something I was meant to be doing after the program has now not happened.
And that is why I'm here and delighted to be so.
OK.
Are you going to tell us what it is or move on?
No.