For more than a decade, London mum Anna has led a secret double life as a brothel keeper. But in 2024, a break-in at her brothel there sparks a potentially deadly chain of events.

Pitted against both criminals and the police, can Anna untangle herself from this hidden world with both her secret and her safety intact? 

The first episodes of The Brothel are out on Tuesday May 6th.

The series uses the voices of actors to protect the identities of those featured.

For more investigative stories from the award-winning Sky News StoryCast strand, listen to our past seasons.  

SEASON 6: Unreliable Witness (2024)
Investigating the high-profile case of Ellie Williams, the young woman jailed for lying about sexual assault and grooming in her home town. Sky News’ Jason Farrell and Liz Lane look at what could have led her to make these claims and if, underneath it all, there is some other secret buried amongst the lies.
 
SEASON 5: Patient 11 (2024) 
Following the death of her brother, young mother Alexis Quinn seeks temporary respite in NHS psychiatric care, never imagining that three days, would turn into more than three year ordeal that would ultimately expose a national scandal. 
 
SEASON 4: StoryCast 21 (2021) 
Through extraordinary personal stories, Sky News revisits 21 of the world’s biggest news events this century. 
  
SEASON 3: Polonium and The Piano Player (2020) 
Two Russian agents release a miniature nuclear weapon in a 5-star London hotel. But former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is not the only victim. 
  
SEASON 2: What happened to Annie? (2019)  
In 2005, the body of 30-year-old Swedish woman, Annie Börjesson, was found on Prestwick beach in Scotland. Could one of the world’s most secretive security agencies be behind her death? 
 
SEASON 1: The Hunt for the Brinks-Mat Gold (2018) 
In 1983, an armed gang stole £26m in gold bars from a high-security depot near Heathrow Airport. Dubbed the crime of the century, the heist changed the face of Britain’s criminal landscape and the life of one undercover Scotland Yard detective.