Charlie Peters

Documentarian, reporter.

Charlie Peters is an investigative reporter and presenter for GB News. For years, Charlie worked as a freelance writer, with pieces appearing in National Review, The American Conservative, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, among others. However, he was thrust into the spotlight when, last year, GB News premiered his documentary Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame, a harrowing expose of the scandal featuring victims, activists, and whistleblowers.

Why did we invite him on?

In the last fortnight, the grooming gangs story and the government’s reluctance to fully investigate it has enveloped the political world, with even American heavyweights like Elon Musk involving themselves in the discourse. Charlie’s contribution has been shared far and wide - recently, Reform leader Nigel Farage has sung his praises for “reigniting the story.”

So, what happened?

“This is the greatest atrocity in this country since the Second World War.”

To some, particularly outside of the UK, the grooming gangs scandal is a new story. Some will know the case traces back to the early 2010s. What many might not realise is this goes back decades. As Charlie explains, this wasn’t isolated to Rotherham, nor is it a recent phenomenon - this was a nationwide crisis that was allowed to persist for years.

We quickly learned why Charlie has a particularly close relationship with the case; upon encountering the story as a teenager, he found himself unable to reconcile the things he believed about his country and the extent to which it failed its people.

”My vision of England was ripped from my heart when I read the Jay Report. What must it be like to be taken from a children’s home, or for a police officer to see you being abused and do nothing? It defiled my image of the country.”