Videos

A Current Affair, Australia · Investigation into the financial structure of the PBCC and its use of charitable status to shelter hundreds of millions in assets.

ABC Four Corners, Australia · 2013 · The original Four Corners investigation into the PBCC — covering separation doctrine, political connections and the impact on families who leave.

BBC Omnibus · 1976 · A remarkable document of the Exclusive Brethren in the 1970s — offering a rare window into the sect at a formative period in its modern history.

1 News / TVNZ Breakfast, New Zealand · Former member Vaughan Thomas describes the reality of leaving the PBCC at 22 — and the six months of adjustment to using a TV remote, visiting a restaurant and accessing the internet for the first time.

Re:News · Former members including Vaughan Thomas, Reuben Silby and Craig Hoyle share their experiences of life inside the PBCC and what followed their departure.

10 News, Australia · Broadcast investigation examining the practices and culture of the PBCC — putting the "Church or Cult?" question to former and current members.

HTV · 1993 · A rare piece of UK broadcast archive — one of the few television reports on the Exclusive Brethren from the early 1990s, before the era of widespread press scrutiny.

A Current Affair, Australia · 2018 · A second Current Affair investigation into the PBCC — examining the sect's secrecy, its wealth and the experiences of those who have left.

ABC News, Australia · Former PBCC members speak about the religious group's practices — separation, control and the consequences of leaving.

Plymouth Brethren Christian Church · The PBCC's own podcast series, featuring Gareth, Dean, Charles and Greg Hales — sons of church leader Bruce Hales — presenting the church's perspective. Included here for balance and reference.