Four Corners: Season 2023, Episode 40

2023 - 40: Andrew Tate: The Man Who Groomed the World?

Few people have become as popular, influential, and seemingly wealthy in such a short space of time as the influencer Andrew Tate.

Last year, he was arrested in Romania accused of rape and of grooming women into working for him as online sex workers. He has denied the allegations.

The world is now focused on his upcoming trial, but how did Tate become so infamous in such a short space of time?

This week, in a BBC production, Four Corners delves into the perplexing rise of a once-obscure figure who leveraged bombastic online courses to become a global sensation.

Investigative journalist Matt Shea reveals the dark misogynist underbelly of Tate's network and his use of affiliate marketing to teach men how to manipulate and coerce women.

Through disturbing chat logs leaked from Tate's secret society, the War Room, Shea exposes how members are being taught to groom women into online sex work.