File on 4 Investigates Podcast
News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
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Back Home from ISIS
Tue 19 Jun 2018
What risks do returning jihadis from IS in Iraq and Syria pose in the UK?
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Failed by Forensics?
Tue 12 Jun 2018
Are failings in forensic science leading to more miscarriages of justice?
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Citizenship for Sale
Tue 5 Jun 2018
An investigation into the lucrative trade of selling citizenship to the world's rich.
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Criminal Records?
Tue 29 May 2018
What part is social media playing in the rise in violent crime in the UK?
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The Lost Children of Marianvale
Tue 22 May 2018
An investigation into the former Marianvale mother and baby home in Northern Ireland.
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The Invisible Man of Britain’s Far Right
Fri 4 May 2018
An investigation into Jim Dowson, the front man for Knights Templar International.
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A Place of Safety?
Tue 20 Mar 2018
An investigation into standards in an NHS trust providing mental health care.
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Squalid Prisons - Who's to Blame?
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Have private contracts for prison maintenance made our jails more dangerous?
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The Missing Bitcoin Billions
Tue 6 Mar 2018
The mystery of the missing Bitcoin billions: a real-life cryptocurrency crime drama.
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Disclosing the Truth
Tue 27 Feb 2018
How are disclosure of evidence failures affecting justice in the magistrates' courts?
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On the Critical List? Britain's Ageing Hospitals
Tue 20 Feb 2018
Can the NHS afford to run and replace its ageing hospitals? Lesley Curwen investigates.
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Dying on the Streets
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Why does life on the street also mean death on the street for some rough sleepers?
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Potters Bar, Ukraine's stolen billions and the Eurovision connection
Tue 6 Feb 2018
UK companies are being used to launder dirty money as new transparency rules are flouted.
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A Deadly Prescription
Tue 30 Jan 2018
As deaths involving prescription drugs increase, who is supplying demand on the streets?
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Sheltered from Harm
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Who protects the residents of sheltered housing schemes from abuse or neglect?
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Degrees of Deception
Tue 16 Jan 2018
How thousands of people in the UK have obtained fake and worthless degrees.
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What's New about the New Far Right?
Tue 14 Nov 2017
What threat do the new and emerging far right groups pose to the UK?
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Paradise Papers: Profits from the Poor
Tue 7 Nov 2017
An investigation into international offshore finance.
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The Nuclear Option - Powering the Future and Cleaning Up the Past
Tue 31 Oct 2017
How are plans for the future of nuclear power progressing - and how to clean up the past?
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Crossing the Line - Britain's Teenage Drug Mules
Tue 24 Oct 2017
The urban gangs using children to flood rural Britain with drugs and violence.
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Police Protection? The Murder of Kevin Nunes
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Questions remain about alleged police misconduct in a 15-year-old murder investigation.
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Elderly Patients in Hospital - Who Cares?
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Who cares? Are elderly patients being left to suffer and die from neglect in hospital?
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Extremism: Hidden in Plain Sight
Tue 3 Oct 2017
Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in British Urdu media.
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Adoption: Families in Crisis
Tue 26 Sep 2017
Is there enough support available to struggling adoptive families?
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Paralympic Sport - Fair Play?
Tue 19 Sep 2017
Are some countries cheating the paralympic classification system in the pursuit of medals?
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The Secrets of Smyllum Park
Tue 12 Sep 2017
An investigation into the treatment of children at Smyllum Park orphanage in Scotland.
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About a Boy - The Hidden Victims of Grooming
Tue 18 Jul 2017
Are teenage boys let down by the system when they report being targeted by paedophiles?
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Car Emissions - Coming Clean?
Tue 11 Jul 2017
After the US diesel scandal, does Europe also need to come clean about car emissions?
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Mental Health Parity: Progress or Pipe Dream?
Tue 4 Jul 2017
Radio 4's investigative current affairs documentary series.
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Children with ME
Tue 27 Jun 2017
Families of children with a severe fatigue condition say they have been accused of abuse.
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