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File on 4 Investigates

News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.

Radio 4,504 episodes

Episodes

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Hell and High Water: Are we ready for the floods?
Is enough being done to protect people from flooding?
29 Apr 2025,38 mins
What’s Happening to Your Vet Bills?
Investigation into veterinary surgery prices.
15 Apr 2025,38 mins
The Carbon Offset Trap
Max de Haldevang investigates problems with carbon offset projects.
01 Apr 2025,37 mins
The Tyre Scandal
How the UK's end-of-life tyres are causing health and environmental damage in India.
25 Mar 2025,43 mins
Femicide
The eight stages that mark a relationship’s transformation to murder.
11 Mar 2025,41 mins
Locked up: Woman held in mental health facility for 45 years
The woman held in a mental health hospital for 45 years – when she wasn't mentally ill.
04 Mar 2025,38 mins
Generation K: Kids on Ketamine
Generation K: How ketamine has become the drug of choice for many young people.
25 Feb 2025,42 mins
Abramovich, the Yachts and the Tax Dodge
Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich dodged millions of pounds in VAT on his superyachts.
28 Jan 2025,42 mins
Cannabis Kids: The parents breaking the law to help their children with epilepsy
An investigation reveals children are being given illegal cannabis to treat epilepsy.
14 Jan 2025,42 mins
Bad Medicine: Inside the hospital trust at centre of a police investigation
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust faces a growing police investigation into poor care.
07 Jan 2025,42 mins
The abuse survivors calling on archbishop of York to resign
The abuse survivors calling on archbishop of York to resign.
17 Dec 2024,42 mins
The International Student Scandal
Are UK universities ignoring poor English language skills to attract overseas students?
03 Dec 2024,42 mins
The Asylum Business
What is the government’s plan to stop the use of asylum hotels? File on 4 investigates.
26 Nov 2024,42 mins
The Labour Market: Women who have babies outside the NHS
Some women are giving birth with help from outside the NHS. But is more regulation needed?
19 Nov 2024,42 mins
The dangers within the cosmetic beauty industry
File on 4 investigates the cosmetic beauty industry.
05 Nov 2024,42 mins
Gig Economy: The Ticketing Business
File on 4 investigates the online ticketing market.
29 Oct 2024,43 mins
The rise in prison recalls
Former prisoner Chris Atkins investigates the rise in prison recalls.
22 Oct 2024,37 mins
Lucy Letby: The Killer Questions
File on 4 reveals new concerns over evidence in the Lucy Letby trial.
01 Oct 2024,37 mins
After the Riots
Paul Kenyon returns to Merseyside to examine the possible issues that led to the violence.
27 Aug 2024,37 mins
Invisible Souls
Fishermen speak out about their experience working for a Scottish company.
20 Aug 2024,41 mins
The Priest and the Pay-off
The story of the priest, the pay-off, and safeguarding in the Church of England.
13 Aug 2024,43 mins
Something in the Water: The Secrets of Camp Lejeune
File on 4 investigates the Camp Lejeune water contamination scandal.
30 Jul 2024,42 mins
The Child Rescue Con
Exposed: Child rescue charity which claims to save children from trafficking and abuse.
16 Jul 2024,43 mins
Ghost Houses
There are more empty homes than homeless households in this country. Why?
09 Jul 2024,43 mins
On Trial: Protestors versus the Law
Is the freedom to protest under threat from new laws and tougher treatment in the courts?
02 Jul 2024,42 mins
The Final Battle: Veterans fighting for compensation
Veterans who have suffered injury from service can face years fighting for compensation.
25 Jun 2024,41 mins
Sick of Waiting: The children struggling to get operations on the NHS
The children waiting months or years for urgent surgery on the NHS.
18 Jun 2024,42 mins
Detained and Restrained: Britain's Vulnerable Kids
Record numbers of children are being held under restrictive deprivation of liberty orders.
22 May 2024,43 mins
Long Covid: Mind Over Matter?
The programme claiming to retrain patients' brains to stop long Covid symptoms.
21 May 2024,38 mins
Teams and Regimes: Sportswashing in Football
Is middle eastern oil money being used to buy more than just success for football clubs?
14 May 2024,37 mins