File on 4 Investigates Podcast
News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
Episodes to download
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High Anxiety: The Deadly Trade in Street Valium
Tue 1 Nov 2022
The cheap but deadly pills behind a spike in overdose deaths.
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Roblox: A Dangerous Game?
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Is the gaming platform Roblox doing enough to stop children being exploited and groomed?
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Is the Patient Breathing?
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Twenty-four hours on the front line of the ambulance crisis.
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The Brain Drain
Tue 11 Oct 2022
The ‘brain drain’ of doctors from developing countries to work in the UK.
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Leicester: Behind the Divide
Tue 4 Oct 2022
Recent tensions between sections of the Hindu and Muslim communities in Leicester.
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Isobel's Story
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Concerns British victims of abuse are less likely to get help than foreign nationals.
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Justice on Trial
Tue 6 Sep 2022
An investigation into software introduced in criminal courts that sources say is ‘unsafe’.
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Assaulted by my massage therapist
Tue 12 Jul 2022
Calls for the massage industry to be regulated after sexual assaults by therapists.
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Children’s ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖs: Profits Before Care?
Tue 28 Jun 2022
An investigation into the standards of care provided by ‘for profit’ children’s homes.
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Dementia: The Final Indignity
Tue 21 Jun 2022
Are dementia patients being failed when it comes to their continence care?
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Sibling Sexual Abuse: The Last Taboo?
Tue 14 Jun 2022
Livvy Haydock explores the challenges and complexities of sibling sexual abuse.
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Gambling on Justice
Tue 7 Jun 2022
Does the criminal justice system understand crimes driven by gambling addiction?
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Ukraine: The Disinformation War
Tue 31 May 2022
British academics accused of sharing Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine.
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Searching Questions
Tue 24 May 2022
Why are a disproportionate number of black children being strip-searched?
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Ukraine: Taking in the Trauma
Tue 17 May 2022
Is the UK’s ‘³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖs for Ukraine’ scheme fit for purpose?
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Locking Up the Sick
Tue 10 May 2022
Nearly half of seriously mentally ill prisoners denied the hospital treatment they need.
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Ukraine: War Stories
Tue 15 Mar 2022
People all over Ukraine tell their personal stories of the Russian invasion as it happens.
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Controlling My Birth Control
Tue 8 Mar 2022
Rachel Stonehouse investigates a form of abuse called reproductive coercion
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A First Class Scandal
Tue 15 Feb 2022
File on 4 investigates what the Post Office really knew during the sub-postmaster scandal.
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Missing Evidence
Tue 1 Feb 2022
The consequences for victims and those accused of crimes when police lose evidence.
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Deadly Delays: The Ambulance Crisis
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Lives are being lost because ambulances are taking so long to reach the critically ill
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Mental health rehab - the forgotten patients
Tue 18 Jan 2022
Adam Eley investigates concerns over specialist mental health rehabilitation units.
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Hunting the Darknet Dealers
Tue 11 Jan 2022
The high stakes cat and mouse game between police and darknet drug dealers.
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Am I in a Cult?
Tue 23 Nov 2021
How do you know if you’ve been recruited by a cult? Rachel Stonehouse investigates.
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Who is policing the police?
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Melanie Abbott reveals that thousands of police officers do not have adequate vetting.
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