File on 4 Investigates Episodes Episode guide
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Deadly Delays: The Ambulance Crisis
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
Adam Eley investigates concerns over specialist mental health rehabilitation units.
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Hunting the Darknet Dealers
The high stakes cat and mouse game between police and darknet drug dealers.
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Am I in a Cult?
How do you know if you’ve been recruited by a cult? Rachel Stonehouse investigates.
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Who is policing the police?
Melanie Abbott reveals that thousands of police officers do not have adequate vetting.
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Furlough Fraud
The fight against furlough fraud.
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Controlled, Abused and Criminalised
The women who commit crimes after years of controlling and abusive behaviour by partners.
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For Richer, For Poorer
The elderly people targeted for marriage and exploited for financial gain.
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Pandora Papers: From Bribery to the British High Street
How money made from the 'world's biggest bribery scandal' ended up in UK property.
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Occupational Hazard: The bus drivers who died from Covid
Bus driver deaths during the Covid pandemic.
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Mental Health Profiteers
Mental health profiteers: The dark world of online anxiety ‘cures’.
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Hush Money: the Rise and Fall of an International Fraudster
The rise and fall of Hushpuppi – the social media influencer and global money-launderer.
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Tackling Online Abuse in Football
Who's tackling online abuse in football?
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Held to Ransom
The UK schools caught in a multi-million pound cyber extortion attack by Russian hackers.
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Acts of Abuse
Bullying and sexual abuse and harassment in the film and television industry.
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A Death Sentence?
A death sentence? The inmates dying after poor healthcare in prison.
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Contracts of Interest
Have some companies had preferential treatment for lucrative government contracts?
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Above the law?
Are police forces letting down victims of crime when those accused are their own officers?
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The Cost of Care
An investigation into rising care costs and how the most vulnerable are paying the price
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Leaseholder Losses
Leaseholders say they need more protection. Is the current system letting them down?
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Sexual Abuse in Schools
Peer on peer sexual harassment and abuse in Britain’s schools and colleges.
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The Cost of Long Covid
Long Covid - what happens when the sick pay runs out?
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Britain's Ghost Companies
Why thousands of foreign directors head up UK firms they actually have little to do with.
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The Asylum Business - the UK's hidden housing crisis
Are asylum seekers being mistreated by UK companies paid billions to house them?
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The Disinformation Dragon
Investigating China’s new strategy of spreading disinformation around the world.
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Shipping’s Dirty Secret
File on 4 lifts the lid on the dangerous and polluting world of international shipbreaking
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The Dangers of Dating Apps
Livvy Haydock investigates dating apps and if the pandemic has made them more dangerous.
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Surviving Self-Harm
One teenager's experience of hurting herself and a system struggling with rising demand.
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Unmasked: Stories from the PPE Frontline
What did the government get for the £12.5 billion it spent on PPE for NHS staff?
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Covid 19: Doctors and Deniers
Stories from the frontline in the fight against Covid-19.