File on 4 Podcast
Award-winning current affairs documentary series investigating major issues at home and abroad
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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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What Lies Beneath: The Legacy of Landfill
Tue 20 Jun 2017
The toxic legacy of the UK's tens of thousands of underground waste dumps.
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Online Grooming
Tue 13 Jun 2017
File on 4 investigates the true scale of child sexual grooming on social media.
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Preventing TB
Tue 6 Jun 2017
TB remains a killer disease, how effective are attempts to find a better vaccine?
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Gain Without the Pain: Legal Drugs in Sport
Tue 30 May 2017
Painkillers in sport - the legal doping risking the long-term health of athletes.
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Killings in Care Homes
Tue 23 May 2017
Are care homes able to protect frail and vulnerable elderly residents from violence?
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Policing the Police
Tue 16 May 2017
Are the police really open to scrutiny when people complain about misconduct?
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Councils in Crisis
Tue 21 Mar 2017
The local councils turning to commercial investments to balance the books.
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The Prison Contraband Crisis
Tue 14 Mar 2017
Claims corrupt staff are behind the bulk of drugs and phones causing chaos in prisons.
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Rogue Hauliers
Tue 7 Mar 2017
An investigation into how lethal lorries posing a danger to the public remain on the roads
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Neglect: The Story of UK Homecare
Tue 28 Feb 2017
An investigation into the state of home care services in the UK.
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