File on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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A Place of Safety?
An investigation into standards in an NHS trust providing mental health care.
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Squalid Prisons - Who's to Blame?
Have private contracts for prison maintenance made our jails more dangerous?
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The Missing Bitcoin Billions
The mystery of the missing Bitcoin billions: a real-life cryptocurrency crime drama.
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Disclosing the Truth
How are disclosure of evidence failures affecting justice in the magistrates' courts?
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On the Critical List? Britain's Ageing Hospitals
Can the NHS afford to run and replace its ageing hospitals? Lesley Curwen investigates.
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Dying on the Streets
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
UK companies are being used to launder dirty money as new transparency rules are flouted.
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A Deadly Prescription
As deaths involving prescription drugs increase, who is supplying demand on the streets?
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Sheltered from Harm
Who protects the residents of sheltered housing schemes from abuse or neglect?
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Degrees of Deception
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?
What threat do the new and emerging far right groups pose to the UK?
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Paradise Papers: Profits from the Poor
An investigation into international offshore finance.
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The Nuclear Option - Powering the Future and Cleaning Up the Past
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
The urban gangs using children to flood rural Britain with drugs and violence.
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Police Protection? The Murder of Kevin Nunes
Questions remain about alleged police misconduct in a 15-year-old murder investigation.
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Elderly Patients in Hospital - Who Cares?
Who cares? Are elderly patients being left to suffer and die from neglect in hospital?
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Extremism: Hidden in Plain Sight
Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in British Urdu media.
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Adoption: Families in Crisis
Is there enough support available to struggling adoptive families?
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Paralympic Sport - Fair Play?
Are some countries cheating the paralympic classification system in the pursuit of medals?
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The Secrets of Smyllum Park
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
Are teenage boys let down by the system when they report being targeted by paedophiles?
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Car Emissions - Coming Clean?
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?
Radio 4's investigative current affairs documentary series.
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Children with ME
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
The toxic legacy of the UK's tens of thousands of underground waste dumps.
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Online Grooming
File on 4 investigates the true scale of child sexual grooming on social media.
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Preventing TB
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
Painkillers in sport - the legal doping risking the long-term health of athletes.
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Killings in Care Homes
Are care homes able to protect frail and vulnerable elderly residents from violence?
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Policing the Police
Are the police really open to scrutiny when people complain about misconduct?