Spotlight Episodes Episode guide
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My Son in a Warzone
A mother, her son and bombs in the Middle East. Patrick Fee follows the trail to Beirut.
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Katie: Coerced and Killed
Katie’s killer covered up her murder as suicide. How did police begin to fall for his lie?
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26/11/2024
A young woman’s body in a waterway, what happened and why did police review the case?
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Nowhere to Call Home
Raw stories of people in desperate need of a home. Families at breaking point.
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I Am Not Okay - Spotlight
In raw personal videos, mums reveal their lives with autistic sons who injure them.
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Summer of Shame
Conor Spackman investigates a summer of racially motivated violence.
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The Lough Neagh Monster
Toxic algae, sewage spills and pollution. Patrick Fee looks at Lough Neagh in crisis.
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Climate: Today and Tomorrow
Flooding and climate change: is Northern Ireland ready to deal with even wetter weather?
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Killer Secrets
Secrets of the Mid-Ulster UVF exposed. Mandy McAuley reports.
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Blood on the Dance Floor
The unsolved murder of a police officer that shattered the gay scene in Belfast.
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30 Years Behind the Mask
Conor Spackman investigates the UVF replacing the leaders of its east Belfast unit.
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Our Dirty War: The British State and the IRA
Killer and spy: the Stakeknife inquiry leads Peter Taylor back to victims of the Troubles.
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Drugs: In Debt and Danger
The hidden world of drugs debt – where users are forced into crime to pay what they owe.
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The Rise of Race Hate
As race attacks rise around Belfast, Lyndsey Telford investigates violent hate crimes.
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The Fear Inside
A hidden link between domestic abuse and women who take their own lives.
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Rogue Doctor: Patients Who Died
An investigation into the deaths of patients treated by struck-off doctor Michael Watt.
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Inside the Policing Crisis
The inside story of the policing crisis that brought down a chief constable.
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How Do We Fix Our Waiting Lists?
As hospital waiting lists worsen, Lyndsey Telford investigates how they could be fixed.
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The Electric Road Test
Electric cars are coming fast – are we ready for the switch to a rechargeable revolution?
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Deadly Little Pills
A deadly new wave of drugs hits the streets. Mandy McAuley investigates.
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The Price of Justice
Serious criminal cases can take years to go to trial. How does this impact on victims?
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The Spy Who Got Away With Murder
Jennifer O’Leary investigates IRA spycatcher and British agent Freddie Scappaticci.
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Murder on the Streets
Conor Spackman reports on a spate of unsolved gun murders in Belfast.
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Covert Cops: When Spying Goes Wrong
Real-life Line of Duty - suspected police corruption, spying and an inquiry gone wrong.
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I Spy
A trucker turned spy reveals how he tricked a dissident IRA boss into spilling secrets.
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Lethal: The Secret History of Plastic Bullets
Experimental guns, alleged cover-ups and deaths - the secret history of plastic bullets.
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Seán's Story: Death on the Ward
Alan Haslam investigates the lessons learned following the suicide of a man in hospital.
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Inside A&E
Conor Spackman visits an Emergency Department to investigate why waits are getting longer.
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Loan Sharks and Paramilitaries
Illegal money lending and its links to paramilitaries. Mandy McAuley investigates.
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Undercover Door to Door: Who’s Getting Rich?
An undercover probe into claims of exploitation behind the scenes of door-to-door sales.