File on 4 Investigates
News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 468
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Dirty Secrets
The UK generates nearly 300 million tonnes of waste every year. That's rich pickings for criminals who illegally dump what we don't want, damaging the environment and threatening our health. The blac…
Private Equity: Winners and Losers
Recent high-profile collapses of high street names such as Comet, Phones4U and other companies have left thousands of people out of work and have cost the taxpayer millions in statutory redundancy pa…
The Last Taboo?
As inquiries into child abuse in Rotherham continue, File on 4 investigates claims of a hidden problem of sexual abuse within Britain's Asian communities.
While the victims of recent grooming scandals…
Ebola
Ebola is now regarded as an international threat to peace and security, according to the World Health Organisation. Yet, when the WHO was first warned of an unprecedented outbreak, the organisation s…
NHS: Testing the Market
In the biggest outsourcing to date, the NHS in England has announced it is tendering a huge £700 million contract for providing NHS cancer care in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, along with another…
Fraud: The Thin Blue Line
The nature of crime is changing, with much of it now happening online, sparking growing concern that official figures fail to account for potentially millions of fraud offences. Experts say frauds in…
Border Security: All at Sea?
How well are Britain's borders patrolled and defended at a time when the authorities are battling to stem the flow of illegal immigrants coming across the Channel and tightening national security bec…
Rigged Markets?
Is a new scandal about to engulf the UK's banking industry? Was LIBOR just the tip of the iceberg? Regulators around the world are looking at the way important financial benchmarks have been calculat…
Abused but Not Heard
Knowl View special school for boys has become infamous as the haunt of Cyril Smith. Prosecutors now say 'Mr Rochdale' should have been charged with abuse of boys while he was alive. But he was not th…
Childhood Cancer
Every year more than 1,500 UK children are diagnosed with cancer. For some the outlook is good but for those struck down by one of the rarer cancers, the prognosis can be a bleak one. Two hundred and…
Late Payments
Last month, in the Queen's Speech, the Government announced a series of measures to support small businesses -- including proposals to deal with the problem of late payment of bills by larger compani…
A Deadly Dilemma
In many parts of the world, charities are trying to deliver much-needed aid to desperate people living in areas controlled by militant groups. What do they do when counter-terrorism laws ban them fro…
Yarl's Wood
On the day a parliamentary committee is due to take evidence about the Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, Simon Cox investigates claims of sexual abuse and poor health care for the women held th…
Inside the Abattoir
The recent furore over halal meat has focused attention on how our meat is killed and processed.
But beyond the ethical and religious debate over halal, are there bigger concerns about how abattoirs a…
Northern Ireland: A Bitter Legacy
More than 15 years ago, the Good Friday Agreement came into force - bringing an end to three decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
At the heart of the peace process is a commitment to bring truth a…
Short-selling Students?
With fees costing as much as £9,000 a year, universities must operate in an increasingly cut-throat market place. At a time when budgets in some institutions are being stretched, students are demandi…
Practices Under Pressure
GPs are under pressure to do more. The Government wants surgeries to open seven days a week and the Labour Party say they'll ensure people get appointments within 48 hours. But, at the same time, the…
Miscarriage of Justice
How effective is the system for investigating miscarriages of justice in England and Wales?
Critics say the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the body charged with examining potential wrongful convict…
Street Slaves
The Government has introduced a draft Modern Slavery Bill which is aimed at making it simpler to prosecute human traffickers and which will bring in life sentences for such offences.
But who are the v…
Election Fraud
With local authority elections due in May, Allan Urry investigates claims of organised vote rigging.
Earlier this year, the Electoral Commission identified 16 areas in England with wards that are at p…