File on 4 Investigates Podcast
News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
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Chemsex: Hidden Pleasures, Hidden Harms
Yesterday
Mobeen Azhar explores the risks some gay men take by mixing their sex lives with drug use.
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High Stakes: Gambling in the armed forces
Last Tuesday
What's the scale of gambling amongst armed forces personnel and what's being done to help?
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Abused for Our Food
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Georgie Styles investigates evidence of exploitation and abuse in our food system.
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Youth Justice: The project keeping young offenders out of custody
Tue 30 Sep 2025
Why has the number of under-18s in custody in England and Wales dropped to a record low?
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Swiped. Inside London's phone theft epidemic
Tue 23 Sep 2025
Targeting the mobile phone thieves out to steal your handset and access its banking apps.
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Inside the Migrant Hotel
Tue 23 Sep 2025
Sue Mitchell takes listeners into the closed world of the migrant hotels.
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A Prison Inspector Calls
Tue 16 Sep 2025
A unique insight into the many problems facing our prison system.
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Sex Offenders: The Long Way Back
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Alison Holt reports on a charity that aims to rehabilitate men convicted of a sexual crime
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Domestic Abuse: Beyond the Checklist
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Leila Nathoo investigates the risk assessment system for domestic abuse.
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Rivers of Lead
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Are abandoned lead mines across the UK leaking lead into our food, water and blood?
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My Faulty Knee Replacement
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Why did it take eight years for a faulty knee implant to be withdrawn from use?
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We Are Not a Conspiracy School
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Is a home educating community really teaching children conspiracy theories?
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Hospital abuse caught on camera
Tue 15 Jul 2025
How mistakenly switching on CCTV triggered the UK鈥檚 biggest adult abuse investigation.
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The Invincible TikTok Gurus
Tue 24 Jun 2025
The social media get-rich-quick gurus seemingly impervious to criticism and accountability
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File on 4 Investigates: Stalker in the Church
Tue 24 Jun 2025
An investigation into a stalking campaign by a female Church of England preacher.
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Adult Gaming Centres
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Adult gaming centres are on the increase - but are they protecting the vulnerable?
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Abortion on Trial: The Nicola Packer Story
Tue 20 May 2025
Nicola Packer tells her story after being cleared of carrying out an illegal abortion.
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Chemical Control: Drugged and Raped by My Husband
Tue 13 May 2025
What's it like to discover your husband has been drugging and raping you for years?
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Hell and High Water: Are we ready for the floods?
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Is enough being done to protect people from flooding?
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The Carbon Offset Trap
Tue 1 Apr 2025
Max de Haldevang investigates problems with carbon offset projects.
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The Tyre Scandal
Tue 25 Mar 2025
How the UK's end-of-life tyres are causing health and environmental damage in India.
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Locked up: Woman held in mental health facility for 45 years
Tue 4 Mar 2025
The woman held in a mental health hospital for 45 years 鈥� when she wasn't mentally ill.
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Generation K: Kids on Ketamine
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Generation K: How ketamine has become the drug of choice for many young people.
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Abramovich, the Yachts and the Tax Dodge
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich dodged millions of pounds in VAT on his superyachts.
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