File on 4 Investigates Podcast
News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
Episodes to download
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Hell and High Water: Are we ready for the floods?
Last Tuesday
Is enough being done to protect people from flooding?
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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 – 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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Cannabis Kids: The parents breaking the law to help their children with epilepsy
Tue 14 Jan 2025
An investigation reveals children are being given illegal cannabis to treat epilepsy.
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Bad Medicine: Inside the hospital trust at centre of a police investigation
Tue 7 Jan 2025
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust faces a growing police investigation into poor care.
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The abuse survivors calling on archbishop of York to resign
Tue 17 Dec 2024
The abuse survivors calling on archbishop of York to resign.
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The International Student Scandal
Tue 3 Dec 2024
Are UK universities ignoring poor English language skills to attract overseas students?
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The Asylum Business
Tue 26 Nov 2024
What is the government’s plan to stop the use of asylum hotels? File on 4 investigates.
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The Labour Market: Women who have babies outside the NHS
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Some women are giving birth with help from outside the NHS. But is more regulation needed?
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The dangers within the cosmetic beauty industry
Tue 5 Nov 2024
File on 4 investigates the cosmetic beauty industry.
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Gig Economy: The Ticketing Business
Tue 29 Oct 2024
File on 4 investigates the online ticketing market.
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The rise in prison recalls
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Former prisoner Chris Atkins investigates the rise in prison recalls.
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Lucy Letby: The Killer Questions
Tue 1 Oct 2024
File on 4 reveals new concerns over evidence in the Lucy Letby trial.
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After the Riots
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Paul Kenyon returns to Merseyside to examine the possible issues that led to the violence.
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Invisible Souls
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Fishermen speak out about their experience working for a Scottish company.
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The Priest and the Pay-off
Tue 13 Aug 2024
The story of the priest, the pay-off, and safeguarding in the Church of England.
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Something in the Water: The Secrets of Camp Lejeune
Tue 30 Jul 2024
File on 4 investigates the Camp Lejeune water contamination scandal.
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The Child Rescue Con
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Exposed: Child rescue charity which claims to save children from trafficking and abuse.
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Ghost Houses
Tue 9 Jul 2024
There are more empty homes than homeless households in this country. Why?
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On Trial: Protestors versus the Law
Tue 2 Jul 2024
Is the freedom to protest under threat from new laws and tougher treatment in the courts?
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The Final Battle: Veterans fighting for compensation
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Veterans who have suffered injury from service can face years fighting for compensation.
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Sick of Waiting: The children struggling to get operations on the NHS
Tue 18 Jun 2024
The children waiting months or years for urgent surgery on the NHS.
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Detained and Restrained: Britain's Vulnerable Kids
Wed 22 May 2024
Record numbers of children are being held under restrictive deprivation of liberty orders.
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Long Covid: Mind Over Matter?
Tue 21 May 2024
The programme claiming to retrain patients' brains to stop long Covid symptoms.
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Teams and Regimes: Sportswashing in Football
Tue 14 May 2024
Is middle eastern oil money being used to buy more than just success for football clubs?
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Caught on Camera: The special school staff who abused kids
Tue 30 Apr 2024
The special school staff who abused kids and kept their jobs
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