File on 4 Investigates Podcast
News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
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Deadly Drugs
Tue 29 Oct 2013
What's behind the rise in deaths among those who have taken the drug ecstasy?
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What Price Social Housing?
Tue 22 Oct 2013
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½s at risk? Are housing associations trying to gamble their way out of a crisis?
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The Syrian Connection
Tue 15 Oct 2013
Who are the British jihadists fighting in Syria and could they pose a threat to the UK?
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Electricity Prices: A Shock to the System?
Tue 1 Oct 2013
What will the government's plan to produce more low-carbon energy do to our fuel bills?
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Secrecy and Surveillance
Tue 24 Sep 2013
What rights do people have when they feel they've been unfairly put under surveillance?
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What Price Cheap Clothes?
Tue 17 Sep 2013
In London fashion week, Jane Deith reports from Bangladesh on safety for textile workers.
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A Place of Safety?
Tue 30 Jul 2013
Are psychiatric hospitals failing to learn vital lessons from suicides among patients?
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Coal Comfort?
Tue 23 Jul 2013
Coal keeps the lights on. But as UK mining firms collapse, do ministers have a plan?
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Tobacco: The Lobbyists
Tue 16 Jul 2013
What influence does the tobacco lobby have in the fight over new laws on cigarettes?
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Faith, Hope and... Tax Avoidance
Tue 9 Jul 2013
As big business is asked to pay its dues, are some charities being used for tax avoidance.
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NHS: Pricing Patients
Tue 2 Jul 2013
With attention on A&E, is there a bigger problem in the way hospitals are funded?
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Council Asset Sales
Tue 18 Jun 2013
Are taxpayers getting value for money when cash strapped councils sell off their assets?
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Grooming: A Life Sentence?
Tue 11 Jun 2013
Are young grooming victims getting the help they need to rebuild their lives?
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Elderly Care: Neglected Questions
Tue 4 Jun 2013
Are there lessons in the collapse of the UK's biggest elderly care home abuse inquiry?
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Iran's Nuclear Standoff
Tue 28 May 2013
With growing concern over Iran's nuclear intentions, is the UN watchdog up to the job?
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Rochdale Abuse: Failed Victims?
Tue 26 Mar 2013
A police whistleblower claims last year's Rochdale child grooming case failed victims.
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Dangerous Hospitals?
Tue 19 Mar 2013
Can we rely on the NHS to uncover hospital scandals? Presented by Gerry Northam.
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Mali: Europe's Terror Threat
Tue 12 Mar 2013
Does Europe face a new terror threat after military action in Mali? Jenny Cuffe reports.
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Britain in Flood
Tue 26 Feb 2013
Has the government done enough to protect us from flooding? Allan Urry investigates.
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Britain's Plutonium Mountain
Tue 19 Feb 2013
What to do with the world's largest stockpile of civilian plutonium being kept in the UK?
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Russian Riches
Tue 5 Feb 2013
London is home for many rich Russians. But how much are they vetted on arrival?
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Hospitals - Open All Hours?
Tue 22 Jan 2013
Can the NHS afford to have more senior doctors working out of hours? Jane Deith reports.
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Illicit Arms Trade
Tue 15 Jan 2013
Allan Urry asks how gunrunners can fuel the global illegal arms trade from within the UK.
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Highways Agency
Tue 20 Nov 2012
With the CBI calling for it to be scrapped, Allan Urry examines the Highways Agency.
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The Zombie Effect
Tue 13 Nov 2012
What effect are so-called zombie companies having on the UK economy? Hugh Pym investigates
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