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File on 4 Investigates

File on 4 Investigates

News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.

File on 4 Investigates

Episodes (344 available)

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Hair Strand Tests in the Family Court

Questions are raised about how hair strand tests are interpreted in Family Courts.

26 May 2026

37 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Adding Up: How Councils meet the costs of Special Educational Needs

How do councils cope with the rising SEN bill?

19 May 2026

37 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Locked and Downloaded: The rise in 3D printed guns

How much of a threat to the UK are homemade printed weapons?

12 May 2026

38 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Duped in Dubai

The investment course that didn't deliver.

5 May 2026

39 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Searching for Soldier Dad

DNA detectives track down the British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya

28 Apr 2026

37 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Are white working class girls falling behind?

When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind?

14 Apr 2026

37 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, The Experiments

An investigation into widespread medical abuse in German children's homes.

7 Apr 2026

37 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Sunshine and Secrets: The hidden side of IVF

What happens when the IVF sperm or egg donor you choose isn’t the one you get?

31 Mar 2026

37 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, The battle for hearts and lungs: Transplants in trouble.

Is the UK's heart and lung transplant service still world beating?

24 Mar 2026

38 mins

File on 4 Investigates, File on 4, Fight on the Right: The MAGA Civil War

What's behind the growing schism within the Make America Great Again coalition?

10 Mar 2026

38 mins

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