File on 4 Investigates Podcast
News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
Episodes to download
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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Why did it take eight years for a faulty knee implant to be withdrawn from use?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’s 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 – 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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