Letby Hospital: Maternity failings at the Countess of Chester
The quality of maternity care in hospitals across the country has been in the spotlight following a series of scandals. On File on 4 Investi...
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20 of 506 episodesEpstein Files: Lutnick, the Royals and the British Whistleblower
Whistleblower Simon Andriesz reveals how he unearthed evidence that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had failed to disclose a business r...
Jon Holmes, Generation Shame
Last year a Parliamentary Report concluded that between 1949 and 1976, around 185,000 babies of unmarried mothers were put up for adoption i...
Strict schools: Taking discipline too far?
File on 4 Investigates concerns about how some strict discipline measures are being implemented in schools across England. We discovered stu...
Fake Marriages - The real story
File on 4 Investigates how Immigration Enforcement officers are tackling sham marriages. Claire Jones follows Home Office officials as they...
Sins of the past: Should the Church of England pay for its links to slavery?
The Church of England is confronting difficult questions over a £100 million fund to address its historic links to slavery. Aleem Maqbool he...
Tricked into pregnancy? The Liv Nervo story
Liv Nervo is one of the world’s most successful female DJs, who along with her twin sister, make up NERVO. She was starting a family with a...
Hair Strand Tests in the Family Court
Hair Strand Tests can show if parents have been using drink or drugs. Such tests play can a central part in Family Court hearings every year...
Adding Up: How Councils meet the costs of Special Educational Needs
As the government plans major reform of the England's Special Educational Needs system, File on 4 Investigates goes back to the floor, spend...
Locked and Downloaded: The rise in 3D printed guns
Police have dealt with scores of cases involving home-made 3D printed guns in the UK in the last three years. Data obtained by File on 4 Inv...
Duped in Dubai
Finance professionals who paid thousands for training courses in Dubai seemingly endorsed by a government official say they were duped by th...
Searching for Soldier Dad
DNA detectives track down the British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya then disappeared, leaving the children and their mothers witho...
The Experiments
Jack Butcher investigates allegations that children in West German welfare institutions were subjected to widespread medical abuse, includin...
Are white working class girls falling behind?
White disadvantaged girls are being overlooked, school leaders are warning. Whilst white working-class boys remain one of the worst performi...
Sunshine and Secrets: The hidden side of IVF
What happens when the sperm or egg donor you choose isn’t the one you get? Northern Cyprus is a sun-soaked haven for affordable IVF. But beh...
The battle for hearts and lungs: Transplants in trouble.
The UK was once a world leader in heart and lung transplantation. Pioneering surgeons attracted patients from all over the world. But the NH...
Fight on the Right: The MAGA Civil War
President Donald Trump won multiple elections thanks to support from the Maga movement - but cracks have begun to emerge in the broad coalit...
Bogus self-employment - who pays the price?
As the government’s flagship Employment Rights Act (2025) comes into force, File on 4 Investigates a loophole worrying experts: bogus self-e...
No CCTV: When train attacks go unrecorded
Sexual harassment and assault on the rail network is on the rise across England, Wales and Scotland but a lack of CCTV evidence is preventin...
Can boxing look after its own?
Boxing is on the rise with streaming giants now broadcasting major fights and heavy investment from Saudi Arabia reshaping the sport. But fo...