Dangerous habit: The criminal networks flooding the UK with fake cigarettes
File on 4 Investigates reveals the global criminal networks flooding the UK with fake cigarettes. We trace the supply chain smuggling the co...
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20 of 515 episodesForced Adoption: Is it happening today?
The number of children taken into care before they reach their first birthday is at a worryingly and persistently high level, according to n...
Tinderbox Britain - Are we ready for more wildfires?
"Tinderbox"conditions created by a long, hot, dry summer brought a record number of wildfires in 2026. Dozens of homes were destroyed or dam...
Has a cult come to town?
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light moved into a former orphanage in Crewe in 2021. It’s American-born leader Abdullah Hashem has declare...
China and the UK... after the 'Golden Era'
In October 2015 President Xi Jinping was welcomed to Britain on a state visit, the event was seen as the pinnacle of the so called 'Golden E...
Medical Emergency
One doctor dies by suicide every three weeks, according to figures from the British Medical Association. In 2021, Dr Lalith Wijedoru left hi...
The Coroners Question
Coroners are called to investigate sudden, unexpected and violent deaths. In the more complex cases, they open an inquest. The BBC's social...
After EncroChat
Operation Venetic was the UK’s largest-ever law enforcement operation, following the infiltration of the encrypted communications network, E...
A Romanian Ransom
A Romanian Ransom uncovers one of the Cold War's strangest secrets - a covert trade in which Jewish lives were bought and sold for livestock...
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...
Epstein 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...