File On 4
First broadcast from 19900110 to 20100316.
271 episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
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| 01 | 20050531 | 20050605 | After the collapse of Rover, Allan Urry investigates other companies that have gone bust, and asks whether Britain does enough to prevent insolvency, debt and job losses caused by business failures. | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 10 January 1990 | 19900110 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 17 January 1990 Previous in series: 20 December 1989 Description Helen BOADEN investigates 'Banbury School' Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) investigative programmes (presentation style) Broadcast history 10 Jan 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Helen Boaden Gerry Northam (Producer) Sarah Eldridge (Producer) Angela Rumbold (Speaker) Richard Pring (Speaker) Anita Higham (Speaker) Brian Gardiner (parent governor (spkr)) (Speaker) Chris Green (halls brewery (spkr)) (Speaker) Donna Burton-Wilcock (Speaker) Stuart Mason (teacher (spkr)) (Speaker) Michael Preston (banbury school (spkr)) (Speaker) Malcolm Smith (financial advisor (spkr)) (Speaker) Jackie Whitehouse (Banbury Guardian (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-01-09. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 17 January 1990 | 19900117 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 24 January 1990 Previous in series: 10 January 1990 Description Liz MCCALLUM investigates 'the young homeless' Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) children welfare of destitute Broadcast history 17 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Liz Mccallum Gerry Northam (Producer) Liz Carney (Producer) Christopher Chope (Speaker) Gillian Shepherd (Speaker) Gwyther Rees (Speaker) Andy Mudd (keyhouse hostel (spkr)) (Speaker) Mike Campbell (economist (spkr)) (Speaker) Jackie Coutts (Speaker) Bob Hayden (salem training workshop (spkr)) (Speaker) Cheryl Hine (Speaker) Bill Killgallen (Speaker) Mike Turner (ymca (spkr)) (Speaker) Phil Watson (nightstop (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-01-16. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 24 January 1990 | 19900124 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 30 January 1990 Previous in series: 17 January 1990 Description Stuart Simon looks at next month's elections in Nicaragua - will the Sandinistas win amid a wave of hostility to the USA. Subject Categories nicaragua (central america) documentaries (programme format) investigative programmes (presentation style) nicaraguan election rallies (1990) nicaraguan presidential elections (1990) nicaraguan problem Broadcast history 24 Jan 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Stuart Simon Gerry Northam (Producer) Nicola Meyrick (Producer) Daniel Ortega (Speaker) Adolfo Calero (Speaker) Xavier Gorostiaga (Speaker) Alejandro Bendana (Speaker) Alfredo Cesar (Speaker) Adrian Fernando (Speaker) Socorro Garcia (Speaker) Moises Hassan (Speaker) Jennifer Mccoy (Speaker) Ronald Meyreina (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-01-23. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 30 January 1990 | 19900130 | Producer: G. NORTHAM Next in series: 07 February 1990 Previous in series: 24 January 1990 Description Helen BOADEN investigates 'civil rights in the USA' Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) investigative programmes (presentation style) Broadcast history 30 Jan 1990 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Gerry Northam (Producer) Richard Arrington (Speaker) Amos Isaac (Speaker) Natalie Davis (teacher (spkr)) (Speaker) Mary Hardy (principal (spkr)) (Speaker) Joseph Boohaker (Speaker) Terrell Mcginnis (Speaker) Chris Mcnair (Speaker) Bob Wiggins (lawyer (spkr)) (Speaker) Ken Wilks (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-01-29. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 07 February 1990 | 19900207 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 14 February 1990 Previous in series: 30 January 1990 Description Liz CARNEY investigates the 51m programme of community projects planned for Docklands. Subject Categories docklands action group Broadcast history 07 Feb 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Linda Alexander Liz Carney (Producer) Margaret Thatcher (Speaker) Stephen Timms (Speaker) Connie Hunt (Speaker) Yve Amor (Speaker) Jonathan Matthews (Speaker) David Dickinson (stanhope properties (spkr)) (Speaker) Chris Dobbing (Speaker) Sally Edwards (housing refurbishment officer) (Speaker) Elizabeth Filkin (community services director (s) (Speaker) Michael Honey (LDDC (spkr)) (Speaker) Marie James (public affairs (spkr)) (Speaker) Richard Roberts (Barley Mow tenants assoc (spkr) (Speaker) Limbert Spencer (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-02-06. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 14 February 1990 | 19900214 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 20 February 1990 Previous in series: 07 February 1990 Description Eric ROBSON reports on the future of Britain's 11 national parks. Subject Categories investigative programmes (presentation style) national parks (landscape) Broadcast history 14 Feb 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Eric Robson Gerry Northam (Producer) Nicola Meyrick (Producer) John Williams (Speaker) Fiona Reynolds (Speaker) Jim Hunter (Speaker) John Toothill (Speaker) Michael Dower (Speaker) Amanda Nobbs (Speaker) Esme Kirby (Speaker) Phil Belden (Speaker) Chris Passmore (Speaker) David Griffiths (leisure consultant (spkr)) (Speaker) Mike Francis (Lewes council (spkr)) (Speaker) John Bramley (laporte industries (spkr)) (Speaker) Bill Roberts (developer (spkr)) (Speaker) Roland Smith (Pead park (spkr)) (Speaker) Howard White (Pead park (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-02-13. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 20 February 1990 | 19900220 | Next in series: 21 February 1990 Previous in series: 14 February 1990 Description SBH:The Green Party: if the environment is a top political issue, why is it so low in the polls? Reporter: Robin Lustig. Broadcast history 20 Feb 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Robin Lustig (int) David Taylor (Speaker) Tom Burke (Speaker) Sara Parkin (Speaker) Richard Lawson (Speaker) Derek Wall (Speaker) Christopher Rose (Speaker) Duncan Mccanlis (Speaker) Dave Gee (Speaker) Brian Perry (Speaker) Andy Ellis (Speaker) Julia Hales (Speaker) Jenny Shearon (Speaker) Ralph Strather (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 501319. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 21 February 1990 | 19900221 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 28 February 1990 Previous in series: 20 February 1990 Broadcast history 21 Feb 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1990-02-20. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 28 February 1990 | 19900228 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: SHIPBUILDING IN SUNDERLAND Previous in series: 21 February 1990 Description Stuart SIMON investigates - will emerging democracies of Eastern Europe really take Thatcherism as their guiding light? Subject Categories investigative programmes (presentation style) governments Broadcast history 28 Feb 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Stuart Simon Sarah Eldridge (Producer) Margaret Thatcher (Speaker) Neil Kinnock (Speaker) George Robertson (Speaker) John Redwood (Speaker) Graham Mather (Speaker) Mike Gapes (Speaker) Martin Jacques (Speaker) Jan Urban (Speaker) Stanislaw Gomulka (Speaker) Mario Nuti (Speaker) Tom Spencer (Conservative (spkr)) (Speaker) Tadeusz Diem (Speaker) Istvan Veto (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-02-27. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Shipbuilding In Sunderland | 19900306 | Next in series: 07 March 1990 Previous in series: 28 February 1990 Description SBH:Shipbuilding in Sunderland: a year after the men left the yards for the last time, Helen Boaden asks whether the government was right to abandon the industry & if, as its critics claim, the D.T.I. actively prevented private enterprise from re-opening the shipyard. Includes act. of Margaret Thatcher at ship launch 26.4.86 & Trade & Industry Sec. Anthony Newton announcing closure of year (Commons 7.12.88); ints. with local people, critics of the deal & Minister Douglas Hogg, who defends the DTI's action. Broadcast history 06 Mar 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Margaret Thatcher (Speaker) Tony Newton (Speaker) Douglas Hogg (Speaker) Helen Boaden (Speaker) Kenneth Warren (Speaker) Alastair Balls (Speaker) Bob Clay (Speaker) Charles Slater (Speaker) Michael Ranken (Speaker) Geoff Maughan (Speaker) Alan Dickenson (Speaker) Kevin Dolan (Speaker) Martin Stopford (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 432157. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 07 March 1990 | 19900307 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: PRO-LIFE CAMPAIGNERS Previous in series: SHIPBUILDING IN SUNDERLAND Broadcast history 07 Mar 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1990-03-06. | ||
| Pro-life Campaigners | 19900314 | As Parliament prepares for another debate on abortion, Gordon Haig reports on the growing militancy of pro-life campaigners. Incl. act. of anti-abortion demonstration and clip of Rescue UK training video. Contributors Haig Gordon (int) Gerry Northam (Producer) Ann Widdecombe (Speaker) David Alton (Speaker) Audrey Wise (Speaker) Liz Davies (Speaker) Diane Munday (Speaker) James Morrow (Speaker) Phyllis Bowman (Speaker) David Paintin (Speaker) Leonora Lloyd (Speaker) Christopher Whitehouse (Speaker). | ||
| Funding For The Arts | 19900321 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 28 March 1990 Previous in series: PRO-LIFE CAMPAIGNERS Description Robin LUSTIG investigates 'funding for the arts' Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) investigative programmes (presentation style) budgets (state finance) arts (administration) Broadcast history 21 Mar 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Robin Lustig Gerry Northam (Producer) Karen Monger (Producer) Peter Hall (Speaker) Brian Cox (Speaker) Roy Strong (Speaker) Richard Luce (Speaker) Terry Hands (Speaker) Philip Hedley (Speaker) Max Stafford-Clark (Speaker) Colin Tweedy (Speaker) Ian Rushton (Speaker) John Stalker (theatre director (spkr)) (Speaker) Clive Priestly (Speaker) Ian Brown (arts council (spkr)) (Speaker) John Doyle (drama director (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-03-20. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 28 March 1990 | 19900328 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 03 April 1990 Previous in series: 21 March 1990 Description Eric ROBSON reports on the future of the British Coal Industry Subject Categories future of coal industry documentaries (programme format) investigative programmes (presentation style) Broadcast history 28 Mar 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Eric Robson Lynne Jones (Producer) Gerry Northam (Producer) Margaret Thatcher (Speaker) Arthur Scargill (Speaker) Cecil Parkinson (Speaker) Roy Lynk (Speaker) Robert Haslam (Speaker) Gordon Mckerron (Speaker) John Baker (national power (spkr)) (Speaker) Steve Brunt (miner (spkr)) (Speaker) Keith Harris (miner (spkr)) (Speaker) Brian Hunt (national power (spkr)) (Speaker) Andrew Saville (Speaker) Hugh Whitehead (Speaker) Stephen Witt (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-03-27. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 03 April 1990 | 19900403 | Next in series: 04 April 1990 Previous in series: 28 March 1990 Description SBH:Sweden. A report on strains in the welfare state. Interviewer: Haig Gordon. Broadcast history 03 Apr 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Haig Gordon (int) Carl Bildt (Speaker) Alan Pryke (Speaker) Lars Ramqvist (Speaker) Per Edin (Speaker) Ove Cederlund (Speaker) Juhan Aare (Speaker) Ulla Eriksson (Speaker) Lisbeth Hoby (Speaker) Bo Krogvig (Speaker) Helen Mugale (Speaker) Svante Oberg (Speaker) Gudrun Schyman (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 406873. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 04 April 1990 | 19900404 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: CRACK ON THE FRONT LINE Previous in series: 03 April 1990 Broadcast history 04 Apr 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1990-04-03. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Crack On The Front Line | 19900410 | Next in series: 09 May 1990 Previous in series: 04 April 1990 Description SBH:Crack On the Front Line - An investigation into police tactics in dealing with the growing use of the drug Crack. Reporter: Helen Boaden. Broadcast history 10 Apr 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Colin Sykes (rdr) Mark Rowlinson (rdr) Paul Sapins (rdr) Helen Boaden (Speaker) Roy Ramm (Speaker) Derek Todd (Speaker) Barry Price (Speaker) Steve Tippell (Speaker) Rod Ellis (Speaker) Chris Flint (Speaker) Angel Feliciano (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 453966. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19900509 | 19900509 | 09 May 1990 Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 16 May 1990 Previous in series: CRACK ON THE FRONT LINE Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Stuart SIMON reports on arms conversion. Produced by Gerry Northam & Lynne Jones. Taking part: Jack DROMEY (Transport & General Workers' Union), Andrew DUNCAN (International Institute for Strategic Studies), Paul Rogers (Univ of Bradford), Piers WHITEHEAD (Rober Fleming Securities), Gerald BOXALL (Vickers Defence Systems), James LUCK (Westair), John LOVERING (Univ of Bristol), Derek BRADDON (Bristol Polytechnic), Andy DANFORD (Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union), Jonathan SAYEED (Tory MP), Peter HULME (Defence Technology Enterprises), Martin O'NEILL (Labour MP), Peter SOUTHWOOD (Defence Expert). Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) defence (ethics) arms (military equipment) marketing Broadcast history 09 May 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Martin O'Neill (Speaker) Jack Dromey (Speaker) Jonathan Sayeed (Speaker) Derek Braddon (Speaker) Andy Danford (Speaker) James Luck (Speaker) Piers Whitehead (Speaker) Andrew Duncan (retired colonel (spkr)) (Speaker) Gerald Boxall (vickers (spkr)) (Speaker) John Lovering (academic (spkr)) (Speaker) Peter Southwood (Speaker) Peter Hulme (defence technology enterprises) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-05-08. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19900516 | 19900516 | 16 May 1990 Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 23 May 1990 Previous in series: 09 May 1990 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Winifred Robinson examines Care In The Community. Produced by Sarah ELDRIDGE & edited by Gerry Northam. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) social groups conservative party policy governments services (social) health services Broadcast history 16 May 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Winifred Robinson Gerry Northam (ed) Sarah Eldridge (Producer) Virginia Bottomley (Speaker) Norman Warner (Speaker) Howard Glennerster (Speaker) John Davies (Medway Social Services (spkr)) (Speaker) Cyril Appleton (Cadetcare (spkr)) (Speaker) Elsie Day (anonymous programme contributo) (Speaker) Janice Hall (social worker (spkr)) (Speaker) Roger Hargreaves (Tameside Social Services (spkr) (Speaker) Trish Harlow (Speaker) Linda C (Care in the Community patient) (Speaker) Freda Manning (Speaker) Sue Milne (Kent Social Services (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-05-15. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19900523 | 19900523 | 23 May 1990 Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS Previous in series: 16 May 1990 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Robin LUSTIG looks at the Future of the Polish Economy. Produced by Liz CARNEY & edited by Gerry Northam. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) polish economy Broadcast history 23 May 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Robin Lustig Gerry Northam (ed) Liz Carney (Producer) Zdzislaw Sadowski (Speaker) Jan Winiecki (Speaker) Marcin Kroll (Speaker) Andrej Wrublewski (Speaker) Christoff Lis (Speaker) Stash Odrowospinozek (Speaker) Aloizy Szablewski (Speaker) Janusz Savicki (Speaker) Jusef Rutkowski (Speaker) Goshia Grant (tr) Recorded on 1990-05-22. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: High Speed Railways | 19900529 | 19900530 | Producer: MEYRICK, Nicola Next in series: HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS Previous in series: 23 May 1990 Description SBH:FILE ON FOUR: High Speed Railways. Reporter Eric Robson appraises the international role of Britain's railway system, standing as it does, only 3 years from the opening of the Channel Tunnel link with Europe's integrated high-speed rail network. Produced by Nicola Meyrick. Series Editor: Gerry Northam. Broadcast history 29 May 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Eric Robson (int) Gerry Northam (Producer) Nicola Meyrick (Producer) John Prescott (Speaker) Cecil Parkinson (Speaker) Richard Hope (Speaker) John Banham (Speaker) Gerald Bowden (Speaker) Stuart Cole (Speaker) Colin Stannard (Speaker) David Starkie (Speaker) Karel Miert (Speaker) Angela Bebb (Speaker) Regis Caillaux (Speaker) Gerard Pinel (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 596383 Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 06 June 1990 Previous in series: HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS 30 May 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1990-05-29 | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 06 June 1990 | 19900606 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 13 June 1990 Previous in series: HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Haig GORDON reports on the Economic Impact of Urban Regeneration on Glasgow. Produced by Lynne JONES and edited by Gerry Northam. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) Broadcast history 06 Jun 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Haig Gordon Gerry Northam (ed) Lynne Jones (Producer) Pat Lally (Speaker) Alf Young (Speaker) Morag Gillespie (Speaker) Hugh Savage (Speaker) Eileen Mckay (Castlemilk Partnership (spkr)) (Speaker) Robin Boyle (Strathclyde University (spkr)) (Speaker) David Macdonald (Glasgow Action (spkr)) (Speaker) Ron Harrison (student loans (spkr)) (Speaker) Erskine Mckay (Speaker) Mary Miller (Castlemilk Umbrella Group (spk) (Speaker) Billy Morton (Speaker) Gerry Dixon (Emporio Armani (spkr)) (Speaker) Douglas Loan (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-06-05. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 13 June 1990 | 19900613 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: MUSLIM SCHOOLS Previous in series: 06 June 1990 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Winifred Robinson looks at the state of the Labour Party in London. Produced by Liz CARNEY and edited by Gerry Northam. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) greater london labour party Broadcast history 13 Jun 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Winifred Robinson Gerry Northam (ed) Liz Carney (Producer) David Blunkett (Speaker) Tony Banks (Speaker) Margaret Hodge (Speaker) Tony Travers (Speaker) Sally Keeble (Speaker) Terry Ashton (Speaker) John Mcternan (Speaker) Lil Patrick (Speaker) Neil Wilkinson (Speaker) Micky Bryant (Speaker) Andy Troke (Speaker). | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Muslim Schools | 19900620 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 04 July 1990 Previous in series: 13 June 1990 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Robin LUSTIG investigates Islamic Education in Britain. Produced by Nicola MEYRICK and produced by Gerry Northam. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) islam denominational schools Broadcast history 20 Jun 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Robin Lustig Gerry Northam (ed) Nicola Meyrick (Producer) Stephen Byers (Speaker) Angela Rumbold (Speaker) Derek Fatchett (Speaker) Timothy Raison (Speaker) Sher Azam (Speaker) Caroline Cox (Speaker) Hannana Siddiqui (Speaker) Kalim Siddiqui (Speaker) Sahib Bleher (Speaker) Nighat Mirza (Speaker) Azam Baig (Speaker) Michael Ash (Speaker) John Eggleston (professor (spkr)) (Speaker) George Benham (Speaker) Sarah Hutchinson (Islamia Schools Trust (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-06-19. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 04 July 1990 | 19900704 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: CHILE Previous in series: MUSLIM SCHOOLS Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. David LEVY reports on Risks to Surgeons from the AIDS Virus. Produced by Rod CROCKER and edited by Gerry Northam. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) surgeons Broadcast history 04 Jul 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors David Levy Gerry Northam (ed) Rod Crocker (Producer) Michael Adler (Speaker) Derek Ogg (Speaker) Hacib Aoun (Speaker) John Peutherer (Speaker) Michael Hullin (Speaker) Linda Maccallum (AIDS clinician (spkr)) (Speaker) Arnold Maran (Speaker) Neil (drug addict (spkr)) (Speaker) Phyllis George (Royal College of Surgeons (spk) (Speaker) Colin Robertson (physician (SPKR)) (Speaker) Neil Robertson (GP (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-07-03. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Chile | 19900711 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 18 July 1990 Previous in series: 04 July 1990 Description Will the investigation into journalist Jonathan MOYLE's death in Santiago prove a test of Chile's emerging democracy? Can the civilian administration succeed in controlling human rights violations & booming arms sales? Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) murder marketing Broadcast history 11 Jul 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors David Lomax Liz Carney (Producer) Tim Sainsbury (Speaker) Jose Zalaquett (Speaker) Tony Moyle (Speaker) Carlos Cardoen (Speaker) Malcolm Coad (Speaker) Alfredo Etcheberry (Speaker) Annette Kissenbeck (Speaker) Martin Pace (journalist (spkr)) (Speaker) Pedro Del Fierro (Speaker) Carmen Serranno (Speaker) Alexandro Solis (Speaker) Toro (Speaker) Ian Williams (journalist (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-07-10. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 18 July 1990 | 19900718 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 25 July 1990 Previous in series: CHILE Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Helen BOADEN reports on the Employment Training Programme. Produced by Nicola Meyrick & Gerry Northam. Taking part: Norman HARVEY (ET Trainee), Anna DUHIG (Inner City Training), Sarah MORGAN (fmr ET Trainee), Harry QUINTON (ICT), Trevor MENDEZ (Carpentry Trainer, ICT), Nalini MAYNE (fmr ICT), Timothy EGGAR (Minister of State for Employment), Paul CONVERY (Unemployment Unit), Judith KIDD (South East Training), John MABBOTT (National Council for Voluntary Organisations), Victor HAUSNER (Economic Consultant), David WELLS (British Gas South Eastern Chair & Chair of planned South London TEC). Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) training (employment) ets (employment training scheme) Broadcast history 18 Jul 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Contributors Tim Eggar (Speaker) Paul Convery (Speaker) Victor Hausner (Speaker) John Mabbott (Speaker) Norman Harvey (employment trainee (spkr)) (Speaker) Judith Kidd (Speaker) Anna Duhig (Speaker) Nalini Mayne (Speaker) Trevor Mendez (Speaker) Sarah Morgan (employment trainee (spkr)) (Speaker) Harry Quinton (Speaker) David Wells (British Gas (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-07-17. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 25 July 1990 | 19900725 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 31 July 1990 Previous in series: 18 July 1990 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. David NISBET reports on the effects of interest rates on credit and debt. Produced by Lynne Jones & Gerry Northam. Taking part: Eileen WALKINGTON (Bath Chamber of Commerce), Nigel JONES (Bath Retailers' Assoc), Peter GILES (Bath Travel Agency), Roger BOOTLE (Economist), Alan CHARLESWORTH (Signal International), Alan LEWIS (Univ of Bath), Jane ASPDEN (Citizens' Advice Bureau), Phil PARKYN (Avon County Council), Barry BENNINGTON (Solicitor), Rodney HODGMAN (Bath Investment & Building Soc), Simon JOHNSON (National Debtline), Adrian COLES (Building Societies Assoc), Ann BRADY (Univ of Bath). Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) credit interest rates british economy debtors increases in debt Broadcast history 25 Jul 1990 16:05-16:45 (RADIO 4) Contributors Roger Bootle (Speaker) Adrian Coles (Speaker) Jane Aspden (Speaker) Phil Parkyn (Speaker) Eileen Walkington (Speaker) Peter Giles (travel industry (spkr)) (Speaker) Alan Charlesworth (business person (spkr)) (Speaker) Simon Johnson (National Debtline (spkr)) (Speaker) Nigel Jones (retailers' association (spkr)) (Speaker) Alan Lewis (academic (spkr)) (Speaker) Barry Bennington (Speaker) Rodney Hodgman (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-07-24. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 31 July 1990 | 19900731 | Next in series: BSE Previous in series: 25 July 1990 Description SBH:FILE ON FOUR - BSE: 'Mad Cow' Disease. A report on the disease & the implications for the single European market. Act. of John Gummer in Commons (PARLIAMENTARY RESTICTIONS APPLY); cows mooing; knife being sharpened in knacker's yard. Reader: Peter Wheeler. Presenter & interviewer: Eric Robson Broadcast history 31 Jul 1990 00:00-00:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors Eric Robson (int) John Gummer (Speaker) Jerry Wiggin (Speaker) Bob Taylor (Speaker) Paul Howell (Speaker) Tim Green (Speaker) Tony Andrews (Speaker) Ray Bradley (Speaker) Paul Cheale (Speaker) Ron Wilson (Speaker) Robin Craddock (Speaker) Jean Fontaine (Speaker) Jacques Adroit (Speaker) Alastair Steele-Bodger (Speaker) Juliet Davies (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 201103. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Bse | 19900801 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: EGYPT Previous in series: 31 July 1990 Broadcast history 01 Aug 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1990-07-31. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Egypt | 19901003 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: BUSH AND GULF Previous in series: BSE Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Helen BOADEN reports - Egypt wants to emerge from the Gulf Crisis as a pivotal power in the Middle East, but are there risks in President Mubarak's tough stand against Iraq? Produced by Nicola Meyrick & Gerry Northam. Taking part: Heba SALEH (Exec Ed "Cairo Today"), Alan RICHARDS (American Univ in Cairo), Hassan KAMY (Cairo Travel Agent), Atif ABEID (Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs), Boutros BOUTROS GHALI (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs), Saad EDDIN IBRAHIM (Sec Gen, Arab Thought Forum), Ahmed EL MALT (Muslim Brotherhood), Takshin BASHIR (fmr Ambassador to Arab League & spksprsn to Presidents Nasser & Sadat), Jeffrey PHILLIPS (BBC camera person in Cairo). Subject Categories middle east documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) invasion of kuwait by iraq (august 1990) Broadcast history 03 Oct 1990 11:02-11:47 (RADIO 4) Contributors Boutros Boutros Ghali (Speaker) Ahmed El Malt (Speaker) Takshin Bashir (Speaker) Saad Eddin Ibrahim (Speaker) Atif Abeid (Speaker) Hassan Kamy (Speaker) Jeffrey Phillips (camera person (spkr)) (Speaker) Alan Richards (academic (spkr)) (Speaker) Heba Saleh (Egypt journalist (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-10-02. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Bush And Gulf | 19901010 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 17 October 1990 Previous in series: EGYPT Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Stuart SIMON asks whether President George Bush has tied his own political future to the fate of Saddam HUSSEIN. Produced by Lynne JONES. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) Broadcast history 10 Oct 1990 11:02-11:47 (RADIO 4) Contributors Stuart Simon Lynne Jones (Producer) George Bush (Speaker) Richard Perle (Speaker) Zbigniew Brzezinski (Speaker) Lee Hamilton (Speaker) Edward Luttwak (Speaker) Geoffrey Kemp (Speaker) James Webb (Speaker) William Quandt (Speaker) Peter Defazio (Speaker) John Kelly (US milit spokesman 1990 07 31) (Speaker) Gregory Copley (Speaker) John Kelly (US milit spokesman 1990 09 18) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-10-09. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 17 October 1990 | 19901017 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 24 October 1990 Previous in series: BUSH AND GULF Description SBH:Scottish Fishing. A report on fears that EEC regulations could further the decline of Scotland's fishing fleet. Reporter: David Nisbet. A programme in the above series. Broadcast history 17 Oct 1990 11:02-11:47 (RADIO 4) Contributors David Nisbet (int) Rod Crocker (Producer) David Curry (Speaker) Peter Bruce (Speaker) Robert Shaw (Speaker) Willie Morgan (Speaker) John Patterson (Speaker) Manuel Marin (Speaker) Bob Allan (Speaker) George Forman (Speaker) John Forman (Speaker) Ray Beverton (Speaker) Grant Chisholm (Speaker) Raymond Frazer (Speaker) Ronnie Gilland (Speaker) Fred Surcheck (Speaker) John Tumelty (Speaker) Bernhard Vaske (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 541187. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 24 October 1990 | 19901024 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 31 October 1990 Previous in series: 17 October 1990 Description Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. Helen Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) child abuse sexuality (biological) Broadcast history 24 Oct 1990 11:02-11:42 (RADIO 4) Contributors Helen Boaden Gerry Northam (ed) Liz Carney (Producer) Eileen Vizard (Speaker) Norman Tutt (Speaker) Jane Wynne (Speaker) Jennifer Temkin (Speaker) Anne Bannister (Speaker) Les Vasey (Speaker) Steve Maher (Speaker) Alastair Babbington (Speaker) Judy Bawton (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-10-23. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 31 October 1990 | 19901031 | Producer: L. WALKER Next in series: 07 November 1990 Previous in series: 24 October 1990 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Stuart SIMON reports on the Effects of Movement in the Housing Market on the National Economy. Produced by Nicola MEYRICK. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) house prices Broadcast history 31 Oct 1990 11:02-11:47 (RADIO 4) Contributors Stuart Simon Nicola Meyrick (Producer) John Major (Speaker) Michael Spicer (Speaker) George Walden (Speaker) John Banham (Speaker) Sheila Mckechnie (Speaker) Elizabeth Anson (Speaker) Gary Marsh (Speaker) Clifford Chetwood (Speaker) Peter Spencer (economist (spkr)) (Speaker) Elaine Barber (council house tenant (spkr)) (Speaker) Dave Averre (Speaker) Ron Barber (council house tenant (spkr)) (Speaker) Mike Ford (Oxford council (spkr)) (Speaker) Matthew Manders (Speaker) Kate Norman (programme contributor (spkr)) (Speaker) Robin Paterson (estate agent (spkr)) (Speaker) VAl Smith (Oxford council (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-10-30. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 07 November 1990 | 19901107 | Producer: L. WALKER Next in series: 14 November 1990 Previous in series: 31 October 1990 Description David NISBET investigates the allocation of council housing in Oldham. Produced by Lynne JONES Subject Categories investigative programmes (presentation style) local government Broadcast history 07 Nov 1990 11:02-11:47 (RADIO 4) Contributors David Nisbet Lynne Jones (Producer) Duncan Forbes (Speaker) Valerie Karn (Speaker) Richard Seager (Speaker) Brian Lund (Speaker) John Maudsley (Speaker) Dave Cochrane (Speaker) Abdul Chowdry (Speaker) Mohammad Athar (Speaker) Phil Atherton (Speaker) Maggie Harding (Speaker) Melanie Kilroy (Speaker) Abdul Kuyyum (Speaker) Abdul Mumin (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-11-06. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 14 November 1990 | 19901114 | Producer: L. WALKER Next in series: 21 November 1990 Previous in series: 07 November 1990 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Helen BOADEN reports on NHS hospital waiting lists. Produced by Rod Crocker and Gerry Northam. Taking part: Ben GRIFFITHS (man awaiting operation), Chris HAM (Fellow, The King's Fund College), Anthony MCKEEVER (Mersey Regional Health Authority), David Wilson (Mersey Regional Health Authority), Helen GREY (Royal Liverpool Hospital), Robert TINSTON (Royal Liverpool Hospital), Howard DAVIES (The Audit Commission), Sam LEINSTER (Royal Liverpool Hospital), John YATES (Health Service Management Consultant), Martin CLIFTON (Surgeon, West Essex District Health Authority), Micahel MORGAN (Surgeon, West Essex). Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) queues hospitals Broadcast history 14 Nov 1990 11:02-11:42 (RADIO 4) Contributors Chris Ham (Speaker) Robert Sells (Speaker) Sam Leinster (Speaker) Robert Tinston (Speaker) Anthony Mckeever (Speaker) Martin Clifton (Speaker) Ben Griffiths (patient (spkr)) (Speaker) Michael Morgan (doctor (spkr)) (Speaker) Helen Grey (Speaker) David Wilson (hospital spokesman (spkr)) (Speaker) John Yates (health administrator (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-11-13. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 21 November 1990 | 19901121 | Producer: L. WALKER Next in series: WINNIE MANDELA AND THE FOOTBALL CLUB Previous in series: 14 November 1990 Description Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. Robin Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) palestinian israeli relations Broadcast history 21 Nov 1990 11:02-11:42 (RADIO 4) Contributors Robin Lustig Gerry Northam (ed) Nicola Meyrick (Producer) Moshe Arens (Speaker) Faisal Husseini (Speaker) Sari Nusseibeh (Speaker) Haim Ramon (Speaker) Isaac Mizrahi (Speaker) Shoshana (jerusalem resident (spkr)) (Speaker) Sheldon Kilmist (Speaker) Shlomo Slonim (Speaker) Sister Teresa (language school coordinator (s) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-11-20. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Winnie Mandela And The Football Club | 19901127 | 19901201 | Producer: J. DREWRY Next in series: 28 November 1990 Previous in series: 21 November 1990 Description SBH:File on Four - WINNIE MANDELA AND THE FOOTBALL CLUB. John Carlin reports on allegations that link Winnie Mandela & some of her bodyguards to the kidnappings & beatings of young people, incl. the death of 14-year-old 'Stompie' Moeketsi Seipei. Some of the young men from the club speak out about the courts & hit squads. Producer: John Drury. Broadcast history 27 Nov 1990 19:20-20:03 (RADIO 4) 01 Dec 1990 22:15-23:00 (RADIO 4) Contributors John Drury (Producer) Peter Wheeler (rdr) Jabu Mbala (rdr) Nelson Mandela (Speaker) Winnie Mandela (Speaker) John Carlin (Speaker) Murphy Morobe (Speaker) Katiza Cebekhulu (Speaker) Dudu Chili (Speaker) Nomavenda Mathiane (Speaker) Lerothodi Ikaneng (Speaker) Ntombane Msoni (Speaker) Mr Sono (Speaker) Notes: CAIRS 444520 First broadcast on 1990-11-27 | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 28 November 1990 | 19901128 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 05 December 1990 Previous in series: WINNIE MANDELA AND THE FOOTBALL CLUB Broadcast history 28 Nov 1990 11:02-11:47 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1990-11-27. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 05 December 1990 | 19901205 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: GULF TROOPS Previous in series: 28 November 1990 Description Stuart SIMON reports on the electoral implications of economic policies. Subject Categories investigative programmes (presentation style) elections economic policy Broadcast history 05 Dec 1990 11:02-11:42 (RADIO 4) Contributors Stuart Simon Rod Crocker (Producer) Graham Mather (Speaker) Jacques Arnold (Speaker) David Kern (Speaker) Trevor Cass (Speaker) Alistair Hatchett (Speaker) Graham Cole (Kent Today (spkr)) (Speaker) Gavyn Davies (goldman sachs (spkr)) (Speaker) Jack Davies (blue circle cement (spkr)) (Speaker) David Sanders (essex uni (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-12-04. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Gulf Troops | 19901212 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 19 December 1990 Previous in series: 05 December 1990 Description Helen BOADEN investigates the Gulf crisis - what would a war mean for Britain? Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) investigative programmes (presentation style) invasion of kuwait by iraq (august 1990) Broadcast history 12 Dec 1990 11:02-11:42 (RADIO 4) Contributors Helen Boaden Lynne Jones (Producer) Max Hastings (Speaker) Ivor Crewe (Speaker) Julian Thompson (Speaker) Nik Gowing (Speaker) Brian Hitchen (Speaker) Michael Dewar (Speaker) Graham Jones (journalist (spkr)) (Speaker) David Cook (Royal Artilery (spkr)) (Speaker) Paul Rogers (Bradford Uni (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-12-11. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19 December 1990 | 19901219 | Producer: L. ALKER Next in series: 30 January 1991 Previous in series: GULF TROOPS Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Eric ROBSON reports on British Steel and the future of Ravenscraig. Produced by Liz Carney and Gerry Northam. Taking part: John Potter (Church of Scotland's Industrial Chaplain at Ravenscraig works, Motherwell), Ian LIVINGSTONE (Lanarkshire Development Agency), Jim STEVENS (Fraser of Allander Institute, Univ of Strathclyde), Hamish MORRISON (Scottish Council), Michael HIRST (Scottish Conservative Assoc), Alec GARDNER (Motherwell Council), Jeremy FLETCHER (Beddows & Co, Steel Analysts), Tommy BRENNAN (Trade Unionist), William POWELL (Tory MP). Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) steel industry british steel corporation job losses at corus factory closures Broadcast history 19 Dec 1990 11:02-11:42 (RADIO 4) Contributors Tommy Brennan (Speaker) Jeremy Fletcher (Speaker) Ian Livingstone (Lanarkshire Enterprise (spkr)) (Speaker) Michael Hirst (scottish conservative associat) (Speaker) Alec Gardner (Speaker) Hamish Morrison (scottish council (spkr)) (Speaker) John Potter (reverend (spkr)) (Speaker) William Powell (politician (spkr)) (Speaker) Jim Stevens (academic (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1990-12-18. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 28 January 1995 | 19950128 | Producer: UNKNOWN Next in series: 04 February 1995 Previous in series: 17 December 1994 Description Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. Gerry Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) fatal accident enquiries (inquests) lockerbie air crash of boeing 747 (lockerbie) (dec 1988) Broadcast history 28 Jan 1995 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Gerry Northam Helen Boaden (ed) David Haggie (Producer) Peter Strachan (Speaker) Vincent Cannistraro (Speaker) Lee Kreindler (Speaker) Wilfred Borg (Speaker) Edgar Mizzi (Speaker) Gerry Bremer (Speaker) Michael Jones (pan am security manager (spkr)) (Speaker) Emanual Mallia (Speaker) Joseph Mifsud (Speaker) Clinton Coddington (Speaker) Dennis Phipps (Speaker) Wolfgang Weil (Speaker) Recorded on 1995-01-24. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 04 February 1995 | 19950204 | Producer: K. BARRINGTON Next in series: 11 February 1995 Previous in series: 28 January 1995 Broadcast history 04 Feb 1995 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Recorded on 1995-01-31. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 11 February 1995 | 19950211 | Producer: D. ROSS Next in series: FARMING, HEALTH SCARES Previous in series: 04 February 1995 Description Radio 4's investigative documentary series. Alison HILLIARD looks at a Proposed Licensing System for Private Landlords. Produced by David ROSS. Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) investigative programmes (presentation style) licences (customs) rented accomodation buildings (architecture) renting personnel (business) Broadcast history 11 Feb 1995 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Alison Hilliard David Ross (Producer) Geoffrey Cutting (Speaker) Paul Grimshaw (Speaker) Russell Campbell (Speaker) Susan Devlin (Speaker) Mike Friel (Speaker) Joe Conway (fireman (spkr)) (Speaker) Brendan Devlin (father (spkr)) (Speaker) John Downie (councillor (spkr)) (Speaker) Charlene Bronson (Speaker) Paul Blizzard (Speaker) Bill Jones (summerfield consultants (spkr)) (Speaker) Sarah Nodes (Speaker) Bob Pulford (Speaker) Recorded on 1995-02-07. | ||
| Power Corrupts | 19960130 | Mark Whitaker reports on US takeovers of British utilities. Produced by David LEWIS. Subject Categories current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) amalgamations (private industry) companies (business) Broadcast history 30 Jan 1996 BT=1920 (RADIO 4) 03 Feb 1996 BT=1700 (RADIO 4) Contributors Mark Whitaker David Lewis (Producer) Stephen Littlechild (Speaker) Paul Hilton (Speaker) Greg Palast (Speaker) Luis Reyes (Speaker) Roberta Bass (Speaker) Kyle Croft (Speaker) Bill Dahlberg (Speaker) Bobby Durden (Speaker) John Horton (brother (spkr)) (Speaker) Ron Methier (Speaker) Allen Mosbaugh (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-01-23. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Power Corrupts | 19960203 | First broadcast on 1996-01-30 Producer: D. LEWIS Next in series: 06 February 1996 Previous in series: 16 December 1995 Description Mark Whitaker reports on US takeovers of British utilities. Produced by David LEWIS. Subject Categories current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) amalgamations (private industry) companies (business) Broadcast history 30 Jan 1996 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) 03 Feb 1996 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Mark Whitaker David Lewis (Producer) Stephen Littlechild (Speaker) Paul Hilton (Speaker) Greg Palast (Speaker) Luis Reyes (Speaker) Roberta Bass (Speaker) Kyle Croft (Speaker) Bill Dahlberg (Speaker) Bobby Durden (Speaker) John Horton (brother (spkr)) (Speaker) Ron Methier (Speaker) Allen Mosbaugh (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-01-23. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 06 February 1996 | 19960206 | Producer: L. JONES Next in series: 13 February 1996 Previous in series: POWER CORRUPTS Description Jane DODGE reports on deaths of the mentally ill. Produced by Lynne JONES. Subject Categories current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) victims death mental disorders Broadcast history 06 Feb 1996 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) 10 Feb 1996 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Jane Dodge Lynne Jones (Producer) M (Speaker) Trevor Turner (Speaker) Elaine Murphy (Speaker) Jeremy Holmes (Speaker) Sue Simmons (Speaker) Gary Blackler (Speaker) William Boyd (doctor (spkr)) (Speaker) Janey Antoniou (Speaker) Andy Gage (Speaker) Sylvester George (Speaker) Denis Hext (Speaker) Sharon Kehoe (Speaker) Janet Richardson (Hackney community health counc) (Speaker) Carol Schiller (Speaker) John Schiller (Speaker) Alan Francis (patient (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-01-30. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 06 February 1996 | 19960210 | First broadcast on 1996-02-06 Producer: L. JONES Next in series: 13 February 1996 Previous in series: POWER CORRUPTS Description Jane DODGE reports on deaths of the mentally ill. Produced by Lynne JONES. Subject Categories current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) victims death mental disorders Broadcast history 06 Feb 1996 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) 10 Feb 1996 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Jane Dodge Lynne Jones (Producer) M (Speaker) Trevor Turner (Speaker) Elaine Murphy (Speaker) Jeremy Holmes (Speaker) Sue Simmons (Speaker) Gary Blackler (Speaker) William Boyd (doctor (spkr)) (Speaker) Janey Antoniou (Speaker) Andy Gage (Speaker) Sylvester George (Speaker) Denis Hext (Speaker) Sharon Kehoe (Speaker) Janet Richardson (Hackney community health counc) (Speaker) Carol Schiller (Speaker) John Schiller (Speaker) Alan Francis (patient (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-01-30. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 13 February 1996 | 19960213 | Producer: J. FRAZER Next in series: CHILD ABUSE Previous in series: 06 February 1996 Description Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. Julian Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) military power (military art and science) engineering (applied sciences) Broadcast history 13 Feb 1996 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) 17 Feb 1996 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Julian O'Halloran David Ross (ed) Jan Frazer (Producer) Ann Clwyd (Speaker) Paul Beaver (Speaker) Andrew Tyrie (Speaker) Alan Clarke (Speaker) Keith Hartley (Speaker) Harriet Lamb (Speaker) John Reed (Speaker) Charles Masefield (Speaker) David Findlay (Speaker) Ian Dixon (Willmott Dixon (spkr)) (Speaker) Nick Prest (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-02-06. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 13 February 1996 | 19960217 | First broadcast on 1996-02-13 Producer: J. FRAZER Next in series: CHILD ABUSE Previous in series: 06 February 1996 Description Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. Julian Subject Categories documentaries (programme format) current affairs programmes (genre) investigative programmes (presentation style) military power (military art and science) engineering (applied sciences) Broadcast history 13 Feb 1996 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) 17 Feb 1996 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Julian O'Halloran David Ross (ed) Jan Frazer (Producer) Ann Clwyd (Speaker) Paul Beaver (Speaker) Andrew Tyrie (Speaker) Alan Clarke (Speaker) Keith Hartley (Speaker) Harriet Lamb (Speaker) John Reed (Speaker) Charles Masefield (Speaker) David Findlay (Speaker) Ian Dixon (Willmott Dixon (spkr)) (Speaker) Nick Prest (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-02-06. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Child Abuse | 19960220 | Producer: D. ROSS Next in series: 27 February 1996 Previous in series: 13 February 1996 Description Liz CARNEY looks at how British justice deals with Child sex offenders. Prod. Sharon KEATLEY Subject Categories investigative programmes (presentation style) criminals (criminology) social services sexuality (biological) Broadcast history 20 Feb 1996 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) 24 Feb 1996 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Liz Carney Sharon Keatley (Producer) John Wadham (Speaker) Ray Wyre (Speaker) Howard Parker (Speaker) Kenneth Dibble (Speaker) Andy Brown (policeman (spkr)) (Speaker) Ian White (Herts social services (spkr)) (Speaker) Ted O'Sullivan (Speaker) Terry Thomas (Leeds Metro University (spkr)) (Speaker) Mike Hames (Speaker) John Lambert (parent (spkr)) (Speaker) Judith Unell (Speaker) Colin Bailey (Charity Commission (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-02-13. | ||
| Programme Catalogue - Details: Child Abuse | 19960224 | First broadcast on 1996-02-20 Producer: D. ROSS Next in series: 27 February 1996 Previous in series: 13 February 1996 Description Liz CARNEY looks at how British justice deals with Child sex offenders. Prod. Sharon KEATLEY Subject Categories investigative programmes (presentation style) criminals (criminology) social services sexuality (biological) Broadcast history 20 Feb 1996 19:20-20:00 (RADIO 4) 24 Feb 1996 17:00-17:40 (RADIO 4) Contributors Liz Carney Sharon Keatley (Producer) John Wadham (Speaker) Ray Wyre (Speaker) Howard Parker (Speaker) Kenneth Dibble (Speaker) Andy Brown (policeman (spkr)) (Speaker) Ian White (Herts social services (spkr)) (Speaker) Ted O'Sullivan (Speaker) Terry Thomas (Leeds Metro University (spkr)) (Speaker) Mike Hames (Speaker) John Lambert (parent (spkr)) (Speaker) Judith Unell (Speaker) Colin Bailey (Charity Commission (spkr)) (Speaker) Recorded on 1996-02-13. | ||
| Bungled Autopsies | 20021001 | 20021006 | Fran Abrams investigates a crisis in the forensic pathology service, asking if innocent people are being convicted because of bungled autopsies. | |
| 20030211 | 20030216 | Major issues at home and abroad. | ||
| Neonatal Care | 20030225 | 20030302 | Medical errors contribute to the deaths of four babies in Britain every day. Matthew Hill asks why we still lag behind other European countries in standards of neonatal care. | |
| Links Between Government And The Defence Industry | 20030513 | 20030518 | Allan Urry investigates how the war in Iraq has created a boom time for the defence industry. and reveals new evidence of the extent of the links between Government and the industry. | |
| 20030520 | 20030525 | Gerry Northam asks whether it's time for the government to allow a controlled trade in human organs. [Rptd Sun 5.00pm] / Gerry Northam asks whether it's time for the government to allow a controlled trade in human organs. [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20030527 | 20030601 | The government has invested heavily in the reform of cancer services and made it clear that broader reforms across the NHS may follow. But how successful have the changes been? [Rptd Sun 5.00pm] / The government has invested heavily in the reform of cancer services and made it clear that broader reforms across the NHS may follow. But how successful have the changes been? [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20030603 | 20030608 | With more depleted uranium used during the war in Iraq than in any previous conflict, Jenny Cuffe examines the latest scientific research on the dangers it poses, and asks why the Government is ignoring safety recommendations from its own advisors on the subject. [Rptd Sun 5.00pm] / More depleted uranium was used in the recent Iraq war than in any previous conflict. Jenny Cuffe investigates the latest research on the dangers posed by this volatile material. [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20030610 | 20030615 | The European sugar industry has long been kept sweet by a subsidy regime that costs consumers around £5 billion a year. Now, with EU proposals to reform the subsidy system and health warnings from the World Health Organisation that we should consume less sugar, is the industry facing a bitter future? Fran Abrams reports. [Rptd Sun 5.00pm] | ||
| 20030615 | The European sugar industry has long been kept sweet by a subsidy regime that costs consumers around £5 billion a year. Now, with EU proposals to reform the subsidy system and health warnings from the World Health Organisation that we should consume less sugar, is the industry facing a bitter future? Fran Abrams reports. [Rpt of Tues 8.00pm] / "The European sugar industry has long been kept sweet by a subsidy regime that costs consumers around £5 billion a year. Now, with EU proposals to reform the subsidy system and health warnings from the World Health Organisation that we should consume less sugar, is the industry facing a bitter future? Fran Abrams reports. [Rpt of Tues 8.00pm] ". | |||
| Murder Rates | 20030617 | 20030622 | The murder rate in England and Wales has risen by more than twenty per cent in the last five years, and some police forces are so stretched, they're having to hire retired detectives to lead murder inquiries. Allan Urry asks whether we're losing the fight against the most serious of all crimes. | |
| Mercury And Autism | 20030624 | 20030629 | Gerry Northam investigates claims that the mercury in some injections given to babies is linked to the rise in autism. [Rptd Sun, 5.00pm] / "Gerry Northam investigates claims that the mercury in some injections given to babies is linked to the rise in autism. [Rpt of Tue, 8.00pm] ". | |
| Asylum Seekers | 20030701 | 20030706 | With the Government promising to reduce the number of asylum seekers in Britain, Julian O'Halloran examines progress so far. Will the Prime Minister be able to deliver on his personal pledge to cut applications by fifty per cent by September? / "Can the government keep its promise to reduce the number of asylum seekers in Britain? Julian Halloran investigates. [Rpt of Tue, 8.00pm] ". | |
| Cafcass | 20030708 | 20030713 | "Jenny Cuffe investigates claims of a crisis in the children's court service, CAFCASS, and asks if poor management and financial constraints are putting the lives of children at risk. | |
| Children Expelled From School | 20030715 | 20030720 | Fran Abrams reports on the fate of children expelled from school. The Government insists that they must receive alternative full-time education, but many do not. [Rptd Sun 5.00pm] | |
| Organised Crime | 20030722 | 20030727 | Liz Carney reports on the involvement of organised crime in Britain's casual labour market. [Rptd Sun 5.00pm] | |
| 911 Lawsuits | 20031007 | 20031012 | Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad, with reporter Gerry Northam | |
| Gun Crime | 20031014 | 20031019 | Major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad, with reporter Gerry Northam. [Rptd Sun, 5.00pm] | |
| Blackouts | 20031021 | 20031026 | Increasing strains on an old system have already caused one blackout in London. Are we headed for a winter of power cuts? Julian O'Halloran investigates. | |
| Vaccination Against Hepatitis B | 20031028 | 20031102 | Matthew Hill investigates a proposal from a government committee that is considering a universal vaccination against the liver disease Hepatitis B. | |
| Business And Football | 20031104 | 20031109 | As increasing numbers of football clubs hit the financial buffers and slide into administration, Jenny Cuffe examines the realities of 'the beautiful game' for sides which play outside the lucrative Premiership. Have those who run soccer done enough to referee the tensions between business and sport? | |
| Jarvis And The Private Finance Initiative | 20031111 | 20031116 | Jarvis plc pulled out of its railway track maintenance contracts last month. But how good is Jarvis's reputation in its other huge contracts under the PFI? Gerry Northam reports. [Rpt of Tues, 8.00pm] / When Jarvis plc pulled out of its railway track maintenance contracts last month, it said it was doing so because of the risk to public confidence in the company. But how good is Jarvis' reputation in its other huge contracts under the Private Finance Initiative? | |
| Disposing Of Clinical Waste | 20031118 | 20031123 | Allan Urry investigates the system for disposing of the dangerous clinical waste produced by Britain's hospitals. Could illegal and unsafe practices pose a danger to public health? | |
| 20031125 | 20031130 | Iraq and other conflicts have left Britain?s shrinking armed forces more overstretched than at any time in the last fifty years. Julian O?Halloran reports. | ||
| Public Interest Immunity | 20031202 | 20031207 | sometimes known as a 'gagging order' - is increasingly used by the Government and its agencies to prevent juries from seeing sensitive information. But, after criticism from the European Count of Human Rights, Fran Abrams asks whether British justice is being corroded by a culture of secrecy. | |
| Rumanian Child Slavery | 20031209 | 20031214 | Jenny Cuffe reports on major issues, changing attitudes, important events at home and abroad. | |
| Trains | 20040127 | 20040201 | At the heart of Britain's privatised railway system, three companies own virtually all of the country's trains. The companies are subsidiaries of major High Street banks and were set up to help create a modern, reliable network, but are they delivering value for money for both travellers and taxpayers? Alan Whitehouse reports. | |
| Blacklisted Airlines | 20040203 | 20040208 | An airliner which crashed into the Red Sea at the start of this year, killing all on board, had already been blacklisted by Swiss safety authorities. Julian O'Halloran investigates. | |
| Recruiting Terrorists | 20040210 | 20040215 | With continuing concern over the threat posed by al Qaeda and other terrorist organisations, Paul Kenyon investigates the methods which have been used to recruit would-be bombers in Britain, and asks whether militant groups still have too much freedom to operate here. | |
| 20040217 | 20040222 | The Government has promised a review of cases in which children have been removed by the state from their parents on controversial medical testimony in the courts. But will it address the more fundamental failings of a family courts system in crisis? Allan Urry investigates. / The Government has promised a review of cases in which children have been removed by the state from their parents on controversial medical testimony in the courts. But will it address the more fundamental failings of a family courts system in crisis? Allan Urry investigates. [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| Intensive Care | 20040224 | 20040229 | With doctors and the Government at loggerheads over claims of a crisis in NHS intensive care, Matthew Hill asks why, despite extra funding, some patients are still being put at risk. | |
| Town Hall Corruption | 20040302 | 20040307 | Tony Blair pledged he would root out corruption in Britain's Town Halls. But six years after launching the crackdown, is the Government any closer to cleaning up the country's dirty boroughs. Angus Stickler uncovers evidence of auditors being blocked, whistleblowers hounded out of their jobs and senior council officials prepared to break the law to cover up acts of impropriety. | |
| Killers Released From Secure Wards | 20040309 | 20040314 | Each year, scores of killings are carried out by people with a history of mental illness, some of them patients released from secure wards against the advice of doctors. For almost a decade, both Tory and Labour ministers have pledged new measures to cut the death toll - so why then has so little been done. Julian O'Halloran reports. | |
| H M Customs | 20040316 | 20040321 | Two years ago File on 4 revealed details of a police investigation into the way HM Customs had handled major drugs cases. Now, Gerry Northam examines new claims of even more serious misconduct and asks whether this once-great agency can survive further scandals. | |
| 20040323 | 20040328 | As investors demand more social responsibility from Britain's biggest companies, Allan Urry investigates one of the nation's leading oil and gas multinationals. | ||
| 20040518 | 20040525 | In the first of a new series, Jenny Cuffe investigates the role played by private military contractors in Iraq. As violence and lawlessness increase, business is booming for the security companies - but are there enough controls over the way they operate and the people they employ? [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20040525 | 20040530, RptdSun5.00pm | In the first of a new series, Jenny Cuffe investigates the role played by private military contractors in Iraq. As violence and lawlessness increase, business is booming for the security companies - but are there enough controls over the way they operate and the people they employ? | ||
| 20040601 | The government's health reforms promise local control of services through new Primary Care Trusts. But, with complaints that the Trusts only have real power as long as they do what Whitehall wants, just how democratic is New Labour's NHS? Gerry Northam investigates. | |||
| 20040608 | 20040613 | With Britain's defence budget being further stretched by military involvement in Iraq, Julian O'Halloran examines the MOD's spending record. | ||
| Rising Crime Against Asian Britains | 20040615 | 20040620 | Barnie Choudhury reveals how British Asians are being hit by a rise in serious and violent crime, and gets exclusive access to the elite police unit at the head of the fight-back. | |
| Bad Solicitors | 20040622 | 20040627 | For years, trying to complain about bad solicitors has been fraught with difficulty. As the Law Society's ability to control its members is yet again under scrutiny, Fran Abrams investigates growing concern over the extent of malpractice in the profession. | |
| Afghanistan Elections | 20040629 | 20040704 | As the US and Britain hand over power to a new administration in Iraq, Jenny Cuffe reports from Afghanistan on the attempts at nation-building there. Elections are due in September, but with President Karzai's Government still deeply unpopular, and with the Taliban resurgent in the south, is Afghanistan really on the road back to democracy? | |
| Private Finance Initiative | 20040706 | 20040711, RptdSun5.00pm | As taxpayers spend billions on hospitals, schools and roads under the Private Finance Initiative, the government says we get good value for money. So how can private companies make multi-million pound windfalls simply by juggling their PFI contracts? | |
| The Dangers Of Modern Apprenticeship | 20040713 | 20040718 | The government claims its Apprenticeship scheme is the way forward for out of work youngsters who are hard to employ. But James Silver reveals that - beyond the costly publicity - the programme is plagued by poor results, shoddy training and inappropriate placements that put young lives at risk. | |
| Mosques And Abuse | 20040720 | 20040725 | Zaiba Malik investigates claims that physical and financial abuses are going unchecked in some of Britain's mosques. The Government is planning to bring in new measures to regulate imams, but do the proposals go far enough? Zaiba Malik investigates claims that physical and financial abuses are going unchecked in some of Britain's mosques. [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | |
| 20040727 | 20040801 | The Bichard inquiry into the murder of the two Soham schoolgirls, revealed grave blunders by Humberside police. But, as Julian O'Halloran reports, it also found huge deficiencies in keeping police records nationwide, and the Home Office is now in a race against time to plug the gaps which could allow other child killers to strike. | ||
| Pension Fund Fraud | 20040803 | 20040808, RptofTue8.00pm | As companies wrestle with multi-million pound deficits in their pension funds, shareholders and trustees are up in arms and workers have threatened strikes. Michael Robinson asks why pensions are now the frontline in the battle for financial security. | |
| Counterfeit Drugs | 20041005 | 20041010 | There's been an explosion in counterfeit and substandard pharmaceutical drugs which kill thousands in developing countries. But are the drug companies doing enough to combat it - and why is there so little international regulation of the global market in vital medicines? With Allan Urry. | |
| Child Support Agency | 20041012 | 20041017 | Jenny Cuffe investigates the Child Support Agency, 10 years old and still failing many of Britain's most vulnerable households. | |
| 20041019 | 20041024 | The National Health Service is spending more than £6 billion on a computer system linking all hospitals and GP surgeries in England; the biggest public sector computer project in the world. But as it approaches its launch, Gerry Northam reveals serious unease among some doctors and other health service professionals. | ||
| Smuggling Bushmeat | 20041026 | 20041031, RptofTue8.00pm | With bushmeat now big business in parts of the UK, there's growing concern that the illegal trade could spread deadly diseases to humans and the animal population here. Angus Stickler investigates the supply chain from West Africa into Britain, and asks whether enough is being done to crack down on those who hunt and smuggle some of the world's most endangered species for the dinner table. | |
| 20041102 | 20041107, RptdSun5.00pm | Sewers Every year thousands of homes are flooded with evil-smelling sewage. Julian O'Halloran investigates growing concern over the crumbling state of Britain's sewerage system and the threat it poses public health. | ||
| 20041107 | Sewers Every year thousands of homes are flooded with evil-smelling sewage. Julian O'Halloran investigates growing concern over the crumbling state of Britain's sewerage system and the threat it poses public health. | |||
| 20041109 | 20041114, RptdSun5.00pm | Why are teenaged boys so vulnerable to abuse by men who pay for sex? Allan Urry investigates one of Britain's biggest paedophile rings to find out how a schoolboy was abducted from his parents and sold to abusers across the country. | ||
| 20041116 | 20041121 | With the European Union considering new legislation which would require tests for thousands of chemicals which are routinely used by manufacturers, Jenny Cuffe assesses the latest scientific research, and asks how much we really know about the long term risks from some of the substances that are contained in almost everything we buy. | ||
| 20041123 | 20041128 | Tony Blair's 'big idea' for secondary education is to create new, independent academies to replace failing schools in deprived areas. The first 17 have already opened, but will the millions of pounds being invested benefit the pupils most in need? Gerry Northam reports. | ||
| The Export Credit Guarantee Department | 20041130 | 20041205 | File on 4 investigates Whitehall's Export Credit Guarantee Department, the department that underpins British contracts abroad. With the government accused of back-tracking on its own anti-corruption rules, is enough being done to keep business clean? Fran Abrams reports. | |
| 20041207 | 20041212, RptofTue8.00pm | Around two-thirds of British military deaths in Iraq were caused not by enemy action, but by 'friendly fire', faulty equipment, poor training and other organisational factors. Now families of victims accuse the Ministry of Defence of covering up its own failings and shifting the blame onto front-line troops. | ||
| 20050201 | 20050206 | Gerry Northam investigates allegations that much of Iraq's oil wealth has been squandered by incompetence and corruption during the current occupation. | ||
| 20050208 | 20050213 | Allan Urry investigates concerns about the huge backlog of repairs, maintenance and construction on Britain's roads. Is the state of our highways costing lives? Allan Urry investigates concerns about the huge backlog of repairs, maintenance and construction on Britain's roads. Is the state of our highways costing lives? [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20050215 | 20050220 | While billions of pounds have been pledged for victims of the tsunami disaster, other areas of the world desperate for aid are facing a donations famine. In the tiny kingdom of Lesotho, as in much of Southern Africa, several years of drought, malnutrition and sickness, have been largely ignored by the outside world. As Julian O'Halloran reports, new international trade rules have deepened the crisis by putting thousands out of work. Julian O'Halloran reports from the tiny kingdom of Lesotho, where the people have suffered years of malnutrition, sickness and drought, yet their plight has been largely ignored. [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20050222 | 20050227 | Alan Urry investigates concerns about the huge backlog of repairs, maintenance and construction on Britain's roads. Is the state of our highways costing lives? | ||
| Court Martials | 20050301 | 20050306 | Fran Abrams investigates what happens when members of the armed forces are accused of crimes. Many are sceptical of Britain's court martial system which dates back over 300 years. [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] Fran Abrams investigates what happens when members of the armed forces are accused of crimes. Many are sceptical of Britain's courts martial system, which dates back over 300 years. | |
| Urban Regeneration | 20050308 | 20050313 | Gerry Northam looks at the government's flagship strategy for urban regeneration. Some fear that the scheme will hurt the very people it is designed to help. | |
| 20050315 | 20050320 | With the Provisional IRA accused of being behind one of the UK's biggest ever cash robberies of £26 million from the Northern Bank in Belfast, Allan Urry investigates the scale of serious and organised paramilitary crime north and south of the Irish border. | ||
| 20050322 | 20050327 | With family doctors no longer having to be on call after hours, File on 4 investigates whether patients are being put at risk. | ||
| 20050329 | 20050403 | With family doctors no longer having to be 'on call' after hours, reporter Matthew Hill investigates whether patients are being put at risk. The programme uncovers evidence of long delays in responding to patients in urgent need of medical care. | ||
| 20050607 | 20050612 | Many food products have been withdrawn because of fears over carcinogenic additives. The sufferers have been the farmers of the spice fields of INDIA. Jenny Cuffe investigates. | ||
| 20050614 | 20050619 | With the government signalling that a new generation of NUCLEAR reactors is now a real possibility, how near is Britain to finding a solution to the old problem of what to do with vast quantities of dangerous radioactive waste? Julian O'Halloran reports on the disposal headaches and the radiation leaks which continue to dog the NUCLEAR power industry. | ||
| 20050621 | 20050626 | How good is the Home Office at making immigration and asylum decisions? Amid widely-publicised claims that undeserving applicants have learned to play the system, Gerry Northam investigates complaints that many genuine cases are rejected, causing needless distress and wasting huge amounts of public money on appeals. | ||
| 20050628 | 20050703, RptofTue8.00pm | Children and teachers are being put at risk because of failures to pass on information about violent pupils and abusive parents. Fran Abrams investigates the lapses which have left school staff and children exposed to attack. | ||
| 20050705 | 20050710 | Ten years ago, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, on charges of genocide. File on 4 examines the failure of the international community to bring Karadzic to trial and the implications it has for the fragile peace in Bosnia - Herzegovina. | ||
| 20050712 | 20050717 | How safe is it to blow the whistle on alleged wrong-doing in one of the country's most closed public services - the prison system? Jenny Cuffe investigates claims that staff and inmates are being victimised for making complaints. How safe is it to blow the whistle on alleged wrong-doing in one of the country's most closed public services; the prison system? Jenny Cuffe investigates. | ||
| 20050719 | 20050724, RptofTue8.00pm | Hosepipe bans, dwindling river flows, and half full reservoirs - the signs of water shortage are growing across some of Britain's most populated areas. The last big drought nine years ago spelled out the need to cut water demand and conserve vital supplies if another crisis was to be averted - so what measures were taken and why haven't they worked? | ||
| 20050726 | 20050731 | Gerry Northam examines the new anti-fraud regime in Europe and asks if it is working. Six years after the European Commission promised zero tolerance of corruption, why do allegations of widespread fraud and financial mismanagement persist? | ||
| 20050802 | 20050807 | With an increasing number of hospitals battling with large scale debts, Liz Carney investigates whether policies designed to increase patient choice could create more financial instability and even lead to hospital closures. | ||
| 20050809 | 20050814 | Alan Whitehouse investigates the performance of Britain's bus companies and uncovers poor reliability, safety failings and a regulatory system that is struggling to cope. So what are we getting for the millions of pounds of public money funnelled into the bus industry each year? | ||
| 20051011 | 20051016 | Terrorist suspects are supposed to meet speedy justice under streamlined extradition procedures. However, critics complain that the new law is a recipe for future miscarriages of justice. Gerry Northam investigates. | ||
| 20051018 | 20051023, RptofTue8.00pm | Road hauliers continue to complain about the damaging effects of Britain's fuel prices, but it's only one of the many pressures facing an industry under stress. There's also a critical shortage of capable lorry drivers at a time when demand is soaring. Is this why some become so tired that they fall asleep at the wheel, causing fatal accidents? | ||
| 20051025 | 20051030 | Richard Watson investigates the background to the London bombings and asks whether the authorities could have done more to counter the terrorist threat rooted in Britain. | ||
| 20051101 | 20051106 | Tony Blair stepped in personally to speed up compensation for those injured in the London bombings - but other victims of crime are complaining that they have to wait years for compensation, and that money they receive can be woefully inadequate to care for those with the most serious injuries. File on 4 investigates the system for compensating those who suffer violent attacks. With Julian O'Halloran | ||
| 20051108 | 20051113 | The fight to end poverty highlighted by Live 8 was followed by more pictures of the starving in Niger. With concerns over more famines, Jenny Cuffe returns to Niger, and asks why the world always wakes up too late. | ||
| 20051115 | 20051120 | After the controversy over the breast cancer drug Herceptin, Gerry Northam examines the way in which Britain approves new drugs for use in the NHS. Is there needless bureaucracy? [Rptd Sun 5.00pm] After the controversy over the breast cancer drug Herceptin, Gerry Northam examines the way in which Britain approves new drugs for use in the NHS. Is there needless bureaucracy? [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20051122 | 20051127 | Brussels has 15,000 lobbyists whose job it is to try to influence European policy. But does a lack of regulation and transparency allow them and their corporate clients too much influence over the decisions that are made? Sarah Spiller reports. | ||
| 20051129 | 20051204 | Following the string of high profile cases in which it was shown that mothers had been wrongly convicted of killing their children, the courts were expected to take a more cautious approach to charges of abuse. But how much has really changed? John Sweeney investigates two new cases in which families claim they've suffered a miscarriage of justice. | ||
| 20051206 | 20051211 | Floods, heatwaves and extreme weather all suggest that climate change could pose real risks for the future. But as the countries that back the Kyoto global warming treaty meet in Montreal, have Britain's own efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions run into the sand? | ||
| 20051213 | 20051218 | Jenny Cuffe investigates claims of delays and falling public confidence in the way the police deal with 999 calls. | ||
| 20060131 | 20060205 | Public sector spending on private consultants is now costing billions of pounds, with everyone from Whitehall departments to hospital trusts hiring in external advisors. But who decides if their advice is a good use of public money, and who assesses their effectiveness? Allan Urry investigates. | ||
| 20060207 | 20060212 | The public is supposed to be protected from the most dangerous criminals when they are released from prison. But recent cases of brutal murder reveal serious flaws in the system for managing risk. Gerry Northam reports. | ||
| 20060214 | 20060219 | In the wake of the Buncefield blast, just how safe are British oil depots and other hazardous sites? Julian O'Halloran reveals that there have been a series of lucky escapes. | ||
| 20060221 | 20060226 | Head teachers are now among Britain's most powerful public sector managers. Education reforms have left them in charge of budgets worth millions - and with little outside control. As ministers press ahead with measures designed to give schools even more financial freedom, Fran Abrams asks: 'When heads step over the line, who steps in?'. | ||
| 20060228 | 20060305, RptofTue8.00pm, RptdSun5.00pm | Kate Clark reports from southern Afghanistan where a vanguard of British troops arrives ahead of a larger deployment in the spring. How great are the risks in an area where suicide bomb attacks are on the increase and where the Taleban are said to be resurgent? | ||
| 20060307 | 20060312 | With the number of reported rapes continuing to rise, BBC correspondent Danny Shaw asks why so few still end in a successful prosecution. With the number of reported rapes continuing to rise, BBC correspondent Danny Shaw asks why so few end in a successful prosecution. | ||
| 20060314 | 20060319 | In the fight against terrorism, how secure are Britain's ports and airports? Gerry Northam examines fears that dangerous people or substances can be too readily shipped in. | ||
| 20060321 | 20060326 | The Child Support Agency is the latest in an ever increasing line of public bodies to enlist the help of bailiffs to help collect monies owed to them in taxes, fines and maintenance payments. Allan Urry investigates and asks who benefits when the bailiff calls. | ||
| 20060328 | 20060402 | As a new exodus of refugees from troubled Darfur threatens the stability of neighbouring Chad, reporter Liz Carney asks whether three years of international diplomacy has done anything to ease the plight of refugees or to halt the violence of marauding militias. | ||
| 20060523 | 20060528, RptofTue8.00pm, RptdSun5.00pm | Iraqi security forces have been supplied with weapons in complex arms deals involving the US and UK. But in a country awash with as many as eight million small arms and a thriving black market, Allan Urry examines concerns that guns destined for soldiers and police are being diverted to insurgents, for use against British and American troops. | ||
| 20060530 | 20060604, RptdSun5.00pm | As the NHS faces a massive cash crisis, the government insists its multi-billion pound computer project is to press ahead despite widespread opposition from doctors. Has Whitehall got the prescription wrong? Gerry Northam reports. | ||
| 20060606 | 20060611 | The recent apparent suicide of Alison Davies, and the death of her disabled son Ryan - the mother and son who fell from the Humber Bridge - has highlighted the desperation families face caring for some of Britain's most vulnerable children. Sarah Spiller investigates the new crisis in respite care. | ||
| 20060613 | 20060618 | With growing concern over foreign criminals being released rather than deported at the end of their prison sentences, Zaiba Malik asks what safeguards exist to prevent convicted European rapists and murderers entering the UK to commit violent new crimes. | ||
| 20060620 | 20060625 | Miriam O'Reilly asks who should be accountable for the failure of the new rural payments scheme that has brought many English farmers to the brink of financial ruin. | ||
| 20060627 | 20060702 | Julian O'Halloran investigates the problems with the UK's water supply and asks if the regulatory bodies are doing enough to force the water companies to keep their promises. | ||
| 20060704 | 20060709 | As the US celebrates Independence Day, Jenny Cuffe investigates growing concern among American Muslims about measures being taken to combat home-grown terrorism. | ||
| 20060711 | 20060716 | As the police inquiry into loans and honours continues, Fran Abrams looks at the activities of some of the government's other business friends. | ||
| 20060718 | 20060723 | With the price of gold surging to new heights, British investors are pumping billions of pounds into new mining ventures around the globe. Angus Stickler investigates claims that multi-national companies are stripping developing countries of their natural resources, wreaking environmental and social havoc in some of the poorest nations in the world. | ||
| 20060725 | 20060730 | The government wants the interests of crime victims to be a central part of the justice system. But how well are victims currently treated by prosecutors? With Gerry Northam | ||
| 20060801 | 20060806 | Julian O'Halloran investigates cases of teenagers in custody which point to a lack of care, and asks if some of these youngsters should be in prison at all. | ||
| 20061003 | 20061008 | A year after the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, Kate Clark investigates the consequences of allowing extremist Islamic groups and their humanitarian wings to play a major role in the relief and recovery operation. | ||
| 20061010 | 20061015 | As concern grows about heavy fighting in Afghanistan and mounting casualties in Iraq, Allan Urry investigates the system for Defence procurement and asks why British troops can't get some of the equipment they need to help keep them safe. | ||
| 20061017 | 20061022 | The government sets no limit to private corporations in the NHS. Even GPs surgeries are now being taken over. But does the record suggest this is wise? Gerry Northam reports. Gerry Northam examines the ever-increasing deployment of private corporations within the NHS. [Rpt of Tue 8.00pm] | ||
| 20061024 | 20061029 | Recent events in America have dented the image of oil giant BP. Julian O'Halloran investigates. | ||
| 20061031 | 20061105 | As former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra begins a new life in London, Fran Abrams asks why Britain remains the destination of choice for many controversial foreign politicians. | ||
| 20061107 | 20061112 | As the political and military post mortems continue in Israel over the invasion of Lebanon, Paul Adams reports from Jerusalem on the aftermath of the conflict and its implications for the Middle East peace process. | ||
| 20061114 | 20061119 | Richard Watson investigates the extent of radicalisation among Britain's Muslim communities and asks if enough is being done to tackle the problem. | ||
| 20061121 | 20061126 | Gerry Northam investigates the use of bugging and surveillance in the fight against terrorism and major crime and asks whether evidence so obtained should be admissible in court. | ||
| 20061128 | 20061203 | With a new superbug more virulent than MRSA on the rise in Britain's hospitals, Allan Urry asks whether the government is doing enough to protect patients from infections. | ||
| 20061205 | 20061210 | As cracks are revealed at the heart of nuclear reactors, dealing a massive blow to generator British Energy and posing major safety questions, Julian O'Halloran asks if Britain has become dangerously dependent on a fleet of ageing and decrepit nuclear power stations. | ||
| 20070130 | 20070204 | As Britain's top military brass say more should be done to support troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, the programme investigates the way in which the MoD treats soldiers who have been badly injured and the families of those killed in action. | ||
| 20070206 | 20070211 | Russia has denied any part in the death by radiation poisoning of ex-KGB man Alexander Litvinenko. And the Kremlin has spoken of a Cold War mentality in the West. But Julian O'Halloran reports from St Petersburg and Moscow on a series of mystery deaths which raise further suspicions and questions over the role of the authorities. | ||
| 20070213 | 20070218 | The government promised to hit major criminals where it hurts. So why is it closing the agency which seizes their assets? Gerry Northam investigates. | ||
| Learning And Skills Council | 20070220 | 20070225 | The government has been spending billions of pounds trying to equip young people with the skills industry says it needs to stay competitive. So why are we still so short of plumbers and plasterers? Allan Urry examines the performance of the Learning and Skills Council, Britain's largest quango, and asks whether it can fix it. | |
| 20070227 | 20070304 | With attention focused again on the diamond trade, Fran Abrams reports from one of the world's most unstable countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 'conflict copper' and the other less glamorous minerals that fuel violence. | ||
| 20070306 | 20070311 | Stephen Grey tells the inside story of Britain's dirty war against drugs. Why did a controversial policy of using major dealers as informants do so little to stem the flow of drugs on to our streets? | ||
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| 20070320 | 20070325 | Gerry Northam investigates reports that Britain's most vulnerable adults are not properly protected from abuse by the very people who are paid to care for them. | ||
| 20070327 | Teenage gun crime in Britain is a matter of increasing concern. Ministers are promising action, but where are young gang members obtaining their firearms? Allan Urry investigates. | |||
| 20070529 | 20070603 | Allan Urry investigates the effects of budget cuts on the Royal Navy as an enquiry about the recent capture of British sailors in the Persian Gulf gets under way. | ||
| 20070605 | 20070610 | Julian O'Halloran explores current attempts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and asks whether carbon trading and similar schemes can have any impact on climate change. | ||
| 20070612 | 20070617 | Gerry Northam reports on the Private Finance Initiative. A keystone of Gordon Brown's policy as Chancellor, the scheme is showing signs of strain. Have the billions spent on projects including schools and hospitals been used wisely? | ||
| 20070619 | 20070624 | As the death toll in Afghanistan continues to rise, Kate Clark reveals how corruption and mismanagement is threatening Hamid Karzai's government and boosting the Taleban. | ||
| 20070626 | 20070701 | Angus Stickler investigates honour-based violence in the UK, which frequently involves crimes against women in Muslim communities. There have been at least a dozen so-called honour killings during the last year, but it is claimed that official figures conceal a much more widespread problem. | ||
| 20070703 | 20070708 | International pressure is mounting over Iran's development of its nuclear programme. Allan Urry asks whether the UK and Europe are doing enough to prevent the Iranians from acquiring sensitive military technology and equipment from western companies. | ||
| 20070710 | 20070715, RptofTue8.00pm, RptdSun5.00pm | With Britain in the middle of a construction boom, Julian O'Halloran investigates claims of cartels and price-rigging, and assesses how much such practices could be adding to the final bills faced by UK plc. | ||
| 20070717 | 20070722 | Gerry Northam reports on how the allocation system for council housing works and asks if local people are losing out to economic migrants. | ||
| 20070724 | 20070729 | Ministers believe that investment, rather than aid, is the key to lifting developing countries out of poverty. But is this theory borne out by facts? Fran Abrams investigates. | ||
| 20070731 | 20070805 | The government is expected to issue the first tenders for the controversial ID card scheme this month. Sarah Spiller asks whether the project will be a valuable weapon to combat fraud and terrorism or an expensive flop. | ||
| 20070918 | 20070923 | Allan Urry investigates cases of abuse in homes for elderly people in care and asks why it seems so difficult to monitor such cases and to obtain redress when they are discovered. | ||
| 20070925 | 20070930 | As American house prices are hit by a flood of defaults on home loans, Michael Robinson investigates growing concerns about unchecked borrowing and the potential danger for the UK housing market. | ||
| 20071002 | 20071007 | Kate Clark looks at conditions in Basra after the British handover. | ||
| 20071009 | 20071014 | New research suggests that occupational cancer deaths in the UK could be far higher than previously thought. Tim Whewell asks if the Health and Safety Executive is doing enough to prevent work-related cancers. | ||
| 20071016 | 20071021 | Billions of pounds are allocated for regeneration projects in the UK, but are the proper accounting procedures in place? The European Commission has recently stopped some payments. Gerry Northam investigates. | ||
| 20071023 | 20071028 | Allan Urry investigates the growing impact of crack cocaine on society as its use spreads across the UK's towns and cities. He reports on the violent gangs who supply the drug, police efforts to tackle the organisations behind its distribution and the growing numbers of children taken in to care due to the reckless behaviour of parents. | ||
| 20071030 | 20071104, RptofTue8.00pm | Julian O'Halloran reports on the tensions which have resurfaced in America's Deep South following a case of alleged racial injustice and white supremacist provocation. The resultant wave of protest has rekindled memories of the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s. | ||
| 20071106 | 20071111 | BBC Business Editor Robert Peston investigates the causes of the recent Northern Rock crisis. | ||
| How To Close Guantanamo? | 20071113 | 20071118, RptofTue8.00pm | Jon Manel looks at the potential problems in closing the US's controversial detention facility and investigates claims that the US is already breaking international law by sending detainees to countries where thay may face abuse and torture. How to Close Guantanamo? | |
| 20071120 | 20071125, RptofTue8.00pm | Gerry Northam investigates reports that research into the development of new cancer treatments is being jeopardised by failure to take basic precautions in laboratories. | ||
| 20080122 | 20080127 | Five years after Lord Laming's inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie, children are still dying at the hands of their parents or carers. The Laming Report called for a major reform of the way child abuse cases are handled, but how much has changed? | ||
| 20080129 | 20080203 | As investigations continue into the cause of the blaze at the Royal Marsden, Allan Urry asks whether fire safety standards in Britain's hospitals are good enough. | ||
| 20080205 | 20080210 | In the wake of the new year chaos on Britain's railways, Julian O'Halloran looks at Network Rail's performance on track maintenance and its record on safety checks. | ||
| 20080212 | 20080217, RptofTue8.00pm | The major political parties' fundraising methods have all come under close scrutiny recently, but concerns are now being expressed over the finances of the British National Party. Fran Abrams investigates. | ||
| 20080219 | 20080224, RptdSun5.00pm | Town halls are facing thousands of backdated equal pay claims from women workers. But how are cash-strapped local authorities going to meet bills which could amount to almost three billion pounds? Jenny Cuffe reports. | ||
| 20080226 | 20080302 | Armadeep Basset reports on the activities of UK-based Sikh groups in support of a violent campaign for an independent homeland in the Punjab. | ||
| 20080304 | 20080309 | As the goverrnment devolves more responsibilities to England's nine Regional Development Agencies, Allan Urry investigates their performance. Critics claim they are unaccountable, out of touch and poor value for their budget. | ||
| 20080311 | 20080316 | Julian O'Halloran reports on a new compensation scheme for wounded soldiers which began in 2005 but appears not to have met victims' expectations. | ||
| 20080318 | 20080323 | Danny Shaw looks at government proposals to deal with prison overcrowding and asks whether bigger jails will solve the problem. He reports from Europe's largest prison at Fleury Merogis, near Paris. | ||
| 20080325 | 20080330 | Angus Stickler investigates the market for platinum. An essential component of the catalytic convertors which clean up car emissions, this metal is now twice the price of gold. But as mining companies rush to exploit South Africa's reserves, traditional farmers are claiming that they are being forced off their ancestral lands. | ||
| A Terminal Failure | 20080429 | 20080504 | Julian O'Halloran investigates the events surrounding the fiasco of the opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow. He examines the record of BAA, the company running several of Britain's busiest airports. | |
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| 20080527 | 20080601 | Allan Urry reports from Liverpool. The city is celebrating its status as European Capital of Culture and its regeneration programme is one of Europe's biggest. The area should be booming, yet Liverpool City Council is faced with mounting debts and is the subject of scathing reports by government auditors. | ||
| 20080603 | 20080608 | Fran Abrams investigates the financial war against terrorism in the light of a recent High Court ruling that suspects' assets cannot be frozen. | ||
| Green Doubts Over Role For Coal | 20080610 | 20080615 | Julian O'Halloran reports on the calls for a new generation of coal-fired power stations by electricity generating companies. The demands are fuelled by concern over energy security and rocketing gas prices, but opposition is widespread. | |
| 20080617 | 20080622 | Gerry Northam investigates claims that tens of thousands of elderly dementia sufferers are being given powerful psychiatric drugs which are not only unnecessary but also have potentially lethal side effects. | ||
| 20080624 | Kate Clark investigates efforts to stem the opium trade in Afghanistan, which is said to bankroll the Taliban. | |||
| 20080629 | Kate Clark investigates efforts to stem the opium trade in Afghanistan, which is said to bankroll the Taliban. | |||
| 20080701 | 20080706 | Lesley Curwen investigates growing concerns that many blood transfusions are unnecessary and could do more harm than good to patients. | ||
| 20080708 | Allan Urry investigates the impact of the economic downturn on urban regeneration as the credit crunch and falling property values force some developers to abandon their plans, leaving local authority partners unable to develop key sites. | |||
| 20080713 | Allan Urry investigates the impact of the economic downturn on urban regeneration as the credit crunch and falling property values force some developers to abandon their plans, leaving local authority partners unable to develop key sites. | |||
| 20080715 | 20080720 | Gerry Northam investigates the Colonial Development Corporation, established in 1948 to promote industry and agriculture in the poorest parts of the British Empire. Rumours of impending privatisation of the agency are circulating, and its critics claim that it is increasingly concerned with making profits rather than relieving poverty. | ||
| 20080916 | 20080921 | While Britain's hospitals struggle to contain the spread of MRSA, Jenny Cuffe reports on a new and potentially fatal strain of the bacteria which attacks children and young people in the community. Experts warn that the death toll will continue to rise unless the government takes decisive action. | ||
| 20080923 | 20080928 | Allan Urry examines the case for linking animal cruelty with child abuse, amid concerns expressed by organisations such as the RSPCA and the NSPCC that offenders may be more likely to commit both crimes. | ||
| 20081021 | 20081026 | As millions of families struggle to pay rocketing gas and electricity bills, Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that our bills may be hundreds of pounds too high because of weak regulation, bad planning and the fact that the market is dominated by just six big companies. | ||
| 20081028 | 20081102 | Tim Whewell reports from Georgia, reassessing the origins of the recent conflict with Russia. He investigates who was responsible for the outbreak of hostilities and whether the fighting could have been avoided, and assesses its impact on leaders in Washington, Moscow and Tbilisi. | ||
| 20081111 | 20081116 | Simon Cox investigates how English football's finances have got into such a mess. With Premier League clubs alone currently in three billion pounds-worth of debt, the game's governing bodies in England and Europe want action and the UK government has called for a review of financial regulation within the game. | ||
| 20081118 | 20081123 | Amardeep Bassey investigates fears that some of the funds that Britain is spending on projects to prevent violent extremism taking root in Muslim communities may be falling into the hands of the very groups it is trying to defeat. | ||
| 20081125 | 20081130 | Michael Robinson investigates whether the Prime Minister's instruction to banks to keep funds flowing will halt the rise in evictions and unemployment as repossession rates rocket due to the credit crunch. | ||
| 20090120 | 20090125 | Julian O'Halloran examines Britain's insolvency laws and asks whether weaknesses in regulation and enforcement are being exploited by some company directors to unfairly dispose of debts. Julian O'Halloran examines Britain's insolvency laws. | ||
| 20090127 | 20090201 | Jon Manel finds out if the law is keeping pace with the increasing numbers of British couples who are having children using surrogate mothers, both in Britain and abroad. | ||
| 20090203 | 20090208 | Allan Urry investigates how criminal syndicates have been able to target GPs, hospitals and chemists with cheap counterfeit drugs. With the NHS under pressure to cut its 11 billion-pound annual spending on medicines, has the hunt for cheaper alternatives opened the door to these dangerous fakes? | ||
| 03/02/2009 | 20090208 | Allan Urry investigates how criminal syndicates have been able to target GPs, hospitals and chemists with cheap counterfeit drugs. With the NHS under pressure to cut its 11 billion-pound annual spending on medicines, has the hunt for cheaper alternatives opened the door to these dangerous fakes? Allan Urry investigates the sale of counterfeit drugs to GPs, hospitals and chemists. | ||
| 20090210 | 20090215 | Lucy Ash investigates the behind-the-scenes role played by Egypt and its President Hosni Mubarak in the latest crisis in Gaza. Mubarak may have placed himself at the centre of attempts to end the conflict, but how will he weather the mounting criticism levelled at him both at home and abroad? The role played by Egypt and its President Hosni Mubarak in the Gaza crisis. | ||
| 20090217 | 20090222 | Michael Robinson investigates the legacy of toxic lending by British banks and reveals why the threat it poses to UK jobs, homes and incomes is especially acute. Michael Robinson investigates the legacy of toxic lending by British banks. | ||
| 20090224 | 20090301 | Grant Ferrett investigates whether the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Britain and Europe are adequate to stop wealth being channelled out of the country by people close to the Mugabe government. | ||
| 20090303 | 20090308 | Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that overreaction by schools to minor incidents or unproven allegations is ruining the careers of hundreds of innocent teachers. As efforts to protect children from abuse or cruelty are intensified, Julian asks if some safety measures have gone too far? Julian O'Halloran asks if school safety measures to protect children have gone too far? | ||
| 20090310 | 20090315 | Simon Cox examines the record of the Royal Military Police in dealing with alleged crimes by British forces both during operations and in peacetime. The record of the Royal Military Police in dealing with alleged crimes by UK forces. | ||
| 20090317 | 20090322 |  As local authorities struggle to balance the books because of the economic downturn, Allan Urry reports on a crisis in town hall finances. At a time when councils say that they are being forced to lay off thousands of staff, Allan asks why they have been investing a billion pounds of taxpayers' cash in banks which have crashed, with no sign of recovering the money. | ||
| Torturers In The Uk | 20090324 | 20090329 | Fran Abrams asks if Britain has become a haven for torturers, and investigates the case for new laws and tougher policing to prevent alleged human rights abusers from taking refuge in this country. Fran Abrams asks if Britain has become a haven for torturers. | |
| 20090331 | 20090405 | Shari Vahl investigates the extent to which inadequate safeguards to property rights in Britain might be contributing to the theft of millions of pounds, as criminals 'steal' houses from under the noses of homeowners by exploiting the way Land Registry information is made available. | ||
| 20090526 | 20090531 | Allan Urry investigates more claims of bad behaviour on the part of bankers, and follows the David and Goliath struggle of a group of small business owners who are battling to force one of the high street giants to take responsibility for the decisions that they claim left them in ruins. Allan Urry investigates more claims of bad behaviour on the part of bankers. | ||
| 20090602 | 20090607 | Jenny Cuffe asks if the government policy of tightening immigration rules to help preserve jobs for British workers is being undermined by employers who are intent on bringing overseas workers as a way of driving down pay. Jenny Cuffe asks if the policy of preserving jobs for British workers is being undermined. | ||
| 20090609 | 20090614 | Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that industrial-scale pig farms in America played a key role in exposing us to the swine flu virus. Local people near the first known case in Mexico questioned the role of an American-owned industrial scale pig farm not far away. Any link was strenuously denied, however, and the US pork industry soon helped persuade medical authorities to drop the term 'swine flu'. But for years American virologists have been studying the links between new and potentially risky flu viruses and farm animals. Whatever the role of pig farms in Mexico, experts say that parts of the current flu virus can be traced back to outbreaks of swine flu, then affecting only pigs, in several American states in 1998. As Julian reports from the USA, the move to highly intensive pig farming methods by some companies has long been denounced by green groups and the animal welfare lobby, who allege massive damage to the environment, intolerable smells, and health risks to farm workers and their families. Now they are asking if factory farming conditions could have increased the dangers of a global flu pandemic. Julian O'Halloran investigates claims about the causes of the swine flu virus. | ||
| 20090616 | 20090621 | Gerry Northam investigates allegations of incompetence and neglect in England's biggest quango, the Learning and Skills Council. As the recession leads to rocketing unemployment, apprentices and local college students have been hit by a dramatic cash crisis in this government agency, which oversees their training. Gerry Northam investigates allegations of incompetence in the Learning and Skills Council. | ||
| 20090623 | 20090628 | The government's flagship policy for public investment, the Private Finance Initiative, has always relied on big loans from banks. But now, as lenders demand far more for their money, Michael Robinson investigates disturbing increases in the cost of building our schools, hospitals and roads. In today's economic climate, does PFI represent value for money for hard-pressed taxpayers? | ||
| 20090630 | 20090705 | With payouts in clinical negligence cases expected to reach a record 700 million pounds in 2010, Miriam O'reilly investigates no-win, no-fee lawyers. Some of them are allowed to charge up to 800 pounds per hour in bringing claims against the NHS, enabling many law firms to earn substantially more in fees than their clients receive in damages. Miriam O'reilly investigates the no-win, no-fee lawyers who bring claims against the NHS. | ||
| 20090707 | 20090712 | Following a series of blunders by the justice authorities, who left a dangerous criminal free to torture and murder two French students in London, Allan Urry asks whether government ministers can still justify their claim that Britain's system of public protection from violent offenders and sex abusers is among the best in the world. Is Britain's system of public protection from violent offenders still among the best? | ||
| 20090714 | 20090719 | With an inquiry underway into the mid-air explosion in 2006 aboard a Nimrod aircraft, which killed 14 service personnel, Angus Stickler examines the safety record of the RAF in recent conflicts. Angus Stickler examines the safety record of the RAF in recent conflicts. | ||
| 20090721 | 20090726 | Fraud is estimated to cost the UK economy upwards of 14 billion pounds a year, a figure which is expected to rise dramatically during the recession. Gerry Northam investigates whether some of the biggest and most audacious corporate fraudsters are now practically immune from prosecution. | ||
| 20090728 | 20090802 | As evidence continues to emerge about the CIA's secret detention and interrogation programme, calls grow on this side of the Atlantic for an inquiry into claims that Britain colluded in the torture of suspects. Stephen Grey investigates the relationship between the US and the UK security services in the hidden War on Terror. | ||
| 20090922 | 20090927 | As the government's strategy for combating extremism is revised to focus on white racist groups as well as Islamic radicals, Allan Urry assesses the threat of attacks by right-wing extremists and fears that they could lead to a rise in racial tensions. | ||
| 20090929 | 20091004 | Following criticism of the NHS over the system failures which allowed a man with schizophrenia to kill two people, Miriam O'reilly investigates claims of widespread problems in community mental health services which are allowing dangerous patients to commit violent offences or to harm themselves. Miriam O'reilly investigates claims of major problems in community mental health services. | ||
| 20091006 | 20091011 | With a Parliamentary report expected to add to criticism of Whitehall's defence purchasing systems, Gerry Northam asks why it seems so hard to buy the right equipment for our forces. Gerry Northam asks why it seems so hard to buy the right equipment for our forces. | ||
| 20091013 | 20091018 | Fears over deep cuts in council jobs and services have brought predictions of a winter of discontent and strife unlike anything seen for 30 years. But as councils prepare to wield the axe, Julian O'Halloran asks if some authorities have added to their budget crises by awarding over-the-top pay, perks and severance terms to their own top executives. Julian O'Halloran examines the levels of pay awarded by some councils to their executives. | ||
| 20091103 | 20091108 | The head of the Financial Services Authority, Lord Turner, has questioned the social usefulness of what banks do. But as he and other regulators wrestle with ways of controlling so-called 'casino operations', Michael Robinson lifts the lid on the latest tricks of the trade which some banks are now using to increase profits. Michael Robinson examines the latest tricks which some banks are using to increase profits | ||
| 20091110 | 20091115 | Some of Britain's police forces are warning of a funding crisis, with staff cuts, stations closing and parts of the motorway network left unpatrolled. Allan Urry investigates the effects on the frontline and asks if the police could still do more to deliver better value from the money they get. Allan Urry investigates the effects of the police force's current funding problems. | ||
| 20091117 | 20091122 | With record gold prices stimulating demand, Jenny Cuffe reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo on the scale of illegal mining and asks if the industry does enough to ensure that gold supplies aren't being used to fund conflict. Jenny Cuffe reports from DR Congo on the scale of illegal gold mining. | ||
| 20091124 | 20091129 | With around 8,000 people waiting for an organ transplant in the UK, hospitals are having to use organs from the elderly, smokers, cancer sufferers and drug abusers. Gerry Northam examines the dilemmas posed for doctors and assesses the risks to transplant patients. | ||
| 20091201 | 20091206 | US troops have handed control for security in Iraq back to the Iraqi government, which was supposed to be the first sign that normality was returning to the streets. So why are thousands of Iraqi refugees still refusing to return home? Kate Clark invesigates. Kate Clark investigates why thousands of Iraqi refugees are still refusing to return home. | ||
| 20091208 | 20091213 | The government's forensic science service is crucial to taclking crime, but is shedding hundreds of jobs and closing half its laboratory facilities in a drive to make the organisation more commercial. Fran Abrams investigates whether or not the aggressive cost-cutting in beginning to hit the way the service operates and consequently undermine justice. | ||
| 20100119 | 20100124 | Last year 2,445 cases, including allegations of police brutality, deaths in custody and serious negligence, were referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. But is it truly independent, and does its record over five years encourage public confidence? Gerry Northam investigates. Gerry Northam considers the independence of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. | ||
| 20100126 | 20100131 | A British drug company is being sued by more than 15,000 people in the United States who claim its bestselling antipsychotic drug caused severe weight gain, diabetes and other serious medical conditions. Ann Alexander investigates concerns about the way it was marketed and asks how much the public should be told about the drugs they take. Investigating concerns about the way a bestselling antipsychotic drug was marketed. | ||
| 20100202 | 20100207 | The government has pledged 150 million pounds to combat the threat of improvised explosive devices, which are now the biggest danger to British and other coalition troops in Afghanistan. But is the UK doing enough to tackle the increasing threat they pose? Allan Urry investigates. What is being done to tackle the threat of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. | ||
| 20100209 | 20100214 | While Britain's top bankers celebrate their bonuses, Michael Robinson investigates the commercial property market and the nasty surprises that it may hold for the banks and for the long-suffering British taxpayers who bailed them out. Michael Robinson investigates the nasty surprises in the commercial property market. | ||
| 20100216 | 20100221 | After two big scandals in a year over dire standards in hospitals which put patients at serious risk, Julian O'Halloran asks how many people are still being killed by avoidable medical blunders, and how far the NHS has progressed since it began to address the problem ten years ago. Julian O'Halloran asks how many people are being killed by avoidable hospital blunders. | ||
| 20100223 | 20100228 | CAFCASS, the family courts' advisory service, is again facing claims that it is failing the vulnerable children it is supposed to protect. Seven years after reporting that the organisation was in crisis, Jenny Cuffe returns to ask why the service is still facing a backlog of urgent cases and unprecedented delays. Jenny Cuffe asks why CAFCASS, the family courts' advisory service, is facing a backlog. | ||
| 20100302 | 20100307 | As ministers decide whether a 12-billion-pound NHS computer project in England offers value for money, Gerry Northam asks if some major IT projects could be scrapped by a new government looking for big spending cuts. Gerry Northam asks if some major IT projects could be scrapped by a new government. | ||
| 20100309 | Five years ago the government promised to provide a safety net for when pension funds went bust, but this new scheme is already more than a billion pounds in deficit. Fran Abrams investigates allegations that some companies are simply dumping their obligations and leaving the Pensions Protection Fund - and in some cases the taxpayer - to pick up the bill. Investigating allegations that some companies are failing their pension fund obligations. | |||
| 09/03/2010 | 20100314 | Five years ago the government promised to provide a safety net for when pension funds went bust, but this new scheme is already more than a billion pounds in deficit. Fran Abrams investigates allegations that some companies are simply dumping their obligations and leaving the Pensions Protection Fund - and in some cases the taxpayer - to pick up the bill. Investigating allegations that some companies are failing their pension fund obligations. | ||
| 20100316 |
Around a third of all youngsters who have been abused are victims of other children and young people. Jackie Long investigates what is done to help young abusers stop offending and asks why so many are slipping through the net. Jackie Long finds out what is being done to help young abusers stop offending. |