Episode list

For more than a century, our high streets have been key to our communities but now they face a multitude of challenges. Business journalist Adam Shaw investigates government plans to spend millions of pounds reviving town centres.

Leaked documents reveal how an impoverished country was corruptly exploited by its former ruling family. Richard Bilton follows the money trail back to the UK.

Richard Bilton asks how safe are 'smart' motorways, where the hard shoulder is turned into a live lane. He assesses the advice given to broken down drivers and learns about the roll-out of the technology.

In 2013, a change in planning laws meant companies could buy up and convert old office blocks into homes without planning permission. This programme meets some of those now housed in such blocks by local councils.

Ellie Flynn talks to the family of Callie Lewis, who killed herself while in the care of the NHS, and uncovers the extent of the service's failure to provide adequate mental health care.

Amazon has risen to become one of the most powerful companies in the world. The technology it is developing has the power to shape our future but is it a force for good or is there a dark side to its power?

Mark Daly investigates fresh allegations made against Alberto Salazar, the man who coached Mohamed Farah to Olympic glory.

Large numbers of people in the UK fall victim to scams each year, many are run from criminal call centres in India. Rajini Vaidyanathan tracks down the man behind one such centre and some of the victims.

The Department for Work and Pensions is meant to help disabled people get back into work. But the DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain.

Across Britain bus use has plummeted in recent years. Outside London thousands of routes have been cut and bus pass use is down. The prime minister has pledged billions to revitalise the bus network, but is it enough?

Jane Corbin looks at how Britain is coping with the Covid 19 crisis - and asks if the government has the right strategy to contain the virus.

Richard Bilton examines the financial impact of Covid-19, telling the story of the fight to save the UK's economy from an unprecedented threat.

More than one-and-a-half million people across the UK have been told they have to stay at home for at least 3 months because they are most at risk from coronavirus. Richard Bilton hears from some of them.

Four weeks into the government lockdown to save lives and protect the NHS, Jane Corbin reports from the frontline to tell the inside story of a Coventry hospital coping with Covid-19.

Has the government let down the health workers leading the fight against the coronavirus? Reporter Richard Bilton investigates the delays and mistakes that may have put the lives of NHS staff at risk.

Justin Rowlatt reports from the scientific frontline, finding out how science can help us defeat the virus. With access to key drug and vaccine trials, he reveals a race against time to help save lives.

A look at how Britain's economy has been radically altered by the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown. While some businesses are struggling to stay afloat others face unprecedented demand for their services.

An investigation into conditions inside migrant camps in Greece during the Covid-19 lockdown, as experts warn of the potential for dangerous outbreaks inside the camps.

Hilary Andersson reports from New York City, meeting doctors, health workers and community activists, she asks why more than 16,000 people have died during the Coronavirus pandemic in a city with some of the best health care in the world.

A report on what could be Britain's largest ever miscarriage of justice - the scandal surrounding the Post Office's Horizon computer system and evidence of a cover-up at the Post Office.

Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie asks if this event could change race relations in America for good.

An investigation into the global network of neo-Nazis and how they are recruiting and radicalising people in the UK, such as the 16-year-old who became the youngest person in Britain to be charged with planning a terrorist attack.

Richard Bilton investigates the rapid expansion of our Covid-19 testing capacity and asks whether we have got the world-beating service the prime minister promised.

Deborah James, who herself has incurable bowel cancer, investigates fears that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a crisis in cancer care that could mean many thousands more will die.

Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit to find out.

The city of Salford lifts the lockdown and tries to get its community back to work. But with the local council approaching bankruptcy, can services be sustained?

Dr Faye Kirkland investigates the scientific advice the government followed in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic and asks if they were taking a gamble with people's lives.

Did China hide crucial information about Covid-19? BBC China Editor Carrie Gracie investigates how it delayed reporting the initial outbreak, evidence that it could be spread to humans and how doctors who spoke out were silenced.

Were care homes abandoned to battle Covid-19 alone? Over several months, cameras were allowed into two very different care homes, revealing the dedication of staff, frustration of managers and heartache as more and more lives were lost.

Stacey visits Bradford Royal Infirmary to find out how the pandemic is transforming the way mothers, midwives and doctors deal with pregnancy and birth.

The way we eat is changing - and the way we shop for our food is too. Tom Heap investigates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Britain's biggest manufacturing sector, food.

Victoria Derbyshire investigates what the coronavirus lockdown has meant for those trapped with an abusive partner, and meets some of those who have managed to escape.

Reporter Darragh MacIntyre meets with the families of British people who have been arbitrarily detained in Iran and asks whether the payment of a historic debt could set them free.

As most children in England return to their classrooms, reporter Sean Dilley investigates the system for supporting young people with special educational needs.

An investigation into one of the world's most brutal trades, the buying and selling of human organs. Meeting the African migrants who have been exploited for their body parts by criminal gangs and pursing those behind the exploitation.

Leaked reports expose how banks have failed to tackle crime. Richard Bilton exposes the double life of the man who funded the Brexit Party, secret deals at the top of football and business deals billionaires don't want you to know about.

Whistleblowers working inside the government's new coronavirus tracking system reveal chaos, technical problems, confusion and wasted resources and a system that does not appear to them to be working.

Thirty-four people died in Australia last year as the worst bush fires in living memory swept across the country. As this year's fire season gets underway, Clive Myrie asks if these levels of destruction are to become normal.

Rianna Croxford examines the evidence surrounding the death of the transport worker who was reported to have died of Covid-19 after a passenger at Victoria Station coughed and spat on her.

Colin Jackson investigates the hidden extent of eating disorders in British sport and asks what the authorities should be doing to tackle the problem.

Kash Jones investigates the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people, meeting young adults trying to deal with the long-term impact on their education, job prospects and mental health.

Tina Daheley investigates whether TikTok, the social media sensation of lockdown, is safe for the millions of young people who have signed up to use it.

Jane Corbin visits Liverpool to find out how people are coping with tier three coronavirus restrictions to find out whether people have complied with the rules, if the restrictions are starting to work and what the future now holds.

Joe Biden has won the battle for the White House. Reporter Hilary Andersson meets the Trump supporters who believe the election was stolen and asks whether they will ever accept their new president.

The extraordinary story of one family's journey from a small town in America to the heart of the Islamic State group and back.

Datshiane Navanayagam investigates the government's shared-ownership scheme, designed to get more people on the property ladder, but leaving some with escalating costs and huge debts.

Richard Bilton looks at some of the businesses fighting to survive in a global pandemic and sees the pressure on the people trying to save jobs and livelihoods.

Justin Rowlatt visits communities around Britain battered by this year's extreme weather - unprecedented rainfall, sunshine and sustained high temperatures - to find out how they have coped.

The inside story of the development of the Oxford vaccine against Covid-19. Fergus Walsh scrutinises the data that has come out of the trials, and examines the vaccination's efficacy and safety.