Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 02 | 20070201 | BBC Radio 4's new documentary series that gets inside the stories that matter to people and is not afraid to challenge. 2/3. Simon Cox investigates the new contract the Government gave to Britain's GPs. At a stroke it gave doctors an enormous pay rise, killed off the Saturday surgery and led to Primary Care Trusts having to fly in foreign doctors to provide 'out of hours' coverage. But was this deal a good one for Britain's taxpayers? It was certainly a good one for GPs who now earn on average over £100,000 per year and work fewer hours. Investigative series, looking at the consequences of the Government' new contract for GPs. | |
| 01 | 03 | Heroin On The Nhs | 20070208 | Simon Cox visits Ipswich, scene of the murders of five young women who were addicted to heroin or crack cocaine and who worked as street prostitutes to feed their habits. He asks whether some of these women might still be alive today if prescription heroin had been more widely available - or does heroin on the NHS risk destroying more lives? Should heroin be made available on NHS prescription? Simon Cox investigates. |
| 03 | 01 | The Truth About Obesity | 20071122 | Simon Cox searches for the facts about the obesity epidemic. |
| 03 | 02 | The Sick Man Of Europe | 20071129 | Simon Cox asks why cancer survival rates in the UK remain the worst in Western Europe. |
| 03 | 03 | 20071206 | Simon Cox investigates an apparently strange case of European Commission funding. | |
| 03 | 04 | 20071213 | Simon Cox explores the sources of the flood of spam emails which beset every office worker | |
| 04 | 01 | 20080327 | Simon Cox searches for the facts about Polish workers in the UK. | |
| 04 | 02 | 20080403 | Simon Cox investigates statins, promoted as the wonder drugs for heart disease. | |
| 04 | 03 | 20080410 | Simon Cox investigates the drug problem in our prisons. | |
| 04 | 04 | 20080417 | Simon Cox examines the background to the case of the Haut de la Garenne Jersey care home. | |
| 05 | 01 | 20080814 | Simon Cox asks why the price of oil has doubled in a year and who has been cashing in. | |
| 05 | 02 | 20080821 | Simon Cox investigates the truth behind obesity pills. | |
| 05 | 03 | 20080828 | Simon Cox investigates teenage knife crime. | |
| 05 | 04 | 20080904 | Simon Cox investigates the dash for renewable energy. | |
| 06 | 01 | 20090115 | Simon Cox investigates the UN's principal human rights body, the Human Rights Council. | |
| 06 | 02 | 20090122 | Simon Cox investigates how local authorities react when people ask to have their children taken away. While attention might normally focus on social services failing to protect children from abusive parents, he talks to some parents who, conversely, say that they cannot cope or do not want the responsibility. How do local authorities react when people ask to have their children taken away? | |
| 06 | 03 | 20090129 | Simon Cox investigates modern-day piracy. He talks to some of those involved, reveals the extent of the British connection to the modern kidnap and ransom business and discovers that, far from its popular recent associations with the Somali coast, much of the negotiations to free seized ships actually take place in the world's maritime law capital, London. | |
| 06 | 04 | 20090205 | Simon Cox investigates the dangers, and possible merits, of incinerating waste. |