An investigation into the unregulated world of the funeral industry, with some shocking undercover footage
Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas conducts an investigation into allegations that Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused vulnerable teenage girls.
The Bribery Act bans British business from buying its way into overseas contracts. Exposure investigates what has happened since the law changed.
The programme goes undercover on Grimsby's Nunsthorpe Estate, documenting the lives of those who feel driven out by anti-social behaviour.
The story of Banaz Mahmod, who was 19-years-old when she became the victim of a so-called honour killing ordered by her own family. The programme features footage from a police interview with Banaz, who says she is being followed by members of the Kurdish community from which she originates, having walked out on an abusive forced marriage and pursued a relationship with another man
Mark Williams-Thomas revisits his investigation into the disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile, which dominated the news agenda in the weeks after it was broadcast. Set against a backdrop of the criminal and institutional investigations which had been launched in the intervening seven weeks, this programmes hears testimony from more alleged victims and explores how Savile ingratiated himself with politicians and royalty.[15] It also considers the question of how Savile was able to gain widespread access and power within NHS instiutions, in spite of being unqualified for any of the roles which he purportedly fulfilled there
Mark Williams-Thomas investigates new concerns over British paedophiles in Cambodia.
UK imams agree to perform underage marriages.
Conor Woodman investigates the shift in the UK cannabis industry from commercial to home-grown production and reveals how this move towards small domestic units can result in growers encountering the kind of violent criminals whom they had tried to avoid by growing their own supply. The programme explores the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK and shows how major dealers are generating their profits by operating multiple small-scale sites
An undercover investigation into the recruiting practices, administration and facilities at the Academy de London and London School of Business and Finance
An investigation into the effectiveness of the UK's cancer screening programme, exploring how some testing regimes have better early diagnosis and detection rates than others.
An investigation uncovers pressures, abuse and violence - as well as locked fire doors and lies about health and safety - behind the closed doors of Dhaka's sweatshops. Presented by Laura Kuenssberg, who had provided extensive coverage in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory disaster in April 2013 as ITV News Business Editor. This programme was broadcast shortly after Kuenssberg had departed ITN to rejoin the BBC,[20] but she made appearances on ITV News bulletins throughout the day, trailing the edition. It was the first standalone edition in what had been billed as an eight-episode run when the series returned in autumn 2013.
Mark Williams-Thomas investigates how privileges for foreign diplomats based in the UK are open to abuse. Issues explored include diplomatic immunity and the protected status of the so-called 'diplomatic bag' for moving items into and out of the country. The programme centres around a sting on a member of the Nigerian High Commission, who claims he can smuggle stolen goods out of the UK, but is later revealed not to have diplomatic status.
A look into how thousands of dangerous drivers are on Britain's roads illegally, having never passed their driving test and using licences obtained by fraud.
Exploring the issue of forced adoption and considering whether the power is being used too readily in the wake of several high-profile child protection scandals. Narrated by ITV News presenter Nina Hossain.
Exposure: Britains Secret Slaves “It was like a hell. She treat me as a slave. Not like a human being, I was treated like an animal. It was hard. But I stayed for my son.” - Elizabeth, domestic worker Exposure delves into the world of modern slavery - and finds it alive and well in some of London’s most exclusive streets. Featuring testimony from women who are forced to work up to 18 hours a day, seven days a week for as little as 50 pence an hour, this programme provides a close insight into the conditions of domestic workers brought into the country by their wealthy foreign employers. Reporter Julie Etchingham finds that many of the women report physical and psychological abuse, despite the fact they are meant to be protected by British law while working here. Because of recent changes in visa laws, the women have no legal status if they leave the families who employ them. The programme discovers how those who escape from abusive employers are exploited by criminals who draw them into a murky underworld of fake pas
Documentary revealing the inside story of how the SAS and US special forces targeted and captured or killed insurgents during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Exposure reveals stories of racism, religious bigotry, and extreme political activity within some of Britain's 160,000 registered charities. Presented by Mark Austin.
Ranvir Singh investigates the impact of drinking alcohol in pregnancy, addresses confusion over the correct guidelines and meets with sufferers of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
The show finds out about modern slavery and discovers that it alive and happening in some of London’s most exclusive streets.
The show takes a look at a special operations command that targeted, captured and killed insurgents during the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
The show features an undercover investigation lasting almost a year into three different different registered charities.
Ranvir Singh takes a look at the impact of drinking alcohol whilst pregnant as one in 100 babies are born in Britain each year brain-damaged suffering with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
The show offers an insight into why some young Muslims become involved in extremism and go abroad to fight holy wars.
A visa that will let you live and work in Britain indefinitely is worth a lot of money to a lot of people around the world - and, as a result, the sham marriage industry is booming. Exposure sent an undercover reporter to find out more about the thriving industry. From alleged fixers offering a young women as a fake bride for £10,000, to talk of fake passports and a clandestine meeting with an underground "Mr Big", we see a system failing to keep up.
Mark Austin introduces footage from a privately run NHS out-of-hours centre, exposing a range of staffing and supply issues. How much risk could these shortfalls pose to patients?
"Because of Government policy, schools… are almost invited to manipulate controlled assessment marks in order for them to hit their targets, and if they hit targets they get money.” - Former chief examiner John Neild This new documentary in the Exposure current affairs strand investigates allegations of exam malpractice by some teachers and schools. Reporter Julie Etchingham hears concerns that increasing pressure on schools has resulted in the establishments dishonestly ramping up marks in order to push them up the league tables and get more money from the Government. Critics say that this ‘money-for-marks’ culture is piling on pressure to achieve unrealistic results - either by teachers over-marking or getting students to sit the same test again and again until the desired outcome is achieved. One former inspector says he has seen teachers and teaching assistants finishing coursework on behalf of students. And experts say the combination of league tables, Ofsted inspections, and financial penalties applied to schools which are not seen to be doing well have led to a change in teachers’ mindsets, leading them to focus on results over quality of education.
Access to an underground network of young activists helps to reveal the hidden reality of life in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's strictest and most secretive regimes. Footage sheds light on largely unseen corners of life in the Kingdom, focusing on prisons in chaos, poverty on the streets and the religious police enforcing fundamentalism. Combining shocking undercover footage and heartbreaking personal stories with interviews from senior British and American figures, the film asks whether it is time to reassess our relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Exposure talks to those who have kept their childhood sexual abuse by someone trusted in their family circle a secret for decades. Among them are two women who talk of being groomed and abused by the late MP and broadcaster Sir Clement Freud. Presented by Julie Etchingham.
"I remember saying to my mum, ‘I don't think I believe in God any more,' And her saying, ‘You can't tell anybody else because they'll kill you, we are obliged to kill ex-Muslims,' and that it would put me at extreme risk if anybody else was to find out, so that conversation ended there." - Sadia, a former Muslim This new documentary in the Exposure current affairs strand investigates the lives of ex-Muslims, who face extreme discrimination, ostracism, psychological abuse and violence as a result of leaving Islam. Featuring contributions from British and Bangladeshi ex-Muslims, Islam's Non-Believers paints a vivid picture of the dangers facing those who renounce their faith. Some are at risk of suicide, or self-harm, or have been physically and psychologically abused by their closest family members. Most are terrified of being shunned by their own family and friends if their true beliefs become known. Made by award-winning film-maker Deeyah Khan, who also directed the acclaimed Jihad - A British Story and Banaz: An Honour Killing for ITV, the programme finds that many young British ex-Muslims live in the shadows hiding their true beliefs, running huge risks if they ‘come out' as atheists within their religious communities. Some of those who speak in the programme have asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals. The film follows the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, a volunteer support group led by Iranian-born activist Maryam Namazie which supports ex-Muslims, often referred to as apostates or unbelievers, both in the UK and abroad. Maryam says: "They see us as people who are troublemakers, deviants, apostates and blasphemers… There is nothing, nothing more intolerant than religion." One ex-Muslim, Sadia, talks about her brother Razaa, who killed himself. She says it was partly because he felt sidelined and misunderstood by his community all his life, one reason being his atheism. She says: "I feel like when you leave Islam, your intellige
In the 30 years after the Second World War, half a million women had a child adopted – most were babies born to unmarried mothers. This documentary special in the Exposure strand reveals the stories of some of the many thousands of women pressured by Church and State into giving up their babies for adoption. Decades later, women are breaking the silence to tell the truth about this injustice.
This new documentary in the Exposure current affairs strand goes undercover to investigate the troubled world of supported housing. Footage secretly filmed in hostels for vulnerable people around Britain finds filthy living conditions, and inadequate support for residents. Produced by Hardcash, who made the acclaimed Saudi Arabia Uncovered, Charities Behaving Badly and Banaz: An Honour Killing for ITV, this programme reveals troubling evidence of neglect, and the death of a former policeman in a homeless hostel.
Nearly three decades after the Hillsborough disaster, reporter Peter Marshall - who was there on the day 96 people died - examines new evidence behind some of the shocking headlines and stories that smeared the Liverpool fans in 1989. In a special edition, this documentary in the Exposure strand also investigates concerns about how survivors, witnesses and their testimony were treated.
At a time when hate crime is on the rise, ITV's Exposure looks into the resurgence of the far right in Britain. Undercover reporters investigate the huge presence many of these groups have developed online. They also look at their international connections, and uncover a varied and confident movement attracting more women and young people than ever before.
In this authored documentary for ITV's Exposure current affairs strand, Emmy Award-winning film-maker Deeyah Khan meets US neo-Nazis and white nationalists face to face and attends America's biggest and most violent far right rally in recent years. Khan, who has received death threats in the past after advocating diversity and multiculturalism, tries to get behind the violent ideology, to seek to understand the personal and political reasons behind the apparent resurgence of far right extremism in the US.
Exposure presents the results of a year-long undercover investigation into privately-run children's care homes, examining the standard of care provided and asking where the money is spent.
ITV's Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children's safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country's top boarding schools.
Investigative journalism programme. Why did Great Ormond Street Hospital's Gastroenterology Department stop taking new referrals?
In December 2016, HMP Birmingham became the scene of Britain’s worst prison riot for 25 years as staff lost control of four wings and up to 600 prisoners were let out of their cells. Featuring new interviews with senior figures in the justice system interwoven with footage taken by prisoners on illegal mobile phones, this programme investigates the state of our prisons and ask why the Birmingham riot happened. It shows how the riot unfolded using never previously broadcast recordings of radio messages made by staff during the disorder. Exposure has also obtained a copy of the official report into the Birmingham riot that the Government refuses to publish. With violence in prisons at record levels, this film contains an interview with and dramatic CCTV footage of a prison officer who was attacked in jail and thrown down stairs, ending his career.
Documentary following the stories of four women fighting for a modern, tolerant Iran, and standing up against the religious autocrats ruling the country.
With MPs poised to make the most momentous decision in recent British history, this new documentary in ITV's award-winning Exposure strand investigates the new, inflammatory, unregulated world of online political campaigning. Over the last 12 months, Exposure has had exclusive access to MPs and Lords who have experienced a barrage of menacing messages and even death threats on social media because of their views on Brexit, and searches for those who abuse and intimidate online. The programme also questions the impact that divisive and aggressive digital campaigning is having on our democracy.
Exposure goes undercover to reveal evidence of serious failures of care for teenage patients at a high dependency mental health unit.
The Chinese government's use of technology companies for state surveillance, creating a new form of governance to control its citizens that is being exported around the world
Documentary examining the sexual abuse of female victims of crime by police officers, who have used their positions of power to take advantage of the very women they have been sent to help. The programme talks to women who have been victims of predatory police officers, speaking out about their ordeals. Despite strict rules governing how officers deal with victims of crime, hundreds have been convicted or dismissed for sexual misconduct.
In Britain - the world's fifth largest economy - 14 million people are estimated to be living in poverty. This documentary follows three families struggling to feed their children.
In the 1970s, a new treatment for haemophilia known as Factor VIII was prescribed on the NHS. It infected more than 1,300 people with HIV and more than 4,000 people with Hepatitis C. As a public inquiry into the scandal reopens, this investigative feature-length documentary for ITV's Bafta-winning Exposure strand offers a window into a tragedy whose scale and impact has been relatively understated in Britain.
The BAFTA-winning Exposure strand follows the dramatic stories of three leading women activists who have decided to stay in Russia and take a stand against Vladimir Putin.
Filmed over three years, this is the extraordinary account of the journey British ISIS returnee Tareena Shakil took to ISIS-held territory, why she went and how she escaped.
In a film as part of the Exposure strand, journalist Marcel Theroux and Oscar-winning director Jon Blair reveal a dark side to this remote community in the south Atlantic. Shot over the course of three years, the documentary tells stories of suspected murder, a woman's quest for her lost son, and how a team of British detectives brought belated justice to a group of exiled and traumatised residents after a scandal that shook the island to its core.
After the Taliban's public promises of change, Ramita Navai goes undercover to powerfully exposes the reality of life for women under their rule.
In America, most female homicide victims are killed by their current or former partner, and one in four women experience domestic violence or abuse. The Bafta and Emmy-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan asks whether it is possible to reduce these endemic levels of male violence.
Facing up to 15 years' imprisonment for protesting or even using the word 'war', this film tells the inside story of defiant Russians who refuse to stay silent in the wake of Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Ahead of the FIFA World Cup, ITV's Exposure takes a look at the host nation of Qatar.
Shahida Tulaganova's documentary tells the story of the war told through the compelling testimonies of 10 Ukrainian children, aged mostly between 6 and 11. Many have spent months living in makeshift basements without access to regular food or water, running from bombs and sniper fire, while have endured incredible journeys fleeing to the west of the country, while others have remained in their homes listening to the sound of explosions all around.
Handa Majed reports on the November 2021 tragedy in the English Channel when 31 people died after the dinghy carrying them from France to England capsized. This film pieces together the journeys some passengers made and how the disaster unfolded, using testimony from victims' families and speaking in depth for the first time to one of the only two survivors.
An expose of the misogynistic culture that exists inside many UK police forces. Reporter Julie Etchingham meets former and serving female police officers who have been routinely sexualised, sidelined, and silenced when trying to speak out against male colleagues.
This timely documentary tells the definitive television story of the Tavistock Centre's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), from its creation to disbandment.
n this intimate documentary, viewers are taken on a five-year journey highlighting a woman’s remarkable determination to seek justice against the man who raped her. The individual in question stands accused of numerous assaults and rapes targeting women who sought employment at his escort agency in London.
Filmed in secret for over a year, this unflinching Exposure documentary reveals the extent of ongoing human rights abuses taking place in Iran while the world looks on.
The story of the search for justice and accountability after a mass grave was discovered last autumn in a forest outside the city of Izium in north-east Ukraine following six months of Russian occupation. This film for the Exposure strand interweaves haunting first-hand survivor accounts of the occupation with access to Ukrainian investigators and secret service agents hunting down the Russians they believe are responsible.
Explores the human cost of the current British law on assisted dying through the stories of five people who all want the right to die at a time of their choosing, as well as why some feel this is a choice they should never have. This film for the Exposure strand asks if there can be any answer that would satisfy both sides of the contentious assisted dying debate, or whether this delicate issue will remain unresolved in the UK for the foreseeable future.
