Investigative journalist Samantha Poling takes a journey into the controversial world of live animal exports. She uncovers some shocking truths about what happens to the male calves the Scottish dairy industry has no use for. And she goes on the trail of a live cattle shipment across Europe to see for herself the long journeys they endure.
More and more patients are enduring long waits for operations and treatment on the NHS. Some Scottish government waiting time targets have never been met. Lisa Summers meets the people behind the statistics, struggling as they wait for joint replacements, counselling and cancer treatment. The programme investigates why waiting-time targets are missed and asks whether it is time to do away with them altogether.
Three decades on from the UK's worst terrorist atrocity, residents of Lockerbie reveal untold stories of how they have been affected by the downing of Pan Am flight 103. Piecing together rare archive with personal testimony of those who were there on the night and in the months after, the film charts how the quiet Dumfriesshire market town has been forever changed.
The death of Sheku Bayoh following his arrest in Fife three years ago remains one of the most controversial moments in Police Scotland's short history. Following the decision not to prosecute the officers who restrained him, Mr Bayoh's family claim there has been a cover-up, and say they have been denied justice. Mark Daly investigates the circumstances surrounding the death, using previously unseen material. The film poses fresh questions about the police response and asks if racism could have played a part.
What's behind Scotland's rising toll of drugs deaths? Reporter Chris Clements pieces together heartbreaking stories from one rural community where lives have been devastated by the growing abuse of prescription pills. The investigation reveals an illicit online trade in pills driven by social media.
Reporter Mark Daly investigates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on our care homes. With more than 2,000 deaths in homes linked to Covid-19 since the start of the outbreak, the Disclosure team examines what was done to protect the elderly and asks whether the right decisions were made at the right time to look after care staff and residents. Apart from candid interviews with some of those most affected by the virus, Disclosure also hears calls for a radical rethink of social care.
In an investigation into the spread of Covid-19 on Scotland’s college and university campuses, Chris Clements asks whether profit was put before safety when students were allowed back to halls of residence during the pandemic. What lessons can be learned from the rapid spread of the infection? And is enough being done now to protect students’ health and their education?
Thousands of Scots have lost their jobs in the pandemic. As businesses struggle to survive under ongoing restrictions, Myles Bonnar investigates the far-reaching impact on the people left behind. He meets those without work or financial support and asks whether more should have been done to help those falling through the gaps. Fifty years ago, a crush on stairway 13 at Ibrox football stadium resulted in the deaths of 66 Rangers supporters. One of the biggest peacetime disasters in modern Scotland, it left a further 145 injured. Andrew Picken investigates how it happened and speaks to survivors and those who lost loved ones about the day and the shadow it has cast on their lives. subs
No women of colour have ever been elected to Scotland’s parliament in its 22-year-history. It was designed to be modern and inclusive and to represent all Scots, so what’s holding back black, Asian and minority ethnic women from becoming MSPs? As campaigning for the Holyrood election gets underway, Disclosure hears from five women hoping to break the mould of Scottish politics.
Scotland is in the grip of a crisis of addiction, homelessness and poverty – a country where the poorest can expect to die around a decade younger than the most affluent. Disclosure goes behind the statistics to meet those living on the edge and battling to get help and support. In a unique collaboration, BBC Scotland joins with investigative website The Ferret to work with citizen journalists who themselves have experiences with addiction, and asks what can be done to bring people back in from the margins
Scotland often prides itself on being a welcoming, open and tolerant country when it comes to racism. Jean Johansson meets the men, women and children telling a different story. She revisits her own experiences growing up in Scotland in the 1980s and looks at what has changed in 2022, hearing some uncomfortable truths and shocking realities.
Peter Antonelli was jailed for eight years in December 2021 after a distinguished 40-year career in music education and amateur dramatics. Former pupils and staff describe how their warnings were ignored and he was allowed to continue to abuse for decades. The programme speaks to the survivors who finally brought him to justice and reveals current loopholes in the regulation of children’s performing arts in Scotland
An investigation into how the Post Office scandal ruined lives in Scotland. For more than a decade, Scottish prosecutors took dozens of former postmasters to court based on potentially flawed computer data. Reporter Mark Daly investigates how the Post Office and Scottish justice system got it so badly wrong in what’s been described as the widest miscarriage of justice in history. Daly meets Scots who were wrongly convicted, lost their livelihoods or were forced into confessing to crimes despite not stealing a penny; while the Post Office, a trusted and treasured national institution, covered up the truth.
A three-year investigation by Disclosure uncovers allegations of modern slavery aboard UK fishing vessels. Reporter Chris Clements hears the stories of migrant workers who came to these shores in search of a better life, only to find hardship and misery. And he explores a world-wide web of exploitation which puts profit before people.
Katie McEvinney goes undercover to find nicotine pouches being marketed in a similar fashion to sweets.