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Season 1

  • S01E01 Harmed by My Surgeon

    • September 3, 2018
    • BBC One Scotland

    Lucy Adams reports on a Tayside NHS surgeon who stands accused of harming dozens of his patients.

  • S01E02 The Dark Side of Dairy

    • September 10, 2018
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S01E03 Suffer the Children

    • September 17, 2018
    • BBC One Scotland

    Mark Daly investigates allegations of sexual and physical abuse across four decades at a Christian children's home in Argyll.

  • S01E04 Life on the NHS List

    • December 3, 2018
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S01E05 The Lockerbie Legacy

    • December 13, 2018
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S01E06 Dead in Police Custody

    • December 17, 2018
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S01E07 These Pills May Kill You

    • February 25, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S01E08 Who Killed Emma?

    • February 27, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    Samantha Poling investigates the high-profile unsolved murder of Emma Caldwell, who was found strangled 14 years ago in remote Scottish countryside.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Can Cannabis Save My Child?

    • June 12, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    Follows two Scottish mums smuggling prescription cannabis into the country to give to their seriously ill sons.

  • S02E02 Under the Skin

    • June 17, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    Fiona Stalker travels around Scotland to investigate the spread of Lyme disease. One tiny tick under the skin can cause chronic illness but GPs are often slow to diagnose and to give treatment.

  • S02E03 The Seduction Game

    • October 7, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    Game is a multi-million pound global industry selling men pick-up techniques to get women from the street into bed as quickly as possible. Myles Bonnar goes undercover at a seduction ‘bootcamp'.

  • S02E04 The Great Equal Pay Scandal

    • October 14, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    It’s been the longest and most expensive equal pay battle in the country. The headlines would have you believe that the women won. Reporter Samantha Poling discovers that is far from the case.

  • S02E05 The Lost Boys

    • October 23, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    Suicide in Scotland is at a five-year high. Reporter Chris Clements returns to his home town of Wishaw to ask why young men there are killing themselves.

  • S02E06 When Cosmetic Surgery Goes Wrong

    • October 28, 2019
    • BBC One Scotland

    With growing numbers opting for cosmetic surgery through high street clinics, what happens when things go wrong?

  • S02E07 A Deadly Trade

    • March 16, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Investigation into allegations that the North Sea oil industry is complicit in exploiting workers in India.

  • S02E08 A Question of Consent

    • March 23, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Investigation into the rise in so-called 'rough sex'. As our understanding of consent is blurred by ever more violent porn, the results can sometimes be fatal.

  • S02E09 Pandemic Frontline

    • April 27, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Following workers on the frontline as they care for Scotland's sick and vulnerable, while trying to keep themselves safe. Samantha Poling investigates how well protected health and social care workers are and meets the people who've been forgotten in this crisis.

  • S02E10 Scotland's Lockdown

    • May 11, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Investigation into government handling of the Covid 19 pandemic. Reporter Mark Daly investigates the decisions made and asks whether Scotland could or should have locked down sooner. Disclosure speaks to scientists desperate to keep us safe and meets the families hardest hit by the virus.

  • S02E11 Secrets of Scotland's Superhospital

    • June 24, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Lisa Summers examines claims that design flaws at Glasgow’s state-of-the-art hospital have helped cause infection to spread there. Are NHS staff being let down and patients being put at risk?

  • S02E12 The Care Home Scandal

    • July 28, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S02E13 Scotland's Covid Capital

    • August 17, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Investigating the impact of the pandemic on Scotland's hardest hit area, Inverclyde. Sam Poling explores why this part of the west of Scotland has had the highest rate of virus deaths in the country.

  • S02E14 Locked Down and Shut Out

    • August 24, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Investigation into life for people with disabilities in the pandemic and the challenges they face as lockdown eases.

  • S02E15 Covid on Campus

    • October 19, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    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?

Season 3

  • S03E01 Stairway 13

    • December 28, 2020
    • BBC One Scotland

    Documentary investigating one of the biggest peacetime disasters in modern Scotland.

  • S03E02 The Price of the Pandemic

    • February 1, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    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

  • S03E03 Breaking the Mould

    • March 22, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S03E04 How You Can Stop Climate Change

    • March 29, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    How You Can Stop Climate Change. What Scots really think about the change to the climate

Season 4

  • S04E01 Desperately Seeking Asylum

    • June 15, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    Sam Poling meets men and women who fled to Scotland to escape danger.

  • S04E02 Am I Safe on Campus?

    • July 12, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    Following complaints of sexual violence on campus, is this Scotland’s #MeToo moment?

  • S04E03 On a Cliff Edge

    • September 20, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    Young disabled people want better support from social care, health and employment services

  • S04E04 Priced Out

    • September 27, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    Chris Clements investigates what has been called a housing emergency, with many young and less affluent people priced out of whole parts of the country

  • S04E05 Who’s Watching the Kids?

    • October 4, 2021
    • BBC One Scotland

    Social media companies collect huge amounts of personal data from children in order to target content at them. How is this affecting their lives?

  • S04E06 The Truth about BrewDog

    • January 24, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    Just how ‘punk’ is BrewDog? Reporter Mark Daly investigates the truth behind the beer company’s marketing and financial hype, and he hears disturbing claims about BrewDog’s corporate culture.

  • S04E07 Dirty Business

    • January 31, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    What’s behind the growing mountain of illegally dumped waste that’s blighting Scotland? Samantha Poling reveals how organised crime gangs are making millions while the environment is trashed.

Season 5

  • S05E01 From the Margins

    • March 28, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    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

  • S05E02 The Truth About Scotland and Racism

    • April 4, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S05E03 Abused By My Teacher

    • April 11, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    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

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x1 Should I Tell You I'm Trans?

    • May 23, 2022
    • BBC Scotland

    Jax Sinclair has found coming out as a young trans person tricky to navigate. Jax asks other young trans people whether to tell someone you’re trans before you get intimate.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x2 Am I Scott(ish)?

    • May 30, 2022
    • BBC Scotland

    Donald Matheson explores what it means to grow up both black and white in Scotland.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x3 Should I Delete Instagram?

    • May 16, 2022
    • BBC Scotland

    Ellis Horne meets young people who feel their mental health has been negatively impacted by constant exposure to the perfect lives of others on Instagram.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x9 Do I have ADHD?

    • July 20, 2022
    • BBC iPlayer

    Kirsty Craib believes she has ADHD and has spent the last eight years trying to get assessed, without success.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x12 Is My Flat Safe?

    • July 20, 2022
    • BBC iPlayer

    Kim Drummond investigates the poor living conditions which some tenants say are making them sick.

  • S05E04 Locked in the Hospital

    • August 15, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    Reporter Lucy Adams investigates why four young men have been locked in secure hospitals for years. She meets the families struggling to get their loved ones home.

  • S05E05 The Great Ferries Scandal

    • September 27, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    Mark Daly reveals the inside story of the ferry fiasco which has gripped Scotland.

  • S05E06 The Abortion Front Line

    • September 28, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    Should anti-abortion activists be prevented from making their presence felt outside sexual health clinics? Lynsey Bews investigates the battle taking place on Scotland’s abortion front line.

  • S05E07 Electric Cars: Ready for the Charge?

    • November 2, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    Electric cars are key to winning the fight against climate change. By 2030, there will be up to a million of them on Scotland’s roads - but can the current infrastructure cope with the demand?

  • S05E08 How did Sheku Bayoh Die?

    • November 21, 2022
    • BBC One Scotland

    Reporter Mark Daly takes an in-depth look at why Sheku Bayoh died after being restrained by police officers in Fife in 2015.

Season 6

  • S06E01 The Dog Dealers

    • January 23, 2023
    • BBC One Scotland

    Reporter Sam Poling goes undercover to investigate the ruthless world of organised crime's latest commodity: dogs.

  • S06E02 Beneath the Magic Circle Affair

    • January 31, 2023
    • BBC One Scotland

    After a senior Scottish lawyer is convicted on historic child abuse charges, BBC Disclosure speaks to his victims and explores how he hid his crimes for decades.

  • S06E03 The Resignation of Nicola Sturgeon

    • February 20, 2023
    • BBC One Scotland

    Following the shock resignation of Scotland’s first minister, reporter Mark Daly examines what pressures led Nicola Sturgeon to stand down.

  • S06E04 Is the NHS There for Me?

    • March 6, 2023
    • BBC One Scotland

    Growing numbers of patients face long waits to access the care they need. NHS staff tell their stories from the frontline and explain why many medics are breaking down under the strain.

  • S06E05 Out on the Pitch

    • March 13, 2023
    • BBC One Scotland

    Zander Murray explores what is being done to tackle homophobia in football and Disclosure follows him as he discovers how the sport can be made more inclusive.

  • S06E06 The Debt Dealers

    • June 19, 2023
    • BBC One Scotland

    Reporter Samantha Poling lifts the lid on the multi-million pound trade in debt management and reveals the often unscrupulous tactics being used to target the vulnerable.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x10 Are My Antidepressants Worth It?

    • August 9, 2023
    • BBC iPlayer

    Anton Ferrie investigates the impact of antidepressants on the minds and bodies of the thousands of young people who take them.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x11 Should I Quit My Birth Control?

    • September 5, 2023
    • BBC iPlayer

    Katie McEvinney investigates the growing trend in social media influencers pushing women towards natural birth control methods.

  • S06E07 The Rent Trap

    • October 9, 2023
    • BBC One Scotland

    Ian Hamilton hears from those trapped in a rental market where demand outstrips supply. He finds tenants being forced to choose between massive rent increases or being evicted from their homes.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Getting Thin Quick

    • January 15, 2024
    • BBC One Scotland

    An undercover exposé of the weight loss profiteers who are risking lives by cashing in on our desperation to shed the pounds.

  • S07E02 Prisons on the Brink

    • February 5, 2024
    • BBC One Scotland

    With Scotland’s prisoner numbers approaching a record high, Lucy Adams investigates the impact of overcrowding, drugs and suicides on inmates and staff.

  • S07E03 Scotland's Post Office Scandal

    • February 7, 2024
    • BBC One 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.

  • S07E04 Surviving Domestic Abuse

    • March 11, 2024
    • BBC One Scotland

    Through home footage and candid testimony, seven women tell their stories of surviving domestic abuse.

  • S07E05 Dead Man Running

    • March 27, 2024
    • BBC One Scotland

    A missing man, a hunt across the US and the untold story of an eccentric Inverness street trader who became an international fugitive.

  • S07E06 Slavery at Sea

    • August 19, 2024
    • BBC One Scotland

    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.

  • S07E07 Losing Mum to Suicide

    • September 2, 2024
    • BBC One Scotland

    Why is it that women are most likely to take their own lives in their early 50s? Evie Kelsall goes on an emotional journey to understand her own mum’s suicide at the age of 53.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x5 My Death, My Choice?

    • September 11, 2024

    Should people have the right to choose when they die? Alex Lichtenauer explores the assisted dying debate and asks what impact legalisation would have in the UK.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x6 What if I Can't Read?

    • September 11, 2024

    Abbie Freeman struggled with dyslexia through her school years but is now meeting people like herself and asking what needs to change for young people who are struggling to read and write.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Matched with a Predator

    • January 20, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    What do you do when you think you’ve found the perfect guy online, but all isn’t as it seems? This episode exposes the crimes of prolific romance fraudster Christopher Harkins.

  • S08E02 Kids on the Psychiatric Ward

    • February 10, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    Young women tell their stories from years spent on an adolescent psychiatric ward - a place supposed to make them better, but which they say failed them and left them traumatised.

  • S08E03 Hunting the Whisky Bandits

    • March 27, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    Reporter Sam Poling goes undercover to investigate the shadowy world of scammers selling fraudulent investments in Scotland’s national drink.

  • S08E04 One More Fix

    • March 31, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    A radical new plan to help curb Scotland’s drugs crisis. Will a new centre where people can inject illegal drugs under medical supervision actually save lives?

  • S08E05 Where Will All My Rubbish Go?

    • June 16, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    Kevin Keane investigates how ready Scotland is to embrace a less environmentally damaging means of dealing with our rubbish.

  • S08E06 The Rapist in Our Town

    • June 25, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    Every small town has its secrets. This is the story of four women who are refusing to keep theirs, speaking publicly for the first time about the man they accuse of assaulting or raping them.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x7 Nicotine Pouches: What’s the Problem?

    • August 26, 2025
    • BBC Scotland

    Katie McEvinney goes undercover to find nicotine pouches being marketed in a similar fashion to sweets.

  • Webisodes and Shorts

    SPECIAL 0x8 Should We Hook Up?

    • August 26, 2025
    • BBC Scotland

    Jax Sinclair explores the darker side of hook-up culture. While apps like Grindr can help young gay men explore their sexuality, they can also have a negative impact on mental health.

  • S08E07 Care Home Undercover

    • September 22, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    Undercover exposé of a care home in crisis. Disclosure reveals the reality for some elderly residents at a large nursing home in the Highlands.

  • S08E08 How Safe Is My Baby?

    • October 28, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    Midwife whistleblowers reveal the reality inside one of the UK’s busiest maternity hospitals. We hear from the families across Scotland dealing with loss and fighting for answers.

  • S08E09 Has Anyone Seen Cole?

    • November 24, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    The heartbreaking search for answers after 19-year-old Cole Cooper vanished in May. Five weeks later, his body was discovered in woodland, his death ruled ‘unexplained’.

  • S08E10 Are Refugees Welcome Here?

    • December 1, 2025
    • BBC One Scotland

    As tensions over immigration rise, reporter Mark Daly meets people on both sides of an increasing divide.

Season 9

  • S09E01 Cashing in on Care

    • April 6, 2026
    • BBC One Scotland

    Disclosure investigates financial allegations against a private care home operator.

  • S09E02 Charmain & the Prophet (1)

    • April 13, 2026
    • BBC One Scotland

    A single mum from Scotland embarks on a whirlwind romance with a Ghanaian preacher. They quickly marry, and she becomes the first lady of his church. But lives are torn apart when tragedy strikes.

  • S09E03 Charmain & the Prophet (2)

    • April 20, 2026
    • BBC One Scotland

    Reporter Myles Bonnar travels to Ghana to look into Charmain's death. There, he interrogates the police investigation that was carried out at the time, and meets those who were at the scene as he searches for the truth about what happened in room 112.

  • S09E04 Charmain & the Prophet (3)

    • April 27, 2026
    • BBC One Scotland

    More than a decade on from her death, reporter Myles Bonnar runs the case by a veteran detective and investigates Eric Adusah's past, uncovering hidden truths. With so many questions about what happened to Charmain, he tracks the Prophet down in search of answers.