Spotlight - Season 8 / Year 2022

Spotlight - Season 8 / Year 2022

Season 8 / Year 2022

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Episodes14
DatesFeb 15, 2022 - Dec 20, 2022
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Spotlight Special: 15/02/2022
Year 2022Episode 160 min

Spotlight Special: 15/02/2022

Political discussion. With DUP's Christopher Stalford, Sinn Fein's Chris Hazzard, Tory MP Simon Hoare, commentator Felicity Huston and business representative Aodhán Connolly.

Feb 15, 2022
Unsolved: The Murder of Martin O'Hagan
Year 2022Episode 230 min

Unsolved: The Murder of Martin O'Hagan

Journalist Martin O'Hagan was murdered in 2001. His killers have never been caught. Stephen Dempster investigates allegations that security force informers were involved and are being protected.

Mar 1, 2022
Waste: The Burning Question
Year 2022Episode 330 min

Waste: The Burning Question

Conor Spackman investigates controversial plans to build a waste incinerator near north Belfast. Backers say it is a greener way to get rid of waste and will help ease energy concerns. Opponents says it is expensive and not needed.

Mar 8, 2022
Survivors' Voices
Year 2022Episode 430 min

Survivors' Voices

In public, David Tweed was well known as an Ulster and Ireland rugby star turned politician. But in private, his children and ex-wife say he was an abuser. In their first televised interview as a family, they tell Lyndsey Telford that they suffered years of years of physical and sexual abuse.

Mar 15, 2022
War: Inside the Refugee Crisis
Year 2022Episode 530 min

War: Inside the Refugee Crisis

Millions are fleeing the war in Ukraine, creating one of the biggest refugee crises in recent history. Jennifer O'Leary travels to the Polish border alongside aid workers from Northern Ireland and meets some of those hoping to escape to the UK.

Mar 22, 2022
The Babymaker Uncovered
Year 2022Episode 630 min

The Babymaker Uncovered

Jennifer O'Leary exposes the practices of a clinic claiming to give desperate fertility patients a much greater chance of getting pregnant, and charging thousands of pounds for drugs and treatments.

Mar 29, 2022
Police, WhatsApp & Whistleblowers
Year 2022Episode 730 min

Police, WhatsApp & Whistleblowers

Two Police Service of Northern Ireland whistleblowers speak publicly for the first time about serious allegations of misconduct and negligence in one of the largest police districts in Northern Ireland. Mandy McAuley reports.

May 31, 2022
From Russia with Blood
Year 2022Episode 830 min

From Russia with Blood

Are we funding and enabling Putin's war in Ukraine through energy contracts and legal loopholes for dirty money? Spotlight investigates. Jim Fitzpatrick follows the money trail of one of the most notorious Kremlin-linked crimes from Moscow to the UK, Ireland and beyond.

Jun 7, 2022
Charles's Kingdom
Year 2022Episode 930 min

Charles's Kingdom

Mark Devenport, the former BBC NI political editor and Ireland correspondent, scrutinises the United Kingdom of Charles III. The new king inherits a realm that held together in his mother's reign, despite being rocked by independence movements, powerful social change and even violent insurrection in Northern Ireland. Can the kingdom survive today's pressures on the constitution and the crown?

Sep 27, 2022
Exposed: Hunting With Dogs - Spotlight
Year 2022Episode 1030 min

Exposed: Hunting With Dogs - Spotlight

Hunting with dogs comes under scrutiny. Conor Spackman investigates the hunters who use dogs to track and kill wild animals, exposing some of those at the heart of the hunting networks and the online groups used to share their secrets.

Oct 4, 2022
My Mother's Care
Year 2022Episode 1130 min

My Mother's Care

What happened when families, who noticed strange behaviour around the treatment of elderly dementia patients in a care home, started to ask questions? Stephen Dempster investigates their shocking allegations.

Oct 11, 2022
Undercover Door to Door: Who's Getting Rich?
Year 2022Episode 1230 min

Undercover Door to Door: Who's Getting Rich?

An undercover investigation reveals a Belfast marketing company is just one in a network of identical companies across the UK accused of exploiting workers, as Lyndsey Telford uncovers allegations of cult-like practices in the workplace.

Dec 6, 2022
Loan Sharks and Paramilitaries
Year 2022Episode 1330 min

Loan Sharks and Paramilitaries

Mandy McAuley investigates paramilitary links to illegal money lending in Northern Ireland, and the impact on vulnerable people during a cost of living crisis. She speaks to the victims and asks what the authorities have done to crack down on this crime.

Dec 13, 2022
Inside A&E
Year 2022Episode 1430 min

Inside A&E

The NHS used to experience winter pressure. Now staff say it's just pressure – a growing backlog of patients who need admission to hospital, and not enough beds to put them in. Conor Spackman visits an Emergency Department, where sick people are spending hours on trolleys, to learn about what's delaying treatment.

Dec 20, 2022

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