Spotlight

Season 2018

TV-G
BBC Northern Ireland weekly current affairs programme.

Where to Watch Season 2018

12 Episodes

  • Tien's Story
    E1
    Tien's StoryChris Moore reports on the story of a Vietnamese man who says he spent almost half his life as a modern slave in Britain, the Irish Republic and most recently in Northern Ireland.
  • 11/09/2018
    E2
    11/09/2018Noel Thompson presents this specially extended programme, as consultation on legacy proposals enters its final weeks. With interviews from serving chief constable George Hamilton and former chief constable Sir Hugh Orde, as well as studio reaction from victims' representatives and politicians.
  • Máiría Cahill: The Ombudsman's Report
    E3
    Máiría Cahill: The Ombudsman's ReportJennifer O'Leary speaks to Máiría Cahill about the Police Ombudsman's report into the PSNI's handling of her abuse allegations.
  • The Dirty Dozen
    E4
    The Dirty DozenHard-hitting investigations. Spotlight goes undercover to investigate what is being done about diesel emissions in Northern Ireland.
  • Adoption of Guilt
    E5
    Adoption of GuiltPeter Coulter meets a woman who was sexually abused as a child by her adoptive father and asks why he was not prosecuted for over three decades.
  • All On The Line
    E6
    All On The LineStormont is on ice and now a make-or-break Brexit summit in Brussels is looming where the border could scupper a deal. Jim Fitzpatrick asks if 'no deal' could put politics into deep freeze and mean the return of a hard border.
  • Spotlight Special
    E7
    Spotlight SpecialNoel Thompson chairs as a studio audience puts topical questions to a panel of decision makers. Panellists include former Downing Street spokesperson Matthew O'Toole, Labour TD Joan Burton, Guido Fawkes news editor Hugh Bennett, DUP MLA Christopher Stalford and Sinn Fein MP Chris Hazzard.
  • RHI: Feeling the Heat
    E8
    RHI: Feeling the HeatThe RHI Inquiry has placed politicians and civil servants in Northern Ireland under scrutiny like never before. Conor Spackman reports.
  • Brexit: Cards on the Table
    E9
    Brexit: Cards on the TableWill Theresa May survive her Brexit deal? As the politics are played out at Westminster, Jim Fitzpatrick goes on the road to ask what happens next and what it means for Northern Ireland
  • 27/11/2018
    E10
    27/11/2018Datshiane Navanayagam reveals a risky money-making scheme in which the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has been targeted through one of its own.
  • The Roma in Belfast
    E11
    The Roma in BelfastPeter Coulter investigates claims that leaders of the Roma community in Belfast have been exploiting their own people, and travels to Romania to see their lavish houses complete with gold-coloured gates.
  • Paisley in Paradise
    E12
    Paisley in ParadiseSpotlight travels to the Indian Ocean to investigate another luxury holiday taken by the North Antrim MP Ian Paisley. Lyndsey Telford reports.

 

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