The Report

Last Edited: 11-Oct-2013 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Episodes broadcast on BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recordings are good unless otherwise indicated.

2009 2010 2011 2012

2009
Date
Episode
Title
Cast
Parameters
02-Apr-2009 1 Britons committing suicide in Switzerland
Simon Cox
produced by Mukhul Devichand
28:06, 26358, S
09-Apr-2009 2 impact of the latest Northern Ireland violence
Linda Pressly
produced by Samantha Vennick
27:54, 26159, S
16-Apr-2009 3 the catastrophic failures at Mid Staffordshire Hospital
Simon Cox
produced by Smita Patel
27:59, 26240, S
23-Apr-2009 4 The British National Party's prospects
Mukul Devichand
produced by Phil Kemp
27:56, 26194, S
30-Apr-2009 5 cyber-attacks on international networks
Ben Hammersley
produced by Bill Law
27:46, 26035, S
07-May-2009 6 how far the right to protest is being eroded
in Britain
Simon Cox
produced by Linda Pressly
27:46, 26040, S
14-May-2009 7 cases in which women were killed by their
partners
Sue Littlemore
produced by Sally Chesworth
28:01, 26274, S
21-May-2009
 
no programme
 
 
28-May-2009 8 how the system of MPs expenses was allowed
to get out of control
Simon Cox
produced by Phil Kemp and
Charlotte Pritchard
27:56, 26192, S
04-Jun-2009 9 the hijack and ransom of a Danish ship
Rob Walker
produced by Lucy Ash
27:55, 26181, S
11-Jun-2009 10 protecting sport from corruption
Simon Cox
produced by Paul Grant
28:16, 26514, S
25-Jun-2009 special recent events in Iran
John Simpson
produced by Daniel Tetlow
and Mukhul Devichand
27:40, 25939, S
16-Jul-2009 1 the UK's policy towards hostage-takers
Simon Cox
produced by Samantha Fenwick
27:36, 25882, S
23-Jul-2009 2 planned changes to the way social housing
is allocated
Phil Kemp
produced by Karen Kiernan
27:49, 26088, S
20-Jul-2009 3 a rise in organised dog fighting among young
British Asians
Amardeep Bassey
produced by Jenny Criss
27:48, 26065, S
06-Aug-2009 4 the swine flu story: the mass vaccination programme
Simon Cox
produced by Charmaine Cozier
27:50, 26095, S
13-Aug-2009 5 the new Vetting and Barring Scheme for
people working with children
Wesley Stephenson
produced by Phil Kemp
27:57, 26211, S
20-Aug-2009 6 whether Britain will ever develop a viable wind
energy industry
Simon Cox
produced by Mark Olden
27:54, 26170, S
27-Aug-2009 7 the illegal market in fertility drugs
Nadene Ghouri
produced by Karen Kiernan
27:43, 26000, S
03-Sep-2009 8 the latest ETA bombings in Mallorca
Linda Pressly
produced by Wesley Stephenson
27:52, 26130, S
10-Sep-2009 9 effect of the decison to release Lockerbie
bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi on trade
relations between Libya and the West
James Silver
produced by Samantha Fenwick
27:45, 26017, S
17-Sep-2009 10 Britain is a fractured society
Phil Mackie
produced by Sally Chesworth
27:38, 25918, S
24-Sep-2009 11 the US healthcare debate
Simon Cox
produced by Charmaine Cozier
27:39, 25929, S
01-Oct-2009 12 the mysterious disappearance of the
Russian-operated cargo ship The Arctic Sea
Sarah Rainsford
produced by Ben Crichton
27:43, 25987, S
08-Oct-2009 13 the strength of the RMT union
Simon Cox
produced by Charlotte Pritchard
27:49, 26083, S
15-Oct-2009 14 the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Rob Walker
produced by Charmaine Cozier
27:31, 25813, S
19-Nov-2009 1 the sacking of the government's chief drugs
adviser
James SIlver
produced by Ben Crichton
27:57, 26208, S
26-Nov-2009 2 a rise in hate crime
Simon Cox
produced by Rosamund Jones
27:38, 25910, S
03-Dec-2009 3 Does the government support military families Phil Kemp
produced by Samantha Fenwick
27:45, 26022, S
10-Dec-2009 4 emails were taken from a major climate
research centre
Simon Cox
produced by Wesley Stephenson
27:50, 26108, S
17-Dec-2009 5 how ambulance crews are meeting tough new
government targets
Gill Dummigan
produced by Ian Muir Cochrane
27:58, 26230, S
24-Dec-2009 -- no programme    
31-Dec-2009 6 new immigration rules have made it easier
to play the system
Phil Kemp
produced by Smita Patel
27:45, 26020, S
07-Jan-2010 7 plans to change the retrial laws in Scotland
Simon Cox
produced by Linda Pressley
27:51, 26112, S
14-Jan-2010 8 the cost of the recent snow storms to
the UK economy
Morland Sanders
produced by Trudy Barber
28:12, 26454, S
21-Jan-2010 9 children who go missing after arriving alone
in the UK
Angus Crawford
produced by Charlotte Pritchard
27:41, 25962, S
28-Jan-2010 10 five trains became marooned in the Channel
Tunnel
Wesley Stephenson
produced by Rosamund Jones
27:58, 26222, S
04-Feb-2010 11 whether some UK campuses have become
seedbeds for extremism
James Silver
produced by Smita Patel
27:49, 26095, S
11-Feb-2010 12 Why the Copenhagen climate summit failed
Simon Cox
produced by Samantha Fenwick
27:46, 26045, S
18-Feb-2010 13 terminal sedation
Linda Pressly
produced byRob Cave
27:18, 25606, S

2010
Date
Episode
Title
Cast
Parameters
25-Mar-2010 1 the latest hospital to be accused of providing poor-quality care
Simon Cox
produced by Rosamund Jones
27:42, 25985, S
01-Apr-2010 2 the background to the strike at British Airways
Morland Sanders
Producer: Sally Chesworth
27:32, 25817, S
08-Apr-2010 3 Serious Case Reviews into child abuse or neglect
Simon Cox
Producer Wesley Stephenson
27:52, 26133, S
19-Apr-2010
day of week change due to election coverage
4 the likely impact of public spending cuts on English universities
James Silver
produced by Rob Cave
27:30, 25793, S
26-Apr-2010 5 Did the Pope fail to act on key sex abuse cases
Simon Cox
produced by Helen Grady
27:54, 26161, S
03-May-2010 6 Volcano ash flight ban might have ended sooner
John Murphy
produced by Mark Savage
27:55, 26173, S
06-May-2010 7 the financial crisis facing Premiership and Championship football
Morland Sanders
Producer: Samantha Fenwick
27:46, 26047, S
13-May-2010   no programme    
20-May-2010 8 how the coalition deal between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats was done
Linda Pressly
producer Wesley Stephenson
27:54, 26167, S
27-May-2010 9 BP's US safety record before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Simon Cox
produced by Rob Cave
27:46, 26036, S
03-Jun-2010 10 new ways of funding cancer drugs
Simon Cox
produced by Gail Champion
27:48, 26068, S
08-Jul-2010 1 Why are so few captured pirates brought to trial
Simon Cox
produced by Jean Beresford
27:46, 26037, S
15-Jul-2010 2 Has London's white working class been left behind
Mukul Devichand
produced by Phil Kemp
27:53, 26143, S
22-Jul-2010 3 more offenders on community sentences
James Silver
Producer: Rob Cave
27:43, 25998, S
29-Jul-2010 4 What do the NHS reforms mean for health care in England
Simon Cox
Producer: Paul Grant
27:49, 26085, S
05-Aug-2010 5 Should the Government cut back on its £300m a year use of methadone to treat drug addicts
Linda Pressly
producer Phil Kemp
27:51, 26117, S
12-Aug-2010 6 how people on benefits will be reclassified as fit to work
Mukul Devichand
Producer: Smita Patel
27:53, 26143, S
19-Aug-2010 7 the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 protests
Simon Cox
Producer: Daniel Tetlow
27:59, 26250, S
26-Aug-2010 8 Meat from the offspring of a cloned cow has been sold and eaten in the UK
Nadene Ghouri
Producer: Monica Soriano
27:50, 26099, S
02-Sep-2010 9 Britain's controversial extradition laws
Mukul Devichand
produced by Smita Patel
27:27, 25739, S
09-Sep-2010 10 Straight A's and on the verge of signing on
Morland Sanders
Producer: Andy Denwood
27:30, 25795, S
16-Sep-2010 11 the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi
James Silver
Producer: Rosamund Jones
27:53, 26149, s
23-Sep-2010 12 what's gone wrong at Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Simon Cox
produced by Rob Cave
27:38, 25909, S
30-Sep-2010 13 Ground Zero Islamic Centre
Linda Pressly
produced by Mark Savage
27:47, 26049, S
07-Oct-2010 14 Anti-social behaviour
Jane Dodge
Producer: Samantha Fenwick
27:52, 26126, S
14-Oct-2010 15 Is the internet encouraging vulnerable people to kill themselves?
Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:53, 26153, S
18-Nov-2010 1 airline security
Simon Cox
produced by Mark Savage
27:40, 25944, S
25-Nov-2010 2 Housing benefit
Mukul Devichand
produced by Smita Patel
27:51, 26117, S
02-Dec-2010 3 Who Owns England's Schools
James Silver
Producer: Andy Denwood
27:45, 26031, s
09-Dec-2010 4 the implications of the Phil Woolas case
Simon Cox
producer Phil Kemp
27:55, 26173, S
16-Dec-2010 5 Ireland's Toxic Tiger
Morland Sanders
Producer: Ian Muir-Cochrane
27:55, 26185, S
23-Dec-2010 6 Wikileaks
Simon Cox
Producer: Jo Mathys
27:38, 25912, S
30-Dec-2010 7 UK Uncut's campaign against big businesses that avoid tax
Linda Pressly
produced by Helen Grady
27:44, 26009, S

2011
Date
Episode
Title
Cast
Parameters
06-Jan-2011 8 Bats, Balls and Bungs
Adrian Goldberg
Producer: Paul Grant
27:49, 26083, S
13-Jan-2011 9 Luton -- a hotbed of extremism
Phil Kemp
Producer: Hannah Barnes
27:52, 26134, S
20-Jan-2011 10 Bankers' Bonuses
Simon Cox  
Producer: Samantha Fenwick
27:55, 26178, S
27-Jan-2011 11 petrol prices
Michael Buchanan
Producer: Jim Frank
28:01, 26267, S
03-Feb-2011 12 Trouble Inside
Gill Dummigan
Producer: Rob Cave
27:53, 26143, S
10-Feb-2011 13 Pay day loans
Phil Kemp
Producer: Bill Law
27:56, 26192, S
17-Feb-2011 14 Midwives in short supply in England
Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:33, 26830, S
03-Mar-2011 special The recent uprisings in Libya
Hugh Miles
Producer: Bill Law
27:40, 25947, S
24-Mar-2011 1 evangelical Christians and the Equalities legislation
Matthew Hill
Producer: Jean Beresford
27:56, 26189, S
31-Mar-2011 2 overseas donations to British universities
Simon Cox  
Producer: Rosamund Jones
27:40, 25942, S
07-Apr-2011 3 the voting change referendum campaigns
James Silver
Producer: Phil Kemp
27:48, 26069, S
14-Apr-2011 4 the government's plans to stop illegal downloading of music
Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:55, 26173, S
21-Apr-2011 5 Britain's nuclear power plant inspection regime
Andy Denwood
Producer: Ian Muir-Cochrane
27:44, 26004, S
28-Apr-2011 6 whether this year's census will be the last of its kind
James Silver
Producer: Daniel Tetlow
27:50, 26108, S
05-May-2011 7 Tunisia's transition to democracy
Linda Pressly
produced by Jean Beresford
27:52, 26134, S
12-May-2011 8 Why Europe is divided by the latest influx of refugees
Reporter: Simon Cox
Producer: Gail Champion
27:52, 26137, S
19-May-2011 9 the Bristol Tesco riots
Producer: Andy Denwood
Reporter: Phil Kemp
27:55, 26173, S
26-May-2011 10 what has changed within the emergency services
Simon Cox
produced by Jean Beresford
27:38, 25916, S
07-Jul-2011 1 why some NHS whistleblowers end up suspended from their jobs
Simon Cox  
Producer: Rosamund Jones
27:47, 26008, S
14-Jul-2011 2 what is going on with the UK exam system
Hannah Barnes
Producer: Daniel Tetlow
27:21, 25593, S
21-Jul-2011 3 Phone Hacking
Simon Cox
Producer: Wesley Stephenson
27:50, 26042, S
28-Jul-2011 4 The MOD's Missing Kit
Adrian Goldberg
Producer: Rob Cave
27:45, 25972, S
04-Aug-2011 5 badger culling and bovine TB
Nick Ravenscroft
Producer: Gail Champion
27:05, 25348, S
11-Aug-2011 6 extremism in the UK
James Silver
Producer: Samantha Fenwick
27:38, 25866, S
18-Aug-2011 7 Hacking Scandal
Adrian Goldberg
Producer: Daniel Tetlow
27:49, 26031, S
25-Aug-2011 8 The Riots - How They Began
Wesley Stephenson
Producer: Hannah Barnes
27:49, 26036, S
01-Sep-2011 9 Crime-cutting miracles?
Mobeen Azhar
Producer : Rosamund Jones
27:34, 25799, S
08-Sep-2011 10 how a backbench MP has reignited the abortion debate
Bill Law
Producer: Lucy Proctor
27:28, 25699, S
15-Sep-2011 11 The Work Programme
Simon Cox  
Producer: Hannah Barnes
27:30, 25735, S
22-Sep-2011 12 Forced Marriage
Angus Crawford
Producer: Ian Muir-Cochrane
27:44, 25598, S
29-Sep-2011 13 Stepping Hill Hospital
Linda Pressly
Producer: Wesley Stephenson
27:47, 26033, S
06-Oct-2011 14 school exclusions
Samantha Washington
produced by BIll Law
27:42, 25928, S
13-Oct-2011 15 Shale gas
Simon Cox
produced by Jean Beresford
27:38, 25863, S
17-Nov-2011 1 St Paul's
Simon Cox
Producer: Daniel Tetlow
27:36, 25839, S
24-Nov-2011 2 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Matthew Hill
Producer: Hannah Barnes
27:45, 25973, S
01-Dec-2011 3 Behind the Lines
Lucy Ash
Producer: Ian Muir-Cochrane
27:29, 25724, S
08-Dec-2011 4 Border Controls
Simon Cox
Producer: Jim Frank
27:39, 25875, S
15-Dec-2011 5 Computer Hacking
Jane Dodge
Producer: Paul Grant
27:16, 25516, S
22-Dec-2011 6 Clinical Trials
Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:36, 25835, S
29-Dec-2001 7 Iran's Soft Power
Linda Pressly
Producer: Lucy Proctor
27:41, 25907, S

2012
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
05-Jan-2012 8 Metal Theft Andrew Hosken
Producer: Rob Cave
27:47, 25998, S
12-Jan-2012 9 Problem leases Adrian Goldberg
produced by Jim Frank
27:28, 25705, S
19-Jan-2012 10 Breast Implants Simon Cox
produced by Lucy Proctor
27:44, 25961, S
26-Jan-2012 11 The Drug Khat Lucy Ash
Producer: John Murphy
27:07, 25373, S
02-Feb-2012 12 cruise ship safety Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:44, 25964, S
09-Feb-2012 13 Battling Boardroom Pay Max Flint
Producer: Rob Cave
27:45, 25974, S
16-Feb-2012 14 Tackling Poorly Performing Primaries Simon Cox  
Producer: Samantha Fenwick
27:16, 25527, S
22-Mar-2012 1 NHS Reform Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:42, 25927, S
29-Mar-2012 2 The Work Programme Revisited Hannah Barnes
Produced: Mike Wendling
27:42, 25930, S
05-Apr-2012 3 Kenya Terror: the British Connection? Simon Cox
Producer, Sally Chesworth
27:21: 25601, S
12-Apr-2012 4 Facing the drought Linda Pressly
Producer: Smita Patel
27:52, 26075, S
19-Apr-2012 5 What Price Cheap Booze? Andy Denwood
Producer: Gail Champion
27:22, 25611, S
26-Apr-2012 6 Mark Duggan Investigation Simon Cox
Producers: Hannah Barnes and Mike Wendling
27:37, 25844, S
03-May-2012 7 Interest Rate Swaps Phil Kemp
Producer: Smita Patel
27:46, 25983, S
10-May-2012 8 Tax relief on charity donations Simon Cox
Producer: Mike Wendling
27:48, 26026, S
17-May-2012   no programme    
24-May-2012 9 Death of an MI6 Officer Phil Kemp
Producer: Hannah Barnes
27:42, 25930, S
31-May-2012 10 Grooming: Who Cares? Simon Cox
Producer: Gail Champion
27:47, 26010, S
05-Jul-2012 1 The Children's Care Business Simon Cox
Producer: Hannah Barnes
27:43, 25948, S
12-Jul-2012 2 NHS Trust Going Bust Wesley Stephenson
Producer: Smita Patel
27:50, 26043, S
19-Jul-2012 3 claims the Libor interest rate was manipulated Simon Cox
Producer: Ian Muir-Cochrane
27:27, 25697, S
26-Jul-2012 4 Border Agency Adrian Goldberg
produced by Paul Grant
27:23, 25631, S
02-Aug-2012 5 Olympic Security Mukul Devichand
Producer: Charlotte Pritchard
27:50, 26042, S
09-Aug-2012 6 Olympic Legacy Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:44, 25956, S
16-Aug-2012 7 Childhood Obesity Helen Grady
Producer: Emma Rippon
27:36, 25836, S
23-Aug-2012 8 the university funding system Phil Mackie
Producer: Samantha Fenwick
27:35, 25814, S
30-Aug-2012 9 Forensic Science Presenter: Hannah Barnes
Producer: Charlotte Pritchard
27:42, 25930, S
06-Sep-2012 10 Cosmetic Surgery Melanie Abbott
Producer: Smita Patel
27:43, 25948, S
13-Sep-2012 11 Police Complaints Simon Cox
Producer: Lucy Proctor
27:46, 25993, S
20-Sep-2012 12 Visa trouble at London Met Wesley Stephenson
Producer: Charlotte Macdonald
27:34, 25806, S
27-Sep-2012 13 Annecy Killings Simon Cox
Producer: Samantha Fenwick
27:42, 25917, S
04-Oct-2012 14 Hillsborough Jenny Chryss
Producer: Gail Champion
27:38, 25860, S
11-Oct-2012 15 Free Schools Simon Cox
Producer: Charlotte Pritchard
27:37, 25854, S
22-Nov-2012 1 Burglary Victims Who Fight Back Melanie Abbott
produced by Rosamund Jones
27:42, 25923, S
29-Nov-2012 2 The Royal British Legion Angus Crawford
produced by Neil Rozelle
27:39, 25881, S
06-Dec-2012 3 Surgeons under Scrutiny Matthew Hill
produced by Daniel Tetlow
27:46, 25990, S
13-Dec-2012 4 Women Bishops Linda Pressly
produced by Rosamund Jones
27:44, 25953, S
20-Dec-2012 5 Roma Children in Care Simon Cox
Producer: Helen Grady
27:35, 25815, S
27-Dec-2012 6 HP and Autonomy Phil Kemp
Producer: Smita Patel
27:48, 26023, S
03-Jan-2013 7 Historic child abuse lessons Simon Cox
Producer: Nicola Dowling
27:35, 25809, S
10-Jan-2013 8 Railways Jenny Chryss
Producer: Ian Muir-Cochrane
27:54, 26111, S
17-Jan-2012 9 Libor Simon Cox
Producer: Rosamund Jones
27:42, 25930, S
24-Jan-2012 10 The Police Federation Phil Kemp
Producer: Smita Patel
27:47, 26003, S
31-Jan-2013 11 Algerian Siege Simon Cox
Producer: Charlotte Pritchard
27:41, 25910, S
07-Feb-2013 12 High Street Closures Jenny Chryss
Producer: Emma Forde
27:42, 25930, S
14-Feb-2013 13 Blacklisting Simon Cox
Producer: Anna Mysell
27:42, 25931, S
21-Mar-2013 1 Pension Liberation Schemes Simon Cox
Producer: 
Smita Patel
27:51, 26124, S
28-Mar-2013 2 Bulgarian and Romanian Immigration Reporter: Victoria Derbyshire
Producer: Phil Kemp
27:35, 25838, S
04-Apr-2013 3 Cypriot Banks Simon Cox
Producer: Anna Meisel
27:38, 25905, S
11-Apr-2013
4
Pope Francis
Mark Dowd
Producer: Charlotte Pritchard
27:36, 25875, S
18-Apr-2013
5
Children's heart surgery Hannah Barnes
Producer: Phil Kemp
27:42, 25985, S
25-Apr-2013
6
Bitcoin Simon Cox
Producer: Smita Patel
27:40, 25929, S
02-May-2013
7
MMR and the legacy of the link with autism Melanie Abbott
produced by Wesley Stevenson
27:41, 25919, S
09-May-2013
--
no programme


16-May-2013
8
Police and Crime Commissioners Simon Cox
Producer:
Hannah Barnes
27:43, 25968, S
23-May-2013
9
Investigating Historic Abuse Melanie Abbott
produced by Lucy Proctor
27:46, 26016, S
30-May-2013
10
Accident and Emergency Crisis Simon Cox
Producer:
James Fletcher
27:50, 26093, S
04-Jul-2013
1
Tension in Woolwich Simon Cox
Producer: Charlotte Macdonald
27:39, 25871, S
11-Jul-2013
2
Undercover Police Melanie Abbott
Producer: Smita Patel
27:42, 25917, S
18-Jul-2013
3
NHS Complaints
Simon Cox
produced by Wesley Stevenson
27:47, 26001, S
25-Jul-2013
4
Fight Over Falkirk
Hannah Barnes
Producer: Charlotte McDonald
27:49, 26034, S
01-Aug-2013
5
Death in the Brecon Beacons Adam Fleming
Producer: Smita Patel
27:35, 25821, S
08-Aug-2013
6
Why can't we catch the athletes who dope? Simon Cox
Producer: Anna Meisel
27:42, 25917, S
15-Aug-2013
7
The Liverpool Care Pathway
Helen Grady
Producer: Emma Rippon
27:48, 26013, S
22-Aug-2013
8
Gibraltar
Phil Kemp
produced by Fiona Leach
27:48, 26023, S
29-Aug-2013
9
Private Investigators
Adam Fleming
Producer: Smita Patel
27:47, 26001, S
05-Sep-2013
10
Fracking
Wesley Stephenson
Producer: Smita Patel
27:42, 25923, S
12-Sep-2013
11
Sleepless in the City
Phil Kemp
Producer: Lucy Proctor
27:23, 25636, S
19-Sep-2013
12
Police Tasers
Melanie Abbott
Producer: Sally Abrahams
27:20, 25574, S
26-Sep-2013
13
Samantha Lewthwaite:
From the Shires to Al-Shabab
Simon Cox
Producers: Lucy Proctor and Sally Chesworth
27:39, 25935, S
03-Oct-2013
14
Help to Buy
Helen Grady
produced by Wesley Stevenson
27:32, 25771, S
10-Oct-2013
15
Universal Credit
Simon Cox
Producer: Charlotte McDonald
27:53, 26093, S

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