Spotlight Episodes Episode guide
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The Cost of Living
Mandy McAuley investigates the pressures pushing people into fuel poverty and hardship.
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Gold Rush: The war in the Sperrins
A gold mine in Tyrone promises jobs but the potential costs divide a community.
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Undercover: Pups for Sale
Investigating the illicit trade in pups.
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Escape from Kabul
The story of an interpreter's family who fled Afghanistan and are settling in Ireland.
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Living with Long Covid
Stories of those whose lives have been devastated by long Covid.
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Patient Recall: The Search for Answers
New allegations against former Belfast Trust consultant neurologist Dr Michael Watt.
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Spotlight Special: 14/09/2021
TV debate on the issues of the day, with Jim Fitzpatrick and a studio panel.
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Spotlight Special
With Gavin Robinson, Doug Beattie, Conor Murphy, Naomi Long and Nichola Mallon.
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Libya, the IRA and Victims
Stephen Dempster investigates what’s blocking compensation.
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Unionism: Under New Management
Unionism's way forward. A look at the perceived perils, including the Irish Sea border.
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Scotland and the Union
Jim Fitzpatrick explores how the latest drive for Scottish independence will affect NI.
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North Coast Land Deals
Conor Spackman investigates low-cost land deals on the scenic Causeway Coast.
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Policing in the Pandemic
Jennifer O’Leary investigates how the pandemic exposed tensions over policing in NI.
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A Contested Centenary
Northern Ireland at 100 – Mark Devenport tracks our contentious past and uncertain future.
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Spotlight Debate: 30/03/2021
Topical TV debate with Jim Fitzpatrick and a panel of studio guests.
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Lockdown: A Year of Loss
One year after the first lockdown, stories of the lives lost to Covid-19.
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Gangland: The Murder of Glenn Quinn
Drugs, murder and fear – Jennifer O’Leary investigates one of NI’s largest loyalist gangs.
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Mother and Baby Homes
Mother and baby homes: were children unlawfully adopted? Lyndsey Telford reports.
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Covid-19: The Last Lockdown?
Will vaccinations and other efforts to beat Covid-19 make this lockdown the last one?
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Irish Sea Border: The Fallout
Jim Fitzpatrick investigates Brexit’s economic and political fallout in Northern Ireland.
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Covid and Hardship
Mandy McAuley meets people struggling financially as a result of the pandemic.
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2020: New Decade New Dilemmas
2020 began with a united Stormont Executive - but has the pandemic pulled them apart?
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Wind Turbines
Conor Spackman investigates a controversial green energy scheme.
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Paramilitaries: Clear and Present Danger
Stephen Dempster uncovers a secret MI5/PSNI review of ongoing paramilitary activity in NI.
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Testing the Tracing
How effective is Stormont’s test and trace strategy to reduce the spread of coronavirus?
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Covid-19: The Second Wave
Mandy McAuley looks at the impact of the second Covid-19 wave on the NI health service.
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Pandemic: Domestic Abuse
Spotlight goes behind the scenes in one of Northern Ireland’s women’s refuges.
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27/10/2020
TV debate on the issues of the day, with Jim Fitzpatrick and a studio panel.
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Cancer's Missing Patients
Conor Spackman investigates the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cancer patients.
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Brexit: The Irish Sea Border
Investigating what Brexit may mean for the cost of your supermarket shop and online buying