Season 23
2021 · 40 episodes
Episodes
1. Has Cash Been Cancelled?
January 7, 2021 · 30m
2. Vaccine: When Will I Get It?
January 14, 2021 · 30m
3. Care Homes: The Long Year Alone
January 21, 2021 · 30m
4. Going Green: Save Money?
January 28, 2021 · 30m
5. Covid Testing: What's The Truth
February 4, 2021 · 30m
6. On the Breadline: Foodbank Brittain?
February 11, 2021 · 30m
7. Cars: The Endof Petrol & Diesel?
February 18, 2021 · 30m
8. Antisocial Britain: Trouble on the Streets?
February 25, 2021 · 30m
9. UK: The End of the Union
March 4, 2021 · 30m
10. How to Age Well
March 11, 2021 · 30m
11. Spend or Save: Making your Money Work
March 18, 2021 · 30m
12. Women: How Safe Are We?
April 8, 2021 · 30m
13. Summer Holidays: What's the Truth?
April 15, 2021 · 30m
14. Can Your Town Centre Survive?
April 22, 2021 · 30m
15. Giving Up Sugar: For Good? Part 1
April 29, 2021 · 30m
16. Giving Up Sugar: For Good? Part 2
April 30, 2021 · 30m
17. Cheats, Fiddles and Scams: Protecting Your Family - Part 1
May 6, 2021 · 30m
18. Cheats, Fiddles and Scams: Protecting Your Family - Part 2
May 7, 2021 · 30m
19. Britain's Filthy Streets
May 13, 2021 · 30m
Fiona Foster speaks to the councils battling to keep the streets clean, the communities taking action, and the innovators tackling littering in new ways.
20. E-Scooters: Britain's New Road Rage?
May 20, 2021 · 30m
ITV's Consumer Editor Chris Choi reveals the extent of injuries, collisions and anti-social behaviour associated with e-scooters.
21. Keep, Chuck or Clean? the Big Clearout
May 27, 2021 · 30m
For many of us, months of lockdown has meant tackling the clutter in our homes. But what do we do with all of our unwanted stuff? Angellica Bell investigates.
22. Britain After Brexit: Winners and Losers?
June 10, 2021 · 30m
Six months after the UK left Europe, where do we stand today? From immigration and the NHS, to jobs, imports and exports - what's happened to those big issues that drove the vote?
23. Home Makeovers: The True Cost?
July 22, 2021 · 30m
Sprucing up your garden? Dreaming of a house makeover after spending more time at home during the pandemic? Jonathan Maitland looks at the rising costs of home improvements.
24. Are You Drinking Too Much?
July 29, 2021 · 30m
How much alcohol is too much, and how can we reduce the harm alcohol causes? Toby Winson explores what's led to a stark rise in problem drinking.
25. Hidden Disabilities: What's the Truth?
August 5, 2021 · 30m
About one in five of us has a disability. Some with hidden disabilities battle even to be believed. Saima Mohsin goes on a very personal journey.
26. Staycations: The True Cost
August 12, 2021 · 30m
The summer holiday season is here, but it's another year where nothing is quite back to normal and for many people this means a summer break right here in the UK. However, this might mean that Britain is already fully booked, and people could need to blow the budget for a British break this year. The summer holiday season is here, but it's another year where nothing is quite back to normal and for many people this means a summer break right here in the UK. However, this might mean that Britain is already fully booked, and people could need to blow the budget for a British break this year.
27. The Return of the Taliban
August 19, 2021 · 30m
Twenty years after they were driven out in the so called 'War on Terror', the Taliban has seized power in Afghanistan again. Amid scenes of chaos and recriminations Britain and its allies have been carrying out a mass evacuation of foreign citizens and some Afghans who helped them. But what does the future hold for ordinary Afghan citizens - and for the rest of us? Adnan Sarwar investigates.
28. NHS: The Longest Wait?
August 26, 2021 · 30m
For 18 months it's been all hands-on deck in the NHS as it grapples with the most deadly pandemic in a century. The knock-on effect has been enormous too, with warnings that mounting delays to cancer treatment and other life-threatening illnesses could create their own shocking death toll. As a new SOS is sounded over the longest waiting lists since records began, Romilly Weeks meets doctors, patients and families and asks what can be done to clear the backlog?
29. What's Really in Our Food?
September 23, 2021 · 30m
Last year, customers spent more than one hundred billion pounds on food in the UK. But do we really know what we're putting on our plates? The horse meat scandal eight years ago exposed serious gaps in how standards were policed. Now, with growing pressure on council investigators, food fraud is said to be on the increase. Helen Skelton reports.
30. Energy Bills: Cutting the Cost?
September 30, 2021 · 30m
The UK's wholesale energy markets have reached record highs over the past few weeks - meaning consumers are facing some of the most expensive winter energy bills in years. Reports suggest half a million people could be plunged into fuel poverty, Jonathan Maitland investigates the energy-saving tips to keep costs down.
31. How Green is Your Supermarket?
October 7, 2021 · 30m
With food thought to account for at least 20 per cent of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, our grocery basket can have a big impact on our environment. Greenpeace say British supermarkets are producing about 900,000 tons of plastic packaging every year. That means if they go 'green', so do we. Jonathan Maitland examines the Green credentials of Britain's biggest supermarkets, and asks what we can do as consumers to play our part?
32. Repair or Replace? Britain in a fix
October 14, 2021 · 30m
The UK's electronic waste mountain is the second largest in the world. On average each person throws away 24kg of electrical items, fuelling climate change. Chris Choi meets repairers who want to give our electronic goods a second lease of life, and asks whether existing laws giving us the right to repair go far enough.
33. Britain's Hidden Killer
October 15, 2021 · 30m
Paul Kennedy passed away from pancreatic cancer just three months after he was diagnosed. Treated during the pandemic, Paul allowed his son Daniel to film brief precious moments on his final journey. Daniel shines a spotlight on the deadliest common cancer, and investigates whether enough is being done to get patients diagnosed early.
34. Air Pollution: What you need to know
October 21, 2021 · 30m
Since 2010 we have failed to meet national legal limits of air pollution in the UK. Joe Crowley investigates what is being done to tackle the problem and assesses the health implications it may have for us all.
35. Shortage UK: Is Brittain Working
October 22, 2021 · 30m
The last few months have revealed we need more workers across key sectors - haulage, agriculture, food-processing, care, and hospitality - and the lack of personnel to fill these jobs is beginning to have serious impacts on day-to-day life. Julie Etchingham investigates a possible supply chain crisis.
36. What's in Our Water?
October 28, 2021 · 30m
Joe Crowley investigates how waste water is contributing to the crisis in our rivers and examines the impact of water companies dumping raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters.
37. Saving the Planet: Saving Money?
November 2, 2021 · 30m
With climate change top of the agenda, are we ready to ditch fossil fuels? Scientist and weather presenter Laura Tobin explores what a carbon-zero Britain will look like.
38. Searching for Patient Zero: Britain's Aids Tragedy
November 11, 2021 · 30m
Paul Brand traces the first case of AIDS - along with others who lived, loved and lost to a disease that, worldwide, has now claimed 36 million lives.
39. Social Care: The True Cost?
November 18, 2021 · 30m
Reporter Fiona Foster looks at whether the government's plans to reform social care can address the challenges facing the sector - or does the system need a complete overhaul?
40. How to Complain and Win!
December 2, 2021 · 30m
For some Brits, complaining is an uncomfortable concept. But how do you get your money back if you do not air your grievances effectively? Reporter Adam Shaw investigates.