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File on 4 Investigates Podcast Transcripts

BBC Radio 4 · 510 episodes with transcripts

News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.

Spoken has transcripts of 510 File on 4 Investigates episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from July 14, 2026.

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Latest File on 4 Investigates transcripts

Epstein Files: Lutnick, the Royals and the British Whistleblower

July 14, 2026

Andy Verity (0:04)

We've just walked down a narrow path over a dune to be confronted by a spectacular sight here in Morgan Porth on the north coast of Cornwall, the Atlantic.

Simon Andriesz (0:17)

The water is really invigorating and it just relaxes me.

Andy Verity (0:21)

Until now, Simon Andriesz has kept his extraordinary story to himself, but months of therapy and daily swims have given him the courage to speak for the first time about the trauma he's experienced.

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