Stacey Dooley Investigates
Specials
201219 episodes
Episode 1
My Hometown Fanatics
Feb 20, 20121h
Stacey Dooley investigates what is going on in her hometown of Luton and finds out why it is known as the extremist capital of Britain.
Episode 2
The Truth about Magaluf
Jan 7, 20131h
Stacey Dooley travels to Magaluf, on the Spanish island of Mallorca, to get under the skin of this popular resort. The resort is famous for the drunken antics of the British tourists who go there, but Stacey wants to find out what it's like for the thousands of Spanish workers who serve, police and clear up.
Episode 3
Young Sex for Sale in Japan
Feb 28, 20171h
Stacey Dooley explores Japan's problem with the sexualisation of children. From bars where men pay to meet schoolgirls to suggestive pictures of very young children and comic books featuring child rape, the country has faced global criticism for its attitudes.
Episode 4
Canada's Lost Girls
Mar 7, 20171h
Canada has a dark secret - the disappearance and murder over decades of over a thousand indigenous women and girls. Stacey travels to British Columbia and Alberta to find out more about what some believe is a national scandal.
Episode 5
Mums Selling Their Kids for Sex
May 16, 20171h
Stacey Dooley visits the Philippines and follows a secret operation in which Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) hope to arrest several mothers who sexually abuse children, often their own, live in front of webcams in exchange for money.
Episode 6
Kids Selling Drugs Online
Jul 14, 20171h
Stacey Dooley delves deep undercover into the nascent world of Britain's digital drug dealers. Using fake profiles on Instagram, Snapchat and new social app Yellow, she reveals how school children as young as 15 are selling class A drugs on social platforms. It is only a matter of seconds before Stacey is offered everything from cocaine to meth.
Episode 7
The Billion Pound Party
Aug 7, 20171h
In the aftermath of the 2017 General Election, Stacey Dooley heads to Northern Ireland to find out exactly who supporters of the DUP are. Her investigation plunges her into the bitter politics of Northern Ireland where British and Irish identities coexist with unease.
Episode 8
Second Chance Sex Offenders
Jan 24, 20181h
Stacey travels to Florida where sex offenders face restrictions for life. But there is a battle raging about these laws - do they protect children, or are they just in place to make the public feel better?
Episode 9
Russia's War on Women
Jan 31, 20181h
Behind closed doors, Russian society has a dark secret. It's estimated thousands of Russian women are murdered every year by their husbands or partners. Domestic violence is so deep-rooted in Russia there's even a well-known saying - “If he beats you, it means he loves you”.
Episode 10
Gypsy Kids Taken From Home
Feb 14, 20181h
Hungary has more Roma gypsy kids in institutional care than any other EU country and is facing a potential crisis. Stacey Dooley meets some of the parents, kids and social workers on the frontline of Hungary’s child protection system, as she investigates accusations by Roma families of widespread institutional racism in the Hungarian care system.
Episode 12
The Billion Pound Party
Aug 7, 2017
Stacey Dooley travels to Northern Ireland to meet DUP voters. Contains strong language.
Episode 13
Nigeria's Female Suicide Bombers
Aug 14, 2019
Stacey Dooley meets young women sent on suicide bombing missions by Boko Haram. Contains some upsetting scenes.
Episode 15
Spycam Sex Criminals
Apr 1, 20201h
Pornography is illegal in South Korea and 'molka' has emerged as an illicit DIY alternative. The devastating impact of molka is revealed in the increasing number of molka-related suicides. Now, criminal gangs are starting to install cameras on an industrial scale, selling people’s most private moments as pornography for strangers to consume. The country’s advanced technology allows criminals to stream videos live and share them at lightning speeds. Can those fighting molka stay ahead of this quickly evolving crime? And are the ingredients that have made molka an epidemic in South Korea a warning sign for a sex crime that could soon affect us here?
Episode 16
Locked Up With Lifers
Apr 19, 2020
Stacey Dooley investigates one of the most radical women’s prisons in America. She follows eight murderers who are coming to terms with a life sentence.
Episode 18
Two Daughters
May 29, 2022
In June 2020, when sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman did not return from Bibaa's birthday celebrations in a north London Park, family and friends knew something was wrong and reported them missing to police. Bibaa, 46, a passionate social worker, and Nicole, 26, a talented freelance photographer, were murdered as they danced to music, enjoying each other's company. Bibaa had chosen to celebrate her birthday in the park because of restrictions imposed during lockdown. The next day, Nicole's boyfriend found the sisters' bodies after family and friends organised their own search party. A year after the brutal murders of her daughters, retired Archdeacon Mina Smallman, who was Britain's first black archdeacon in the Church of England, invites Stacey Dooley to help her tell her story through both the trial of her daughters' killer and the trials of two Met police officers who took photographs of their bodies and shared them on WhatsApp.
Episode 19
Ready for War?
Apr 12, 2023
Stacey Dooley follows a squad of Ukrainian civilians from the moment they land on British soil for five weeks of gruelling training, designed to give them the skills they will need to 'survive and to be lethal' in the war against Russia. Hidden in a secret location in England, Stacey has exclusive access to the British Army’s combat programme turning raw recruits into frontline soldiers.
Episode 20
The Whale Hunters
May 3, 202042m
Investigating the controversial world of whale hunting, Stacey witnesses a commercial whale kill and meets the Faroese who kill for food and the activists trying to stop them.
Episode 21
Fallen Women
Oct 13, 202659m
Stacey Dooley looks into the deaths of women who have fallen from heights, interrogating how these deaths are investigated and exploring whether domestic abuse played a part.
Episode 22
Duplicate (removed)
Oct 20, 2026