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BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008

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Current affairs series examining the issues affecting the Scottish people

logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Ashes to Ashes: Is Champix Safe?
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Ashes to Ashes: Is Champix Safe?

BBC Scotland investigates Champix, the anti-smoking drug prescribed worldwide but dogged by controversy, and speaks to some of the people claiming that it can cause depression.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Buying Hope: Selling Illegal Organs
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Buying Hope: Selling Illegal Organs

Documentary following one BBC researcher as she becomes Scotland's first altruistic donor, donating one of her kidneys to a complete stranger in a bid to save a life.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Corrupt Cops: The Inconvenient Truth
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Corrupt Cops: The Inconvenient Truth

BBC Scotland Investigates. Mark Daly explores the story of the death of Drew Forsyth and tracks down those responsible for one of Scotland's biggest miscarriages of justice.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Death on the Wards - The Truth About Scotland's Hospitals
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Death on the Wards - The Truth About Scotland's Hospitals

Documentary. Earlier this year, Scotland's largest outbreak of a deadly superbug claimed eighteen lives. This film investigates what happened at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Inside Scotland's Terror Cell
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Inside Scotland's Terror Cell

Mark Daly explains what happened when Scotland was attacked by Islamist terrorists in 2007. The film uncovers how and why militants tried to explode a car bomb at Glasgow airport.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Margo MacDonald - My Right To Die
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Margo MacDonald - My Right To Die

One of Scotland's most enduringly popular public figures, and Parkinson's disease sufferer, uncovers the truth about assisted dying.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Pills, Potions, and Patients - Scotland's NHS at 60
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Pills, Potions, and Patients - Scotland's NHS at 60

Ahead of the 60th anniversary of the NHS, BBC Scotland takes us on a journey through the remarkable,and often forgotten -history of the Scottish health service.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Police Attacks: Officer Down
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Police Attacks: Officer Down

Reporter Sam Poling investigates a disturbing rise in the number of assaults on police officers - 13,000 last year alone.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Scotland's Hidden Epidemic: The Truth About MS
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Scotland's Hidden Epidemic: The Truth About MS

Reporter Elizabeth Quigley goes on a journey to find out why Scotland has the highest rate of MS in the world and why so little's been done about it.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Scottish Prisons in Meltdown
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Scottish Prisons in Meltdown

With Scottish prisons straining at the seams and some of our prisons well over capacity, BBC Scotland Investigates a prison service that some people are saying is in meltdown.

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logo for BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Truth, Lies, Oil and Scotland
BBC Scotland Investigates - 2008 - Truth, Lies, Oil and Scotland

Documentary examining the links between Scotland's modern history and oil. A report by BBC Scotland News business reporter Hayley Millar.

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