Frontline Scotland

Frontline Scotland is BBC Scotland's investigative current affairs programme broadcast on Tuesday nights. Archived versions of the various programmes in this series are available in Real Video here along with full transcripts. You can contact the programme directly by sending an e-mail - click here

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12 December

Families at War

Children caught in the middle of a bitter divorce dispute are beginning to fight back against their parents.

They are getting their own solicitors, and Scotland is leading the way as young children take their parents to court to dictate where they live, and with whom.

The programme will be broadcast on BBC1 Scotland at 2235GMT and a transcript will be available here from about 2300GMT onwards.

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5 December

Fat Chance

An investigation into the case of a 40-stone woman who receives 24-hour care in her home, but feels she has been abandoned by the NHS.

Ross McWilliam asks whether society's ignorance and prejudice are preventing fat people from getting the treatment they need.

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28 November

Safe as Houses

In October a gas explosion killed two people in their Dundee home.

Gas delivery company Transco was criticised for not responding to reports of gas leaks in the months before.

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21 November

Back from the Dead

In rare cases, patients in a persistent vegetative state do recover.

Ross McWilliam investigates how doctors decide who should live and who should die.

He also talks to coma patients who have beaten the odds.

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14 November

Brittle Truths

Could some allegedly abused children's injuries be due to a little known condition called "temporary brittle bone disease"?

The programme looks into the questions posed by the widely-dispute illness.

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7 November

Don't Hold Your Breath

The programme investigates the plight of people with asbestos-related illnesses.

They face a long wait for justice as they battle for compensation.

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31 October

Killing Time

Ross McWilliam reports on the case of Kenny Richey, the Scot on death row in Ohio.

Kenny, 36, who grew up in Edinburgh, was convicted of starting the fire which killed two-year-old Cynthia Collins in Columbus Grove, Ohio, in 1986.

His defence is still lobbying for a retrial to let fresh evidence that the fire was started accidentally be heard in court.

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24 October

Surveying the Surveyors

Do house-buyers get a fair deal from surveyors? Hidden cameras show four surveyors at work and reveal how many of them made major faults.

A pilot programme in Scotland for a seller's survey has been scuppered by the surveyors themselves.

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17 October

Heartbreak Hotel

The programme looks at the cause of the increase in homelessness in Glasgow.

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10 October

Deadly Harvest

The programme investigates the sinking of the fishing boat, the Solway Harvester, with the loss of its seven crew.

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