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BBC Manchester's Current Affairs team produces not only File on 4 but also a variety of other radio documentaries, primarily for Radio 4. You can find out about what is coming up here at the File on 4 website.
FILE ON 4 Tuesday 3 November 2009, 2000 GMT.
The head of the Financial Services Agency, Lord Turner has questioned the social usefulness of what banks do. But as he and other regulators wrestle with ways of controlling so-called "casino operations", Michael Robinson lifts the lid on the latest tricks of the trade which some banks are now using to increase their profits. Producer: Sally Chesworth. Editor: David Ross. Tuesday 10 November 2009, 2000 GMT.
Some of Britain's police forces are warning of a funding crisis, with staff cuts, stations closing and parts of the motorway network left unpatrolled. Allan Urry investigates whether the police could still do more to deliver better value from the money they get. Producer: Ian Muir-Cochrane. Editor: David Ross. Tuesday 17 November 2009, 2000 GMT.
With record gold prices stimulating demand, Jenny Cuffe reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo on the scale illegal mining and asks whether the industry does enough to ensure that gold supplies are not being used to fund conflict. Producer: Samantha Fenwick. Editor: David Ross. Tuesday 1 December 2009, 2000 GMT. Earlier this year, US troops handed control for security in Iraq back to the Iraqi Government. It was supposed to be the first sign that normality was returning to the streets, so why are thousands of Iraqi refugees still refusing to return home. Kate Clark investigates. Producer: Sally Chesworth. Editor: David Ross.
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