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BBC Scotland Investigates

2012

Episode 2: The Money Farmers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Samantha Poling reveals how people are abusing the farming subsidy system, meeting the young farmers who have lost out and learning if she too can take advantage of the loophole. Show more

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The Debt Dealers

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Available for years

Reporter Samantha Poling lifts the lid on the multi-million pound trade in debt management and reveals the often unscrupulous tactics being used to target the vulnerable. Show more

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BBC Scotland Investigates

2009

Episode 7: Hash in the Attic

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Reporter Samantha Poling uncovers the explosion of cannabis farming in the last five years from a small 'hobby' to an industry estimated to be worth over 100 million pounds. Show more

BBC Scotland Investigates

2017

Episode 5: Millionaire Bankrupts Exposed

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Reporter Samantha Poling goes undercover to reveal the tactics being used by millionaire bankrupts to hide assets and retain wealth, leaving those that they owe with nothing. Show more

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Series 4

Dirty Business

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

What’s behind the growing mountain of illegally dumped waste that’s blighting Scotland? Samantha Poling reveals how organised crime gangs are making millions while the environment is trashed. Show more

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Production Manager:
Susan McLundie
Researcher:
Calum Grewar

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Panorama

Surgery's Dirty Secrets

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Sam Poling investigates claims that surgical instruments with dangerous defects are being used in the NHS, and asks if goods are being sourced ethically to protect patient health. Show more

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BBC Scotland Investigates

2011

Episode 7: Surgery's Dirty Secret

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Samantha Poling investigates concerns about the quality of instruments used in the NHS, and travels to Pakistan where she finds an industry blighted by poor quality control. Show more

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The Money Farmers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel

Samantha Poling reveals how millions of pounds of public money are being paid out to businessmen and millionaire farmers in an abuse of the farming subsidy system. Show more

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BBC Scotland Investigates

2009

Home Is Where the Hurt Is

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

BBC Scotland Investigates whether more children should be taken away from their families and into care, and reporter Samantha Poling goes on a journey through the care system. Show more

BBC Scotland Investigates

2010

Episode 12: Magic or Medicine - Homeopathy and the NHS

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Investigating how homeopathy has penetrated the heart of the NHS and whether prescribing homeopathic preparations for serious conditions could be dangerous for patients. Show more