About this season
Exposure is a current affairs strand, broadcast in the United Kingdom on the ITV network. The programme brings together six films made by different producers exploring and investigating foreign and domestic topics, reporting on issues and telling human stories. The series was commissioned for ITV by Peter Fincham, ITV Director of Television and is a sister show to year-round current affairs strand Tonight. It made its debut on Monday 26 September 2011 - airing at 22.35, directly after ITV News at Ten.
Episodes (6)
1. Gaddafi and the IRA
Aired 26 September 2011
Detailed evidence of how the IRA got arms from Libya in order to defeat the British in Ireland.
2. The Factory
Aired 3 October 2011
ArcelorMittal is the worlds biggest steel company and is headed by Britains richest man, Lakshmi Mittal. Exposure looks at how its Czech Republic steel plant is making Ostrava one of the most polluted cities in Europe. Last year it produced over 1,000 tonnes of gases including a dangerous cancer causing substance, benzo(a)pyrene. This combines with other sources of pollution and produces smog, so bad that in winter, school children, the elderly and vulnerable are forced to stay indoors. The Factory investigates the lives of residents in two districts which lie in the shadow of the ArcelorMittal steel plant.
3. Heart Hospital
Aired 10 October 2011
More than a million people are currently being treated for heart failure in the UK and there is a critical shortage of donor hearts. This film follows three patients as they take the long and uncertain road towards a life-saving operation.
4. The World’s Deadliest Arms Race
Aired 17 October 2011
A look at how roadside bombs have become the Taliban's chosen weapon in their war against the coalition in Afghanistan. Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, are now the biggest killer of British and American troops in the conflict.
5. On the Run
Aired 24 October 2011
6. Bailiffs
Aired 31 October 2011
The programme goes undercover in the world of the bailiff industry to uncover evidence of deception and threats being made against debtors.