Spotlight is the name given to a BBC Northern Ireland weekly current affairs programme. The programme is aired on BBC1 Northern Ireland at 10.35pm on Tuesday evenings, with a repeat on BBC2. It is available to UK viewers outside of Northern Ireland on BBC iPlayer for a week after the programme. The format usually consists of a half hour report presented on a rotating basis by a small number of reporter/presenters. At present these are Brian Hollywood, Stephen Walker, Darragh MacIntyre and Bobby Friedman. Occasionally the programme consists of a studio format with various reports and panel discussions. Spotlight is well known for its hard-hitting investigations and recently won an Royal Television Society award for Mandy McAuley's dog-fighting investigation. It has launched the careers of a number of high-profile broadcasters, including Jeremy Paxman and Gavin Esler.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1973 | Episode 1 | 22/10/1973 | 1973-10-22 | 30 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 1 | The Good Republican | 2016-02-03 | 30 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 2 | First Minister's First Month | 2016-02-09 | 30 min |
Season 2016 | Episode 4 | Dublin Gangland Killings | 2016-03-15 | 30 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 1 | 14/02/2017 | 2017-02-14 | 30 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 2 | 21/02/2017 | 2017-02-21 | 30 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 3 | 07/03/2017 | 2017-03-07 | 30 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 4 | The Doctor Won't See You Now | 2017-03-14 | 30 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 5 | 21/03/2017 | 2017-03-21 | 30 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 6 | Martin McGuinness: Armalite to Ballot Box | 2017-03-28 | 60 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 7 | 23/05/2017 | 2017-05-23 | 30 min |
Season 2017 | Episode 8 | 30/05/2017 | 2017-05-30 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 1 | Tien's Story | 2018-05-29 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 2 | 11/09/2018 | 2018-09-11 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 3 | Máiría Cahill: The Ombudsman's Report | 2018-09-18 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 4 | The Dirty Dozen | 2018-09-25 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 5 | Adoption of Guilt | 2018-10-09 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 6 | All On The Line | 2018-10-16 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 7 | Spotlight Special | 2018-10-23 | 60 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 8 | RHI: Feeling the Heat | 2018-11-13 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 9 | Brexit: Cards on the Table | 2018-11-20 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 10 | 27/11/2018 | 2018-11-27 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 11 | The Roma in Belfast | 2018-12-04 | 30 min |
Season 2018 | Episode 12 | Paisley in Paradise | 2018-12-11 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 1 | Special - 26/03/2019 | 2019-03-26 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 2 | Brexit, Tories and the DUP | 2019-04-02 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 3 | Brexit Drama | 2019-04-09 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 4 | Spotlight Special: European Election Debate | 2019-05-21 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 5 | Britain First: Hateful Secrets | 2019-05-28 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 6 | New IRA: The Murder of Lyra McKee | 2019-06-04 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 7 | 11/06/2019 | 2019-06-11 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 8 | 18/06/2019 | 2019-06-18 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 9 | Paisley in Paradise Revisited | 2019-06-25 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 10 | Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History Episode 1 | 2019-09-10 | 90 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 11 | Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History Episode 2 | 2019-09-17 | 60 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 12 | Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History Episode 3 | 2019-09-24 | 60 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 13 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 4 | 2019-10-01 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 14 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 5 | 2019-10-08 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 15 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 6 | 2019-10-15 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 16 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 7 | 2019-10-22 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 17 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Behind The Scenes | 2019-10-24 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 18 | Spotlight Special | 2019-10-29 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 19 | Fear & Loathing in Quinn Country | 2019-11-05 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 20 | Death Of A Suspect | 2019-11-12 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 21 | Fermanagh Abuse Secrets | 2019-11-26 | 30 min |
Season 2019 | Episode 22 | Worse & Worse: The Waiting Lists Crisis | 2019-12-03 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 1 | The Wrightbus Story | 2020-02-18 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 2 | The Killings of the Three Scottish Soldiers | 2020-02-25 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 3 | The Union | 2020-03-03 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 4 | Tackling Suicide | 2020-03-10 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 5 | RHI: The Inquiry Report | 2020-03-17 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 6 | Inside the Pandemic | 2020-05-12 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 7 | Getting Back to Business | 2020-05-19 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 8 | 26/05/2020 | 2020-05-26 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 9 | Covid-19: Care Homes | 2020-06-02 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 10 | The Other Side of the Pandemic | 2020-06-09 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 11 | Pandemic: 999 | 2020-06-16 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 12 | 22/09/2020 | 2020-09-22 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 13 | Conversion Controversy | 2020-09-29 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 14 | Saving Lives and Livelihoods | 2020-10-06 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 15 | Brexit: The Irish Sea Border | 2020-10-13 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 16 | Cancer's Missing Patients | 2020-10-20 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 17 | Pandemic: Domestic Abuse | 2020-11-10 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 18 | Covid-19: The Second Wave | 2020-11-17 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 19 | Testing the Tracing | 2020-11-24 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 20 | Paramilitaries: Clear and Present Danger | 2020-12-01 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 21 | Wind Turbines | 2020-12-08 | 30 min |
Season 2020 | Episode 22 | 2020: New Decade New Dilemmas | 2020-12-15 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 1 | Covid and Hardship | 2021-02-16 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 2 | Irish Sea Border: The Fallout | 2021-02-23 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 3 | Covid-19: The Last Lockdown | 2021-03-02 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 4 | Mother and Baby Homes | 2021-03-09 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 5 | Gangland: The Murder of Glenn Quinn | 2021-03-16 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 6 | Lockdown: A Year of Loss | 2021-03-23 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 7 | Spotlight Debate: 30/03/2021 | 2021-03-30 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 8 | BBC Spotlight: A Contested Centenary | 2021-04-20 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 9 | A Contested Centenary | 2021-04-20 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 10 | Policing in the Pandemic | 2021-05-17 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 11 | North Coast Land Deals | 2021-05-24 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 12 | Scotland and the Union | 2021-05-31 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 13 | Unionism: Under New Management | 2021-06-08 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 14 | Libya, the IRA and Victims | 2021-06-15 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 15 | Spotlight Special: 22/06/2021 | 2021-06-22 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 16 | Spotlight Special: 14/09/2021 | 2021-09-14 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 17 | Patient Recall: The Search for Answers | 2021-09-28 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 18 | Living with Long Covid | 2021-10-05 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 19 | Escape from Kabul | 2021-10-12 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 20 | Undercover: Pups for Sale | 2021-10-19 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 21 | Gold Rush: The war in the Sperrins | 2021-10-26 | 50 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 22 | The Cost of Living | 2021-11-16 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 23 | Covid & Care: Searching for Answers | 2021-11-23 | 30 min |
Season 2021 | Episode 24 | Raid on the Braid | 2021-11-30 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 1 | Spotlight Special: 15/02/2022 | 2022-02-15 | 60 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 2 | Unsolved: The Murder of Martin O'Hagan | 2022-03-01 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 3 | Waste: The Burning Question | 2022-03-08 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 4 | Survivors' Voices | 2022-03-15 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 5 | War: Inside the Refugee Crisis | 2022-03-22 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 6 | The Babymaker Uncovered | 2022-03-29 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 7 | Police, WhatsApp & Whistleblowers | 2022-05-31 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 8 | From Russia with Blood | 2022-06-07 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 9 | Charles's Kingdom | 2022-09-27 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 10 | Exposed: Hunting With Dogs - Spotlight | 2022-10-04 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 11 | My Mother's Care | 2022-10-11 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 12 | Undercover Door to Door: Who's Getting Rich? | 2022-12-06 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 13 | Loan Sharks and Paramilitaries | 2022-12-13 | 30 min |
Season 2022 | Episode 14 | Inside A&E | 2022-12-20 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 1 | Seán's Story: Death on the Ward | 2023-02-28 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 2 | Lethal: The Secret History of Plastic Bullets | 2023-03-07 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 3 | I Spy | 2023-03-21 | 60 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 4 | Covert Cops: When Spying Goes Wrong | 2023-05-16 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 5 | Murder on the Streets | 2023-05-23 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 6 | The Spy Who Got Away With Murder | 2023-05-30 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 7 | The Price of Justice | 2023-06-06 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 8 | Deadly Little Pills | 2023-09-19 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 9 | The Electric Road Test | 2023-09-26 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 10 | How Do We Fix Our Waiting Lists? | 2023-10-03 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 11 | Inside the Policing Crisis | 2023-10-10 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 12 | Rogue Doctor: Patients Who Died | 2023-11-21 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 13 | The Fear Inside | 2023-11-28 | 30 min |
Season 2023 | Episode 14 | The Rise of Race Hate | 2023-12-05 | 30 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 1 | Drugs: In Debt and Danger | 2024-02-27 | 30 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 2 | Our Dirty War: The British State and the IRA | 2024-03-05 | 30 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 3 | 30 Years Behind the Mask | 2024-03-12 | 30 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 4 | Blood on the Dance Floor | 2024-03-19 | 30 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 5 | Killer Secrets | 2024-03-26 | 30 min |
Season 2024 | Episode 6 | 28/05/2024 | 2024-05-28 | 30 min |