Kenyon Confronts Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Bogus Marriages

  The hard-nosed reporter provides an insight into the vastly profitable bogus marriage industry, which exists to get around the immigration laws. It is estimated there are 10,000 illegal weddings a year in Britain, each netting around #3,500 for the gangs involved

• Charity Cheats

  The hard-nosed reporter embarks on another covert investigation, hoping to expose the con-men living in the lap of luxury on cash collected for bogus charities. His investigations soon bring him into contact with crooks notorious for this type of racket, who have no hesitation in pulling the public's heartstrings to get them to part with their hard-earned money

• Cons : From Catford to Cairo

  The hard-nosed reporter finds out what happened to some of the crooks exposed in earlier programmes, discovering that a former restaurateur who faked his own death for insurance money and is now languishing in a Greek jail hides an even more sinister past. Plus, updates on the greyhound racing investigation and the rogue builder based in Marbella

• Contrived Accidents

  The reporter poses as an accident investigator to expose the cheats whose bogus claims are defrauding the nation's insurance companies : from fabricated injuries to the alleged victims who were not even at the scene of the accident. He begins by identifying opportunistic fraudsters, but after scratching at the surface, uncovers an entire criminal network at play

• Costa del Con

  The reporter sets out on the trail of crafty con-men who have fled the country after fleecing trusting victims, only to continue plying their nefarious trade abroad. His search eventually leads him to the Costa del Sol, infamous bolt-hole for criminals on the run, where he confronts a builder who has surrounded himself with luxuries using money obtained through his dodgy dealings

• Critical Condition?

  The journalist teams up with Art Malik, star of Holby City, to investigate the current programme of hospital building, the biggest in the history of the Health Service. Malik takes centre stage in a mini-drama created to demonstrate the problems plaguing privately built facilities, from poor management to the lack of beds and low standards of hygiene, while Kenyon looks behind the fiction to reveal the true levels of risk to patients

• Fugitives' Paradise

  Paul Kenyon goes undercover to expose northern Cyprus as the haven of choice for the British criminal fraternity and follows the trail of a big-time drugs dealer. Dozens of fugitives have been flocking to the island, safe in the knowledge it isn't recognised as a country by the UK and therefore has no extradition treaty, and the hard-nosed reporter is so skilful in befriending the expats on the new Costa del Crime he is invited to join in smuggling and money-laundering activities

• Gone To the Dogs

  The hard-nosed reporter adopts the guise of a greyhound owner and trainer to investigate massive corruption at one of the nation's leading dog tracks. No sooner has he purchased his first canine than he's offered the chance to make big money by race fixing, and as he probes deeper into this underground world, he encounters some very shady characters indeed

• The Gravy Train

  Hard-nosed reporter Paul Kenyon investigates malpractice among maintenance teams on the London Underground, with secret filming revealing workmen who cut corners and jobs taking far longer than necessary, all of which costs the consumer extra in the price of a ticket

• Harley Street

  Undercover exposure of unregistered, unqualified and struck-off practitioners of medicine and plastic surgery who trade openly in Harley Street, taking advantage of the prestigious address to add legitimacy to their activities

• ID Snatchers

  Paul Kenyon investigates the alarming rise of identity theft, exposing shortcomings in national security and revealing the ease with which terrorists could potentially obtain everything from birth certificates to credit card details. He then duplicates the personal details of author Frederick Forsythe, the man who first revealed how loopholes in the law allow such crimes to take place, before confronting those who make a fortune from trafficking in illicit documents, including serial fraudster John Buckley, who has illegally applied for credit potentially worth #2million

• Open to Abuse

  Intrepid reporter Paul Kenyon exposes convicted paedophiles who work with children under the noses of the authorities, taking advantage of loopholes in the law to work their way into positions of authority

• Quacks

  Hard-nosed reporter Paul Kenyon exposes the alternative therapy fraudsters who con the sick and dying into paying for bogus treatments. Posing as wealthy businessmen, the team trap a phony professor allegedly able to detect parasites in the blood, and the Eastern mystic who claims his X-ray vision can see cancer cells inside the body : for a price of #50,000

• The RIP Off

  Investigation into fraudsters who fake their own deaths so they can claim on life insurance policies. Included is the case of a restaurant owner who has twice convinced others of his own demise, and an insight into bogus death capital Haiti : where lawyers and funeral directors are more than happy to help the con-men. To prove just how easy it is, Paul Kenyon becomes a mourner at his own funeral

• Secrets and Confessions

  Reporter Paul Kenyon investigates allegations of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, giving a now grown-up victim the chance to confront the Birmingham priest who he claims assaulted him. Kenyon also assesses how the matter has been dealt with by the Church itself, talking to victims who claim their complaints have been ignored by senior officials and clergymen who believe the internal investigative initiative is improving

• Shopping for Terror

  New series of investigative reports, beginning with an examination of potential security flaws in the UK which could allow terrorists to obtain the items needed to create chemical weapons or a 'dirty bomb'. Using secret filming, Paul Kenyon demonstrates the ease with which lethal ingredients can be bought over the counter and a weapon constructed, and highlights the Government's reluctance to prepare the public for such an attack, despite the fears of the emergency services, who deem the information vital

• What Happened Next

  Paul Kenyon introduces an update on previous editions of the investigative show, revealing what happened after he stole the Home Secretary's identity, uncovered horse-race fixing and revealed the deadly consequences of being on the run in northern Cyprus

• Who Rules Britannia?

  Reporter Paul Kenyon investigates whether Britain has really changed since New Labour came to power in 1997 : and finds himself ousted from the Labour Party conference in the process

• Yobs : Busting the Ban

  Reporter Paul Kenyon assesses the success of the Government's Anti-Social Behaviour Order, which bars young offenders from areas they have terrorised and threatens them with a prison sentence if they ignore the ban. Kenyon goes undercover to investigate how many criminals are still active in out-of-bounds areas