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Stacey Dooley Investigates

  • 2009-2018
  • 11 seasons
  • Documentary

Amateur British journalist Stacey Dooley travels the world and investigates a wide range of topics aimed at a youth audience.

Season 11 Episode Guide

7 Episodes 2018

Episode 6

Second Chance Sex Offenders

57 mins

Stacey travels to Florida where sex offenders are punished forever. But do sex offenders deserve a second chance, or are their crimes impossible to forgive? Stacey travels to Florida where sex offenders face restrictions for life.

Episode 7

Russia's War on Women

50 mins

Behind closed doors, Russian society has a dark secret. It's estimated thousands of Russian women are murdered every year by their husbands or partners. Domestic violence is so deep-rooted in Russia there's even a well-known saying - "If he beats you, it means he loves you". Despite the scale of the problem, in February 2017 the Russian government decriminalized certain forms of domestic violence. In Stacey Dooley Investigates: Russia's War On Women, Stacey travels to Russia to explore the reasons behind this decision and the impact the law-change is having on women. She meets the victims forced into hiding to escape their abusive partners and comes face to face with a prolific violent offender. She visits the hard-line Orthodox Christians championing Russia's return to traditional values and spends time with the young feminists fighting for equality despite threats and intimidation.

Stacey Dooley Investigates Season 11 Russia's War on Women

Episode 8

Face to Face with ISIS

45 mins

One year on from her first visit, Stacey Dooley returns to Iraq to seek justice for the young women whose lives have been changed forever by ISIS. In a journey like never before, Stacey joins Shireen, a 23 year-old Yazidi woman who was held as a sex slave for over two years by ISIS. Shireen managed to escape while enslaved in Mosul, but many Yazidi woman like her haven't, and remain in captivity. Shireen is going in search of justice - and she's taking Stacey with her. Shireen travels with Stacey back to Mosul, the self-declared capital of ISIS in Iraq, to revisit the places where she was held captive. In East Mosul, they find the house where Shireen was imprisoned and sexually abused by a leading ISIS executioner for months. But it's the Old City of Mosul, where Shireen finally managed to escape ISIS, that means the most to her. With a military escort, the pair travel into the heart of the Old City - where ISIS made their last stand in a devastating and brutal battle. Here, ISIS militants are still being hunted and bombs litter the street. Keen to see justice is being served, Shireen and Stacey sit in on an interrogation of an ISIS suspect in court. But with the Iraqi justice system overwhelmed by the number of cases, justice isn't as clear cut as Shireen might have hoped. Armed with their unanswered questions, Shireen and Stacey finally have the chance to get answers when they come face to face with an ISIS commander in jail. He tells them he has murdered hundreds of men and raped countless Yazidi women and girls. His frank answers will stay with Shireen and Stacey forever. In a trip fraught with danger and trauma, Stacey asks: can justice ever really be served for women like Shireen?

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Episode 9

Gypsy Kids Taken from Home

44 mins

Stacey goes to Hungary to uncover the complex reasons so many Gypsy children are removed from their families by the authorities, and witnesses the shocking reality of life for kids taken into children's homes with reports of widespread sexual abuse and prostitution.

Episode 10

Shot by My Neighbour

45 mins

Episode 11

Face to Face with Armageddon

45 mins

Stacey travels to America to meet people prepping for an uncertain future, all with different concerns - from climate change and natural disasters to civil unrest.

Episode 12

Fashion's Dirty Secrets

Stacey Dooley travels the world to uncover the hidden costs of the addiction to fast fashion. She sees for herself how toxic chemicals released by the garment industry pollute waterways that millions of people rely on. She witnesses the former Aral Sea, once one of the largest bodies of fresh water, now reduced almost entirely to dust.

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