Exposure (2011)

Access to an underground network of young activists helps to reveal the hidden reality of life in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's strictest and most secretive regimes. Footage sheds light on largely unseen corners of life in the Kingdom, focusing on prisons in chaos, poverty on the streets and the religious police enforcing fundamentalism. Combining shocking undercover footage and heartbreaking personal stories with interviews from senior British and American figures, the film asks whether it is time to reassess our relationship with Saudi Arabia.

Exposure talks to those who have kept their childhood sexual abuse by someone trusted in their family circle a secret for decades. Among them are two women who talk of being groomed and abused by the late MP and broadcaster Sir Clement Freud. Presented by Julie Etchingham.

"I remember saying to my mum, ‘I don't think I believe in God any more,' And her saying, ‘You can't tell anybody else because they'll kill you, we are obliged to kill ex-Muslims,' and that it would put me at extreme risk if anybody else was to find out, so that conversation ended there." - Sadia, a former Muslim This new documentary in the Exposure current affairs strand investigates the lives of ex-Muslims, who face extreme discrimination, ostracism, psychological abuse and violence as a result of leaving Islam. Featuring contributions from British and Bangladeshi ex-Muslims, Islam's Non-Believers paints a vivid picture of the dangers facing those who renounce their faith. Some are at risk of suicide, or self-harm, or have been physically and psychologically abused by their closest family members. Most are terrified of being shunned by their own family and friends if their true beliefs become known. Made by award-winning film-maker Deeyah Khan, who also directed the acclaimed Jihad - A British Story and Banaz: An Honour Killing for ITV, the programme finds that many young British ex-Muslims live in the shadows hiding their true beliefs, running huge risks if they ‘come out' as atheists within their religious communities. Some of those who speak in the programme have asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals. The film follows the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, a volunteer support group led by Iranian-born activist Maryam Namazie which supports ex-Muslims, often referred to as apostates or unbelievers, both in the UK and abroad. Maryam says: "They see us as people who are troublemakers, deviants, apostates and blasphemers… There is nothing, nothing more intolerant than religion." One ex-Muslim, Sadia, talks about her brother Razaa, who killed himself. She says it was partly because he felt sidelined and misunderstood by his community all his life, one reason being his atheism. She says: "I feel like when you leave Islam, your intellige

In the 30 years after the Second World War, half a million women had a child adopted – most were babies born to unmarried mothers. This documentary special in the Exposure strand reveals the stories of some of the many thousands of women pressured by Church and State into giving up their babies for adoption. Decades later, women are breaking the silence to tell the truth about this injustice.

This new documentary in the Exposure current affairs strand goes undercover to investigate the troubled world of supported housing. Footage secretly filmed in hostels for vulnerable people around Britain finds filthy living conditions, and inadequate support for residents. Produced by Hardcash, who made the acclaimed Saudi Arabia Uncovered, Charities Behaving Badly and Banaz: An Honour Killing for ITV, this programme reveals troubling evidence of neglect, and the death of a former policeman in a homeless hostel.

Nearly three decades after the Hillsborough disaster, reporter Peter Marshall - who was there on the day 96 people died - examines new evidence behind some of the shocking headlines and stories that smeared the Liverpool fans in 1989. In a special edition, this documentary in the Exposure strand also investigates concerns about how survivors, witnesses and their testimony were treated.