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Dispatches
1987 - 2025 6.7 (12 votes) 39 Seasons
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Dispatches

Overview

Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

Seasons

Season 2 (1988)

No overview available.

34 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Miner's Debate
1988-01-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Waiting for the Consultant
1988-01-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Danger! Men at Work
1988-01-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Interview with John Stalker
1988-02-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Iran
1988-02-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Palau
1988-02-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Working for Welfare
1988-02-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Radioactive Britain
1988-03-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Lobby
1988-03-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Charity Fraud
1988-03-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Single Union Deals With Employers
1988-03-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Cuba From Inside
1988-04-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Talking to the Terrorists
1988-04-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Cancer Research
1988-04-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Freemasonry
1988-05-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: The P.L.O.
1988-05-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: War in the Desert
1988-05-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: NATO's Nuclear Programme
1988-05-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Illegal Betting
1988-06-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: What's Best for the Children? : Coventry
1988-06-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines
1988-06-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Milky Business
1988-06-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: The Hashish Connection
1988-07-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Disciples of Chaos
1988-10-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Trouble on the Waterfront
1988-10-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: The Two State Solution
1988-10-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: Turkey: Trading with Torture
1988-10-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: Exporting High Technology from West to East
1988-11-02

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 29: Tibet - A Case to Answer
1988-11-09

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 30: The Day the Dream Died
1988-11-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 31: The Winds of Death
1988-11-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 32: The Battle for Stone Bassett
1988-11-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 33: The Countertraders
1988-12-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 34: A Very Polish Secret
1988-12-14

Runtime: 45 min
Season 3 (1989)

No overview available.

39 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Return to Year Zero?
1989-01-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Gorbachev's Asylums
1989-01-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Cooking the Books
1989-01-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: The Spy Who Broke the Code
1989-01-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Buckets of Money
1989-02-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: The Copper Seven Story
1989-02-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Afghan
1989-02-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: The Toxic Trail
1989-02-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Case of 'F'
1989-03-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: The Return of the Death Squads
1989-03-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Burma - Dying for Democracy
1989-03-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Voices From Long Larten
1989-03-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Young, Homeless and Broke
1989-03-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Chico
1989-04-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Carry on Flying
1989-04-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: The Most Neglected Crime
1989-04-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Dispatches (26/04/1989)
1989-04-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1989-05-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: The Sins of the Fathers
1989-05-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Not What the Doctor Ordered
1989-05-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Warlord of Kayan
1989-05-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: The Ultimate Blasphemy
1989-05-31

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Fit as a Fiddle
1989-06-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Empire of the Sun
1989-06-14

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Year of the Locust
1989-06-21

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: A State of Decay
1989-06-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: Terror Island
1989-07-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: The Spanish Connection
1989-10-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 29: The Day of the Technopath
1989-10-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 30: No, Prime Minister
1989-10-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 31: The Undoing of Edwina
1989-10-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 32: Mission Impossible
1989-11-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 33: In the Coal Hole
1989-11-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 34: The False Confession File
1989-11-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 35: Hungarians Not Comrades
1989-11-22

Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 36: Twelve Days in November
1989-11-29

Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 37: Licence to Kill
1989-12-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 38: Privatising Poland
1989-12-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 39: Road to Damascus
1989-12-20

Runtime: 45 min
Season 4 (1990)

No overview available.

39 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Plunderers
1990-01-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: When Porton Pays the Piper
1990-01-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Gamma Alarm
1990-01-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: The Great Leap Backwards
1990-01-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Miracle Molecule
1990-01-31

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Degrees for Sale
1990-02-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Stalin's Ghost
1990-02-14

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Troubled Waters
1990-02-21

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Beyond the Rubicon
1990-02-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: A Greater Germany
1990-03-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Gerry
1990-03-14

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Legalise It!
1990-03-21

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: In the Name of Hunger
1990-03-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Apartheid's Assassins
1990-04-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Terms for Peace
1990-04-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: The Children of Fire
1990-04-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: The Russians A Coming
1990-04-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: The Most Neglected Crime
1990-05-02

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: The Great Green Hype
1990-05-09

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Romanian Roulette
1990-05-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: A Tale of Two Cartels
1990-05-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Dispatches (30/05/1990)
1990-05-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: The Stasi Tapes
1990-06-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: The AIDS Catch
1990-06-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Eritrea: Fight to the Death
1990-06-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: Game on the Ice
1990-06-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: Guinness - The Inside Story
1990-09-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: Listen to the Children
1990-10-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 29: Rivers of Fire
1990-10-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 30: Bad Meat Trail
1990-10-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 31: The Oregon Formula
1990-10-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 32: Black and Blue
1990-10-31

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 33: Moscow's Mafia Millions
1990-11-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 34: Kingmaker of Karachi
1990-11-14

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 35: Divided She Falls?
1990-11-21

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 36: A Good and Faithful Servant
1990-11-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 37: The Case Against War
1990-12-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 38: Against the Odds
1990-12-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 39: The Prozac File
1990-12-19

Runtime: 45 min
Season 5 (1991)

No overview available.

35 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Giant of the Gulf
1991-01-09

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: What Happened at Christmas Island
1991-01-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Mr Bush's Road to War
1991-01-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Hanson Trust
1991-01-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Saddam's Secret Army
1991-01-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Crackdown
1991-02-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Skeletons Have Names
1991-02-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: The Provoked Wife
1991-02-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Thinking of the Soldier
1991-02-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Voices From Tibet
1991-03-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: A Very British Recession
1991-03-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Keep On Running
1991-03-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Strange Case of Democracy
1991-03-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Sir John's Shuttle
1991-04-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: A Dream Betrayed
1991-04-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Tapping into Toxnet
1991-04-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Mr Major's Number 10
1991-04-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: The Promised Land
1991-05-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: The Ballot Fixers
1991-05-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: The Arthur Legend
1991-05-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Saddam's Iraq
1991-05-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Castro's Secret Fix
1991-06-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: The Movement
1991-06-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: The Committee
1991-10-02

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Strange Customs
1991-10-09

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: In the Cleaning Machine
1991-10-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: Every Child in Britain
1991-10-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: Georgian Nightmare
1991-10-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 29: Missing in Action
1991-11-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 30: The Swiss Connection
1991-11-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 31: The Last Taboo
1991-11-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 32: The Truth that Sets Us Free
1991-11-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 33: Don King, Unauthorised
1991-12-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 34: Holding the Baby
1991-12-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 35: Christmas in Kurdistan
1991-12-18

Runtime: 45 min
Season 6 (1992)

No overview available.

34 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Audit Of War
1992-01-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Patent On Life
1992-01-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Mother Russia's Children
1992-01-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: The Hanson File
1992-01-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Sick At Heart
1992-02-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: AZT - Cause For Concern
1992-02-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Beyond Faith
1992-02-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: The Law Of The Ghetto
1992-02-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: A Question Of Sizewell
1992-03-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: The End Of The Union?
1992-03-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Election 1992: Democracy In Danger
1992-03-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Election 1992: Every Child In Britain
1992-03-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Election 1992: The Issue They Don't Debate
1992-04-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Campaign Diary
1992-04-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Red Star Unwrapped
1992-04-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Cloud Over Europe
1992-04-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: The Return To Olympia
1992-04-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Blind Data
1992-05-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Hidden Assets
1992-05-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Body Search
1992-05-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: The Czechoslovak Casino
1992-05-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: For Queen Or Country?
1992-06-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: The People Of The Shining Path
1992-06-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Missing In Action
1992-06-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Not Quite Forever
1992-10-14

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: Relative Hell
1992-10-21

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: Bordering On Big Brother
1992-10-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: Visible Harm?
1992-11-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 29: Germans For Sale
1992-11-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 30: The 'R' Word
1992-11-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 31: The First Thatcherite
1992-11-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 32: The Generation Game
1992-12-02

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 33: All The Presidency Men
1992-12-09

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 34: Dying To Diet
1992-12-16

Runtime: 45 min
Season 7 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 8 ()

No overview available.

1 episodes

Season 9 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 10 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 11 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 13 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 14 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 15 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 16 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 17 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 18 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 19 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 21 ()

No overview available.

1 episodes

Season 22 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 23 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 25 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 27 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 28 ()

No overview available.

0 episodes

Season 29 (2015)

No overview available.

23 episodes

Episodes
Season 30 (2016)

No overview available.

28 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Where's My Missing Mail?
2016-02-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: How the Rich Avoid Tax
2016-02-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: 999: Where's My Ambulance?
2016-02-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Dirty Secrets: What's Really in Our Air?
2016-02-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Fight Against ISIS
2016-02-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: How To Be A Council House Millionaire
2016-03-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Housing Benefit Millionaires
2016-03-14

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Secrets of Cadbury
2016-03-21

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Britain's Pensioner Care Scandal
2016-04-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: The Great Benefits Row
2016-04-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Isis and the Missing Treasures
2016-04-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: The Truth About Cheap Flights
2016-04-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Undercover: Inside Britain's Children's Services
2016-05-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Are You Owed a Pay Rise?
2016-07-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Racist Britain
2016-07-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Is Your Pension Safe?
2016-07-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: How School Bosses Spend Your Millions
2016-07-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: How Safe Is Your Car?
2016-08-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Brexit: Who'll Do Your Job Now?
2016-08-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: The Great Housing Scandal
2016-08-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: The Battle for the Labour Party
2016-09-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Britain's Aborton Extremists
2016-10-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Britain's Wealth Gap
2016-10-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Living With Nightmare Neighbours
2016-10-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Addicted to Spending
2016-10-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: The Secret Plan to Save Fat Britain
2016-10-31

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: Britain's Homebuilding Scandal
2016-11-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: The World According to President Trump
2016-11-14

Runtime: 45 min
Season 31 (2017)

No overview available.

28 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: President Trump's Dirty Secrets
2017-01-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes (1)
2017-01-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes (2)
2017-01-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Undercover: Britain's Homeless Scandal
2017-02-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Supermarkets: Brexit and Your Shrinking Shop
2017-02-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Inside Britain's Airports
2017-02-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Under Lock and Key
2017-03-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Brexit: Crisis on the Wards
2017-03-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Britain's Benefit Families
2017-03-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad
2017-03-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Secrets of Coca-Cola
2017-03-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: President Trump: How Scared Should We Be?
2017-04-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Isis and the Battle for Iraq
2017-04-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Trump, The Doctor and The Vaccine Scandal
2017-05-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Bupa Care Homes Undercover
2017-06-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Brexit - How to Get a British Passport
2017-06-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Secrets of Your Cruise
2017-07-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Secrets of Britain's New Homes
2017-07-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Secrets of Your New Car
2017-08-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: How to Get a Pay Rise
2017-10-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Trump & Russia: Sex, Spies and Scandal
2017-10-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Who Deserves a Pay Rise?
2017-10-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Is Britain Full?
2017-10-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Trouble on the Trains
2017-11-06

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: The Fight For Mosul
2017-11-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: The Great Housing Scandal
2017-11-13

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: How to Avoid the Dementia Tax
2017-11-20

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: Al Fayed Behind Closed Doors
2017-12-08

Runtime: 45 min
Season 32 (2018)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit
2018-01-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Undercover in Premier Inn
2018-02-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Football's Wall of Silence
2018-02-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Undercover: Inside the Priory
2018-02-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Britain's University Spending Scandal
2018-02-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: The Fgm Detectives
2018-02-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?
2018-03-05

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Who Speaks for British Muslims?
2018-03-12

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Truth About Your Pay
2018-03-19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack
2018-03-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Britain's Diesel Scandal
2018-04-09

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: The True Cost of Green Energy
2018-04-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Britain's Benefits Crisis
2018-05-07

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Myanmar's Killing Fields
2018-05-14

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: After Grenfell, How Safe Are We?
2018-06-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis
2018-07-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
2018-07-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Homeless and Working
2018-07-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Breastfeeding Uncovered
2018-07-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists
2018-08-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: How to lose Seven Billion Pounds
2018-08-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Lawless Britain: Where are the Police?
2018-10-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches For Snitches
2018-10-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Cannabis: Time to End the Ban?
2018-10-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Born on the Breadline
2018-10-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
2018-11-05

North Korean citizens reveal what life is like for the 24 million people who live in the world's most secretive country, where the state controls every aspect of their life.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 33 (2019)

No overview available.

28 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Truth About Vegans
2019-01-02

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids
2019-02-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: HS2: The Great Train Robbery
2019-02-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail?
2019-02-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge
2019-02-26

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous
2019-03-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: The Brexit Millionaires
2019-03-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Great Formula Milk Scandal
2019-03-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: New Landlords From Hell
2019-03-25

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Britain's Hidden War
2019-04-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: When the Immigrants Leave
2019-04-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial
2019-05-27

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken
2019-06-03

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Britain's Toxic Air Scandal
2019-06-10

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: How Safe Are Your Medicines?
2019-06-17

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Britain's Breast Implant Scandal
2019-06-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Officer Down - Police Under Attack
2019-07-01

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Battle for the Tory Party
2019-07-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Britain's New Build Scandal
2019-07-15

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: £2 Million Passport: Welcome to Britain
2019-07-22

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Young, British and Depressed
2019-07-29

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Sex, Drugs and Murder
2019-09-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: The Prince and the Paedophile
2019-10-21

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Trump's Plan for the NHS
2019-10-28

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain
2019-11-04

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: The Secrets of Amazon
2019-11-11

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 27: Homeless and Pregnant
2019-11-18

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 28: Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
2019-12-02

Runtime: 45 min
Season 34 (2020)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Secrets of Big Tobacco: Has Philip Morris International Really Given Up Smoking?
2020-02-24

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee
2020-03-02

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Celebs for Sale: The Great Charity Scandal
2020-03-09

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Britain's Train Hell
2020-03-16

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Sex, Money & Power: The Dirty Secrets of Davos
2020-03-23

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Coronavirus: Can Our NHS Cope?
2020-03-30

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Coronavirus: How Britain is Changing
2020-04-08

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: The Truth About Traveller Crime
2020-04-16

Anja Popp goes in search of the truth about crimes linked to traveller sites. She talks to members of the public who have experienced crime waves and intimidation, goes out on patrol with police dealing with rural incidents and hears from travellers and their advocates, who say they suffer prejudice and attack.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Britain's Coronavirus Catastrophe
2020-06-03

With Britain's Covid death rate one of the world's highest, Antony Barnett examines the evidence and asks did the government get it wrong?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Dirty Secrets of American Food: Coming to a Supermarket Near You?
2020-10-12

Morland Sanders investigates the American food that could be coming to Britain soon as part of a post-Brexit trade deal. with exclusive lab results revealing levels of dangerous bacteria on US supermarket meat. He looks at the widespread use of pesticides and hormones currently banned in the UK, and uncovers animal welfare concerns and declining hygiene standards in American food production, as well as fears the deal could harm the British farming industry.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 36 (2022)

No overview available.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Boris Johnson: Has He Run Out of Road?
2022-01-30

Is Boris Johnson, the great political survivor, finished? Britain's top political interviewer Andrew Neil has the inside track on the Tories in turmoil.

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 2: China: The Search for the Missing
2022-02-02

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 3: Ukraine: On the Front Line with Johnny Mercer
2022-04-03

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 4: Cadbury Exposed
2022-04-04

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 5: Why Are Your Energy Bills So High?
2022-04-11

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 6: Are We Losing the War on Terror?
2022-04-18

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 7: Inside the Metaverse: Are You Safe?
2022-04-25

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 8: The Enemy Within: The Far Right
2022-05-09

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 9: The Truth About Nike and Adidas
2022-05-16

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 10: MPs Under Threat
2022-05-23

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 11: Corrupt Cops: What the Met Knew
2022-05-30

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 12: Ukraine: Life Under Attack
2022-06-27

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 13: Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution
2022-07-25

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 14: Airport Chaos Undercover
2022-08-01

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 15: Why Is My Car So Expensive?
2022-08-15

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 16: Britain's Water Scandal
2022-08-29

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 17: Broke: Britain's Debt Emergency
2022-09-21

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 18: Britain's Evicted Kids
2022-10-07

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 19: Hospital Undercover Are They Safe?
2022-10-10

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 20: Trapped, Disabled & Abused
2022-11-07

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 21: Cops in Crisis
2022-12-07

Runtime: N/A min
Season 38 (2024)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Coca-Cola's Dirty Secret
2024-05-16

What's the environmental impact of the UK's huge soft drink habit? With a thirsty nation getting through two billion plastic bottles a year, and the same for cans, do Coke's recycling claims stand up?

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 2: The War on Britain's Motorists
2024-05-23

Potholes everywhere. Controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and electric vehicle confusion too. Car journalist Ginny Buckley asks is this the worst time ever to be a motorist in the UK?

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 3: Kill Zone : Inside Gaza
2024-05-30

The story of the Israeli military assault on Gaza. Seen through the eyes of children, journalists and doctors, Dispatches takes an unflinching look at the horrific challenges and heartbreaking loss.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 4: The Truth About Temu
2024-05-30

What's the story behind the runaway success of the addictive Chinese shopping app? With half a billion downloads worldwide, are some of Temu's rock-bottom prices and products too good to be true?

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 5: Rubbish Tip Britain
2024-06-21

A look inside the lucrative world of waste crime with video, surveillance footage and interviews from insiders. Exposing how banned waste has been dumped for years in a major landfill site, seemingly unnoticed by the authorities, while posing a risk to human health. This documentary reveals new satellite data suggesting hundreds of unregulated waste dumps are being operated in plain sight and investigates evidence of the growing role of organisations engaging in illegal fly-tipping, with little fear of action against them.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 6: Undercover A&E: NHS in Crisis
2024-06-24

Undercover report filmed over two months at an NHS Accident and Emergency Department, which exposes the suffering and dangers patients face on a daily basis. The programme features footage of seriously ill patients forced to sleep on chairs for up to two days because there are no beds, and a dangerous superbug outbreak linked to overcrowding and falling hygiene standards.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Can AI Steal Your Vote?
2024-06-27

Election campaigners and experts have warned that artificial intelligence tools could risk politically motivated disinformation flooding social media feeds in ways that recently seemed unimaginable. The fear is that deepfakes and other AI-generated material could influence votes. Cathy Newman reports on the issue, illustrating the effect that AI could have on 12 households of undecided voters. The homes are fed AI-generated material advised by political experts, with the residents none the wiser. Will the experiment succeed? If so, what does it say about the power of AI to influence the vote?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Britain's Unsolved Crimewave
2024-07-16

Analysing police data, Dispatches reveals local hotspots where 100% of neighbourhood crimes go unsolved. The team watch a theft in action and go on the trail of the criminals.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 9: Barbie's Dirty Secrets
2024-10-11

With Barbiemania putting toy maker Mattel back in the limelight, Dispatches goes undercover in one of Mattel's factories, exposing the reality for workers making the famous dolls

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Vinted's Dirty Laundry
2024-10-18

The online secondhand clothes app Vinted is booming. Is its soar-away success too good to be true? Dispatches uncovers the truth behind some of the products sold on the platform.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions
2024-11-02

For years, the royals kept details of some of their wealth secret. Dispatches reveals what they have kept under wraps - about who is paying them, and for what.

Runtime: 48 min
Episode 12: Britain's Shoplifting Gangs Exposed
2024-11-25

In this high-stakes true crime investigation, Dispatches goes undercover to expose the organised criminal networks behind the UK's shoplifting epidemic.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 13: Britain's Benefits Scandal
2024-12-02

With the recent rise in working-age people on sickness benefits - many of them under 35 - Dispatches asks what's driving the surge?

Runtime: 60 min

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