Dispatches (1987)
Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
📺 Seasons & Episodes
19878 episodes
1. The Plutonium Black Market
⏱ 45 minInvestigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
2. In The Red
⏱ 45 minInvestigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
3. AIDS - The Unheard Voices
⏱ 45 minThe program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those diagnosed as H.I.V. positive.
4. Divided by Law
⏱ 45 minExplains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that the government has delayed progress pending on legislation.
5. Selling the Tunnel
⏱ 45 minTVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the public to back the issue of shares and raise capital.
6. Gunning for Government
⏱ 45 minThe undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.
7. Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
⏱ 45 min4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mother Pauline Carlile was jailed 12 years for cruelty.
8. Korea: Poverty Prohibited
⏱ 45 minIn the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.
198834 episodes
1. The Miner's Debate
⏱ 45 minA question of concern, doubt and safety of mine workers from around Britain.
2. Waiting for the Consultant
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report which looks at the suitability of doctors' work practices to the needs of the modern National Health Service.
3. Danger! Men at Work
⏱ 45 minAn investigation over sexual harassment at work, the women behind it and what had been done to justify as a court offense.
4. Interview with John Stalker
⏱ 45 minInterview with John Stalker who recently resigned as Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester. He was removed from an investigation of police and army tactics in Northern Ireland, and has now written a book about his experiences.
5. Iran: A Widening Gulf
⏱ 45 minTim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state.
6. Palau: Paradise Lost
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report on US policies in the Pacific island of Palau and the seeking of an agreement with the islanders, despite their non-nuclear constitution, to bring nuclear weapons to the island.
7. Working for Welfare
⏱ 45 minReport on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare
8. Radioactive Britain
⏱ 45 minA report on the Radioactive Substances Act, which permits over 7000 premises throughout Britain to handle radioactive material.
9. The Lobby
⏱ 45 minInvestigation in to the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as "The Lobby", in the United States.
10. Charity Fraud
⏱ 45 minReport into a number of case histories of alleged charity fraud, which leads to an examination of the loopholes in existing charity laws.
11. Single Union Deals With Employers
⏱ 45 minDocumentary about how the big unions present themselves to potential new employers in contests to sign single-union deals.
12. Cuba From Inside
⏱ 45 minA report on human rights in Cuba
13. Talking to the Terrorists
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report in which former members of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, talk about their pasts and their hopes for an amnesty which will let them back into society.
14. Cancer Research
⏱ 45 minA look at cancer research, and the lack of evidence that there has been much progress over the last 50-60 years. Some researchers think that there is no cure in sight. Why is so little research done into cancer prevention?
15. Freemasonry
⏱ 45 minThe Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time.
16. The P.L.O.
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
17. War in the Desert
⏱ 45 minThe first documentary about a war that has been going on for 13 years in the Sahara Desert between Morocco and a rebel army known as the Polisario.
18. NATO's Nuclear Programme
⏱ 45 minDocumentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO.
19. Illegal Betting
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report about illegal gambling, worth £400-600 million annually. Hidden cameras are used in pubs and clubs from London to Liverpool.
20. What's Best for the Children? : Coventry
⏱ 45 minDocumentary about a model system in Coventry which has been set up to deal with child abuse, and which it is hoped will avoid most of the problems that occurred in Cleveland.
21. The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines
⏱ 45 minDocumentary made by Nick Downie about the time he spent with the Philippine Communist guerrillas, the New People's Army.
22. Milky Business
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
23. The Hashish Connection
⏱ 45 minDocumentary filmed in the Bekaa valley about Lebanon's powerful drug clans.
24. Disciples of Chaos
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report about the National Front, which will be 21 years old this year. They now work mostly underground as a subversive organization. Also reports on Roberto Fiore in Italy.
25. Trouble on the Waterfront
⏱ 45 minPort employers and the government want to scrap the Dock Labour Scheme, but there is great opposition amongst dockers.
26. The Two State Solution
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report on the attitudes of Israelis and Palestinians to the future of the occupied territories. A look at the idea of forming two separate states, however, people on both sides are opposed to this.
27. Turkey: Trading with Torture
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report on the continued use of torture in Turkey, despite its desire to join the EEC, which bans such practices. Includes graphic personal accounts.
28. Exporting High Technology from West to East
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report about the measures taken by the United States to ensure that their high technology is not exported to the Soviet bloc.
29. Tibet - A Case to Answer
⏱ 45 minDocumentary examining the destruction of the landscape, and the rights and religion of the people of Tibet, which has been ruled by the Chinese for 40 years.
30. The Day the Dream Died
⏱ 45 min25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following still unanswered questions: 1) Our evidence points to an inescapable conclusion - this casket is empty. The question is, why? 2) Lyndon B. Johnson - what did this man stand to gain from the death of President Kennedy? 3) Who was this man [at the scene]? 4) Why did all these witnesses have to die? 5) Why was Lee Harvey Oswald arrested so quickly? 6) Who set Jack Ruby up to kill Oswald? 7) Why was it necessary to alter Kennedy's body before the official autopsy in Washington? 8) Why did the Dallas doctors change their testimony the very next day? 9) Why was Kennedy's brain missing at the autopsy in Washington? 10) Why did the Warren commission deceive the world?
31. The Winds of Death
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report on the Iraqi army's poison gas attacks on Kurdish villagers
32. The Battle for Stone Bassett
⏱ 45 minDocumentary investigation into the controversy surrounding the plan to build a new 6000 houses town, Stone Bassett, in rural Oxfordshire.
33. The Countertraders
⏱ 45 minDocumentary examination of the growth of "Countertrade" deals - compensatory agreements made between a government and a foreign company to offset the effects of placing an order overseas.
34. A Very Polish Secret
⏱ 45 minDocumentary about the previously untold story of a 1945 massacre of Polish partisans by Russian troupes and pro-Russian Polish security forces.
198939 episodes
1. Return to Year Zero?
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
2. Gorbachev's Asylums
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
3. Cooking the Books
⏱ 45 minInvestigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
4. The Spy Who Broke the Code
⏱ 45 minDocumentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
5. Buckets of Money
⏱ 45 minDocumentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
6. The Copper Seven Story
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.
7. Afghan
⏱ 45 minA four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
8. The Toxic Trail
⏱ 45 minDocumentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.
9. The Case of 'F'
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
10. The Return of the Death Squads
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
11. Burma - Dying for Democracy
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
12. Voices From Long Larten
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
13. Young, Homeless and Broke
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
14. Chico
⏱ 45 minA documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
15. Carry on Flying
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
16. The Most Neglected Crime
⏱ 45 minFour out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.
17. Dispatches (26/04/1989)
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
18. A Suitable Case for Treatment
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
19. The Sins of the Fathers
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
20. Not What the Doctor Ordered
⏱ 45 minFeaturing David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
21. Warlord of Kayan
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
22. The Ultimate Blasphemy
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
23. Fit as a Fiddle
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
24. Empire of the Sun
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
25. Year of the Locust
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
26. A State of Decay
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
27. Terror Island
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
28. The Spanish Connection
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
29. The Day of the Technopath
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
30. No, Prime Minister
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
31. The Undoing of Edwina
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
32. Mission Impossible
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
33. In the Coal Hole
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
34. The False Confession File
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
35. Hungarians Not Comrades
⏱ 45 minDocumentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
36. Twelve Days in November
⏱ 45 minDocumentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
37. Licence to Kill
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
38. Privatising Poland
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
39. Road to Damascus
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
199039 episodes
1. The Plunderers
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
2. When Porton Pays the Piper
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
3. Gamma Alarm
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
4. The Great Leap Backwards
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
5. Miracle Molecule
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
6. Degrees for Sale
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
7. Stalin's Ghost
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
8. Troubled Waters
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
9. Beyond the Rubicon
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
10. A Greater Germany
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
11. Gerry
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
12. Legalise It!
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
13. In the Name of Hunger
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
14. Apartheid's Assassins
⏱ 45 minOver the years many political activists have been murdered in strange circumstances, but security denied that special 'hit squad' units were responsible. Then Captain Dirk Coetzee, ex-commander of one of these units, fled the country and told his story to the ANC, in extensive interviews Coetzee explains the functioning of the special units. The video also reconstructs attacks carried out against Zimbabwean anti-apartheid campaigners.
15. Terms for Peace
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
16. The Children of Fire
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
17. The Russians A Coming
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
18. The Most Neglected Crime
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
19. The Great Green Hype
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
20. Romanian Roulette
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
21. A Tale of Two Cartels
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
22. Dispatches (30/05/1990)
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
23. The Stasi Tapes
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
24. The AIDS Catch
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
25. Eritrea: Fight to the Death
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
26. Game on the Ice
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
27. Guinness - The Inside Story
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
28. Listen to the Children
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
29. Rivers of Fire
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
30. Bad Meat Trail
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
31. The Oregon Formula
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
32. Black and Blue
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
33. Moscow's Mafia Millions
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
34. Kingmaker of Karachi
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
35. Divided She Falls?
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
36. A Good and Faithful Servant
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
37. The Case Against War
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
38. Against the Odds
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
39. The Prozac File
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
199135 episodes
1. Giant of the Gulf
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
2. What Happened at Christmas Island
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
3. Mr Bush's Road to War
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
4. Hanson Trust
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
5. Saddam's Secret Army
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
6. Crackdown
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
7. Skeletons Have Names
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
8. The Provoked Wife
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
9. Thinking of the Soldier
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
10. Voices From Tibet
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
11. A Very British Recession
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
12. Keep On Running
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
13. Strange Case of Democracy
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
14. Sir John's Shuttle
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
15. A Dream Betrayed
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
16. Tapping into Toxnet
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
17. Mr Major's Number 10
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
18. The Promised Land
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
19. The Ballot Fixers
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
20. The Arthur Legend
⏱ 45 minDirector Ken Loach and reporter-producer Lorraine Heggessey defend miners' leader Arthur Scargill against allegations made by the Daily Mirror and ITV's The Cook Report (1987-98), including financial misconduct during the 1984-85 miners' strike.
21. Saddam's Iraq
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
22. Castro's Secret Fix
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
23. The Movement
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
24. The Committee
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
25. Strange Customs
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
26. In the Cleaning Machine
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
27. Every Child in Britain
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
28. Georgian Nightmare
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
29. Missing in Action
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
30. The Swiss Connection
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
31. The Last Taboo
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
32. The Truth that Sets Us Free
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
33. Don King, Unauthorised
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
34. Holding the Baby
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
35. Christmas in Kurdistan
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
199234 episodes
1. The Audit Of War
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
2. Patent On Life
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
3. Mother Russia's Children
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
4. The Hanson File
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
5. Sick At Heart
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
6. AZT - Cause For Concern
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
7. Beyond Faith
⏱ 45 minSpecial investigation into Satanic ritual abuse.
8. The Law Of The Ghetto
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
9. A Question Of Sizewell
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
10. The End Of The Union?
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
11. Election 1992: Democracy In Danger
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
12. Election 1992: Every Child In Britain
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
13. Election 1992: The Issue They Don't Debate
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
14. Campaign Diary
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
15. Red Star Unwrapped
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
16. Cloud Over Europe
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
17. The Return To Olympia
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
18. Blind Data
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
19. Hidden Assets
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
20. Body Search
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
21. The Czechoslovak Casino
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
22. For Queen Or Country?
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
23. The People Of The Shining Path
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
24. Missing In Action
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
25. Not Quite Forever
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
26. Relative Hell
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
27. Bordering On Big Brother
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
28. Visible Harm?
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
29. Germans For Sale
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
30. The 'R' Word
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
31. The First Thatcherite
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
32. The Generation Game
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
33. All The Presidency Men
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
34. Dying To Diet
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
199334 episodes
1. One Man in Ten
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2. The Fight Game
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3. Preparing for Power
⏱ —No description available.
4. Fatal Dose
⏱ —No description available.
5. A Town Called Kozarac
⏱ —No description available.
6. Other People's Children
⏱ —No description available.
7. The Battle of Twyford Down
⏱ —No description available.
8. The Gluckman Files
⏱ —No description available.
9. A Tax Too Far
⏱ —No description available.
10. Murder in Moss Side
⏱ —No description available.
11. AIDS and Africa
⏱ —No description available.
12. Caught in the Act
⏱ —No description available.
13. An Age Apart
⏱ —No description available.
14. Taxing Times
⏱ —No description available.
15. Crime and Prejudice
⏱ —No description available.
16. The Samson Unit
⏱ —No description available.
17. Grecian Tragedy
⏱ —No description available.
18. Nuclear Nightmare
⏱ —No description available.
19. Relative Hell - Update
⏱ —No description available.
20. The Children of Romania
⏱ —No description available.
21. The Trail of Red Mercury
⏱ —No description available.
22. Adventure Too Far
⏱ —No description available.
23. The Key to Watergate
⏱ —No description available.
24. The Hill
⏱ —No description available.
25. Marriage Contract
⏱ —No description available.
26. Whitehall on Trial
⏱ —No description available.
27. Gone to the Dogs
⏱ —No description available.
28. Who's Minding the Managers?
⏱ —No description available.
29. Kids on the Rocks
⏱ —No description available.
30. The Batches in Question
⏱ —No description available.
31. No, Minister
⏱ —No description available.
32. The Doughty Street Papers
⏱ —No description available.
33. Loss of the Marchioness
⏱ —No description available.
34. A Disaster of Epic Proportions
⏱ —No description available.
199434 episodes
1. A Greater Croatia
⏱ —No description available.
2. Down for the Count
⏱ —No description available.
3. Operation Domino
⏱ —No description available.
4. BSE - The Human Link?
⏱ —No description available.
5. The Munchausen File
⏱ —No description available.
6. The Munchausen Syndrome
⏱ —No description available.
7. Asylum for Sale
⏱ —No description available.
8. Getting Away With Rape
⏱ —No description available.
9. Jayne's Journey
⏱ —No description available.
10. The Great Coal Conundrum
⏱ —No description available.
12. A Danger to Health
⏱ —No description available.
13. Inside God's Bunker
⏱ —No description available.
14. Les Enfants Terribles
⏱ —No description available.
15. The Other Mandela
⏱ —No description available.
16. Pocket Neutron
⏱ —Following last year's The Trail of Red Mercury (1993), Dispatches now presents new evidence of how Russian scientists have designed a new miniature neutron bomb using red mercury.
17. Baby's Sweet Tooth
⏱ —No description available.
18. Whitehall on Trial (II)
⏱ —No description available.
19. Democracy in Decline
⏱ —No description available.
20. Shackled Children
⏱ —Follows the work of activists against child labour in the US, Russia, India, Egypt and Colombia.
21. The Pill Generation
⏱ —No description available.
22. Murder of Childhood
⏱ —No description available.
23. Murder of Childhood (Abridged)
⏱ —No description available.
24. The Cyprus Connection
⏱ —No description available.
25. A Rwandan Nightmare
⏱ —No description available.
26. Accident Waiting to Happen
⏱ —An investigation into safety standards at football grounds and how they are being ignored in spite of the Taylor and Popplewell reports which were issued after the Hillsborough disaster and Bradford stadium fire. Our reporter uncovers through secret filming the many ways in which football clubs are still ignoring these safety regulations. Club chairman are confronted on camera with the evidence collected and are asked to justify their lack of concern.
27. Kids on the Rocks: Update
⏱ —No description available.
28. Insult to Injury
⏱ —With the increase of insurance claims, insurance companies are involved in a string of scams. This investigation reveals the desperate measures undertaken by insurers to cut their pay out bills. It shows the real-life scam brought on three innocent victims by the use of deceitful tricks and private eyes. The investigation provides 3 people caught in the insurers scams and attempts of interviewing the insurance companies.
29. Terror on the Doorstep
⏱ —No description available.
30. Out of Control
⏱ —No description available.
31. The Casalee File
⏱ —No description available.
32. Privateers on Parade
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33. Spy in the Camp
⏱ —No description available.
34. The Lindane Legacy
⏱ —No description available.
35. The Andreotti File
⏱ —No description available.
199526 episodes
1. The Torture Trail
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2. Serving Two Masters
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3. Murky Waters
⏱ —No description available.
4. Who's Taking Care?
⏱ —No description available.
5. Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare
⏱ —No description available.
6. A Matter of Fat
⏱ —No description available.
7. Total Structural Failure
⏱ —No description available.
8. Safe or Sorry
⏱ —No description available.
9. Battle for the Agenda
⏱ —No description available.
10. Canada's Foreign Field
⏱ —No description available.
11. Hamas
⏱ —No description available.
13. The War Crimes File
⏱ —No description available.
14. Behind Closed Doors
⏱ —No description available.
15. Who Pays the Gas Bill?
⏱ —No description available.
16. Journey to Hell
⏱ —No description available.
17. The Unknown Crime
⏱ —No description available.
18. Fair Shares in Health
⏱ —No description available.
19. Making the Grades
⏱ —No description available.
20. The Care Connection
⏱ —No description available.
21. Very Rough Justice
⏱ —No description available.
22. Lords A-Lobbying
⏱ —No description available.
23. Sale of the Centuries
⏱ —No description available.
24. The Shame of Cromwell Street
⏱ —No description available.
25. New Labour, Old Habits?
⏱ —An investigation into the alleged disreputable behaviour and secretly-recorded comments of Leicester East MP Keith Vaz suggests that Tony Blair's New Labour may not be such a new way of doing politics after all.
26. The Perfect Poison
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27. The Battle of Sanski Most
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199630 episodes
1. Estate of Terror
⏱ —Every year up to two hundred and forty thousand old people suffer form crimes committed by children. Overwhelmingly these crimes take the form of harassment. The elderly are verbally abused, stoned in the street and have their windows smashed. Sometimes the harassment escalates into burglary or even murder. At least 12 old people have been killed by juveniles in the last 4 years. Dispatches contacted all of the main national agencies who care for the elderly and without exception they were all unaware of the extent of the problem. Old people all over Britain are suffering in silence afraid to leave their houses whilst children control the streets.
2. The Veal Trail
⏱ —No description available.
3. Citizen Maxwell
⏱ —No description available.
4. Operation Lottery
⏱ —No description available.
5. Scott on Scott
⏱ —No description available.
6. The Power Connection
⏱ —No description available.
7. Jessica: A Saudi Slave
⏱ —No description available.
8. Checking the Post
⏱ —No description available.
9. Back on the Torture Trail
⏱ —No description available.
10. The Safety Barrier
⏱ —No description available.
11. The Lost Children
⏱ —No description available.
12. Acid Test
⏱ —No description available.
13. Murder in St. James's
⏱ —No description available.
14. The Khartoum Connection
⏱ —No description available.
15. The Peace Prize
⏱ —No description available.
16. Second Class Return
⏱ —No description available.
17. Banking on the Disabled
⏱ —No description available.
18. Class Wars
⏱ —No description available.
19. The Mahogany Trail
⏱ —No description available.
20. A Bosnian Betrayal
⏱ —The program explores the extent to which United Nations officials and commanders in Bosnia put the safety of their troops ahead of their responsibility to the civilians in Srebrenica. Although Srebrenica was designated as a United Nations safe haven, the Serbian forces apparently massacred Bosnian Muslims after they captured the city in July, 1995.
21. Purdey's Proof
⏱ —No description available.
22. The Liquidation Game
⏱ —No description available.
23. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
⏱ —No description available.
24. Arming the Admirals
⏱ —No description available.
25. Secrets of Big Tobacco
⏱ —No description available.
26. The Truth of CS
⏱ —No description available.
27. An Ambulance in Time
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28. Brown Land
⏱ —No description available.
29. Making a Killing
⏱ —No description available.
30. The Portman Group
⏱ —No description available.
199724 episodes
1. They're No Angels
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2. A Question of Sleaze
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3. Soccer's Foul Play
⏱ —No description available.
4. Under the Hammer: Part 1
⏱ —No description available.
5. Under the Hammer: Part 2
⏱ —No description available.
6. Crash Landing
⏱ —No description available.
8. The Saudi Tapes
⏱ —No description available.
9. A Very British Betrayal
⏱ —No description available.
10. The Firm
⏱ —No description available.
11. Buying Time
⏱ —No description available.
12. Trooping Out the Colour
⏱ —Racism in the British Army.
13. The Search for Mother Russia's Children
⏱ —No description available.
14. Here We Go Again
⏱ —No description available.
15. The Blair Project
⏱ —No description available.
16. The Great Gulf Cover Up
⏱ —No description available.
17. The Test
⏱ —No description available.
20. The End of Hong Kong
⏱ —No description available.
21. Secrets of the Gaul
⏱ —No description available.
22. Lie of the Land
⏱ —No description available.
23. Dubious Charity
⏱ —No description available.
24. Builders' Club
⏱ —No description available.
25. Triangle of Death
⏱ —No description available.
26. BSE: The Hidden Story
⏱ —No description available.
27. Monkey Business
⏱ —No description available.
199828 episodes
1. The Force is Not with You
⏱ —No description available.
2. The Contamination Trail
⏱ —No description available.
3. Too Much Too Young
⏱ —No description available.
4. Something in the Air
⏱ —No description available.
5. Saddam's Secret Time Bomb
⏱ —No description available.
6. Judgement for Louise
⏱ —Journalist David Jessel and producer Steve Haywood from the acclaimed Trial and Error (1992) come to Dispatches to examine doubts about the safety of the conviction of nanny Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care.
7. Trust Me I'm a Doctor
⏱ —No description available.
8. Inspecting the Inspectors
⏱ —No description available.
9. Golf Lima Foxtrot
⏱ —GLF is police jargon for "Go Like F***". But does such light-hearted jocularity betray a lack of serious regard for the potential dangers to the public of cops' ability to break the rules of the road when performing high-speed pursuits?
10. Granny's Having a Baby
⏱ —No description available.
11. The war Business
⏱ 60 minJournalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.
12. Men Behaving Badly: Part 1
⏱ —No description available.
13. Men Behaving Badly: Part 2
⏱ —No description available.
14. Apartheid's Children
⏱ —No description available.
15. Secrets of the Gaul - Update
⏱ —No description available.
16. Supertouts
⏱ —No description available.
17. The Accident
⏱ —Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.
18. Death in Room 602
⏱ —No description available.
20. Sidney Cooke
⏱ —No description available.
21. Sidney Cooke Update
⏱ —No description available.
22. The Killer in Our Taps
⏱ —No description available.
23. Now One is 50
⏱ —No description available.
24. Teenage Gang Rape
⏱ —No description available.
25. Dispatches Discussion
⏱ —No description available.
26. Hidden Killer
⏱ —No description available.
27. Law and Disorder
⏱ —No description available.
28. Inside the ALF
⏱ —No description available.
29. The Lockerbie Trail
⏱ —No description available.
199927 episodes
1. Male Victims of Domestic Violence
⏱ —No description available.
2. Bristol Doctors
⏱ —No description available.
4. Mission Impossible (II)
⏱ —No description available.
5. Kicking the Habit
⏱ —No description available.
6. Ireland
⏱ —No description available.
7. The Welsh Assembly
⏱ —No description available.
8. Surveying the Surveyors
⏱ —No description available.
9. Hot Potato
⏱ —No description available.
11. The Crime Game
⏱ —The revelation that police and criminals are playing a mutually beneficial game, in which the latter admit to crimes they have not committed so the former can then show falsely improved crime figures.
12. CCTV
⏱ —No description available.
14. Seven Days in Hell
⏱ —No description available.
15. The Mardis Gras Bomber
⏱ —No description available.
16. Domestic Violence
⏱ —No description available.
17. Car Challenge
⏱ —No description available.
18. The Sex Slave Trade
⏱ —No description available.
19. Bosses in the Dock
⏱ —No description available.
20. Car Trouble - Insurance
⏱ —No description available.
21. Bloody Balkans: Witness to Murder
⏱ —No description available.
22. Car Trouble - Breakdown
⏱ —No description available.
23. Kill or Be Killed
⏱ —No description available.
24. Britain's Most Dangerous Man
⏱ —No description available.
25. Prime Suspects
⏱ —No description available.
26. Runaways
⏱ —No description available.
27. A Matter of Life and Death
⏱ —No description available.
28. Who Vets the Vets?
⏱ —No description available.
29. Tooth Trouble
⏱ —No description available.
30. Licensed to Kill
⏱ —No description available.
200020 episodes
1. For the Love of a Stranger
⏱ —No description available.
2. The Fight for a Child
⏱ —No description available.
3. Drug Wars
⏱ —No description available.
4. Tax Wars
⏱ —No description available.
5. Gayhurst Crescent Goes Surfing
⏱ —No description available.
6. Dying for the President
⏱ —Investigation of alleged war crimes in Chechnya on the eve of Russian elections.
7. Still Getting Away With Rape
⏱ —No description available.
8. Video Nasties
⏱ —No description available.
9. Deadly Pursuit
⏱ —No description available.
10. Dirty Money
⏱ —No description available.
11. The Nuclear Files
⏱ —No description available.
12. The Telford Hangings
⏱ —No description available.
13. The Real Story of the Leeds Fans
⏱ —No description available.
14. Sally Clark
⏱ —No description available.
15. Flying Under the Influence
⏱ —No description available.
16. Children of the Secret State
⏱ —No description available.
17. The Search for Lucie Blackman
⏱ —No description available.
18. Bras - The Bare Facts
⏱ —No description available.
19. The Runaway Cars
⏱ —In Britain and America, there have been many incidents of Ford cars suddenly accelerating, causing serious injuries and even deaths. However, Ford deny all responsibility, and say that the accidents are caused by driver error.
20. How to Jump the Health Queue
⏱ —No description available.
200110 episodes
1. Bloody Foreigners
⏱ —'Bloody Foreigners' is Andrew Smith's investigation into the British attitude towards asylum seekers and immigrants who live and work in the UK. It exposes the culture of hypocrisy under which xenophobia proliferates to such an extreme that asylum seekers are physically and verbally abused on a daily basis. It underlines the fact that these very people are working illegally for well under minimum wage, to line the pockets of seemingly legitimate British businesses. Part one reveals the scam behind a government-funded housing project in Liverpool. The owner receives millions from the council for ostensibly offering accommodation to asylum seekers. Yet the blocks of flats are in a shocking state of disrepair, conditions are freezing - not to mention the treatment the occupants receive from the locals. Secret camera footage shows the assault and harassment of inhabitants, regularly inflicted by neighbouring youths.
2. Bloody Foreigners: Part 2
⏱ —Part two deals with illegal workers who are employed by apparently respectable companies as waitresses, cleaners, and builders, to name but a few, without any legal documents or insurance, and paid as little a £20 for a long day. The final section uses hidden cameras to show the trade in forged passports which is rife in Finsbury Park Mosque, north London.
3. Drugs: The Phony War
⏱ —No description available.
4. Unforgiven: The Boys Who Murdered James Bulger
⏱ —The documentary covers the outcry from the population after hearing about the release of the two boys who killed 2 year-old James Bulger in 1993. Presenting the protests against their release from an institution, the film also gives a background about the killers, their terrible violent act and the impact it caused in UK.
5. Beneath the Veil
⏱ —British journalist Saira Shah travels to Afghanistan with a camera crew to document the realities of life under the Taliban. Filmed just months prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the footage reveals the chilling brutality of a fledgling government made up of radicalized followers of Osama bin Laden.
6. Outbreak: The True Story of Foot and Mouth
⏱ —A critical look at the handling of the Foot-and-mouth outbreak from February 2001 until June 2001.
7. Bin Laden's Plan of Terror
⏱ —No description available.
8. Unholy War
⏱ —Reporter Saira Shah returns to Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorists attacks. She reunites with three Afghan girls who were forced to watch as her mother was executed by Taliban soldiers. She also tours Northern Alliance fortifications and profiles an aid worker from the United States.
9. Paedophiles: Assessing the Risks
⏱ —No description available.
10. Down the Tube
⏱ —No description available.
200210 episodes
1. Secrets of the Saudi State
⏱ —No description available.
2. State of Terror
⏱ —No description available.
3. The Colombian Connection
⏱ —No description available.
4. How to Break into Britain
⏱ —No description available.
5. Speed Trap
⏱ —No description available.
6. Bin Laden's New Network
⏱ —No description available.
7. Sex on the Street
⏱ —No description available.
8. Young, Nazi and Proud
⏱ —No description available.
9. Lifting the Veil
⏱ —One year on from when she secretly entered Afghanistan to film her original tv special "Beneath the Veil" (2001) (TV) Saira Shah re-visits and investigates the story of a woman whose public execution had been secretly filmed in the first film and to see if women's situation had improved after the fall of the Taliban
10. Truth and Lies in Baghdad
⏱ —No description available.
200310 episodes
1. Al-Qaeda UK
⏱ —No description available.
2. The Killing Zone
⏱ —Dispatches revisits the Gaza Strip to focus on civilians caught in the crossfire of never-ending battles. We meet seriously injured children and their distraught families, and the International Solidarity Movement whose member Tom Hurndall is shot. Then it hits even closer to home, when previous Dispatches director and cameraman James Miller is shot dead while he and Saira Shah are making another of their films together.
3. The War We Never Saw: Blood and Revenge
⏱ —No description available.
4. Virgin Soldiers
⏱ —With unprecedented access, award winning filmmaker Dodge Billingsley tells the story of India Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine regiment, crack U.S. frontline troops in Iraq. With some as young as 19, the invasion of Iraq was the first time any of them had actually been sent into combat. Experience a day in the life of these young men as they play a vital role in the liberation of Iraq. With remarkable battle footage, Virgin Soldiers reveals the true story of men who fought their way into the heart of Baghdad.
5. Gang Wars
⏱ —No description available.
6. Killing for Honour
⏱ —No description available.
7. Blunkett's Reefer Madness
⏱ —No description available.
8. Law & Disorder
⏱ —No description available.
9. Congo's Killing Fields
⏱ —No description available.
10. Judges in the Dock
⏱ —No description available.
200410 episodes
1. What Hutton Won't Tell You
⏱ —No description available.
2. Third Class Post
⏱ —No description available.
3. Keep Them Out
⏱ —No description available.
4. Fit to Eat
⏱ —No description available.
5. Spiked
⏱ —No description available.
6. The Dirty Meat Scandal
⏱ —No description available.
7. MMR: What They Didn't Tell You
⏱ —No description available.
8. Profiting from Kids in Care
⏱ —No description available.
9. Barrack Room Bullies
⏱ —No description available.
10. Living with Refugees
⏱ —No description available.
200528 episodes
1. Dispatches Live Special: After the Tsunami
⏱ —No description available.
2. Undercover Angels
⏱ —No description available.
3. The NHS - Your Money or Your Life?
⏱ —No description available.
4. Holy Offensive
⏱ —No description available.
5. Is Torture a Good Idea?
⏱ —No description available.
6. Confessions of a Parking Attendant
⏱ —No description available.
7. Undercover in New Labour
⏱ —No description available.
8. Living with AIDS
⏱ —No description available.
9. Undercover Teacher
⏱ —No description available.
10. Women Bishops
⏱ —No description available.
11. Re-Opening the Post
⏱ —No description available.
12. On Pain of Death
⏱ —No description available.
13. Beslan
⏱ —The school siege at Beslan on September 1st, 2004 left 334 dead and a small town in shock, having to come to terms with the loss of so many of its people.
14. Chechnya: The Dirty War
⏱ —No description available.
15. Supermarket Secrets: Part 1
⏱ —No description available.
16. Supermarket Secrets: Part 2
⏱ —No description available.
17. Why Bomb London
⏱ —No description available.
18. The Dyslexia Myth
⏱ —No description available.
19. Secrets of the Shoplifters
⏱ —No description available.
20. The Big Heist
⏱ —Just before Christmas 2004, two men dressed as police officers arrive at a remote home and, after tricking their way inside the house they take the family hostage. Meanwhile at another house a second family is taken hostage. The reason for both movements was to gain control over two key employees of the Northern Bank in Belfast. The next day, while the families are still held, the employees are used to carry over £26,000,000 in cash out of the bank in broad daylight. This documentary looks at who did the robbery and how the failings of the British government contributed to the freedom of the robbers to act.
21. Undercover in the Secret State
⏱ —No description available.
22. Young, Angry and Muslim
⏱ —No description available.
23. The Hurricane That Shamed America
⏱ —No description available.
24. Gordon Brown's Missing Millions
⏱ —No description available.
25. Iraq: The Reckoning
⏱ —No description available.
26. America's Secret Shame
⏱ —No description available.
27. Kidnap and Torture American Style
⏱ —No description available.
28. What's Really in Your Christmas Dinner
⏱ —No description available.
200626 episodes
1. Ryanair: Caught Napping
⏱ —A behind-the-scenes look at low budget airline Ryanair. Uncovering security and health and safety breaches, uncleaned aircraft and long staff working hours.
2. Spinning Terror
⏱ —No description available.
3. Stealing Your Freedom
⏱ —No description available.
4. The New Fundamentalists
⏱ —No description available.
5. Iraq's Missing Billions
⏱ —No description available.
7. Living with Illegals
⏱ —No description available.
8. After School Arms Club
⏱ 30 minTwo groups of high school kids, one from England and one from Ireland set up shop as online arms dealers and broker various deals, shipping arms from the far east to homes in America.
9. How to Beat Your Kid's Asthma: Part 1
⏱ —No description available.
10. How to Beat Your Kid's Asthma: Part 2
⏱ —No description available.
11. Undercover Copper
⏱ —No description available.
12. Iraq: The Women's Story
⏱ —An anonymous woman who is not a journalist blends in with the women of Iraq to find out what life is really like for them.
13. Mad About Animals
⏱ —Following Animal Liberation activists.
14. Battle Fatigue
⏱ —No description available.
16. What Muslims Want
⏱ —No description available.
17. Public Service: Private Profit
⏱ —No description available.
18. Britain's Commuter Nightmare
⏱ —No description available.
19. How Safe Is Heathrow?
⏱ —No description available.
20. The Labour Loans Scandal
⏱ —An investigation into the secret world of the funding of the Labour Party.
21. The Drug Trial That Went Wrong
⏱ —No description available.
22. Burma's Secret War
⏱ —No description available.
23. The Data Theft Scandal
⏱ —No description available.
24. The Dispatches Debate: Muslims and Free Speech
⏱ —No description available.
25. The Blunkett Tapes: Part 2
⏱ —No description available.
26. Jihad TV
⏱ —Videos of suicide bombers and insurgent attacks have become an important weapon for Al Qaeda. But who watches these videos and what effect are they having on young people in the Muslim world?
27. Britain's Healthcare Lottery
⏱ —No description available.
28. NHS Postcode Lottery
⏱ —How does the care you receive at your local hospital compare with the rest of the UK? Jon Snow reveals the true scale of the NHS postcode lottery, which is denying some patients vital drugs while others receive the same treatment elsewhere
200742 episodes
1. Fighting the Taliban
⏱ —No description available.
2. Meeting the Taliban
⏱ —No description available.
3. Undercover Mosque
⏱ 45 minInvestigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The investigation reveals Saudi Arabian universities are recruiting young Western Muslims to train them in their extreme theology, then sending them back to the West to spread the word.
4. Labour's Gambling Addiction
⏱ —No description available.
5. Iraq's Death Squads
⏱ —No description available.
6. At Home with the Terror Suspects
⏱ —No description available.
7. The Supermarket That's Eating Britain
⏱ —No description available.
8. NHS: Where Did All the Money Go?
⏱ —No description available.
9. Greenwash
⏱ —The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Dispatches reports. The expert-reviewed audit by the UCL Environment Institute is the first comprehensive investigation into the real impact of the Government's carbon-cutting policies across all government departments mandated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions
10. Charles: The Meddling Prince
⏱ —No description available.
11. When Did You Last Beat Your Wife?
⏱ —No description available.
12. Cameron- Toff at the Top
⏱ —No description available.
13. Undercover Prisoner
⏱ —No description available.
14. Murdering the Truth
⏱ —No description available.
15. Between the Mullahs and The Military
⏱ —No description available.
16. The Indian Miracle?
⏱ —No description available.
17. Gordon Brown: Fit for Office?
⏱ —No description available.
18. Afghanistan Unveiled
⏱ —No description available.
19. Bin Wars
⏱ —No description available.
20. Kidnapped to Order
⏱ —No description available.
21. Drinking Yourself to Death
⏱ —Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcohol is one of the causes for an increase in alcohol consumption.
22. The Man Who Lost Himself
⏱ —No description available.
23. The War on Britain's Jews
⏱ —No description available.
24. Great Green Smokescreen
⏱ —No description available.
25. Undercover Mother
⏱ —Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.
26. Britain's Bad Housing
⏱ —No description available.
27. Britain Under Attack
⏱ —No description available.
28. The Olympic Cash Machine
⏱ —No description available.
29. Unholy War (II)
⏱ —No description available.
30. Nice Work If You Can Get It
⏱ —Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.
31. Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth
⏱ —Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this with the perception of immigrants and political and media issues.
32. China's Stolen Children
⏱ —Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrific side effect of a boom in stolen children. With extraordinary access to devastated parents desperately searching for their stolen son; a man who brokers the deals and has sold his own offspring; and prospective parents grappling with giving up their soon-to-be-born daughter through lack of options, we are brought face to face with the crisis that such a stringent government policy has created among China's poorest people
33. Abortion: What We Need to Know
⏱ —An investigation into abortion; focusing on how new scientific research on foetal pain could cause for a change to current abortion laws.
34. Searching for Madeleine
⏱ —After the disappearance of child, Madeline McCann 168 days ago; Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz to investigate and assess the situation.
35. Why Our Children Can't Read
⏱ —No description available.
36. How to Get Ahead in Africa
⏱ —No description available.
37. The Housing Trap
⏱ —No description available.
38. Bottleneck Britain
⏱ —No description available.
39. Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola
⏱ —Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how Coca-Cola respond to these allegations.
40. Britain Under Water
⏱ —No description available.
41. Christmas Credit Crisis
⏱ —No description available.
42. How Safe Are Your Christmas Toys?
⏱ —Deborah Davies reports on potentially dangerous toys that can be bought in the UK. These toys are then safety tested and the findings reported to authorities
200841 episodes
1. The Truth About Your Food: Part 1
⏱ —No description available.
2. The Truth About Your Food: Part 2
⏱ —No description available.
3. The Court of Ken
⏱ —With just months to go before Londoners vote for the next Mayor of London, the current affairs series investigates the current mayoral system and takes an in depth look at current Mayor, Ken Livingstone and the how he has misused his power to his advantage.
4. Why Kids Kill
⏱ —A report on the increase of gang culture and murder that teenagers participate in the UK.
5. Heat or Eat, the Pensioners' Dilemma
⏱ —No description available.
6. The Children Left Behind
⏱ —No description available.
7. How the Banks Bet Your Money
⏱ —No description available.
8. Checking-in to Airport Chaos
⏱ —No description available.
9. Iraq: The Lost Generation
⏱ —Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy investigates the biggest and most catastrophic refugee crisis in the Middle East since the Palestinian diaspora of 1948.
10. Iraq: The Betrayal
⏱ —No description available.
11. Jon Snow's Hidden Iraq
⏱ —No description available.
12. Undercover in Tibet
⏱ —Reveals the regime of terror which dominates daily life and makes freedom of expression an impossibility.
13. Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 1
⏱ —No description available.
14. Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 2
⏱ —No description available.
15. Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 3
⏱ —No description available.
16. The Mobile Phone Rip-Off
⏱ —No description available.
17. The Truth About Beauty Creams
⏱ —No description available.
18. In God's Name
⏱ —An investigation into the growth of Christian fundamentalism in the UK.
19. The Warlords Next Door?
⏱ —No description available.
20. Gordon Brown: Where Did It All Go Wrong?
⏱ —No description available.
21. From Jail to Jihad
⏱ —No description available.
22. The Truth About Food Prices
⏱ —A report on the rising cost of food prices and the impact it has producers and consumers.
23. The Truth About Street Weapons
⏱ —No description available.
24. A Widow's War on Yobs
⏱ —This documentary follows widow, Helen Newlove. Her husband Gary was kicked to death outside their home in Cheshire. This film follows her journey to tackle youth crime in the UK.
25. It Shouldn't Happen to a Muslim
⏱ —On the third anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings Peter Oborne investigates whether the has fueled anger and violence towards British Muslims.
26. The Jab That Can Stop Cancer
⏱ —A new jab will be offered to every girl aged 12 to 13 in Britain to help protect her against cervical cancer. While some hail it as a medical breakthrough, it has provoked controversy.
27. Sandwiches Unwrapped
⏱ —An examination of Britain's sandwich industry and whether shop-bought sandwiches are as healthy for you as consumers think.
28. How the Banks Never Lose
⏱ —No description available.
29. Undercover Mosque: The Return
⏱ —A year and a half after Undercover Mosque, this follow-up documentary goes undercover again to investigate extremism in the UK.
30. Hope for the Last Chance Kids
⏱ —Update on the pupils of Monteagle Primary School featured in an earlier documentary. The pupils experience a remarkable improvement as a result of using synthetic phonics.
31. What's in Your Wine?
⏱ —Jane Moore investigates scandals in the wine industry, taking a look at the 40 different substances that can be used in producing wine but which are rarely detailed on the label of your bottle of wine.
32. The Human Cost of the Credit Crunch
⏱ —No description available.
33. Cameron's Money Men
⏱ —No description available.
34. The Hidden World of Lap Dancing
⏱ —An investigation into lap dancing clubs in England and whether they abide by the rules stated on their entertainment license
35. The Trouble with British Airways
⏱ —No description available.
36. The Truth about Your Energy Bill
⏱ —Deborah Davies investigates the rising price of energy bills in the UK. She finds out why our charges are so high, whether changing suppliers can reduce bills, and the impact of Gordon Brown's fuel package.
37. Jon Snow's American Journey
⏱ —No description available.
38. Don't Bank on the Bailout
⏱ —No description available.
39. Mum Loves Drugs, Not Me
⏱ —No description available.
40. Saving Africa's Witch Children
⏱ —Reporting on children in parts Nigeria branded as witches.
41. Iraq: The Legacy
⏱ —No description available.
200938 episodes
1. Britain's Challenging Children
⏱ —No description available.
2. Mum, Dad, Alzheimer's & Me
⏱ —Journalist Fiona Phillips tells the very personal story of her father's developing Alzheimer's disease, and how it affects him and the family as a whole.
3. The True Cost of Cheap Food
⏱ —After looking at rising prices in The Truth About Food Prices, Rayner now looks at the other end of the scale - the new cheap food ranges and whether they have a true higher cost ... our health.
4. Unseen Gaza
⏱ —Jon Snow explores the difficulties faced by news organisations around the world in reporting the conflict in Gaza. Who is getting the true picture of events as they happen?
5. Congo's Forgotten Children
⏱ —No description available.
6. Too Old to Work
⏱ —With the number of unemployed in the UK nudging two million, Dispatches reveals the ageism rife amongst employers and recruitment agencies.
7. The Problem Princes
⏱ —No description available.
8. The Big Job Hunt
⏱ —An investigation into rising unemployment in the UK and what steps the government are taking to alleviate it.
9. How They Squander Our Billions
⏱ —No description available.
10. Pakistan's Taliban Generation
⏱ —No description available.
11. Confessions of a Nurse
⏱ —Following a YouGov report Dispatches takes a candid look at the NHS nursing system - with interviews from nurses and undercover footage.
12. The Trouble with Boris
⏱ —No description available.
13. Afghanistan: Mission Impossible?
⏱ —No description available.
14. The Westminster Gravy Train
⏱ —No description available.
15. Crash: How the Banks Went Bust!
⏱ —No description available.
16. Crash: How Long Will It Last?
⏱ —No description available.
17. Lost in Care
⏱ —No description available.
18. Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In
⏱ —No description available.
19. Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
⏱ —No description available.
20. Crash Gordon
⏱ —No description available.
21. Afghanistan's Dirty War
⏱ —No description available.
22. Rape in the City
⏱ —After two recent, high-profile cases in which young women have been attacked and raped by groups of men; Journalist Sorious Samura investigates gang rape in the UK.
25. Terror in Mumbai
⏱ —No description available.
26. The Children Britain Betrayed
⏱ —No description available.
27. Undercover Debt Collector
⏱ —No description available.
28. Bankrolling Mugabe
⏱ —No description available.
29. The War Against Street Weapons
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30. Battle Scarred
⏱ —Follows the stories of four soldiers returning from the combat zones in the middle-east and the impact it has had on their lives and the people around them.
31. Middle Class and Jobless
⏱ —Examining middle-class unemployment in Britain.
32. Cops on the Cheap?
⏱ —A look at Police Community Support Officers who patrol the streets and cost the taxpayers millions. This documentary questions if they are good value.
33. MPs, Planes and Gravy Trains
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34. Who Took Your Pension?
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35. Ready for a Riot
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36. What's in Your Breakfast?
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37. Inside Britain's Israel Lobby
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38. Return to Africa's Witch Children
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39. Lords, Billionaires and the Russian Connection
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40. Christmas on Credit
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201033 episodes
1. My Family and Alzheimer's
⏱ —Fiona Phillips returns to the issue of Alzheimer's treatment, examining whether there has been any improvement in the provision of financial support and respite care available for them and their carers.
2. The Slumdog Children of Mumbai
⏱ —This Dispatches Special , screening as part of Channel 4's Indian Winter season, reveals the brutal reality of life on the streets and in the slums of Mumbai, following the daily struggles of four young children to survive.
3. Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines
⏱ —Dispatches goes inside the enemy camp in northern Afghanistan as award-winning Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi is granted access to an army of extreme Islamic combatants.
4. Post Office Undercover
⏱ —Two reporters go undercover as agency postmen to find out if the Royal Mail has delivered on claims that it is modernizing and improving its service.
5. Kids Don't Count
⏱ —An investigation into the rise of school children who are struggling with mathematics and tries to find solutions.
6. Kids Don't Count: Part 2
⏱ —In the second half of the two-part special, maths specialist Richard Dunne returns to Barton Hill Primary School, accompanied by Countdown's Rachel Riley, to help the pupils with their mental arithmetic.
7. Britain's Islamic Republic
⏱ —Dispatches investigates a fundamentalist Islamic group headquartered in Britain, and its claims to have placed its "brothers" in positions of political power here.
8. Cameron Uncovered
⏱ —According to polls, after 13 years in the political wilderness, the Conservatives under David Cameron's leadership seem likely to form the next government. Andrew Rawnsley brings viewers an inside portrait of the government that might be.
9. Children of Gaza
⏱ 45 minJezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of 3 children over a year. Surrounded by the remnants of the demolished Gaza Strip and increasingly isolated by the blockade that prevents anyone from rebuilding their homes and their lives.
10. Politicians for Hire
⏱ —After the MPs' expenses scandal, dispatches delves into the world of political lobbying.
11. Tracing the Marathon's Millions
⏱ —An investigation into how the London marathon's charity earnings are spent and the true cost of how much is spent in staging the event.
12. Election Uncovered
⏱ —It's nearly time to vote and the campaigning is reaching a climax. Journalist Ben Laurance analyses each party's campaign and gets a real taste of what's happening behind the scenes in the run-up to polling day.
13. The Lost Girls of South Africa
⏱ 66 minSouth Africa has the highest incidence of rape and 80% of the victims are girls under 13. The trauma of 5 such girls in Port Elizabeth is discussed. Ineffective police, lax judiciary and the stretched social welfare system are highlighted.
14. Undercover Social Worker
⏱ —Investigating child protection procedures and practices within the child social care institution.
15. How the Banks Won
⏱ —Next week's emergency budget will bring more cuts and tax rises to help pay for the bank bailout. Will Hutton investigates the banks and what they've done with our money.
16. How to Save £100 Billion - Live
⏱ —On the eve of the emergency budget announcement, in a live hour-long debate, Dispatches sets out controversial cuts that could save Britain £100 billion.
17. Africa's Last Taboo
⏱ —An investigation into the persecution that gay people face in Africa.
18. Gun Nation
⏱ —Following an undercover police operation to tackle gun crime in the UK.
19. Catching the Gun Runners
⏱ —For the last two years, Dispatches has been following an undercover police operation as it tracks a criminal gang trying to smuggle guns into Britain.
20. Britain's Witch Children
⏱ —Dispatches looks at why some of Britain's African churches perpetuate the myth of witchcraft and believe children can be possessed by evil spirits.
21. When Cousins Marry
⏱ —Looking at the consequences of first cousin marriage in Britain.
22. Britain's Secret Slaves
⏱ —A look at domestic workers who come to the UK from other countries and end up being mistreated by having their human rights violated by their employers.
23. How the MoD wastes our billions
⏱ —Veteran war correspondent Sam Kiley turns his sights on the critical issue of whether the British tax payer, and British soldier, are getting value for money from the Ministry of Defence.
24. What's the Point of the Unions?
⏱ —An inside look at the inner workings of trade unions and examining what could happen if Britain undergoes mass industrial action.
25. Tabloids, Tories and Telephone Hacking
⏱ —An investigation into the News of the World phone hacking scandal and News International's working relationship with the police, politicians and the current government.
26. Bravo's Deadly Mission
⏱ —Following a team of US marines as they go on Operation Moshtarak.
27. How the Rich Beat the Taxman
⏱ —An investigation into the clever tactics wealthy British people and companies use to cheat the tax system.
28. Iraq's Secret War Files
⏱ —Exposing the full and unreported horror of the Iraqi conflict and its aftermath. The programme reveals the scale of civilian casualties, and allegations that after the scandal of Abu Ghraib, soldiers continued to abuse prisoners; and that US forces did not intervene in the torture and murder of detainees by the Iraqi security services.
29. Britain's Street Kids
⏱ —Exploring hidden world of runaway and evicted teenagers, looking at their lives and how they fend for themselves.
30. Fashion's Dirty Secret
⏱ —An investigation into factories that manufacture clothing for high street shops.
31. Riding Europe's Gravy Train
⏱ —Dispatches reveals the exceptionally generous package of salary, pension and expenses that MEPs receive and how some have abused the rules to pocket as much cash as possible.
32. City of Fear
⏱ —Following the police and people of Islamabad as Pakistan's capital battles to overcome an unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks.
33. The Kids Britain Doesn't Want
⏱ —Exploring the experiences of young people who have been brutalized by the asylum system in the UK.
201130 episodes
1. The Battle for Haiti
⏱ —On the night of the Haiti earthquake something happened in downtown Port au Prince - which would leave the fate of all the aid efforts and the country's future hanging in the balance: 4,500 prisoners escaped from Haiti's prison.
2. Fish Unwrapped
⏱ —An investigation into the fish sold on Britain's high street to find out where it is sourced, how it is processed and what is actually in it.
3. Tabloid's Dirty Secrets
⏱ —Following the resignation of the Downing Street's head of communications Andy Coulson, charting the unfolding events in the phone hacking scandal.
4. Lessons in Hate and Violence
⏱ —Dispatches goes undercover to investigate allegations that, behind closed doors, some Muslim secondary schools in Britain run by Islamic organizations teach a message of hatred and intolerance.
5. The Truth About Hospital Food
⏱ —Reporter Mark Sparrow examines the quality of hospital food after his 10 week stay in hospital. With people leaving hospitals malnourished and complaints of disgusting food, the reporter asks if something can be done.
6. Secret NHS Diaries
⏱ —Looking at what care is like for three people during the last weeks of their lives, at home, in a care home, and in hospital.
7. Selling Off Britain
⏱ —A live debate asking whether Britain should sell off its assets to cut the national debt.
8. Britain's Secret Fat Cats
⏱ —Investigating whether private outsourcing companies are set to benefit from the government's cuts to public sector funding.
9. Train Journeys from Hell
⏱ —Investigating complaints of overcrowded trains, delays, cancellations and high ticket prices on British railway journeys.
10. BP: In Deep Water
⏱ —An investigation into oil company BP - reporting on its oil spills in the gulf of Mexico and similar incidents and its relationship with Government.
11. Cashing in on Degrees
⏱ —A look at the rise in University fees and those who enjoy the perks and privileges from them.
12. Undercover Hospital
⏱ —An undercover investigation in one of the country's busiest NHS hospitals as it faces multi-million-pound cuts and hundreds of job losses in the next year.
13. A Year Inside Number 10
⏱ —A look at the coalition government one year on - looking at the trial and tribulations they faced.
14. The Truth About Going Under the Knife
⏱ —Investigating whether new innovations in medical procedures and technologies can compromise patient safety.
15. The Truth About Your Dentist
⏱ —Sam Lister, The Times' Health Editor, investigates NHS dentists looking at dentists which overcharge patients for treatments and constraints the NHS causes.
16. America's Secret Killers
⏱ —An investigation into America's 'kill/capture' programme to discover new evidence of the strategy's impact, and its costs.
17. The Thief Catchers
⏱ —A look at a radical scheme in Bristol to deal with repeat criminal offender
18. Conservation's Dirty Secrets
⏱ —Dispatches reporter Oliver Steeds travels the globe to investigate the conservation movement and its major organizations.
19. The Real Price of Gold
⏱ —A look at the British gold industry focusing on ethical sources, mining techniques and gold recycling.
20. Landlords from Hell
⏱ —An investigation into rogue landlords offering shoddy housing and the illegal practices they use to exploit tenants.
21. Murder on Honeymoon
⏱ —A look at the murder of Anni Dewani - a woman who died under mysterious circumstances on her honeymoon in South Africa.
22. How to buy a football club
⏱ —A look at how easy it is for ex-players and businessmen to bypass football regulations to gain a profit from selling football clubs.
23. Murdoch: The Mogul Who Screwed the News
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24. The Truth About Drugs in Football
⏱ —Investigates the use of both recreational and performance-enhancing substances in football.
25. Gypsy Eviction: The Fight for Dale Farm
⏱ —On the day that the mass eviction was due to start on Dale Farm, Britain's largest traveller site, investigates the controversial relations between gypsies and travellers, their neighbours and the law.
26. The Wonderful World of Tony Blair
⏱ —Peter Oborne investigates the former PM's eight figure fortune that he has accrued since departing Downing Street in June 2007. The bulk of his income is through his consultancy firm, Tony Blair Associates but shrouded in secrecy it is not clear who they are consulting for.
27. Can You Trust Your Doctor?
⏱ —Revealing the failing doctors that slip through the net.
28. Britain's Rubbish
⏱ —An investigation into Britain's waste disposal industry, exposing criminals who profit from illegal dumping and looking at what actually happens to the recycling.
29. Britain's Sex Gangs
⏱ —Investigates street gangs that groom young girls for sex.
30. Landlords from Hell: Update
⏱ —A follow up to this years earlier programme, investigating rogue landlords and Britain's bad housing
201230 episodes
1. Olympic Tickets for Sale
⏱ —A look at who got tickets for the London 2012 Olympic games and whether private companies are profiting.
2. The Great Ticket Scandal
⏱ —An investigation into two major 'fan-to-fan' ticket exchange websites to investigate who is selling via their websites and why so many tickets appear at over the face value so soon after the box office sells out.
3. Watching the Detectives
⏱ —Revealing how easy it is to buy our most personal and confidential information.
4. Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards
⏱ —Investigating whether cutting up our credit cards and paying for everything in cash could leave us with more money in our pockets
5. The Real Mr & Mrs Assad
⏱ —Investigates the extent of the Assad family's culpability and the chains of command that link the President and select inner circle to the brutal crackdown.
6. Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 billion deal
⏱ —Investigates just how close the Prime Minister got to the Murdoch empire. Did the Tories agree to help the mogul secure a business deal worth £8 billion?
7. Let Our Dad Die
⏱ —Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which has left him utterly paralyzed. He has what is known as 'locked in syndrome' and cannot move, talk, feed himself or perform even the most basic function without help.
8. Undercover Undertaker
⏱ —Lifts the lid on the funeral industry.
9. Cashing in on the Games
⏱ —Reporter Morland Sanders goes in search of the people cashing in on the 2012 London Olympic Games, and questions whether the overall economic benefits of hosting the event have been oversold.
10. Secrets of the Taxman
⏱ —An investigation into tax avoidance.
11. Myths About Your 5 a Day
⏱ —Dispatches investigates what's happened to the five-a-day campaign, which was designed to get us all eating more fruit and veg. Reporter Jane Moore reveals how this vital health message has been hijacked as a marketing tactic.
12. Can You Trust Your Bank?
⏱ —Jon Snow travels around the UK, meeting consumers, businesses and bankers, to ask whether we can trust our banks.
13. Britain on the Sick
⏱ —Investigates the controversial processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work.
14. Britain's High Street Gamble
⏱ —A look at the rise in high street betting shops and the social effect they have.
15. Tricks of the Dole Cheats
⏱ —Investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organization tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats.
16. Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds
⏱ —Investigates allegations of private landlords, councils, and housing associations overcharging leasehold homeowners for housing works and maintenance.
17. The School Dinner Scandal
⏱ —Tazeen Ahmad examines evidence that strategies to improve the food served in all our schools are fast coming undone.
18. Secrets of Poundland
⏱ —As other High Street retailers struggle for survival, discount leader Poundland is booming. Its pre-tax profits are up an astonishing 50% in a year. Dispatches' Harry Wallop asks how Poundland sells so cheaply, yet makes so much money.
19. Undercover Retirement Home
⏱ —Investigating the multi-million pound retirement property industry.
20. Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck
⏱ —Investigate the reality of life below deck for the multi-national workforce who toil behind the scenes of luxurious ocean going holidays.
21. Secrets of Your Boss's Pay
⏱ —Follows the former Greggs chief executive Sir Michael Darrington as he launches a campaign to call a halt to corporate greed.
22. Do You Know Your Partner's Past?
⏱ —Tina Nash investigates 'Clare's Law', a new pilot scheme in which men and women are warned by the authorities about their partners' history of violence.
23. Getting Rich on the NHS
⏱ —Morland Sanders examines whether the rapid handover of services to private contractors is really good for the public purse, and good for patient care.
24. Nuclear War Games
⏱ 45 minProvides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability.
25. Chinese Murder Mystery
⏱ —A look at the life and death of Neil Percival Heywood and whether he was actually murdered. His death, virtually unnoticed at the time, has gone on to shake China's Communist Party to the core.
26. MPs: Are They Still at It?
⏱ —Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system. The investigation discovers a system still with problems and a lack of transparency.
27. Where Has Your Aid Money Gone?
⏱ —Jonathan Miller travels to Rwanda - the jewel in the crown of British overseas aid - to investigate what British taxes have paid for, and to ask what our government has achieved with the influence our aid supposedly buys us.
28. The Chinese Are Coming
⏱ —As China continues to flex its financial muscle by buying into British airports, water and breakfast cereals, Dispatches investigates growing Chinese power in the UK.
29. How Safe is Your Cash?
⏱ —Reporter Morland Sanders investigates whether security procedures that our banks tell us are impenetrable really are? He meets customers who say they have lost thousands of pounds through chip and pin fraud.
30. The American School Massacre
⏱ —Matt Frei reports from the scene of one of America's worst mass shootings, unravelling the chain of events and asking whether this latest tragedy will lead to a real change in America's attitude to guns.
201338 episodes
1. Secrets of Your Car Insurance
⏱ —Investigates claims that major insurers cash in when you have a crash, through maximizing profits, lucrative referral fees and rebate deals, sometimes at the expense of doing what's best for you and your car.
2. Sharing Mum and Dad
⏱ —Today, 1 in 3 children in the UK grow up in a home with only one parent. Are we doing what's best for the children of separated parents? Dispatches investigates the current situation surrounding shared parenting after divorce or separation
3. Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop
⏱ —A look at rising food price and the comparison between different supermarket stores, food markets and independent shops.
4. Weight Watchers: How They Make Their Millions
⏱ —Investigates the UK's largest diet brand: Weight Watchers.
5. Britain's Hidden Child Abuse
⏱ —In a year-long investigation, other victims of child abuse from this closed community express their anger about the lack of justice caused by their leaders' misguided approach to dealing with the issue.
6. Plebs, Lies & Videotape
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7. How Safe Is Your Child's Nursery?
⏱ —As the government unveils its plans to increase the number of children each nursery staff member is allowed to look after, Dispatches investigates whether parents can really trust their child's nursery.
8. The Horse Meat Scandal
⏱ —From burgers to ready meals, Britain's horse meat scandal has grown and grown. For Dispatches, Morland Sanders asks how Britain's meat supplies became so contaminated with unauthorized horse meat and who is to blame?
9. Britain on Benefits
⏱ —The Disability Living Allowance helps more than 3 million people lead useful lives. But the benefit bill has to be cut, and the gov't plans to take more than half a million claimants off DLA. What will that mean for those who depend on it?
10. Death on the Wards
⏱ —Dispatches investigates the truth behind allegations that tens of thousands of seriously ill people have been put on a pathway to death. That doctors have callously killed off patients who could have had months or even years to live.
11. Undercover Designer Dogs
⏱ —Designer dogs are all the rage with celebrities and many animal lovers. But Dispatches has discovered a darker side to this canine phenomenon: thousands of puppies are being imported illegally into Britain every year from Eastern Europe.
12. Rich and on Benefits
⏱ —In budget week Michael Buerk investigates claims that Britain's pensioners are part of an untouchable group when it comes to government welfare cuts and that some should not be receiving any help at all.
13. The Truth About Junior Doctors
⏱ —Three years ago, European regulations were brought in to limit hours and to protect both doctors and patients. In this Dispatches, Dr Christian discovers that junior doctors across Britain are still regularly working up to 100 hours a week
14. Immigration Undercover
⏱ —In this report Morland Sanders investigates whether Britain's immigration system is fit for purpose with reports that tens of thousands of files sit uncleared in the system and a large backlog of immigration cases not dealt with.
15. Syria: Across the Lines
⏱ —A remarkable film from award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert who has spent weeks living deep inside Syrian territory - with both gov't and opposition supporters - to explore how the 2 year old conflict is tearing communities apart.
16. Britain's Millionaire Criminals
⏱ —Why are some convicted criminals still enjoying luxury lifestyles funded by their ill-gotten gains? Dozens of fraudsters, drug dealers and money launderers are still enjoying the high life despite being convicted of serious crimes.
17. Secrets of Your Missing Mail
⏱ —With shoppers increasingly relying on private parcel companies to deliver online purchases, Dispatches goes undercover to find out why couriers sometimes fail to deliver.
18. Murdered in Tenerife
⏱ —In 2011, Jennifer Mills-Westley, a 60-year-old British grandmother, was attacked and publicly beheaded in broad daylight in Tenerife. Traumatized by the event, her family have never spoken in detail - until tonight.
19. The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs
⏱ —Three years ago Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what became one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK. The investigation, Operation Chalice, encompassed over 100 victims, and around 200 suspected perpetrators
20. Boston, Woolwich & the New Terror
⏱ —On 15 April two bombs exploded at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon. Just over a month later a British soldier was run over and hacked to death on a London street. The images from either side of the Atlantic shocked the world.
21. Diets, Drugs and Diabetes
⏱ —Dr. Deborah Cohen, investigations editor at the British Medical Journal, examines a new generation of diabetes drugs that some drug companies hope could also be a magic treatment for obesity.
22. How Councils Waste Your Money
⏱ —Councils across the UK have annual budgets in the tens of billions of pounds. But do you know what they really spend it on?
23. The Police's Dirty Secret
⏱ —Dispatches exposes the shocking story of Britain's secret police and how undercover officers reportedly used sex and lies to spy on members of the public. Dispatches reveals the names of high-profile targets spied on by the police.
24. The Prince and His Secret Properties
⏱ —Last year Prince Charles earned more than £18 million from the Duchy of Cornwall, but how much do we know about this secretive estate? A hugely profitable property empire and the amount of tax Prince Charles is paying.
25. South Africa's Dirty Cops
⏱ —With South Africa's future under the spotlight, Channel 4 Dispatches examines allegations that the country's police have become a brutal and corrupt force.
26. Taliban Child Fighters
⏱ —More than 200 children convicted of fighting for the Taliban are currently being held in special prisons across Afghanistan. Their crimes include the laying of improvised explosive devices, ambush and the preparation of suicide missions.
27. NHS Undercover
⏱ —Two undercover reporters reveal worrying failings in the new NHS 111 call system. Working as trainee call handlers, the reporters filmed evidence of patients left waiting, concerns about training, and staff shortages.
28. Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans
⏱ —Dispatches investigate what's real and what's fake in the brave new world of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, exposing new tricks used by marketers to plug brands, from buying fake Facebook 'likes' to influencing social media conversations.
29. Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit
⏱ —Channel 4's flagship current affairs programme: Dispatches, hears from pilots of Europe's biggest airline about their concerns around passenger safety.
30. The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It
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31. Secrets of Your Pay Packet
⏱ —Morland Sanders meets employees at some of Britain's biggest businesses who say they're paying for the bosses' cost-cutting measures and, while profits have gone up, their working conditions may never recover.
32. The Property Market Undercover
⏱ —Reporter Antony Barnett secretly films the latest tactics used by estate agents to secure sales and commissions and asks whether some agents are even willing to lie to seal the deal.
33. Energy Bills Exposed
⏱ —Energy bills are on the rise and in the news. Consumers are furious. The Labour Party wants a price freeze. John Major wants a windfall tax. But the big six energy firms say it's not their fault prices are so high.
34. Can You Trust Your Surgeon?
⏱ —Dispatches reveals that failing doctors routinely slip through the system. We've been filming secretly in GP practices and have uncovered concerning evidence of misdiagnosis by doctors who have failed in the past, but are still practicing
35. North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
⏱ —North Koreans are breaking down the barriers of the gulag state. Following covert filmmakers, this doc shows real life under the new leader Kim Jong Un, highlighting the contrasting ox-drawn farms to the glittering life of the elite in Pyongyang. The starving children on the streets are of artificial food shortages engendered by corruption. See how USBs, cell phones and DVDs from the South are transforming North Koreans' views of their world.
36. What's Your Pension Really Worth?
⏱ —Michael Buerk investigates the pensions crises facing us all. As the cost of living rises faster than many pay packets and life expectancy increases, he asks what your pension is really worth?
37. Britain's Big Fat Bill
⏱ —As Britain gets fatter, Channel 4 Dispatches investigates what the real cost is to the nation. The programme follows the treatment of some of Britain's morbidly obese patients to reveal the spiralling cost to the NHS.
38. Secrets of the Discount Stores
⏱ —Lifts the lid on the shops promising luxury labels for less.
201430 episodes
1. Are You Addicted to Sugar?
⏱ —Will eating less really help? Experts say that the real problem lies in the quantity of sugar hidden in the food we eat. So is Britain addicted to sugar?
2. Children on the Frontline
⏱ —The children of Syria are often the forgotten victims in the ongoing civil war. More than 11,000 children have been killed and over a million are now refugees.
3. Floods: Your Money Down the Drain
⏱ —The floods that recently hit Britain have caused misery for thousands, but do you know what's actually in the flood water that has engulfed our towns and streets?
4. Hunted
⏱ —On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia is officially welcoming gay athletes and spectators. But in a country where it's thought only 1% of gay people dare to live completely openly, it appears to be a hollow gesture.
5. Benefits Britain: The Bedroom Tax
⏱ —Of the welfare changes brought in by the coalition gov't, the so-called Bedroom Tax is perhaps most controversial. Thousands of people around the country have had their housing benefit reduced because of a spare room in their house or flat
6. A&E's Missing Millions
⏱ —With Accident and Emergency Departments under pressure, Dispatches investigates the cost and consequence of financial penalties imposed on hospitals when government targets to treat emergency cases are missed.
7. Secrets of Your Credit Rating
⏱ —A bad credit rating can affect your chances of getting access to bank loans, mortgages and even mobile phone contracts. But how accurate is the information used to compile your credit report, and what happens if there is a mistake in it?
8. Undercover: Hate on the Terraces
⏱ —Reporter Morland Sanders' investigation exposes how some supporters take part in systematic and flagrant homophobic chanting. It also raises serious concerns about the police's response to racism and homophobia.
9. Food: What's Really in your Trolley?
⏱ —Morland Sanders investigates the criminal gangs moving into the food business, the profits that can be made by substituting fake foods, and how the authorities are struggling to battle the rising tide of food fraud.
10. Amanda Holden: Exposing Hospital Heartache
⏱ —Holden investigates the treatment of some couples whose pregnancies end in failure. Mothers who tell her their experiences in the aftermath of their loss left a great deal to be desired, and seeks answers from those in authority in the NHS
11. The Truth About Low Fat Food
⏱ —Do you know how skinny your muffin is? Or what's in your low-fat yoghurt? As the public try to grapple with confusing messages about what's best to eat, Dispatches investigates how the food industry has reacted to our fear of fat.
12. Policemen Behaving Badly
⏱ —It's called the Police Federation - the police's union - and it represents the interests of 131,000 officers across the country. They never break ranks, and no one ever speaks out; until now.
13. Tricks of the Junk Food Business
⏱ —Do you know when an advert is really an advert? Are you sure that the game you're playing isn't trying to make you buy something? When it comes to protecting our children from sugary food, the world of online advertising is a new frontier.
14. Breadline Kids
⏱ —Over 300,000 children were given food aid in the UK last year. Politicians continue to argue about why many kids are experiencing food poverty, Dispatches asked three children to reveal how it feels when the cupboards are sometimes bare.
15. Secrets of the Police
⏱ —'Plebgate' and Hillsborough have made many in Britain question the honesty and integrity of some of our police officers. Now Dispatches investigates how they handle one of the most sensitive areas of policing: complaints of police racism.
16. How to Fix a Football Match
⏱ —As World Cup fever grips the globe, Morland Sanders investigates the dark side of the international game. Dispatches goes undercover to expose world football's problem with match-fixing.
17. The Cost of Cheap Alcohol
⏱ —There is concern that the wide availability of cheap alcohol may have a darker side. Alcohol-related crime, violence, accidents and disease are costing the country billions of pounds a year.
18. The Great British Break-up?
⏱ —In September Scotland will go to the polls to vote on independence, people south of the border can only watch and wait. Antony Barnett goes on the campaign trail of both sides to investigate claims of dubious tactics and misinformation.
19. Faith Schools Undercover: No Clapping in Class
⏱ —As the government is about to publish its report on the 'Trojan Horse' affair in Birmingham, Dispatches goes undercover to question the role of faith communities in our schools.
20. Murder in the Sky: Flight MH17
⏱ —On July 16 a flight full of tourists, travellers and families took off from Amsterdam en-route to Malaysia. Four hours after take-off the Boeing 777 was flying above war-torn eastern Ukraine when it lost all contact with flight control.
21. Supermarket Wars
⏱ —The era of domination by the big 4 - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda - is waning. Profits are slumping and online shopping is transforming the market. While the big 4 struggle, discounters like Aldi and Lidl are booming.
22. Supermarkets: The Real Price of Cheap Food
⏱ —Morland Sanders lifts the lid on key supermarket suppliers. From field to factory, Dispatches examines hygiene, health and safety and the reality of life on minimum-wage, minimum-security, ultra-flexible contracts.
23. How to Stop Your Nuisance Calls
⏱ —Fed up with receiving repeated telephone calls asking for charity donations? Ever wondered why you keep getting called despite saying no? How did they get your number? Dispatches goes undercover to find the answers.
24. Are You Addicted to Your Doctor?
⏱ —Dispatches investigates those who are over-using our health system, from the anxious woman who calls an ambulance 20 times a year, to the young mums who head to A&E with minor ailments and illnesses.
25. Nigeria's Hidden War
⏱ —Dispatches reveals a dark side to Nigeria's on-going war against Islamist terror groups such as Boko Haram: a campaign by the Nigerian security forces against civilians so brutal it could be classed a war crime.
26. Benefits Britain
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27. Rice: How Safe Is Our Food?
⏱ —Dispatches investigates claims by some leading experts that some types of commonly consumed rice contain worryingly high levels of naturally occurring arsenic
28. How the Rich Get Richer
⏱ —Fraser Nelson, the editor of The Spectator magazine, explores the growing inequality in British society. In areas such as education, prospects and life expectancy there's a growing gulf between the haves and have not's.
29. How to Break Into Britain (II)
⏱ —Dispatches goes undercover inside the makeshift camps around Calais to investigate the criminal gangs that are making big money by smuggling illegal immigrants into Britain.
30. The British Property Boom
⏱ —Dispatches investigates the consequences of rapid house price rises for buyers, sellers and communities and examines how the property boom of 2014 is changing the face of our towns and cities.
201528 episodes
1. How to Blow Your Pension
⏱ 45 minChanges to the rules regarding private pension withdrawals mean some retirees are planning on raiding their pension pot to take luxury holidays or pay of debts. Michael Buerk asks if the state will be left to pick up the pieces.
2. Low Pay Britain
⏱ 45 minAs parties launch their General Election campaigns focusing on Britain's economic recovery, Morland Sanders investigates the reality of the workforce today and shows how major companies are saving money on wages and taxes.
3. The Great Car Con
⏱ 45 minBritish motorists were told that diesel would be the cheap, environmentally friendly fuel of the future but growing concerns over harmful emissions and the reliability of emissions tests have led to calls for surcharges or bans on diesels.
4. Secrets Of The Parking Wardens
⏱ 45 minThe number of parking tickets issues by private firms has rocketed since 2007, with more than 2.5 million issued annually. Reporter Antony Barnett goes undercover to investigate why complaints against them have also grown.
5. Politicians for Hire II
⏱ 45 minDispatches goes undercover once again to expose the cash-for-access scandal of MP's accepting fees to provide access to government. This time two former Foreign Secretaries are the target of the sting operation.
6. Britain's Benefits Crackdown
⏱ 45 minThe Government has vowed to clampdown on benefit claimants and has introduced a new system of sanctions against those it thinks are abusing the system. Liz MacKean meets those hit by the new penalties.
7. Benefits Britain: Universal Credit
⏱ 45 minThe Government is introducing the new Universal Credit in the biggest welfare reform in a generation. It is claimed the new benefit is helping people back into work, Dispatches investigates claims the new system is a shambles.
8. Britain's Defence Squeeze
⏱ 45 minIn the wake of significant cuts to the UK defence budget, Morland Sanders asks if the nation is still able to defend itself adequately in the face of a growing range of threats.
9. How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister
⏱ 45 minIn the run-up to the General Election, Antony Barnett presents an undercover investigation into the way in which donors can pay to attend social functions with government ministers to discuss "issues".
10. How Safe Are Our Planes?
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11. The Secrets of Sports Direct
⏱ 45 minHow does Sports Direct sell it's trainers and clothing so cheaply? Harry Wallop examines the hidden costs behind the success of the high street store who have been accused of "reprehensible" business practices.
12. Trains: Are You Paying Too Much?
⏱ 45 minAs rail passenger numbers hit an all-time high Morland Sanders goes undercover inside one of Britain's biggest rail operators to examine the key problems of ticket pricing, overcrowding and compensation claims.
13. Where to Save Your Money
⏱ 45 minInterest rates are at their lowest in 300 years, Channel 4 News Business Editor Siobhan Kennedy reports on the problems facing savers and examines some of the options available to them in a confusing market.
14. Exams: Cheating the System?
⏱ 45 minSeyi Rhodes examines how some schools and pupils are coping with the stresses and strains of the exam system by bending the rules. He speaks to 'whistleblowers' within the education sector who reveal some of the tactics used.
15. The Great British Property Divide
⏱ 45 minFrom million-pound flats to so-called "poor doors", Morland Sanders investigates how rising house prices can transform communities and the impact the right-to-buy law will have on the property divide.
16. Salt: Are You Eating Too Much?
⏱ 45 minAmidst calls to reduce the amount of salt consumed in our diets, reporter Tazeen Ahmad uncovers disturbing evidence that the labelling of salt content on our food is far from always accurate
17. Kids in Crisis
⏱ 45 minIn this hour-long special report Dispatches meets with four families who all have children who suffer from mental illness. The lack of local residential care means these youngsters have to be separated from their loved ones to seek help.
18. How Councils Blow Your Millions
⏱ 45 minDispatches reporter Antony Barnett investigates the secretive deals that British local authorities have done with banks around the world that are costing the UK taxpayer millions of pounds.
19. Pensions and the Price of Growing Old
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20. Escape from Isis
⏱ 45 minIn this one-hour special report Dispatches reveals the brutal regime millions of women face when living under the control of the so-called Islamic State and meets a dedicated team of men risking their lives to free them.
21. Hunted: Gay and Afraid
⏱ 45 minDispatches investigates the well-funded global network of groups that are supporting a new wave of anti-gay legislation around the world including America's "World Congress of Families".
22. Britain's Benefits Experiment
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23. Aldi's Supermarket Secrets
⏱ 45 minDiscount supermarket chain Aldi continues to go from strength to strength, recently overtaking Waitrose as Britain's sixth biggest supermarket. Morland Sanders goes undercover to see if quality and service are suffering.
24. How to Stop Your Nuisance Calls II
⏱ —Millions of people are plagued by nuisance callers trying to sell them things that they don't want, Dispatches goes undercover to investigate the cold calling industry and meets the people fighting back.
25. Britain's Nightmare New Homes
⏱ —With the Government pledging to build a million new homes across Britain by 2020, Seyi Rhodes investigates if the rush to build so many new houses is having an impact on the quality these homes.
26. Low Pay Britain II
⏱ —The Government has promised to help create 3 million apprenticeships alongside a new national living wage. Dispatches investigates claims that some employers are wasting public money and abusing the trust placed in them.
27. How the Monarchy Can Make You Millions
⏱ —Around 800 companies hold royal warrants and it is thought that they make an extra £4 billion a year because of it. With the stakes so high, Antony Barnett examines the system of granting royal approval.
28. The Children Who Beat Ebola
⏱ —The remarkable story of five extraordinary children in Sierra Leone who fought off the deadly Ebola virus and overcame loss and social stigma to rebuild their lives.
201628 episodes
1. Where's My Missing Mail?
⏱ 45 minMorland Sanders presents an undercover report into parcel delivery companies where missing items, broken gifts and late deliveries are all becoming a growing problem.
2. How the Rich Avoid Tax
⏱ 45 minActor Greg Wise secretly records his meetings with tax planners, who reveal to him a range of legal tax avoidance schemes that are available to the rich and famous.
3. 999: Where's My Ambulance?
⏱ 45 minDemand for ambulance services are at an all-time high and many trusts are struggling to meet response time targets. Morland Sanders investigates why there is such a demand and what can be done to meet it.
4. Dirty Secrets: What's Really in Our Air?
⏱ 45 minPeople are breathing in more harmful pollutants than official figures suggest. Morland Sanders uses high-tech monitoring equipment to identify hidden pollution hot-spots and talks to experts about the effect this is having.
5. Fight Against ISIS
⏱ 45 minNo description available.
6. How To Be A Council House Millionaire
⏱ 45 minThe Government plans to extend the right-to-buy scheme to housing association tenants, Antony Barnett looks at who will be the winners and losers. Includes undercover filming at one of the property companies hoping to benefit.
7. Housing Benefit Millionaires
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett reports on the rogue private landlords who are exploiting the housing benefit system by renting out sub-standard accommodation to tenants in receipt of the benefit, often putting lives at risk.
8. Secrets of Cadbury
⏱ 45 min6 years ago British confectioner Cadbury was taken over by the U.S. food giant Kraft in one of the most talked about takeovers of recent years. Harry Wallop reports on the controversies that have plagued the company since then.
9. Britain's Pensioner Care Scandal
⏱ 45 minDispatches goes undercover to examine the level of care that some of Britain's most vulnerable pensioners receive from a home care industry under pressure from rising costs and cuts to budgets.
10. The Great Benefits Row
⏱ 45 minFormer Paralympian Ade Adepitan reports on the row over welfare cuts that has rocked the Government and prompted Iain Duncan Smith to resign as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
11. Isis and the Missing Treasures
⏱ 45 minSimon Cox investigates the UK trade in antiquities that have been looted from areas under the control of ISIS, examining this lucrative business and testing the laws designed to regulate it.
12. The Truth About Cheap Flights
⏱ 45 minHarry Wallop presents an undercover report revealing the secrets of one of the major players in the travel industry. Dispatches asks if really low fares are all that they seem and the best deal for passengers.
13. Undercover: Inside Britain's Children's Services
⏱ 45 minDispatches goes undercover inside Birmingham City Council's Children's Services Department, Britain's largest, which was described in 2013 by Ofsted's Chief Inspector as a national disgrace.
14. Are You Owed a Pay Rise?
⏱ 45 minMorland Sanders investigates the new National Living Wage. Despite only being introduced in April 2016 it has already caused controversy amid reports that employers are cutting other staff benefits.
15. Racist Britain
⏱ 45 minSeyi Rhodes investigates the alarming rise in the number of hate crimes being reported in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, containing shocking footage of abuse and attacks.
16. Is Your Pension Safe?
⏱ 45 minReporter Shaunagh Connaire investigates the increasing pressures on the UK pension industry post-Brexit and asks if more companies will find themselves struggling to meet their pension commitments.
17. How School Bosses Spend Your Millions
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett investigates the Government push to massively expand the academy school system, discovering the large salaries and extremely generous expenses and perks some staff receive.
18. How Safe Is Your Car?
⏱ 45 minMorland Sanders investigates whether manufacturers and testers can be trusted over car safety and examines if more could be done to protect drivers and passengers.
19. Brexit: Who'll Do Your Job Now?
⏱ 45 minMorland Sanders asks who will take Britain's low-skilled jobs - picking food, cleaning toilets and packing parcels if EU workers are no longer plentiful and looks into reports of a shadowy North Korean workforce in Europe.
20. The Great Housing Scandal
⏱ 45 minHarry Wallop investigates the housing shortage in Britain and in particular the Government sell-off of state-owned land to build housing on. He discovers that the land was undersold and few houses built on it.
21. The Battle for the Labour Party
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett investigates the current state of the Labour Party in the run-up to the result of the leadership contest. He also investigates Momentum and those seeking to influence the party.
22. Undercover: Britain's Abortion Extremists
⏱ 45 minDispatches investigates the anti-abortion movement in the UK
23. Britain's Wealth Gap
⏱ 45 minThe increasing wealth gap between the young and the old has become one of the defining features of our times. Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine, reveals the extent of the gap and its causes.
24. Living With Nightmare Neighbours
⏱ 45 minThe Government promised to fix so-called "Neighbours From Hell" with it's new Troubled Families Programme. Morland Sanders investigates if the scheme has really worked, meeting families that say it has had little impact.
25. Addicted to Spending
⏱ 45 minFrom online shopping to contactless payment, it has never been easier to spend money. Reporter Morland Sanders meets those struggling to control their spending habits and the companies profiting from those debts.
26. The Secret Plan to Save Fat Britain
⏱ 45 minBritish men are the fattest in Europe, British women the second fattest and our children are getting fatter, younger. Antony Barnett investigates why the Government's plans to tackle childhood obesity seem to have been watered down.
27. Britain's Homebuilding Scandal
⏱ 45 minA shortage of housing in Britain has left many struggling to get onto the property ladder. Councils have granted planning permission to big building companies, so why are so few new houses being built? Dispatches investigates.
28. The World According to President Trump
⏱ 45 minChannel 4 Dispatches Editor George Waldrum has commissioned a Dispatches special from ITN Productions in response to the results of the US General Election - The World According to President Trump. What will a President Trump really do? Will he really ban all Muslims? Build a wall? Pal up to Putin? Smash Isis? How scared should we be? Will he back down from his campaign pledges? In this special film, Matt Frei speaks to those who know and attempts to get to the bottom of Trump's policies and future agenda as President of the United States. Commissioning editor George Waldrum says, "We have never seen anything like it before, or possibly ever will again. The controversy surrounding the election has been remarkable and it is a great opportunity to continue the coverage and analysis on Channel 4. Matt Frei has been at the heart of the election coverage and can provide great insight into the aftermath of the election."
201729 episodes
1. President Trump's Dirty Secrets
⏱ 45 minReporter Antony Barnett investigates some of the controversial figures surrounding Donald Trump and how their links to powerful corporations could have far-reaching consequences beyond America.
2. Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes (1)
⏱ 45 minTazeen Ahmad follows up her 2010 report into working conditions inside factories which are making clothing for major brand labels to see if life has improved for the workers making our clothes.
3. Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes (2)
⏱ 45 minIn the second documentary investigating the resurgent UK textile industry, Dispatches goes undercover to follow the next stage of the industry - inside the vast distribution warehouses servicing our online orders.
4. Undercover: Britain's Homeless Scandal
⏱ 45 minWith councils across England and Wales struggling to meet the demand for emergency housing, Jackie Long investigates the impact on homeless women trying to escape life on the streets.
5. Supermarkets: Brexit and Your Shrinking Shop
⏱ 45 minHarry Wallop reveals which of Britain's favourite brands have been affected by the Brexit vote and looks at how the imposition of European import taxes cold affect the cost of shopping in the UK.
6. Inside Britain's Airports
⏱ 45 minEach year Britain's airports rake in more than 4 billion pounds, mostly from the plethora of shops in their terminals. Reporter Harry Wallop investigates if passengers are getting a good deal.
7. Under Lock and Key
⏱ 45 minThousands of young people with learning disabilities and autism are still being locked up in hospital despite promises made by the government. This special report highlights the lack of bespoke care to meet their needs.
8. Brexit: Crisis on the Wards
⏱ 45 minThis winter, the NHS has suffered one of the most challenging periods in its history. Morland Sanders investigates if the Brexit vote is going to deliver an even bigger problem as staff from EU countries leave.
9. Britain's Benefit Families
⏱ 45 minSeyi Rhodes investigates benefit reforms by speaking to claimants who have had their housing benefit capped, landlords who can no longer accept claimants as tenants and local councils left to pick up the pieces.
10. Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad
⏱ 45 minDocumentary investigating how tens of thousands of men, women and children have been disappeared by the Assad regime into a network of clandestine detention centers.
11. Secrets of Coca-Cola
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett reveals the response of the global soft drinks giant to the UK Government's sugar-tax and leaked e-mails which show the corporation is gathering scientists and academics to challenge the legislation.
12. President Trump: How Scared Should We Be?
⏱ 45 minAbigail Austen travels to the US to assess what the age of Trump means for the rest of the world, and how serious a threat some of his policies pose to peace and stability around the globe.
13. Isis and the Battle for Iraq
⏱ 45 minEmmy-award winning journalist Ramita Navai reveals the other side of the war against ISIS in Iraq, looking at allegations of torture, execution and sectarian cleansing of Sunni refugees by Shia militias.
14. Trump, The Doctor and The Vaccine Scandal
⏱ 45 minWith fear of vaccination resurgent in the United States, Cathy Newman reveals the role played by disgraced British doctor Andrew Wakefield in the Trump administration.
15. Bupa Care Homes Undercover
⏱ 45 minUndercover filming uncovers the specialist dementia care homes for the elderly operated by the UK's largest private medical business BUPA amid allegations of neglect and abuse of patients
16. Brexit - How to Get a British Passport
⏱ 45 minReporter Datshiane Navanayagam investigates the many hurdles and costs that people face applying for British citizenship and passports - including large numbers of children born and raised in Britain.
17. Secrets of Your Cruise
⏱ 45 minTazeen Ahmad goes undercover as a passenger to investigate the impact that some cruise ships could be having on the environment and public health
18. Secrets of Britain's New Homes
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett investigates why so few new homes are being built across Britain and examines links between the property industry and the Government.
19. Wasting Away: The Truth About Anorexia
⏱ —Mark Austin and his daughter Maddy explore the devastating effects of eating disorders, the availability of suitable care and talk to patients, their families, Prince William of Wales and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
20. Secrets of Your New Car
⏱ 45 minAs concern once again grows around household debt, Dispatches investigates car finance. Undercover filming exposes questionable sales tactics and confusing advice given to customers.
21. How to Get a Pay Rise
⏱ 45 minDispatches investigates low wage growth, asking who is responsible for wage stagnation and provides a masterclass on how to get a pay rise.
22. Trump & Russia: Sex, Spies and Scandal
⏱ 45 minA year after one of the greatest political upsets of all time, Matt Frei travels to Moscow and Washington to find out more about the alleged conspiracy between Donald Trump and Russia.
23. Who Deserves a Pay Rise?
⏱ 45 minDispatches investigates what life is like for front-line public sector workers following seven years of pay freezes and pay caps, revealing how far salaries have fallen in real terms.
24. Is Britain Full?
⏱ 45 minMichael Buerk investigates whether the country can cope with current levels of immigration and the impact of internal migration on over and under populated areas.
25. Trouble on the Trains
⏱ 45 minMorland Sanders gains access to undercover footage from British Transport Police that exposes the bad behaviour of football-fans on the UK's rail network as they bring offensive chants from the stadiums to the carriages.
26. The Fight For Mosul
⏱ 45 minFollows the experiences of five young Iraqi Special Forces soldiers tasked with fighting ISIS in Mosul who are haunted by what they've seen and what they've done.
27. The Great Housing Scandal
⏱ 45 minFollowing the Grenfell Tower fire, the Prime Minister dedicated her premiership to fixing Britain's broken housing market. Do some of her government's actions contradict that pledge?
28. How to Avoid the Dementia Tax
⏱ 45 minTazeen Ahmad investigates the so-called "dementia tax". Why do some dementia sufferers have to sell their home to pay for care, while others gain access to NHS funding?
29. Al Fayed Behind Closed Doors
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201826 episodes
1. Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit
⏱ 45 minDispatches goes undercover posing as representatives of a Chinese company to investigate how politicians, including former cabinet ministers, are looking to make money by advising businesses about Brexit.
2. Undercover in Premier Inn
⏱ 45 minA reporter goes undercover as an agency housekeeper working at a Premier Inn hotel in central London and discovers some uncomfortable truths about what it is like for some of the people working there.
3. Football's Wall of Silence
⏱ 45 minIn an Al Jazeera investigation, Reporter Deboarah Davies reveals how former youth football coach Barry Bennell spent his days coaching children and nights abusing them.
4. Undercover: Inside the Priory
⏱ 45 minFaced with a shortage of places to treat mental health patients, the NHS is placing patients in private hospitals. Dispatches goes undercover inside one of the American-owned Priory Group's hospitals to investigate.
5. Britain's University Spending Scandal
⏱ 45 minAt a time when students are graduating up to 58,000 pounds in debt and university staff are protesting about cuts to their pensions, Dispatches investigates the expenses of Britain's top universities.
6. The Week Britain Froze
⏱ 45 minThe Week Britain Froze examines the causes of the Beast from the East, tells extraordinary stories of human courage, and asks if this freezing weather is a sign of things to come.
7. Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?
⏱ 45 minDispatches goes undercover to discover if the UK's Financial Ombudsman acts in favour of banks and against their customers.
8. The Truth About Your Pay
⏱ 45 minWith the deadline for companies to disclose their gender pay gap approaching, reporter Tazeen Ahmad reveals how the figures presented may not be all that they seem.
9. Who Speaks for British Muslims?
⏱ 45 minAcross Britain the police, government agencies and other public bodies have been reaching out to Muslim groups in the fight against extremism - but how much do they know about some of these groups?
10. Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack
⏱ 45 minMatt Frei examines former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's past - and the murky world of espionage, politics and crime - to find potential motives for his poisoning in Salisbury.
11. Britain's Diesel Scandal
⏱ 45 minAn undercover investigation into how British hauliers are using hi-tech cheat devices and computer hacking to disable the emissions controls on their lorries saving them money but worsening air quality.
12. The True Cost of Green Energy
⏱ 45 minAn investigation of the government-subsidised renewable energy industry turning trees into fuel, asking whether burning wood is really a more environmentally friendly alternative to burning coal.
13. Britain's Benefits Crisis
⏱ 45 minMorland Sanders asks if the changes made to the Universal Credit system have forced some people to become homeless and to turn to food banks for support and if the nationwide roll-out of the changes should be halted.
14. Myanmar's Killing Fields
⏱ 45 minFor the past five years an undercover network of Rohingya activists have been risking their lives to secretly film evidence of years of repression, violence and mass murder by the authorities in Myanmar.
15. After Grenfell, How Safe Are We?
⏱ 45 minA year on from the Grenfell Tower disaster Ed Howker investigates claims that even after the Hackitt Review of building regulations Britain's tower blocks are still not safe.
16. Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis
⏱ 45 minBritain faces a major housing shortage so how is it that some of those who are responsible for providing the social housing that is so desperately needed seem to be doing so well out of the crisis?
17. Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
⏱ 45 minDispatches goes undercover in the secretive world of the people who decide what can and can't be posted on Facebook, exploring how their decisions are made and the impact they have on users.
18. Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists
⏱ 45 minWith exclusive access to the secretive world of Britain's new neo-Nazis, Dispatches tells the inside story of a far-right terrorist plot to murder an MP, and how the plan was betrayed to the police.
19. Homeless and Working
⏱ 45 minDatshiane Navanayagam goes behind the scenes at two homeless shelters in London to reveal the growing number of people who are in work but are unable to afford high private rents in a low wage economy.
20. Breastfeeding Uncovered
⏱ 45 minJournalist and television presenter Kate Quilton investigates why Britain has some of the worst breastfeeding rates in the world and also explores some of the scientific evidence for the benefits of breast milk.
21. How to lose Seven Billion Pounds
⏱ 45 minLiam Halligan reveals the story behind the collapse of Carillion, the vast British company built on billions of pounds of public money and that imploded in January 2018.
22. Lawless Britain: Where are the Police?
⏱ 45 minAn increasing number of victims of crime are claiming that the police are not fully investigating their cases, while police cite a lack of resources. Are we entering a new era of policing?
23. Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches For Snitches
⏱ 45 minLivvy Haydock explores the dark world of online witness intimidation, meeting those who threaten 'snitches' and the families of witnesses who paid the price for telling the truth in court.
24. Cannabis: Time to End the Ban?
⏱ 45 minOver 2 million people smoke cannabis in the UK. Some police forces no longer prosecute for possession. Canada and several American States have legalised it. So should the UK follow suit?
25. Born on the Breadline
⏱ 45 minExamines the growing need for baby banks in the UK and meets the working parents who are turning to them to provide their young children with nappies, clothes, toys and cots.
26. North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
⏱ 45 minNorth 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.
201929 episodes
1. The Truth About Vegans
⏱ 45 minMorland Sanders investigates the increasing popularity of veganism. It's better for your health, the environment and animals but why do some activists resort to extreme tactics to promote it?
2. Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids
⏱ 45 minA report on the increasing number of children being educated at home in the UK, investigating the reasons behind this dramatic rise and the impact it is having on young people.
3. HS2: The Great Train Robbery
⏱ 45 minLiam Halligan reports on the multi-billion-pound high-speed rail line. With costs soaring should it be scrapped and the money spent on improving local rail networks instead.
4. Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail?
⏱ 45 minAn examination of the London Fire Brigade's response to the Grenfell Tower fire in light of new evidence from the public inquiry and interviews with firefighters and survivors.
5. Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge
⏱ 45 minIn a television first, cameras are allowed inside a women's refuge to follow the stories of women who are fleeing from violent partners, and who have agreed to be identified.
6. Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous
⏱ 45 minFormer Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe examines why there has been a rise in knife crime and asks what Britain needs to do to get the problem under control.
7. The Brexit Millionaires
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett investigates those who have profited from the uncertainty since the UK's referendum on membership of the EU, including politicians, consultancy firms and those who 'shorted' against Britain.
8. Great Formula Milk Scandal
⏱ 45 minNew mum Kate Quilton investigates if formula milk is being fairly priced and if claims made for its benefits are unbiased and scientifically proven.
9. New Landlords From Hell
⏱ 45 minA year-long investigation by Datshiane Navanayagam reveals the shocking conditions endured by tenants of one of the UK's largest housing associations, Sanctuary Housing, and the effect on vulnerable people's health.
10. Britain's Hidden War
⏱ 45 minWith BAE Systems keeping Saudi jets in the air and British military officers working in the Saudi Air Operations Centre, Sue Turton investigates the extent to which the war in Yemen is made in Britian.
11. When the Immigrants Leave
⏱ 45 minAhead of Brexit, reporter Seyi Rhodes explores how a lack of migrant workers from the European Union could affect agriculture, social care and health-care in Britain.
12. Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial
⏱ 45 minIn the wake of the cancellation of The Jeremy Kyle Show following the death of a guest who appeared on the programme, Morland Sanders investigates what lies behind the headlines, what went wrong and who might be to blame.
13. The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken
⏱ 45 minWith chemically-washed chicken being pushed as part of a post-Brexit Anglo-American trade deal this undercover report goes inside an American poultry processing plant to investigate the practice.
14. Britain's Toxic Air Scandal
⏱ 45 min1 in 3 children in the UK is growing up inhaling unsafe levels of air pollution. Reporter Morland Sanders reveals it's not just exhausts producing dangerous emissions with toxins coming off every vehicle - even electric ones.
15. How Safe Are Your Medicines?
⏱ 45 minIn 2014 millions of pounds worth of medicines were stolen from Italian hospitals then sold by bogus drugs wholesalers - some of which ended up in the NHS supply chain. Antony Barnett investigates.
16. Britain's Breast Implant Scandal
⏱ 45 minAbbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women ill, or worse still causing cancer.
17. Officer Down - Police Under Attack
⏱ 45 minFormer police officer Dan Neal investigates the worrying rise in the number of assaults on police officers as they go about their job.
18. Battle for the Tory Party
⏱ 45 minAs members of the Conservative Party choose our next Prime Minister, Gary Gibbon examines who really holds the reins of power.
19. Britain's New Build Scandal
⏱ 45 minLiam Halligan investigates claims of shoddy standards, poor customer care and excessive profits at Britain's second biggest - and most profitable - house-builder, Persimmon.
20. £2 Million Passport: Welcome to Britain
⏱ 45 minDispatches investigates the 'golden visa' scheme, which offers British residency to wealthy foreign nationals who are willing to invest two million pounds in the UK.
21. Young, British and Depressed
⏱ 45 min"We're promoting the idea that it's ok to have a mental health problem - but it's made us afraid of our emotions." Dispatches investigates claims that de-stigmatisation campaigns are having unintended negative consequences, leading some to wrongly believe they have problems with their mental health.
22. Sex, Drugs and Murder
⏱ 45 minA special investigation into the epidemic use of the drug GHB in the gay community, where users are vulnerable to overdosing and sexual abuse.
23. The Prince and the Paedophile
⏱ 45 minCathy Newman investigates the friendship between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein amid accusations that the Prince slept with a 17-year-old girl supplied by Epstein.
24. Trump's Plan for the NHS
⏱ 45 minHow Trump's proposed trade agreement with post-Brexit Britain could cost the NHS billions.
25. Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain
⏱ 45 minGary Gibbon examines the role played by Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne the controversial political advisors to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn.
26. The Secrets of Amazon
⏱ 45 minSophie Morgan explores some of the complaints about the global company, including working conditions, selling toxic toys and pro-anorexia books, tax avoidance and selling on personal data.
27. Born Homeless
⏱ 45 minExplores the issue of pregnant women who find themselves with no place to call home, and conducts an exclusive survey of midwives to get a sense of the scale of the problem.
28. Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
⏱ 45 minIn Britain, 4.1 million children are growing up in poverty. This special report follows three families to show what life is like if there's not enough money for life's essentials.
29. Britain's Child Drug Runners
⏱ —Children as young as seven are being groomed to sell drugs for 'county lines' drugs gangs in towns and villages all over the UK. This documentary follows four young people trapped in this world.
202018 episodes
1. The Secrets of Big Tobacco: Has Philip Morris International Really Given Up Smoking?
⏱ 45 minPhilip Morris International has said it wants a smoke-free future and offers so-called reduced-risk alternatives. But at the same as its campaign promotes this in the UK it continues to sell billions of cigarettes across the world.
2. Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett travels to Guatemala where he learns that young children are working long hours in gruelling conditions picking coffee beans that supply Starbucks and Nespresso.
3. Celebs for Sale: The Great Charity Scandal
⏱ 45 minAntony Barnett goes undercover to reveal how some of the most famous people in Britain are profiting from the work they do for charity
4. Britain's Train Hell
⏱ 45 minAs Britain's rail commuters face rising fares, delays and overcrowding, the Government plans a high speed train that won't run until 2040. How do we fix our railways now?
5. Sex, Money & Power: The Dirty Secrets of Davos
⏱ 45 minCaitlin Brown investigates allegations of sexism and harassment in Davos at the annual summit of world leaders and businessmen, hearing from women who are fed up with their treatment by men.
6. Coronavirus: How Britain Is Changing
⏱ 45 minA look at how the coronavirus outbreak is changing Britain in the long term, for better or worse, from a reduction in pollution to economic policy.
7. The Truth About Traveller Crime
⏱ 60 minAnja 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.
9. Britain's Coronavirus Catastrophe: Did the Government Get it Wrong?
⏱ 60 minWith Britain's Covid death rate one of the world's highest, Antony Barnett examines the evidence and asks did the government get it wrong?
10. Dirty Secrets of American Food: Coming to a Supermarket Near You?
⏱ 60 minMorland 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.
11. Trump's Coronavirus Catastrophe
⏱ —After months of conversations with White House advisors insiders, whistleblowers, politicians, scientists, and Trump supporters, Matt Frei investigates the President's performance during the pandemic.
12. How Safe Is Going Out?
⏱ 45 minAs Britain's service industry battles to survive Covid-19, Morland Sanders investigates the promises made by hotels, trains and pubs of 'deep cleans' and 'enhanced hygiene practices'.
13. American Nightmare: Trump's Breadline Kids
⏱ —On the eve of the US Presidential election, with the backdrop of Covid-19 and racial tension, this documentary examines the experience of poverty through the eyes of three children in the battleground state of Ohio.
14. Britain's Covid Job Crisis
⏱ —As the furlough scheme ends, cameras follow a minimum-wage paying job vacancy at a Manchester restaurant, which attracts almost 1000 applicants as unemployment rates spiral.
15. Divided States of America
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16. Is Your Online Habit Killing the Planet?
⏱ —Sophie Morgan investigates the carbon footprint of the tech industry, as she discovers some shocking truths about the hidden cost of our online habits.
17. Lockdown Chaos: How the Government Lost Control
⏱ —As most of the UK goes back into lockdown, Antony Barnett reveals what went wrong, how the government lost control, and the companies making millions from the pandemic.
18. Coronavirus Vaccine: Is It Safe?
⏱ —With the UK the first to approve and roll-out a coronavirus vaccine, Matt Frei asks how have we managed so quickly and just how safe is it? Is it the shot in the arm to get Britain moving again?
19. Deep Fakes: Can You Trust Your Eyes?
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202123 episodes
1. Britain's £400bn COVID Bill: Who Will Pay?
⏱ —Britain in lockdown faces the worst economic nosedive in 300 years. Liam Halligan looks at the financial cost of the pandemic and what it could mean for our futures.
2. Condition Critical - One Doctor's Story
⏱ —A powerful, intimate story of life on the NHS frontline as Dr Saleyha Ahsan films her own journey through four months of the second wave of Covid, fighting to keep patients alive.
3. The Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish
⏱ —A look at how millions of tonnes of household recycling end up incinerated, hiking carbon emissions, with councils locked into long and expensive waste contracts.
4. The Truth About Long Covid
⏱ —It is now estimated that as many as 500,000 people have long Covid in the UK. In Bradford, one of our worst hit cities, Dispatches asks can the National Health Service cope with the virus's lasting legacy?
5. The High Street Cash Crisis
⏱ —Britain's high streets are in turmoil. Antony Barnett digs into the collapse of several chains - from Debenhams to Poundworld - owned by private equity firms. How much are these firms to blame?
6. The Black Maternity Scandal
⏱ —A C4 documentary detailing the NHS's systemic racism.
7. Low Pay Britain: About Your Job
⏱ —As Britain emerges from lockdown and Brexit, Dispatches examines the future of work, wages and safety, and the emerging gig economy of brands like Amazon and Deliveroo.
8. Royals for Hire
⏱ —Antony Barnett goes undercover to see what some of the Queen's family might be prepared to do for cash, including offering access to Kensington Palace and to Vladimir Putin
9. Second Wave: Did the Government Get It Wrong?
⏱ —Why did two thirds of Britain's Covid deaths come after September 2020? Dispatches examines the role that the Prime Minister's decisions played in the second wave.
10. Football's Gambling Addiction
⏱ —Ruth Davidson examines the uncomfortable relationship between gambling and football. Why is football so dependent on money from gambling, and what harm might it be causing, particularly to young fans?
11. Undercover in Africa's Secret State
⏱ —A gripping, eye-opening investigation of Eritrea, one of the world's most secretive regimes, with shocking allegations of torture, detention and forced conscription.
12. Torn Apart: Family Courts Uncovered
⏱ —An unprecedented look at what's going on behind closed doors in family courts, including shocking personal testimony and footage.
13. India's Rape Scandal
⏱ —With over 70 Indian politicians facing charges of crimes against women, Ramita Navai investigates two rape cases that have sparked allegations of a cover-up.
14. Cops on Trial
⏱ —Ellie Flynn reports on the scale of sexual misconduct by serving British police officers, including personal accounts from victims and long term partners of serving officers who have endured domestic violence and abuse.
15. Clapped Out: Is the NHS Broken?
⏱ —Eighteen months into the worst pandemic in a century, this hard-hitting special travels the country asking some tough questions about the performance of our much-loved NHS.
16. Growing Up Poor: Britain's Hidden Homeless Kids
⏱ —As lock-down ended and kids went back to school, in Luton, Dispatches examines the devastating impact of overcrowded, unsuitable housing on young lives.
17. How Green Is the Government?
⏱ —Is Britain really one of the world leaders in fighting against climate change? Dispatches investigates as the COP26 summit is held in Glasgow.
18. Did Brexit Work for Business?
⏱ —Is Brexit, and the new free trade deal with the EU, the huge success the Government said it would be? Dispatches meets firms struggling with increased costs and dwindling profits.
19. The Truth About Electric Cars
⏱ —As Britain frets over climate change and fuel shortages, is now a good time to sink tens of thousands of your hard-earned pounds into buying an electric car?
20. Escape from the Taliban
⏱ —In the immediate aftermath of the Taliban taking Kabul, local journalists film terrified Afghans trying to escape abroad - among them noted female rights activist Zoya Faizi.
21. The Truth About Your Chicken: Dispatches
⏱ —With over a billion chickens eaten each year in the UK, Dispatches investigates supermarket chicken, animal welfare, and what industrial farming means for our countryside.
22. Vaccine Wars: Truth About Pfizer
⏱ —Pfizer's Covid vaccine has saved millions of lives around the world. But with rising prices and record profits, is the drug firm profiteering from the pandemic?
23. The Truth About Disability Benefits
⏱ —An investigation into a series of deaths, including suicide, by disabled benefits claimants. What impact did government failings have on those who died?
202221 episodes
1. Boris Johnson: Has He Run Out of Road?
⏱ —Is Boris Johnson, the great political survivor, finished? Britain's top political interviewer Andrew Neil has the inside track on the Tories in turmoil.
2. China: The Search for the Missing
⏱ 47 minOn the eve of the Winter Olympics, Dispatches investigates allegations of mass surveillance, detention and forced labour in China's north-west.
3. Ukraine: On the Front Line with Johnny Mercer
⏱ —Former soldier and MP Johnny Mercer meets his Ukrainian political counterparts and heads to the focus of the conflict in Kyiv with explorer Levison Wood.
4. Cadbury Exposed
⏱ 26 minUndercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply chain.
5. Why Are Your Energy Bills So High?
⏱ 26 minAs gas and electricity costs soar, what's the reason for the price hikes? What's the impact on households, and are consumers being properly protected?
6. Are We Losing the War on Terror?
⏱ 26 minThe shocking truth about the Government's de-radicalization programme - a broken system where obvious warning signs of extremism are being missed.
7. Inside the Metaverse: Are You Safe?
⏱ —Is the next frontier in cyberspace a thrilling alternative world or the new Wild West? Yinka Bokinni goes undercover in virtual reality and is shocked by what she finds.
8. The Enemy Within: The Far Right
⏱ 26 minA year-long investigation deep undercover reveals the concerning new tactics of Britain's far right - from meddling in by-elections to home schooling.
9. The Truth About Nike and Adidas
⏱ 26 minWith 25 billion pairs of trainers made annually, the industry is the world's 17th largest polluter. Dispatches heads to the Maldives to see what's really going on with our favourite sneakers.
10. MPs Under Threat
⏱ 26 minKim Leadbeater MP, investigates threats and abuse faced by MPs. With polarized politics, and social media making it easier to target politicians, is enough being done to protect them?
11. Corrupt Cops: What the Met Knew
⏱ —Dispatches investigates concerns senior officers were linked to organized crime and that murders went unsolved because of corruption.
12. Ukraine: Life Under Attack
⏱ 47 minCate Blanchett narrates the up-close story of the Battle for Kharkiv, told through the eyes of the civilians and emergency workers who bore the brunt of the Russian onslaught.
13. Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution
⏱ 47 minA look at the world's forgotten civil war, where over 20,000 people have been reported dead, and thousands are fighting against a military coup that has removed elected government.
14. Airport Chaos Undercover
⏱ 47 minWith the summer holidays in full swing, reporter Jane Moore goes undercover in one of Britain's busiest airports, with the truth about delays, cancellations and baggage chaos.
15. Why Is My Car So Expensive?
⏱ —What's the real story behind the soaring cost of new and second-hand cars? As the car industry pulls in huge profits, Dispatches has top tips on how not to get ripped off.
16. Britain's Water Scandal
⏱ —Jimmy Doherty investigates Britain's water companies dumping untreated sewage into our rivers and seas. Why have companies been getting away with it for so long?
17. Broke: Britain's Debt Emergency
⏱ 47 minWith Britain in the worst cost of living crisis in decades, Dispatches follows Citizens Advice Bureau debt advisors and three stories of extreme hardship and poverty.
18. Britain's Evicted Kids
⏱ —Dispatches lifts the lid on the reality of life for thousands of families across the country at risk of eviction, and how losing a home impacts the youngest members of our society.
19. Hospital Undercover Are They Safe?
⏱ 47 minOn World Mental Health Day, a year-long investigation reveals that an NHS trust responsible for serious failures resulting in multiple deaths, still isn't keeping patients safe.
20. Trapped, Disabled & Abused
⏱ 26 minDisabled people are twice as likely to experience domestic abuse than non-disabled people. Dispatches reveals a shocking lack of awareness and support for survivors.
21. Cops in Crisis
⏱ —Is British policing fit for purpose? Dispatches reports on forces in special measures, talk of a toxic culture, funding cuts, and crimes receiving little or no investigation.
202312 episodes
1. Strippers, Spies & Russian Money
⏱ 47 minThe extraordinary story of Russia's covert efforts to corrupt British democracy and politics in the years before invading Ukraine. MI5 declined to comment on the programme for operational reasons.
2. Undercover Ambulance: NHS Chaos
⏱ 47 minSecret footage filmed over the winter reveals ambulance workers battling the odds and A&E departments overwhelmed as patients suffer needless harm and death.
3. Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal
⏱ 26 minAutistic patients trapped in mental health units tell their stories, revealing a system of poor treatment, abuse and long stretches inside with their symptoms only getting worse.
4. Britain's Forgotten Pensioners
⏱ 47 minMore than two million pensioners are living in poverty in the UK. Dispatches follows four older people through the winter as they struggle to make ends meet.
5. Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy
⏱ 48 minThe full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services
6. Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
⏱ 47 minA Dispatches special reveals shocking new evidence on Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings of 2019. High-placed whistle blowers allege top-level complicity by officials inside the Sri Lankan government.
7. Russell Brand: In Plain Sight
⏱ 78 minDispatches investigates Russell Brand's treatment of women. The British comedian, television personality and radio talker Russell Brand is accused of abusing women close to him for several years. An investigation by Channel4.
8. Hunting Russia's Lost Boys
⏱ 60 minThe intimate, emotional story of the Russian women taking huge risks fighting for the truth about their sons, husbands and brothers missing in Ukraine.
9. Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children
⏱ —Along the dangerous borderlands of war-torn Ukraine, Dispatches follows investigators searching for evidence of the abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian kids.
10. Secrets & Power: China in the UK
⏱ —Dispatches investigates Chinese state interference with UK institutions and repression of dissidents on UK soil. Undercover filming reveals a suspected Chinese spy engaging with a UK-based activist.
11. How Safe Is Your Turkey?
⏱ —In the run-up to Christmas, nine million turkeys will be sold across Britain. Dispatches investigates food safety concerns at one producer.
12. Less for More: The Truth About Food Prices
⏱ —Harry Wallop investigates Britain's soaring food prices, and how some supermarkets have reacted to protect profits. He discovers how some products have secretly been reformulated, with cheaper ingredients replacing more expensive items.
202413 episodes
1. Coca-Cola's Dirty Secret
⏱ 26 minWhat'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?
2. The War on Britain's Motorists
⏱ 26 minPotholes 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?
3. Kill Zone : Inside Gaza
⏱ 26 minThe 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.
4. The Truth About Temu
⏱ 26 minWhat'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?
5. Rubbish Tip Britain
⏱ 46 minA 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.
6. Undercover A&E: NHS in Crisis
⏱ 60 minUndercover 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.
7. Can AI Steal Your Vote?
⏱ 60 minElection 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?
8. Britain's Unsolved Crimewave
⏱ 47 minAnalysing 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.
9. Barbie's Dirty Secrets
⏱ 60 minWith 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
10. Vinted's Dirty Laundry
⏱ 30 minThe 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.
11. The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions
⏱ 48 minFor 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.
12. Britain's Shoplifting Gangs Exposed
⏱ 47 minIn this high-stakes true crime investigation, Dispatches goes undercover to expose the organised criminal networks behind the UK's shoplifting epidemic.
13. Britain's Benefits Scandal
⏱ 60 minWith the recent rise in working-age people on sickness benefits - many of them under 35 - Dispatches asks what's driving the surge?
202510 episodes
1. Skinny Jab Scandal
⏱ 47 minUndercover reporting reveals major flaws in how skinny jabs are sold at Boots and finds registered NHS nurses prescribing jabs to patients who aren't overweight.
2. Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayed's Fixer
⏱ 47 minReporter Cathy Newman investigates and tracks down the woman who facilitated Mohamed Al Fayed's rape and sexual abuse of women at Harrods for over a decade.
3. Undercover: The Great Tagging Scandal
⏱ —As the government release thousands to ease prison numbers, Dispatches is undercover inside the company paid millions to monitor offenders and keep us all safe.
4. Britain's Car Theft Gangs Exposed
⏱ —Every eight minutes a car is stolen in Britain. Dispatches goes undercover on the tail of the thieves driving this car-crime epidemic.
5. Will Nigel Farage Be Prime Minister?
⏱ —With Reform UK topping polls and running councils, are we on the verge of a political earthquake? And do Reform UK have what it takes to govern?
6. Trump: Moscow's Man in the White House?
⏱ —What's the truth about Trump's relationship with Putin? Insiders share a unique behind-the-scenes view on the greatest political story of the decade.
7. 999 Undercover: NHS in Crisis
⏱ —A Dispatches reporter goes undercover inside a 999 control room to reveal the truth about our overstretched ambulance services.
8. Will AI Take My Job?
⏱ —Will AI leave millions of Britain's skilled work force without a job? From health care to the law and more, Dispatches investigates, pitting human versus machine to find out who's the best worker.
9. The Prince vs. The Paper: Harry, Hacking & The Mail
⏱ —As a trial date approaches, the latest on Prince Harry's case against the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday - who Harry accuses of phone hacking and bugging.
10. Hunting Britain's Parcel Thieves
⏱ —Every seven seconds a parcel is stolen in Britain. With Christmas just around the corner, Dispatches is on a mission to catch the crooks behind the escalating doormat deliveries crime wave.
