Dispatches
Dispatches

Dispatches

1987 40 Seasons 1026 Episodes ⭐ 6.7 Documentary News

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.

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

EP 1

The Plutonium Black Market

Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.

EP 2

In The Red

Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.

EP 3

AIDS - The Unheard Voices

The program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those di

EP 4

Divided by Law

Explains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that th

EP 5

Selling the Tunnel

TVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the publi

EP 6

Gunning for Government

The undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA a

EP 7

Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her step

EP 8

Korea: Poverty Prohibited

In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.

EP 1

The Miner's Debate

A question of concern, doubt and safety of mine workers from around Britain.

EP 2

Waiting for the Consultant

Documentary report which looks at the suitability of doctors' work practices to the needs of the modern National Health

EP 3

Danger! Men at Work

An investigation over sexual harassment at work, the women behind it and what had been done to justify as a court offens

EP 4

Interview with John Stalker

Interview with John Stalker who recently resigned as Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester. He was removed from an invest

EP 5

Iran: A Widening Gulf

Tim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state.

EP 6

Palau: Paradise Lost

Documentary report on US policies in the Pacific island of Palau and the seeking of an agreement with the islanders, des

EP 7

Working for Welfare

Report on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare

EP 8

Radioactive Britain

A report on the Radioactive Substances Act, which permits over 7000 premises throughout Britain to handle radioactive ma

EP 9

The Lobby

Investigation in to the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as "The Lobby", in the

EP 10

Charity Fraud

Report into a number of case histories of alleged charity fraud, which leads to an examination of the loopholes in exist

EP 11

Single Union Deals With Employers

Documentary about how the big unions present themselves to potential new employers in contests to sign single-union deal

EP 12

Cuba From Inside

A report on human rights in Cuba

EP 13

Talking to the Terrorists

Documentary report in which former members of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, talk about their pa

EP 14

Cancer Research

A look at cancer research, and the lack of evidence that there has been much progress over the last 50-60 years. Some re

EP 15

Freemasonry

The Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time.

EP 16

The P.L.O.

EP 17

War in the Desert

The first documentary about a war that has been going on for 13 years in the Sahara Desert between Morocco and a rebel a

EP 18

NATO's Nuclear Programme

Documentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO.

EP 19

Illegal Betting

Documentary report about illegal gambling, worth £400-600 million annually. Hidden cameras are used in pubs and clubs f

EP 20

What's Best for the Children? : Coventry

Documentary about a model system in Coventry which has been set up to deal with child abuse, and which it is hoped will

EP 21

The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines

Documentary made by Nick Downie about the time he spent with the Philippine Communist guerrillas, the New People's Army.

EP 22

Milky Business

EP 23

The Hashish Connection

Documentary filmed in the Bekaa valley about Lebanon's powerful drug clans.

EP 24

Disciples of Chaos

Documentary report about the National Front, which will be 21 years old this year. They now work mostly underground as a

EP 25

Trouble on the Waterfront

Port employers and the government want to scrap the Dock Labour Scheme, but there is great opposition amongst dockers.

EP 26

The Two State Solution

Documentary report on the attitudes of Israelis and Palestinians to the future of the occupied territories. A look at th

EP 27

Turkey: Trading with Torture

Documentary report on the continued use of torture in Turkey, despite its desire to join the EEC, which bans such practi

EP 28

Exporting High Technology from West to East

Documentary report about the measures taken by the United States to ensure that their high technology is not exported to

EP 29

Tibet - A Case to Answer

Documentary examining the destruction of the landscape, and the rights and religion of the people of Tibet, which has be

EP 30

The Day the Dream Died

25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following s

EP 31

The Winds of Death

Documentary report on the Iraqi army's poison gas attacks on Kurdish villagers

EP 32

The Battle for Stone Bassett

Documentary investigation into the controversy surrounding the plan to build a new 6000 houses town, Stone Bassett, in r

EP 33

The Countertraders

Documentary examination of the growth of "Countertrade" deals - compensatory agreements made between a government and a

EP 34

A Very Polish Secret

Documentary about the previously untold story of a 1945 massacre of Polish partisans by Russian troupes and pro-Russian

EP 1

Return to Year Zero?

Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.

EP 2

Gorbachev's Asylums

Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost"

EP 3

Cooking the Books

Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.

EP 4

The Spy Who Broke the Code

Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Off

EP 5

Buckets of Money

Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheatin

EP 6

The Copper Seven Story

Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil wh

EP 7

Afghan

A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.

EP 8

The Toxic Trail

Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a menta

EP 9

The Case of 'F'

EP 10

The Return of the Death Squads

EP 11

Burma - Dying for Democracy

EP 12

Voices From Long Larten

EP 13

Young, Homeless and Broke

EP 14

Chico

A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaign

EP 15

Carry on Flying

EP 16

The Most Neglected Crime

Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one indi

EP 17

Dispatches (26/04/1989)

EP 18

A Suitable Case for Treatment

EP 19

The Sins of the Fathers

EP 20

Not What the Doctor Ordered

Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health

EP 21

Warlord of Kayan

EP 22

The Ultimate Blasphemy

EP 23

Fit as a Fiddle

EP 24

Empire of the Sun

EP 25

Year of the Locust

EP 26

A State of Decay

EP 27

Terror Island

EP 28

The Spanish Connection

EP 29

The Day of the Technopath

EP 30

No, Prime Minister

EP 31

The Undoing of Edwina

EP 32

Mission Impossible

EP 33

In the Coal Hole

EP 34

The False Confession File

EP 35

Hungarians Not Comrades

Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the retu

EP 36

Twelve Days in November

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

EP 37

Licence to Kill

EP 38

Privatising Poland

EP 39

Road to Damascus

EP 1

The Plunderers

EP 2

When Porton Pays the Piper

EP 3

Gamma Alarm

EP 4

The Great Leap Backwards

EP 5

Miracle Molecule

EP 6

Degrees for Sale

EP 7

Stalin's Ghost

EP 8

Troubled Waters

EP 9

Beyond the Rubicon

EP 10

A Greater Germany

EP 11

Gerry

EP 12

Legalise It!

EP 13

In the Name of Hunger

EP 14

Apartheid's Assassins

Over the years many political activists have been murdered in strange circumstances, but security denied that special 'h

EP 15

Terms for Peace

EP 16

The Children of Fire

EP 17

The Russians A Coming

EP 18

The Most Neglected Crime

EP 19

The Great Green Hype

EP 20

Romanian Roulette

EP 21

A Tale of Two Cartels

EP 22

Dispatches (30/05/1990)

EP 23

The Stasi Tapes

EP 24

The AIDS Catch

EP 25

Eritrea: Fight to the Death

EP 26

Game on the Ice

EP 27

Guinness - The Inside Story

EP 28

Listen to the Children

EP 29

Rivers of Fire

EP 30

Bad Meat Trail

EP 31

The Oregon Formula

EP 32

Black and Blue

EP 33

Moscow's Mafia Millions

EP 34

Kingmaker of Karachi

EP 35

Divided She Falls?

EP 36

A Good and Faithful Servant

EP 37

The Case Against War

EP 38

Against the Odds

EP 39

The Prozac File

EP 1

Giant of the Gulf

EP 2

What Happened at Christmas Island

EP 3

Mr Bush's Road to War

EP 4

Hanson Trust

EP 5

Saddam's Secret Army

EP 6

Crackdown

EP 7

Skeletons Have Names

EP 8

The Provoked Wife

EP 9

Thinking of the Soldier

EP 10

Voices From Tibet

EP 11

A Very British Recession

EP 12

Keep On Running

EP 13

Strange Case of Democracy

EP 14

Sir John's Shuttle

EP 15

A Dream Betrayed

EP 16

Tapping into Toxnet

EP 17

Mr Major's Number 10

EP 18

The Promised Land

EP 19

The Ballot Fixers

EP 20

The Arthur Legend

Director Ken Loach and reporter-producer Lorraine Heggessey defend miners' leader Arthur Scargill against allegations ma

EP 21

Saddam's Iraq

EP 22

Castro's Secret Fix

EP 23

The Movement

EP 24

The Committee

EP 25

Strange Customs

EP 26

In the Cleaning Machine

EP 27

Every Child in Britain

EP 28

Georgian Nightmare

EP 29

Missing in Action

EP 30

The Swiss Connection

EP 31

The Last Taboo

EP 32

The Truth that Sets Us Free

EP 33

Don King, Unauthorised

EP 34

Holding the Baby

EP 35

Christmas in Kurdistan

EP 1

The Audit Of War

EP 2

Patent On Life

EP 3

Mother Russia's Children

EP 4

The Hanson File

EP 5

Sick At Heart

EP 6

AZT - Cause For Concern

EP 7

Beyond Faith

Special investigation into Satanic ritual abuse.

EP 8

The Law Of The Ghetto

An investigation into tactics used by the IRA to intimidate citizens of Northern Ireland.

EP 9

A Question Of Sizewell

EP 10

The End Of The Union?

EP 11

Election 1992: Democracy In Danger

EP 12

Election 1992: Every Child In Britain

EP 13

Election 1992: The Issue They Don't Debate

EP 14

Campaign Diary

EP 15

Red Star Unwrapped

EP 16

Cloud Over Europe

EP 17

The Return To Olympia

EP 18

Blind Data

EP 19

Hidden Assets

EP 20

Body Search

EP 21

The Czechoslovak Casino

EP 22

For Queen Or Country?

EP 23

The People Of The Shining Path

EP 24

Missing In Action

EP 25

Not Quite Forever

EP 26

Relative Hell

EP 27

Bordering On Big Brother

EP 28

Visible Harm?

EP 29

Germans For Sale

EP 30

The 'R' Word

EP 31

The First Thatcherite

EP 32

The Generation Game

EP 33

All The Presidency Men

EP 34

Dying To Diet

EP 1

One Man in Ten

EP 2

The Fight Game

EP 3

Preparing for Power

EP 4

Fatal Dose

EP 5

A Town Called Kozarac

EP 6

Other People's Children

EP 7

The Battle of Twyford Down

EP 8

The Gluckman Files

EP 9

A Tax Too Far

EP 10

Murder in Moss Side

EP 11

AIDS and Africa

EP 12

Caught in the Act

EP 13

An Age Apart

EP 14

Taxing Times

EP 15

Crime and Prejudice

EP 16

The Samson Unit

EP 17

Grecian Tragedy

EP 18

Nuclear Nightmare

EP 19

Relative Hell - Update

EP 20

The Children of Romania

EP 21

The Trail of Red Mercury

EP 22

Adventure Too Far

EP 23

The Key to Watergate

EP 24

The Hill

EP 25

Marriage Contract

EP 26

Whitehall on Trial

EP 27

Gone to the Dogs

EP 28

Who's Minding the Managers?

EP 29

Kids on the Rocks

EP 30

The Batches in Question

EP 31

No, Minister

EP 32

The Doughty Street Papers

EP 33

Loss of the Marchioness

EP 34

A Disaster of Epic Proportions

EP 1

A Greater Croatia

EP 2

Down for the Count

EP 3

Operation Domino

EP 4

BSE - The Human Link?

EP 5

The Munchausen File

EP 6

The Munchausen Syndrome

EP 7

Asylum for Sale

EP 8

Getting Away With Rape

EP 9

Jayne's Journey

EP 10

The Great Coal Conundrum

EP 12

A Danger to Health

EP 13

Inside God's Bunker

EP 14

Les Enfants Terribles

EP 15

The Other Mandela

EP 16

Pocket Neutron

Following last year's The Trail of Red Mercury (1993), Dispatches now presents new evidence of how Russian scientists ha

EP 17

Baby's Sweet Tooth

EP 18

Whitehall on Trial (II)

EP 19

Democracy in Decline

EP 20

Shackled Children

Follows the work of activists against child labour in the US, Russia, India, Egypt and Colombia.

EP 21

The Pill Generation

EP 22

Murder of Childhood

EP 23

Murder of Childhood (Abridged)

EP 24

The Cyprus Connection

EP 25

A Rwandan Nightmare

EP 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 Pop

EP 27

Kids on the Rocks: Update

EP 28

Insult to Injury

With the increase of insurance claims, insurance companies are involved in a string of scams. This investigation reveals

EP 29

Terror on the Doorstep

EP 30

Out of Control

EP 31

The Casalee File

EP 32

Privateers on Parade

EP 33

Spy in the Camp

EP 34

The Lindane Legacy

EP 35

The Andreotti File

EP 1

The Torture Trail

EP 2

Serving Two Masters

EP 3

Murky Waters

EP 4

Who's Taking Care?

EP 5

Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare

EP 6

A Matter of Fat

EP 7

Total Structural Failure

EP 8

Safe or Sorry

EP 9

Battle for the Agenda

EP 10

Canada's Foreign Field

EP 11

Hamas

EP 13

The War Crimes File

EP 14

Behind Closed Doors

EP 15

Who Pays the Gas Bill?

EP 16

Journey to Hell

EP 17

The Unknown Crime

EP 18

Fair Shares in Health

EP 19

Making the Grades

EP 20

The Care Connection

EP 21

Very Rough Justice

EP 22

Lords A-Lobbying

EP 23

Sale of the Centuries

EP 24

The Shame of Cromwell Street

EP 25

New Labour, Old Habits?

An investigation into the alleged disreputable behaviour and secretly-recorded comments of Leicester East MP Keith Vaz s

EP 26

The Perfect Poison

EP 27

The Battle of Sanski Most

EP 1

Estate of Terror

Every year up to two hundred and forty thousand old people suffer form crimes committed by children. Overwhelmingly thes

EP 2

The Veal Trail

EP 3

Citizen Maxwell

EP 4

Operation Lottery

EP 5

Scott on Scott

EP 6

The Power Connection

EP 7

Jessica: A Saudi Slave

EP 8

Checking the Post

EP 9

Back on the Torture Trail

EP 10

The Safety Barrier

EP 11

The Lost Children

EP 12

Acid Test

EP 13

Murder in St. James's

EP 14

The Khartoum Connection

EP 15

The Peace Prize

EP 16

Second Class Return

EP 17

Banking on the Disabled

EP 18

Class Wars

EP 19

The Mahogany Trail

EP 20

A Bosnian Betrayal

The program explores the extent to which United Nations officials and commanders in Bosnia put the safety of their troop

EP 21

Purdey's Proof

EP 22

The Liquidation Game

EP 23

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

EP 24

Arming the Admirals

EP 25

Secrets of Big Tobacco

EP 26

The Truth of CS

EP 27

An Ambulance in Time

EP 28

Brown Land

EP 29

Making a Killing

EP 30

The Portman Group

EP 1

They're No Angels

EP 2

A Question of Sleaze

EP 3

Soccer's Foul Play

EP 4

Under the Hammer: Part 1

EP 5

Under the Hammer: Part 2

EP 6

Crash Landing

EP 8

The Saudi Tapes

EP 9

A Very British Betrayal

EP 10

The Firm

EP 11

Buying Time

EP 12

Trooping Out the Colour

Racism in the British Army.

EP 13

The Search for Mother Russia's Children

EP 14

Here We Go Again

EP 15

The Blair Project

EP 16

The Great Gulf Cover Up

EP 17

The Test

EP 20

The End of Hong Kong

EP 21

Secrets of the Gaul

EP 22

Lie of the Land

EP 23

Dubious Charity

EP 24

Builders' Club

EP 25

Triangle of Death

EP 26

BSE: The Hidden Story

EP 27

Monkey Business

EP 1

The Force is Not with You

EP 2

The Contamination Trail

EP 3

Too Much Too Young

EP 4

Something in the Air

EP 5

Saddam's Secret Time Bomb

EP 6

Judgement for Louise

Journalist David Jessel and producer Steve Haywood from the acclaimed Trial and Error (1992) come to Dispatches to exami

EP 7

Trust Me I'm a Doctor

EP 8

Inspecting the Inspectors

EP 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

EP 10

Granny's Having a Baby

EP 11

The war Business

Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mine

EP 12

Men Behaving Badly: Part 1

EP 13

Men Behaving Badly: Part 2

EP 14

Apartheid's Children

EP 15

Secrets of the Gaul - Update

EP 16

Supertouts

EP 17

The Accident

Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.

EP 18

Death in Room 602

EP 20

Sidney Cooke

EP 21

Sidney Cooke Update

EP 22

The Killer in Our Taps

EP 23

Now One is 50

EP 24

Teenage Gang Rape

EP 25

Dispatches Discussion

EP 26

Hidden Killer

EP 27

Law and Disorder

EP 28

Inside the ALF

EP 29

The Lockerbie Trail

EP 1

Male Victims of Domestic Violence

EP 2

Bristol Doctors

EP 4

Mission Impossible (II)

EP 5

Kicking the Habit

EP 6

Ireland

EP 7

The Welsh Assembly

EP 8

Surveying the Surveyors

EP 9

Hot Potato

EP 11

The Crime Game

The revelation that police and criminals are playing a mutually beneficial game, in which the latter admit to crimes the

EP 12

CCTV

EP 14

Seven Days in Hell

EP 15

The Mardis Gras Bomber

EP 16

Domestic Violence

EP 17

Car Challenge

EP 18

The Sex Slave Trade

EP 19

Bosses in the Dock

EP 20

Car Trouble - Insurance

EP 21

Bloody Balkans: Witness to Murder

EP 22

Car Trouble - Breakdown

EP 23

Kill or Be Killed

EP 24

Britain's Most Dangerous Man

EP 25

Prime Suspects

EP 26

Runaways

EP 27

A Matter of Life and Death

EP 28

Who Vets the Vets?

EP 29

Tooth Trouble

EP 30

Licensed to Kill

EP 1

For the Love of a Stranger

EP 2

The Fight for a Child

EP 3

Drug Wars

EP 4

Tax Wars

EP 5

Gayhurst Crescent Goes Surfing

EP 6

Dying for the President

Investigation of alleged war crimes in Chechnya on the eve of Russian elections.

EP 7

Still Getting Away With Rape

EP 8

Video Nasties

EP 9

Deadly Pursuit

EP 10

Dirty Money

EP 11

The Nuclear Files

EP 12

The Telford Hangings

EP 13

The Real Story of the Leeds Fans

EP 14

Sally Clark

EP 15

Flying Under the Influence

EP 16

Children of the Secret State

EP 17

The Search for Lucie Blackman

EP 18

Bras - The Bare Facts

EP 19

The Runaway Cars

In Britain and America, there have been many incidents of Ford cars suddenly accelerating, causing serious injuries and

EP 20

How to Jump the Health Queue

EP 1

Bloody Foreigners

'Bloody Foreigners' is Andrew Smith's investigation into the British attitude towards asylum seekers and immigrants who

EP 2

Bloody Foreigners: Part 2

Part two deals with illegal workers who are employed by apparently respectable companies as waitresses, cleaners, and bu

EP 3

Drugs: The Phony War

EP 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-

EP 5

Beneath the Veil

British journalist Saira Shah travels to Afghanistan with a camera crew to document the realities of life under the Tali

EP 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.

EP 7

Bin Laden's Plan of Terror

EP 8

Unholy War

Reporter Saira Shah returns to Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorists attacks. She reunites with

EP 9

Paedophiles: Assessing the Risks

EP 10

Down the Tube

EP 1

Secrets of the Saudi State

EP 2

State of Terror

EP 3

The Colombian Connection

EP 4

How to Break into Britain

EP 5

Speed Trap

EP 6

Bin Laden's New Network

EP 7

Sex on the Street

EP 8

Young, Nazi and Proud

EP 9

Lifting the Veil

One year on from when she secretly entered Afghanistan to film her original tv special "Beneath the Veil" (2001) (TV) Sa

EP 10

Truth and Lies in Baghdad

EP 1

Al-Qaeda UK

EP 2

The Killing Zone

Dispatches revisits the Gaza Strip to focus on civilians caught in the crossfire of never-ending battles. We meet seriou

EP 3

The War We Never Saw: Blood and Revenge

EP 4

Virgin Soldiers

With unprecedented access, award winning filmmaker Dodge Billingsley tells the story of India Company 3rd Battalion, 7th

EP 5

Gang Wars

EP 6

Killing for Honour

EP 7

Blunkett's Reefer Madness

EP 8

Law & Disorder

EP 9

Congo's Killing Fields

EP 10

Judges in the Dock

EP 1

What Hutton Won't Tell You

EP 2

Third Class Post

EP 3

Keep Them Out

EP 4

Fit to Eat

EP 5

Spiked

EP 6

The Dirty Meat Scandal

EP 7

MMR: What They Didn't Tell You

EP 8

Profiting from Kids in Care

EP 9

Barrack Room Bullies

EP 10

Living with Refugees

EP 1

Dispatches Live Special: After the Tsunami

EP 2

Undercover Angels

EP 3

The NHS - Your Money or Your Life?

EP 4

Holy Offensive

EP 5

Is Torture a Good Idea?

EP 6

Confessions of a Parking Attendant

EP 7

Undercover in New Labour

EP 8

Living with AIDS

EP 9

Undercover Teacher

EP 10

Women Bishops

EP 11

Re-Opening the Post

EP 12

On Pain of Death

EP 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

EP 14

Chechnya: The Dirty War

EP 15

Supermarket Secrets: Part 1

EP 16

Supermarket Secrets: Part 2

EP 17

Why Bomb London

EP 18

The Dyslexia Myth

EP 19

Secrets of the Shoplifters

EP 20

The Big Heist

Just before Christmas 2004, two men dressed as police officers arrive at a remote home and, after tricking their way ins

EP 21

Undercover in the Secret State

EP 22

Young, Angry and Muslim

EP 23

The Hurricane That Shamed America

EP 24

Gordon Brown's Missing Millions

EP 25

Iraq: The Reckoning

EP 26

America's Secret Shame

EP 27

Kidnap and Torture American Style

EP 28

What's Really in Your Christmas Dinner

EP 1

Ryanair: Caught Napping

A behind-the-scenes look at low budget airline Ryanair. Uncovering security and health and safety breaches, uncleaned ai

EP 2

Spinning Terror

EP 3

Stealing Your Freedom

EP 4

The New Fundamentalists

EP 5

Iraq's Missing Billions

EP 7

Living with Illegals

EP 8

After School Arms Club

Two groups of high school kids, one from England and one from Ireland set up shop as online arms dealers and broker vari

EP 9

How to Beat Your Kid's Asthma: Part 1

EP 10

How to Beat Your Kid's Asthma: Part 2

EP 11

Undercover Copper

EP 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 the

EP 13

Mad About Animals

Following Animal Liberation activists.

EP 14

Battle Fatigue

EP 16

What Muslims Want

EP 17

Public Service: Private Profit

EP 18

Britain's Commuter Nightmare

EP 19

How Safe Is Heathrow?

EP 20

The Labour Loans Scandal

An investigation into the secret world of the funding of the Labour Party.

EP 21

The Drug Trial That Went Wrong

EP 22

Burma's Secret War

EP 23

The Data Theft Scandal

EP 24

The Dispatches Debate: Muslims and Free Speech

EP 25

The Blunkett Tapes: Part 2

EP 26

Jihad TV

Videos of suicide bombers and insurgent attacks have become an important weapon for Al Qaeda. But who watches these vide

EP 27

Britain's Healthcare Lottery

EP 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

EP 1

Fighting the Taliban

EP 2

Meeting the Taliban

EP 3

Undercover Mosque

Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations

EP 4

Labour's Gambling Addiction

EP 5

Iraq's Death Squads

EP 6

At Home with the Terror Suspects

EP 7

The Supermarket That's Eating Britain

EP 8

NHS: Where Did All the Money Go?

EP 9

Greenwash

The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissio

EP 10

Charles: The Meddling Prince

EP 11

When Did You Last Beat Your Wife?

EP 12

Cameron- Toff at the Top

EP 13

Undercover Prisoner

EP 14

Murdering the Truth

EP 15

Between the Mullahs and The Military

EP 16

The Indian Miracle?

EP 17

Gordon Brown: Fit for Office?

EP 18

Afghanistan Unveiled

EP 19

Bin Wars

EP 20

Kidnapped to Order

EP 21

Drinking Yourself to Death

Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consume

EP 22

The Man Who Lost Himself

EP 23

The War on Britain's Jews

EP 24

Great Green Smokescreen

EP 25

Undercover Mother

Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic birth

EP 26

Britain's Bad Housing

EP 27

Britain Under Attack

EP 28

The Olympic Cash Machine

EP 29

Unholy War (II)

EP 30

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.

EP 31

Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth

Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done

EP 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 C

EP 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 curre

EP 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-qualifie

EP 35

Why Our Children Can't Read

EP 36

How to Get Ahead in Africa

EP 37

The Housing Trap

EP 38

Bottleneck Britain

EP 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 explo

EP 40

Britain Under Water

EP 41

Christmas Credit Crisis

EP 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

EP 1

The Truth About Your Food: Part 1

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The Truth About Your Food: Part 2

EP 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 c

EP 4

Why Kids Kill

A report on the increase of gang culture and murder that teenagers participate in the UK.

EP 5

Heat or Eat, the Pensioners' Dilemma

EP 6

The Children Left Behind

EP 7

How the Banks Bet Your Money

EP 8

Checking-in to Airport Chaos

EP 9

Iraq: The Lost Generation

Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy investigates the biggest and most catastrophic refugee crisis in the Middle East since t

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Iraq: The Betrayal

EP 11

Jon Snow's Hidden Iraq

EP 12

Undercover in Tibet

Reveals the regime of terror which dominates daily life and makes freedom of expression an impossibility.

EP 13

Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 1

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Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 2

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Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 3

EP 16

The Mobile Phone Rip-Off

EP 17

The Truth About Beauty Creams

EP 18

In God's Name

An investigation into the growth of Christian fundamentalism in the UK.

EP 19

The Warlords Next Door?

EP 20

Gordon Brown: Where Did It All Go Wrong?

EP 21

From Jail to Jihad

EP 22

The Truth About Food Prices

A report on the rising cost of food prices and the impact it has producers and consumers.

EP 23

The Truth About Street Weapons

EP 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

EP 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

EP 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

EP 27

Sandwiches Unwrapped

An examination of Britain's sandwich industry and whether shop-bought sandwiches are as healthy for you as consumers thi

EP 28

How the Banks Never Lose

EP 29

Undercover Mosque: The Return

A year and a half after Undercover Mosque, this follow-up documentary goes undercover again to investigate extremism in

EP 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

EP 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

EP 32

The Human Cost of the Credit Crunch

EP 33

Cameron's Money Men

EP 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 lic

EP 35

The Trouble with British Airways

EP 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, wheth

EP 37

Jon Snow's American Journey

EP 38

Don't Bank on the Bailout

EP 39

Mum Loves Drugs, Not Me

EP 40

Saving Africa's Witch Children

Reporting on children in parts Nigeria branded as witches.

EP 41

Iraq: The Legacy

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Britain's Challenging Children

EP 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 affec

EP 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

EP 4

Unseen Gaza

Jon Snow explores the difficulties faced by news organisations around the world in reporting the conflict in Gaza. Who i

EP 5

Congo's Forgotten Children

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Too Old to Work

With the number of unemployed in the UK nudging two million, Dispatches reveals the ageism rife amongst employers and re

EP 7

The Problem Princes

EP 8

The Big Job Hunt

An investigation into rising unemployment in the UK and what steps the government are taking to alleviate it.

EP 9

How They Squander Our Billions

EP 10

Pakistan's Taliban Generation

EP 11

Confessions of a Nurse

Following a YouGov report Dispatches takes a candid look at the NHS nursing system - with interviews from nurses and und

EP 12

The Trouble with Boris

EP 13

Afghanistan: Mission Impossible?

EP 14

The Westminster Gravy Train

EP 15

Crash: How the Banks Went Bust!

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Crash: How Long Will It Last?

EP 17

Lost in Care

EP 18

Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In

EP 19

Orphans of Burma's Cyclone

EP 20

Crash Gordon

EP 21

Afghanistan's Dirty War

EP 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 Sori

EP 25

Terror in Mumbai

EP 26

The Children Britain Betrayed

EP 27

Undercover Debt Collector

EP 28

Bankrolling Mugabe

EP 29

The War Against Street Weapons

EP 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 the

EP 31

Middle Class and Jobless

Examining middle-class unemployment in Britain.

EP 32

Cops on the Cheap?

A look at Police Community Support Officers who patrol the streets and cost the taxpayers millions. This documentary que

EP 33

MPs, Planes and Gravy Trains

EP 34

Who Took Your Pension?

EP 35

Ready for a Riot

EP 36

What's in Your Breakfast?

EP 37

Inside Britain's Israel Lobby

EP 38

Return to Africa's Witch Children

EP 39

Lords, Billionaires and the Russian Connection

EP 40

Christmas on Credit

EP 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 pr

EP 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 t

EP 3

Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines

Dispatches goes inside the enemy camp in northern Afghanistan as award-winning Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi is gr

EP 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 modernizi

EP 5

Kids Don't Count

An investigation into the rise of school children who are struggling with mathematics and tries to find solutions.

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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, accomp

EP 7

Britain's Islamic Republic

Dispatches investigates a fundamentalist Islamic group headquartered in Britain, and its claims to have placed its "brot

EP 8

Cameron Uncovered

According to polls, after 13 years in the political wilderness, the Conservatives under David Cameron's leadership seem

EP 9

Children of Gaza

Jezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of 3 children over a year. Surrounded by the remnants of the demolishe

EP 10

Politicians for Hire

After the MPs' expenses scandal, dispatches delves into the world of political lobbying.

EP 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 sta

EP 12

Election Uncovered

It's nearly time to vote and the campaigning is reaching a climax. Journalist Ben Laurance analyses each party's campaig

EP 13

The Lost Girls of South Africa

South Africa has the highest incidence of rape and 80% of the victims are girls under 13. The trauma of 5 such girls in

EP 14

Undercover Social Worker

Investigating child protection procedures and practices within the child social care institution.

EP 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 investigat

EP 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

EP 17

Africa's Last Taboo

An investigation into the persecution that gay people face in Africa.

EP 18

Gun Nation

Following an undercover police operation to tackle gun crime in the UK.

EP 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

EP 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

EP 21

When Cousins Marry

Looking at the consequences of first cousin marriage in Britain.

EP 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 rig

EP 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

EP 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 industria

EP 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

EP 26

Bravo's Deadly Mission

Following a team of US marines as they go on Operation Moshtarak.

EP 27

How the Rich Beat the Taxman

An investigation into the clever tactics wealthy British people and companies use to cheat the tax system.

EP 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 civi

EP 29

Britain's Street Kids

Exploring hidden world of runaway and evicted teenagers, looking at their lives and how they fend for themselves.

EP 30

Fashion's Dirty Secret

An investigation into factories that manufacture clothing for high street shops.

EP 31

Riding Europe's Gravy Train

Dispatches reveals the exceptionally generous package of salary, pension and expenses that MEPs receive and how some hav

EP 32

City of Fear

Following the police and people of Islamabad as Pakistan's capital battles to overcome an unprecedented wave of terroris

EP 33

The Kids Britain Doesn't Want

Exploring the experiences of young people who have been brutalized by the asylum system in the UK.

EP 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 t

EP 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 wh

EP 3

Tabloid's Dirty Secrets

Following the resignation of the Downing Street's head of communications Andy Coulson, charting the unfolding events in

EP 4

Lessons in Hate and Violence

Dispatches goes undercover to investigate allegations that, behind closed doors, some Muslim secondary schools in Britai

EP 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 hosp

EP 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 hosp

EP 7

Selling Off Britain

A live debate asking whether Britain should sell off its assets to cut the national debt.

EP 8

Britain's Secret Fat Cats

Investigating whether private outsourcing companies are set to benefit from the government's cuts to public sector fundi

EP 9

Train Journeys from Hell

Investigating complaints of overcrowded trains, delays, cancellations and high ticket prices on British railway journeys

EP 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 r

EP 11

Cashing in on Degrees

A look at the rise in University fees and those who enjoy the perks and privileges from them.

EP 12

Undercover Hospital

An undercover investigation in one of the country's busiest NHS hospitals as it faces multi-million-pound cuts and hundr

EP 13

A Year Inside Number 10

A look at the coalition government one year on - looking at the trial and tribulations they faced.

EP 14

The Truth About Going Under the Knife

Investigating whether new innovations in medical procedures and technologies can compromise patient safety.

EP 15

The Truth About Your Dentist

Sam Lister, The Times' Health Editor, investigates NHS dentists looking at dentists which overcharge patients for treatm

EP 16

America's Secret Killers

An investigation into America's 'kill/capture' programme to discover new evidence of the strategy's impact, and its cost

EP 17

The Thief Catchers

A look at a radical scheme in Bristol to deal with repeat criminal offender

EP 18

Conservation's Dirty Secrets

Dispatches reporter Oliver Steeds travels the globe to investigate the conservation movement and its major organizations

EP 19

The Real Price of Gold

A look at the British gold industry focusing on ethical sources, mining techniques and gold recycling.

EP 20

Landlords from Hell

An investigation into rogue landlords offering shoddy housing and the illegal practices they use to exploit tenants.

EP 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.

EP 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 foo

EP 23

Murdoch: The Mogul Who Screwed the News

EP 24

The Truth About Drugs in Football

Investigates the use of both recreational and performance-enhancing substances in football.

EP 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 cont

EP 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 Jun

EP 27

Can You Trust Your Doctor?

Revealing the failing doctors that slip through the net.

EP 28

Britain's Rubbish

An investigation into Britain's waste disposal industry, exposing criminals who profit from illegal dumping and looking

EP 29

Britain's Sex Gangs

Investigates street gangs that groom young girls for sex.

EP 30

Landlords from Hell: Update

A follow up to this years earlier programme, investigating rogue landlords and Britain's bad housing

EP 1

Olympic Tickets for Sale

A look at who got tickets for the London 2012 Olympic games and whether private companies are profiting.

EP 2

The Great Ticket Scandal

An investigation into two major 'fan-to-fan' ticket exchange websites to investigate who is selling via their websites a

EP 3

Watching the Detectives

Revealing how easy it is to buy our most personal and confidential information.

EP 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 ou

EP 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 i

EP 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

EP 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 synd

EP 8

Undercover Undertaker

Lifts the lid on the funeral industry.

EP 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

EP 10

Secrets of the Taxman

An investigation into tax avoidance.

EP 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 a

EP 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.

EP 13

Britain on the Sick

Investigates the controversial processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be decl

EP 14

Britain's High Street Gamble

A look at the rise in high street betting shops and the social effect they have.

EP 15

Tricks of the Dole Cheats

Investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organization tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats.

EP 16

Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds

Investigates allegations of private landlords, councils, and housing associations overcharging leasehold homeowners for

EP 17

The School Dinner Scandal

Tazeen Ahmad examines evidence that strategies to improve the food served in all our schools are fast coming undone.

EP 18

Secrets of Poundland

As other High Street retailers struggle for survival, discount leader Poundland is booming. Its pre-tax profits are up a

EP 19

Undercover Retirement Home

Investigating the multi-million pound retirement property industry.

EP 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 ocea

EP 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 g

EP 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 thei

EP 23

Getting Rich on the NHS

Morland Sanders examines whether the rapid handover of services to private contractors is really good for the public pur

EP 24

Nuclear War Games

Provides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if es

EP 25

Chinese Murder Mystery

A look at the life and death of Neil Percival Heywood and whether he was actually murdered. His death, virtually unnotic

EP 26

MPs: Are They Still at It?

Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system.

EP 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 h

EP 28

The Chinese Are Coming

As China continues to flex its financial muscle by buying into British airports, water and breakfast cereals, Dispatches

EP 29

How Safe is Your Cash?

Reporter Morland Sanders investigates whether security procedures that our banks tell us are impenetrable really are? He

EP 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 wh

EP 1

Secrets of Your Car Insurance

Investigates claims that major insurers cash in when you have a crash, through maximizing profits, lucrative referral fe

EP 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 se

EP 3

Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop

A look at rising food price and the comparison between different supermarket stores, food markets and independent shops.

EP 4

Weight Watchers: How They Make Their Millions

Investigates the UK's largest diet brand: Weight Watchers.

EP 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

EP 6

Plebs, Lies & Videotape

EP 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 afte

EP 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

EP 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,

EP 10

Death on the Wards

Dispatches investigates the truth behind allegations that tens of thousands of seriously ill people have been put on a p

EP 11

Undercover Designer Dogs

Designer dogs are all the rage with celebrities and many animal lovers. But Dispatches has discovered a darker side to t

EP 12

Rich and on Benefits

In budget week Michael Buerk investigates claims that Britain's pensioners are part of an untouchable group when it come

EP 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 D

EP 14

Immigration Undercover

In this report Morland Sanders investigates whether Britain's immigration system is fit for purpose with reports that te

EP 15

Syria: Across the Lines

A remarkable film from award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert who has spent weeks living deep inside Syrian territ

EP 16

Britain's Millionaire Criminals

Why are some convicted criminals still enjoying luxury lifestyles funded by their ill-gotten gains? Dozens of fraudsters

EP 17

Secrets of Your Missing Mail

With shoppers increasingly relying on private parcel companies to deliver online purchases, Dispatches goes undercover t

EP 18

Murdered in Tenerife

In 2011, Jennifer Mills-Westley, a 60-year-old British grandmother, was attacked and publicly beheaded in broad daylight

EP 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

EP 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 w

EP 21

Diets, Drugs and Diabetes

Dr. Deborah Cohen, investigations editor at the British Medical Journal, examines a new generation of diabetes drugs tha

EP 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

EP 23

The Police's Dirty Secret

Dispatches exposes the shocking story of Britain's secret police and how undercover officers reportedly used sex and lie

EP 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 se

EP 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

EP 26

Taliban Child Fighters

More than 200 children convicted of fighting for the Taliban are currently being held in special prisons across Afghanis

EP 27

NHS Undercover

Two undercover reporters reveal worrying failings in the new NHS 111 call system. Working as trainee call handlers, the

EP 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

EP 29

Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit

Channel 4's flagship current affairs programme: Dispatches, hears from pilots of Europe's biggest airline about their co

EP 30

The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It

EP 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-cutt

EP 32

The Property Market Undercover

Reporter Antony Barnett secretly films the latest tactics used by estate agents to secure sales and commissions and asks

EP 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 w

EP 34

Can You Trust Your Surgeon?

Dispatches reveals that failing doctors routinely slip through the system. We've been filming secretly in GP practices a

EP 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 u

EP 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 a

EP 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

EP 38

Secrets of the Discount Stores

Lifts the lid on the shops promising luxury labels for less.

EP 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.

EP 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 kill

EP 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 wate

EP 4

Hunted

On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia is officially welcoming gay athletes and spectators. But in a country wh

EP 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. Thous

EP 6

A&E's Missing Millions

With Accident and Emergency Departments under pressure, Dispatches investigates the cost and consequence of financial pe

EP 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.

EP 8

Undercover: Hate on the Terraces

Reporter Morland Sanders' investigation exposes how some supporters take part in systematic and flagrant homophobic chan

EP 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 substitut

EP 10

Amanda Holden: Exposing Hospital Heartache

Holden investigates the treatment of some couples whose pregnancies end in failure. Mothers who tell her their experienc

EP 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 me

EP 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

EP 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 s

EP 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 exp

EP 15

Secrets of the Police

'Plebgate' and Hillsborough have made many in Britain question the honesty and integrity of some of our police officers.

EP 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 goe

EP 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, ac

EP 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.

EP 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

EP 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 a

EP 21

Supermarket Wars

The era of domination by the big 4 - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda - is waning. Profits are slumping and online

EP 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 a

EP 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 d

EP 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 tim

EP 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 b

EP 26

Benefits Britain

EP 27

Rice: How Safe Is Our Food?

Dispatches investigates claims by some leading experts that some types of commonly consumed rice contain worryingly high

EP 28

How the Rich Get Richer

Fraser Nelson, the editor of The Spectator magazine, explores the growing inequality in British society. In areas such a

EP 29

How to Break Into Britain (II)

Dispatches goes undercover inside the makeshift camps around Calais to investigate the criminal gangs that are making bi

EP 30

The British Property Boom

Dispatches investigates the consequences of rapid house price rises for buyers, sellers and communities and examines how

EP 1

How to Blow Your Pension

Changes to the rules regarding private pension withdrawals mean some retirees are planning on raiding their pension pot

EP 2

Low Pay Britain

As parties launch their General Election campaigns focusing on Britain's economic recovery, Morland Sanders investigates

EP 3

The Great Car Con

British motorists were told that diesel would be the cheap, environmentally friendly fuel of the future but growing conc

EP 4

Secrets Of The Parking Wardens

The number of parking tickets issues by private firms has rocketed since 2007, with more than 2.5 million issued annuall

EP 5

Politicians for Hire II

Dispatches goes undercover once again to expose the cash-for-access scandal of MP's accepting fees to provide access to

EP 6

Britain's Benefits Crackdown

The Government has vowed to clampdown on benefit claimants and has introduced a new system of sanctions against those it

EP 7

Benefits Britain: Universal Credit

The Government is introducing the new Universal Credit in the biggest welfare reform in a generation. It is claimed the

EP 8

Britain's Defence Squeeze

In the wake of significant cuts to the UK defence budget, Morland Sanders asks if the nation is still able to defend its

EP 9

How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister

In the run-up to the General Election, Antony Barnett presents an undercover investigation into the way in which donors

EP 10

How Safe Are Our Planes?

EP 11

The Secrets of Sports Direct

How does Sports Direct sell it's trainers and clothing so cheaply? Harry Wallop examines the hidden costs behind the suc

EP 12

Trains: Are You Paying Too Much?

As rail passenger numbers hit an all-time high Morland Sanders goes undercover inside one of Britain's biggest rail oper

EP 13

Where to Save Your Money

Interest rates are at their lowest in 300 years, Channel 4 News Business Editor Siobhan Kennedy reports on the problems

EP 14

Exams: Cheating the System?

Seyi Rhodes examines how some schools and pupils are coping with the stresses and strains of the exam system by bending

EP 15

The Great British Property Divide

From million-pound flats to so-called "poor doors", Morland Sanders investigates how rising house prices can transform c

EP 16

Salt: Are You Eating Too Much?

Amidst calls to reduce the amount of salt consumed in our diets, reporter Tazeen Ahmad uncovers disturbing evidence that

EP 17

Kids in Crisis

In this hour-long special report Dispatches meets with four families who all have children who suffer from mental illnes

EP 18

How Councils Blow Your Millions

Dispatches reporter Antony Barnett investigates the secretive deals that British local authorities have done with banks

EP 19

Pensions and the Price of Growing Old

EP 20

Escape from Isis

In this one-hour special report Dispatches reveals the brutal regime millions of women face when living under the contro

EP 21

Hunted: Gay and Afraid

Dispatches investigates the well-funded global network of groups that are supporting a new wave of anti-gay legislation

EP 22

Britain's Benefits Experiment

EP 23

Aldi's Supermarket Secrets

Discount supermarket chain Aldi continues to go from strength to strength, recently overtaking Waitrose as Britain's six

EP 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 unde

EP 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 t

EP 26

Low Pay Britain II

The Government has promised to help create 3 million apprenticeships alongside a new national living wage. Dispatches in

EP 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. Wit

EP 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 l

EP 1

Where's My Missing Mail?

Morland Sanders presents an undercover report into parcel delivery companies where missing items, broken gifts and late

EP 2

How the Rich Avoid Tax

Actor Greg Wise secretly records his meetings with tax planners, who reveal to him a range of legal tax avoidance scheme

EP 3

999: Where's My Ambulance?

Demand for ambulance services are at an all-time high and many trusts are struggling to meet response time targets. Morl

EP 4

Dirty Secrets: What's Really in Our Air?

People are breathing in more harmful pollutants than official figures suggest. Morland Sanders uses high-tech monitoring

EP 5

Fight Against ISIS

EP 6

How To Be A Council House Millionaire

The Government plans to extend the right-to-buy scheme to housing association tenants, Antony Barnett looks at who will

EP 7

Housing Benefit Millionaires

Antony Barnett reports on the rogue private landlords who are exploiting the housing benefit system by renting out sub-s

EP 8

Secrets of Cadbury

6 years ago British confectioner Cadbury was taken over by the U.S. food giant Kraft in one of the most talked about tak

EP 9

Britain's Pensioner Care Scandal

Dispatches goes undercover to examine the level of care that some of Britain's most vulnerable pensioners receive from a

EP 10

The Great Benefits Row

Former Paralympian Ade Adepitan reports on the row over welfare cuts that has rocked the Government and prompted Iain Du

EP 11

Isis and the Missing Treasures

Simon Cox investigates the UK trade in antiquities that have been looted from areas under the control of ISIS, examining

EP 12

The Truth About Cheap Flights

Harry Wallop presents an undercover report revealing the secrets of one of the major players in the travel industry. Dis

EP 13

Undercover: Inside Britain's Children's Services

Dispatches goes undercover inside Birmingham City Council's Children's Services Department, Britain's largest, which was

EP 14

Are You Owed a Pay Rise?

Morland Sanders investigates the new National Living Wage. Despite only being introduced in April 2016 it has already ca

EP 15

Racist Britain

Seyi Rhodes investigates the alarming rise in the number of hate crimes being reported in the wake of Britain's vote to

EP 16

Is Your Pension Safe?

Reporter Shaunagh Connaire investigates the increasing pressures on the UK pension industry post-Brexit and asks if more

EP 17

How School Bosses Spend Your Millions

Antony Barnett investigates the Government push to massively expand the academy school system, discovering the large sal

EP 18

How Safe Is Your Car?

Morland Sanders investigates whether manufacturers and testers can be trusted over car safety and examines if more could

EP 19

Brexit: Who'll Do Your Job Now?

Morland Sanders asks who will take Britain's low-skilled jobs - picking food, cleaning toilets and packing parcels if EU

EP 20

The Great Housing Scandal

Harry Wallop investigates the housing shortage in Britain and in particular the Government sell-off of state-owned land

EP 21

The Battle for the Labour Party

Antony Barnett investigates the current state of the Labour Party in the run-up to the result of the leadership contest.

EP 22

Undercover: Britain's Abortion Extremists

Dispatches investigates the anti-abortion movement in the UK

EP 23

Britain's Wealth Gap

The increasing wealth gap between the young and the old has become one of the defining features of our times. Fraser Nel

EP 24

Living With Nightmare Neighbours

The Government promised to fix so-called "Neighbours From Hell" with it's new Troubled Families Programme. Morland Sande

EP 25

Addicted to Spending

From online shopping to contactless payment, it has never been easier to spend money. Reporter Morland Sanders meets tho

EP 26

The Secret Plan to Save Fat Britain

British men are the fattest in Europe, British women the second fattest and our children are getting fatter, younger. An

EP 27

Britain's Homebuilding Scandal

A shortage of housing in Britain has left many struggling to get onto the property ladder. Councils have granted plannin

EP 28

The World According to President Trump

Channel 4 Dispatches Editor George Waldrum has commissioned a Dispatches special from ITN Productions in response to the

EP 1

President Trump's Dirty Secrets

Reporter Antony Barnett investigates some of the controversial figures surrounding Donald Trump and how their links to p

EP 2

Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes (1)

Tazeen Ahmad follows up her 2010 report into working conditions inside factories which are making clothing for major bra

EP 3

Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes (2)

In the second documentary investigating the resurgent UK textile industry, Dispatches goes undercover to follow the next

EP 4

Undercover: Britain's Homeless Scandal

With councils across England and Wales struggling to meet the demand for emergency housing, Jackie Long investigates the

EP 5

Supermarkets: Brexit and Your Shrinking Shop

Harry Wallop reveals which of Britain's favourite brands have been affected by the Brexit vote and looks at how the impo

EP 6

Inside Britain's Airports

Each year Britain's airports rake in more than 4 billion pounds, mostly from the plethora of shops in their terminals. R

EP 7

Under Lock and Key

Thousands of young people with learning disabilities and autism are still being locked up in hospital despite promises m

EP 8

Brexit: Crisis on the Wards

This winter, the NHS has suffered one of the most challenging periods in its history. Morland Sanders investigates if th

EP 9

Britain's Benefit Families

Seyi Rhodes investigates benefit reforms by speaking to claimants who have had their housing benefit capped, landlords w

EP 10

Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad

Documentary investigating how tens of thousands of men, women and children have been disappeared by the Assad regime int

EP 11

Secrets of Coca-Cola

Antony Barnett reveals the response of the global soft drinks giant to the UK Government's sugar-tax and leaked e-mails

EP 12

President Trump: How Scared Should We Be?

Abigail Austen travels to the US to assess what the age of Trump means for the rest of the world, and how serious a thre

EP 13

Isis and the Battle for Iraq

Emmy-award winning journalist Ramita Navai reveals the other side of the war against ISIS in Iraq, looking at allegation

EP 14

Trump, The Doctor and The Vaccine Scandal

With fear of vaccination resurgent in the United States, Cathy Newman reveals the role played by disgraced British docto

EP 15

Bupa Care Homes Undercover

Undercover filming uncovers the specialist dementia care homes for the elderly operated by the UK's largest private medi

EP 16

Brexit - How to Get a British Passport

Reporter Datshiane Navanayagam investigates the many hurdles and costs that people face applying for British citizenship

EP 17

Secrets of Your Cruise

Tazeen Ahmad goes undercover as a passenger to investigate the impact that some cruise ships could be having on the envi

EP 18

Secrets of Britain's New Homes

Antony Barnett investigates why so few new homes are being built across Britain and examines links between the property

EP 19

Wasting Away: The Truth About Anorexia

Mark Austin and his daughter Maddy explore the devastating effects of eating disorders, the availability of suitable car

EP 20

Secrets of Your New Car

As concern once again grows around household debt, Dispatches investigates car finance. Undercover filming exposes quest

EP 21

How to Get a Pay Rise

Dispatches investigates low wage growth, asking who is responsible for wage stagnation and provides a masterclass on how

EP 22

Trump & Russia: Sex, Spies and Scandal

A year after one of the greatest political upsets of all time, Matt Frei travels to Moscow and Washington to find out mo

EP 23

Who Deserves a Pay Rise?

Dispatches investigates what life is like for front-line public sector workers following seven years of pay freezes and

EP 24

Is Britain Full?

Michael Buerk investigates whether the country can cope with current levels of immigration and the impact of internal mi

EP 25

Trouble on the Trains

Morland Sanders gains access to undercover footage from British Transport Police that exposes the bad behaviour of footb

EP 26

The Fight For Mosul

Follows the experiences of five young Iraqi Special Forces soldiers tasked with fighting ISIS in Mosul who are haunted b

EP 27

The Great Housing Scandal

Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the Prime Minister dedicated her premiership to fixing Britain's broken housing marke

EP 28

How to Avoid the Dementia Tax

Tazeen Ahmad investigates the so-called "dementia tax". Why do some dementia sufferers have to sell their home to pay fo

EP 29

Al Fayed Behind Closed Doors

EP 1

Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit

Dispatches goes undercover posing as representatives of a Chinese company to investigate how politicians, including form

EP 2

Undercover in Premier Inn

A reporter goes undercover as an agency housekeeper working at a Premier Inn hotel in central London and discovers some

EP 3

Football's Wall of Silence

In an Al Jazeera investigation, Reporter Deboarah Davies reveals how former youth football coach Barry Bennell spent his

EP 4

Undercover: Inside the Priory

Faced with a shortage of places to treat mental health patients, the NHS is placing patients in private hospitals. Dispa

EP 5

Britain's University Spending Scandal

At a time when students are graduating up to 58,000 pounds in debt and university staff are protesting about cuts to the

EP 6

The Week Britain Froze

The Week Britain Froze examines the causes of the Beast from the East, tells extraordinary stories of human courage, and

EP 7

Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?

Dispatches goes undercover to discover if the UK's Financial Ombudsman acts in favour of banks and against their custome

EP 8

The Truth About Your Pay

With the deadline for companies to disclose their gender pay gap approaching, reporter Tazeen Ahmad reveals how the figu

EP 9

Who Speaks for British Muslims?

Across Britain the police, government agencies and other public bodies have been reaching out to Muslim groups in the fi

EP 10

Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack

Matt Frei examines former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's past - and the murky world of espionage, politics and cr

EP 11

Britain's Diesel Scandal

An undercover investigation into how British hauliers are using hi-tech cheat devices and computer hacking to disable th

EP 12

The True Cost of Green Energy

An investigation of the government-subsidised renewable energy industry turning trees into fuel, asking whether burning

EP 13

Britain's Benefits Crisis

Morland Sanders asks if the changes made to the Universal Credit system have forced some people to become homeless and t

EP 14

Myanmar's Killing Fields

For the past five years an undercover network of Rohingya activists have been risking their lives to secretly film evide

EP 15

After Grenfell, How Safe Are We?

A year on from the Grenfell Tower disaster Ed Howker investigates claims that even after the Hackitt Review of building

EP 16

Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis

Britain faces a major housing shortage so how is it that some of those who are responsible for providing the social hous

EP 17

Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network

Dispatches goes undercover in the secretive world of the people who decide what can and can't be posted on Facebook, exp

EP 18

Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists

With exclusive access to the secretive world of Britain's new neo-Nazis, Dispatches tells the inside story of a far-righ

EP 19

Homeless and Working

Datshiane Navanayagam goes behind the scenes at two homeless shelters in London to reveal the growing number of people w

EP 20

Breastfeeding Uncovered

Journalist and television presenter Kate Quilton investigates why Britain has some of the worst breastfeeding rates in t

EP 21

How to lose Seven Billion Pounds

Liam Halligan reveals the story behind the collapse of Carillion, the vast British company built on billions of pounds o

EP 22

Lawless Britain: Where are the Police?

An increasing number of victims of crime are claiming that the police are not fully investigating their cases, while pol

EP 23

Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches For Snitches

Livvy Haydock explores the dark world of online witness intimidation, meeting those who threaten 'snitches' and the fami

EP 24

Cannabis: Time to End the Ban?

Over 2 million people smoke cannabis in the UK. Some police forces no longer prosecute for possession. Canada and severa

EP 25

Born on the Breadline

Examines the growing need for baby banks in the UK and meets the working parents who are turning to them to provide thei

EP 26

North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State

North Korean citizens reveal what life is like for the 24 million people who live in the world's most secretive country,

EP 1

The Truth About Vegans

Morland Sanders investigates the increasing popularity of veganism. It's better for your health, the environment and ani

EP 2

Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids

A report on the increasing number of children being educated at home in the UK, investigating the reasons behind this dr

EP 3

HS2: The Great Train Robbery

Liam Halligan reports on the multi-billion-pound high-speed rail line. With costs soaring should it be scrapped and the

EP 4

Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail?

An examination of the London Fire Brigade's response to the Grenfell Tower fire in light of new evidence from the public

EP 5

Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge

In a television first, cameras are allowed inside a women's refuge to follow the stories of women who are fleeing from v

EP 6

Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous

Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe examines why there has been a rise in knife crime and asks wh

EP 7

The Brexit Millionaires

Antony Barnett investigates those who have profited from the uncertainty since the UK's referendum on membership of the

EP 8

Great Formula Milk Scandal

New mum Kate Quilton investigates if formula milk is being fairly priced and if claims made for its benefits are unbiase

EP 9

New Landlords From Hell

A year-long investigation by Datshiane Navanayagam reveals the shocking conditions endured by tenants of one of the UK's

EP 10

Britain's Hidden War

With BAE Systems keeping Saudi jets in the air and British military officers working in the Saudi Air Operations Centre,

EP 11

When the Immigrants Leave

Ahead of Brexit, reporter Seyi Rhodes explores how a lack of migrant workers from the European Union could affect agricu

EP 12

Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial

In the wake of the cancellation of The Jeremy Kyle Show following the death of a guest who appeared on the programme, Mo

EP 13

The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken

With chemically-washed chicken being pushed as part of a post-Brexit Anglo-American trade deal this undercover report go

EP 14

Britain's Toxic Air Scandal

1 in 3 children in the UK is growing up inhaling unsafe levels of air pollution. Reporter Morland Sanders reveals it's n

EP 15

How Safe Are Your Medicines?

In 2014 millions of pounds worth of medicines were stolen from Italian hospitals then sold by bogus drugs wholesalers -

EP 16

Britain's Breast Implant Scandal

Abbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women ill, or worse still causing cancer.

EP 17

Officer Down - Police Under Attack

Former police officer Dan Neal investigates the worrying rise in the number of assaults on police officers as they go ab

EP 18

Battle for the Tory Party

As members of the Conservative Party choose our next Prime Minister, Gary Gibbon examines who really holds the reins of

EP 19

Britain's New Build Scandal

Liam Halligan investigates claims of shoddy standards, poor customer care and excessive profits at Britain's second bigg

EP 20

£2 Million Passport: Welcome to Britain

Dispatches investigates the 'golden visa' scheme, which offers British residency to wealthy foreign nationals who are wi

EP 21

Young, British and Depressed

"We're promoting the idea that it's ok to have a mental health problem - but it's made us afraid of our emotions." Dispa

EP 22

Sex, Drugs and Murder

A special investigation into the epidemic use of the drug GHB in the gay community, where users are vulnerable to overdo

EP 23

The Prince and the Paedophile

Cathy Newman investigates the friendship between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein amid accusati

EP 24

Trump's Plan for the NHS

How Trump's proposed trade agreement with post-Brexit Britain could cost the NHS billions.

EP 25

Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain

Gary Gibbon examines the role played by Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne the controversial political advisors to Boris

EP 26

The Secrets of Amazon

Sophie Morgan explores some of the complaints about the global company, including working conditions, selling toxic toys

EP 27

Born Homeless

Explores the issue of pregnant women who find themselves with no place to call home, and conducts an exclusive survey of

EP 28

Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids

In Britain, 4.1 million children are growing up in poverty. This special report follows three families to show what life

EP 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

EP 1

The Secrets of Big Tobacco: Has Philip Morris International Really Given Up Smoking?

Philip Morris International has said it wants a smoke-free future and offers so-called reduced-risk alternatives. But at

EP 2

Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee

Antony Barnett travels to Guatemala where he learns that young children are working long hours in gruelling conditions p

EP 3

Celebs for Sale: The Great Charity Scandal

Antony Barnett goes undercover to reveal how some of the most famous people in Britain are profiting from the work they

EP 4

Britain's Train Hell

As Britain's rail commuters face rising fares, delays and overcrowding, the Government plans a high speed train that won

EP 5

Sex, Money & Power: The Dirty Secrets of Davos

Caitlin Brown investigates allegations of sexism and harassment in Davos at the annual summit of world leaders and busin

EP 6

Coronavirus: How Britain Is Changing

A look at how the coronavirus outbreak is changing Britain in the long term, for better or worse, from a reduction in po

EP 7

The Truth About Traveller Crime

Anja Popp goes in search of the truth about crimes linked to traveller sites. She talks to members of the public who hav

EP 9

Britain's Coronavirus Catastrophe: Did the Government Get it Wrong?

With Britain's Covid death rate one of the world's highest, Antony Barnett examines the evidence and asks did the govern

EP 10

Dirty Secrets of American Food: Coming to a Supermarket Near You?

Morland Sanders investigates the American food that could be coming to Britain soon as part of a post-Brexit trade deal.

EP 11

Trump's Coronavirus Catastrophe

After months of conversations with White House advisors insiders, whistleblowers, politicians, scientists, and Trump sup

EP 12

How Safe Is Going Out?

As Britain's service industry battles to survive Covid-19, Morland Sanders investigates the promises made by hotels, tra

EP 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

EP 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

EP 15

Divided States of America

EP 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 hi

EP 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

EP 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 j

EP 19

Deep Fakes: Can You Trust Your Eyes?

EP 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 pan

EP 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

EP 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 locke

EP 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,

EP 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 Pound

EP 6

The Black Maternity Scandal

A C4 documentary detailing the NHS's systemic racism.

EP 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

EP 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 offeri

EP 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 Mini

EP 10

Football's Gambling Addiction

Ruth Davidson examines the uncomfortable relationship between gambling and football. Why is football so dependent on mon

EP 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 o

EP 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

EP 13

India's Rape Scandal

With over 70 Indian politicians facing charges of crimes against women, Ramita Navai investigates two rape cases that ha

EP 14

Cops on Trial

Ellie Flynn reports on the scale of sexual misconduct by serving British police officers, including personal accounts fr

EP 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 qu

EP 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, un

EP 17

How Green Is the Government?

Is Britain really one of the world leaders in fighting against climate change? Dispatches investigates as the COP26 summ

EP 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 f

EP 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-earne

EP 20

Escape from the Taliban

In the immediate aftermath of the Taliban taking Kabul, local journalists film terrified Afghans trying to escape abroad

EP 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

EP 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 d

EP 23

The Truth About Disability Benefits

An investigation into a series of deaths, including suicide, by disabled benefits claimants. What impact did government

EP 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

EP 2

China: The Search for the Missing

On the eve of the Winter Olympics, Dispatches investigates allegations of mass surveillance, detention and forced labour

EP 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

EP 4

Cadbury Exposed

Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time chi

EP 5

Why Are Your Energy Bills So High?

As gas and electricity costs soar, what's the reason for the price hikes? What's the impact on households, and are consu

EP 6

Are We Losing the War on Terror?

The shocking truth about the Government's de-radicalization programme - a broken system where obvious warning signs of e

EP 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

EP 8

The Enemy Within: The Far Right

A year-long investigation deep undercover reveals the concerning new tactics of Britain's far right - from meddling in b

EP 9

The Truth About Nike and Adidas

With 25 billion pairs of trainers made annually, the industry is the world's 17th largest polluter. Dispatches heads to

EP 10

MPs Under Threat

Kim Leadbeater MP, investigates threats and abuse faced by MPs. With polarized politics, and social media making it easi

EP 11

Corrupt Cops: What the Met Knew

Dispatches investigates concerns senior officers were linked to organized crime and that murders went unsolved because o

EP 12

Ukraine: Life Under Attack

Cate Blanchett narrates the up-close story of the Battle for Kharkiv, told through the eyes of the civilians and emergen

EP 13

Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution

A look at the world's forgotten civil war, where over 20,000 people have been reported dead, and thousands are fighting

EP 14

Airport Chaos Undercover

With the summer holidays in full swing, reporter Jane Moore goes undercover in one of Britain's busiest airports, with t

EP 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, Di

EP 16

Britain's Water Scandal

Jimmy Doherty investigates Britain's water companies dumping untreated sewage into our rivers and seas. Why have compani

EP 17

Broke: Britain's Debt Emergency

With Britain in the worst cost of living crisis in decades, Dispatches follows Citizens Advice Bureau debt advisors and

EP 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 ho

EP 19

Hospital Undercover Are They Safe?

On World Mental Health Day, a year-long investigation reveals that an NHS trust responsible for serious failures resulti

EP 20

Trapped, Disabled & Abused

Disabled people are twice as likely to experience domestic abuse than non-disabled people. Dispatches reveals a shocking

EP 21

Cops in Crisis

Is British policing fit for purpose? Dispatches reports on forces in special measures, talk of a toxic culture, funding

EP 1

Strippers, Spies & Russian Money

The extraordinary story of Russia's covert efforts to corrupt British democracy and politics in the years before invadin

EP 2

Undercover Ambulance: NHS Chaos

Secret footage filmed over the winter reveals ambulance workers battling the odds and A&E departments overwhelmed as pat

EP 3

Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal

Autistic patients trapped in mental health units tell their stories, revealing a system of poor treatment, abuse and lon

EP 4

Britain's Forgotten Pensioners

More than two million pensioners are living in poverty in the UK. Dispatches follows four older people through the winte

EP 5

Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy

The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revea

EP 6

Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings

A Dispatches special reveals shocking new evidence on Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings of 2019. High-placed whistle bl

EP 7

Russell Brand: In Plain Sight

Dispatches investigates Russell Brand's treatment of women. The British comedian, television personality and radio talke

EP 8

Hunting Russia's Lost Boys

The intimate, emotional story of the Russian women taking huge risks fighting for the truth about their sons, husbands a

EP 9

Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children

Along the dangerous borderlands of war-torn Ukraine, Dispatches follows investigators searching for evidence of the abdu

EP 10

Secrets & Power: China in the UK

Dispatches investigates Chinese state interference with UK institutions and repression of dissidents on UK soil. Underco

EP 11

How Safe Is Your Turkey?

In the run-up to Christmas, nine million turkeys will be sold across Britain. Dispatches investigates food safety concer

EP 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 d

EP 1

Coca-Cola's Dirty Secret

What's the environmental impact of the UK's huge soft drink habit? With a thirsty nation getting through two billion pla

EP 2

The War on Britain's Motorists

Potholes everywhere. Controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and electric vehicle confusion too. Car journalist Ginny B

EP 3

Kill Zone: Inside Gaza

The story of the Israeli military assault on Gaza. Seen through the eyes of children, journalists and doctors, Dispatche

EP 4

The Truth About Temu

What's the story behind the runaway success of the addictive Chinese shopping app? With half a billion downloads worldwi

EP 5

Rubbish Tip Britain

A look inside the lucrative world of waste crime with video, surveillance footage and interviews from insiders. Exposing

EP 6

Undercover A&E: NHS in Crisis

Undercover report filmed over two months at an NHS Accident and Emergency Department, which exposes the suffering and da

EP 7

Can AI Steal Your Vote?

Election campaigners and experts have warned that artificial intelligence tools could risk politically motivated disinfo

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Britain's Unsolved Crimewave

Analysing police data, Dispatches reveals local hotspots where 100% of neighbourhood crimes go unsolved. The team watch

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Barbie's Dirty Secrets

With Barbiemania putting toy maker Mattel back in the limelight, Dispatches goes undercover in one of Mattel's factories

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Vinted's Dirty Laundry

The online secondhand clothes app Vinted is booming. Is its soar-away success too good to be true? Dispatches uncovers t

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The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions

For years, the royals kept details of some of their wealth secret. Dispatches reveals what they have kept under wraps -

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Britain's Shoplifting Gangs Exposed

In this high-stakes true crime investigation, Dispatches goes undercover to expose the organised criminal networks behin

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Britain's Benefits Scandal

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

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Skinny Jab Scandal

Undercover reporting reveals major flaws in how skinny jabs are sold at Boots and finds registered NHS nurses prescribin

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Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayed's Fixer

Reporter Cathy Newman investigates and tracks down the woman who facilitated Mohamed Al Fayed's rape and sexual abuse of

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Undercover: The Great Tagging Scandal

As the government release thousands to ease prison numbers, Dispatches is undercover inside the company paid millions to

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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-c

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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

EP 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 p

EP 7

999 Undercover: NHS in Crisis

A Dispatches reporter goes undercover inside a 999 control room to reveal the truth about our overstretched ambulance se

EP 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 i

EP 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 accu

EP 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

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Palestine Action: The Truth Behind the Ban

Dispatches investigates why the government banned direct action group Palestine Action, a decision that has sparked inte

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Keir Starmer: Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Lewis Goodall looks back at a torrid first two years as prime minister for Sir Keir Starmer, and asks how he went from w

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Click to Kill: The AI War Machine

With unique access in Ukraine, in Israel and with the US army, this documentary charts the new technological arms race,

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Hunting Britain's Fugitives

Thousands of criminals, many of whom are accused of serious, violent crimes, are currently on the run in a hidden crimin

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