Dispatches

  • Premiered: Oct 1987
  • Episodes: 998
  • Followers: 17
  • Running
  • Channel 4
  • Monday at 20
  • Documentary News

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Season 2019
2019x1
The Truth About Vegans
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Jan 02, 2019
Reporter Morland Sanders investigates the rising popularity of veganism. It's better for your health, the environment and animals but why do some activists resort to such extreme tactics to promote it?
2019x2
Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids
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Feb 04, 2019
As the number of children leaving school in favour of home education doubles, Dispatches asks why, and if parents' rights to remove a child are coming before the education, or safety, of children.
2019x3
HS2: The Great Train Robbery
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Feb 11, 2019
Channel 4 Dispatches investigates whether High Speed Two (HS2), a high-speed rail line connecting London to Birmingham by 2026 and then Manchester and Leeds by 2033, will bring the jobs .. show full overview
2019x4
Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail?
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Feb 18, 2019
Dispatches investigates the London Fire Brigade's response to the Grenfell fire, through interviews with survivors and firefighters, and using critical new evidence released by the public inquiry.
2019x5
Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge
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Feb 26, 2019
In a television first, cameras are allowed inside a women's refuge to follow the stories of women who are fleeing from violent partners, and who have agreed to be identified
2019x6
Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous
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Mar 04, 2019
Former Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe examines why there has been a rise in knife crime and asks what Britain needs to do to get the problem under control.
2019x7
The Brexit Millionaires
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Mar 11, 2019
Dispatches investigates those who have got rich since the Brexit referendum, capitalising on the almost unprecedented political uncertainty around Britain's exit from the EU.
2019x8
Great Formula Milk Scandal
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Mar 18, 2019
Kate Quilton asks if formula milk is being priced fairly, and whether claims made for it are unbiased and scientifically proven.
2019x9
New Landlords From Hell
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Mar 25, 2019
A year-long investigation reveals the shocking conditions that tenants of one of Britain's biggest housing associations live in, and the effect those conditions have had on vulnerable tenants' health.
2019x10
Britain's Hidden War
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Apr 01, 2019
With BAE helping to keep Saudi jets flying, and British military officers working in the Saudi Air Operations Centre, Dispatches investigates the extent to which the war in Yemen is made in Britain.
2019x11
When the Immigrants Leave
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Apr 08, 2019
In the run-up to Brexit, reporter Seyi Rhodes finds out how a lack of EU migrants could affect agriculture, social care and healthcare in Britain.
2019x12
Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial
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May 27, 2019
In the wake of The Jeremy Kyle Show's cancellation after the death of a man who had been a guest on the programme, Morland Sanders investigates what lies behind the headlines, what went .. show full overview
2019x13
The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken
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Jun 03, 2019
As President Trump touches down in the UK, a post-Brexit trade deal is top of the agenda. And one of the most controversial issues is whether the nation will have to accept chemically .. show full overview
2019x14
Britain's Toxic Air Scandal
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Jun 10, 2019
Dispatches runs a world-first experiment to reduce hundreds of primary school children's exposure to toxic air, and discovers that unidentified toxins are coming off every vehicle, even electric ones.
2019x15
How Safe Are Your Medicines?
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Jun 17, 2019
A major investigation for Dispatches reveals how thousands of unsafe medicines used to treat conditions like prostate cancer, schizophrenia and epilepsy were dispensed to NHS patients.
2019x16
Britain's Breast Implant Scandal
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Jun 24, 2019
Reporter Abbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women sick - or, worse still, causing cancer.
2019x17
Officer Down - Police Under Attack
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Jul 01, 2019
Former police officer Dan Clark-Neal investigates what's behind rising numbers of assaults on police officers.
2019x18
Battle for the Tory Party
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Jul 08, 2019
As Conservative Party members choose our next PM, who else is looking to shape Conservative priorities behind the scenes, and what do they stand to gain?
2019x19
Britain's New Build Scandal
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Jul 15, 2019
Reporter Liam Halligan investigates allegations of shoddy standards, poor customer care and excessive profits at Britain's second biggest - and most profitable - builder, Persimmon.
2019x20
£2 Million Passport: Welcome to Britain
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Jul 22, 2019
Reporter Antony Barnett investigates the 'golden visa' scheme, which offers British residency to wealthy foreign nationals.
2019x21
Young, British and Depressed
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Jul 29, 2019
Reporter Sanah Ahsan explores Britain's youth depression crisis, to find out what's fuelling it and to examine what treatment is available for young people.
2019x22
Sex, Drugs and Murder
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Sep 08, 2019
A Dispatches investigation into the epidemic use of the drug GHB in the gay community, where users are vulnerable to overdosing and sexual abuse.
2019x23
The Prince and the Paedophile
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Oct 21, 2019
Dispatches investigates the friendship between Prince Andrew and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, as the Prince stands accused of sleeping with a 17-year-old girl supplied by the investor
2019x24
Trump's Plan for the NHS
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Oct 28, 2019
How Trump's proposed trade agreement with post-Brexit Britain could cost the NHS billions.
2019x25
Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain
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Nov 04, 2019
Dispatches examines the influence of Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne, controversial advisors to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. Are they driven by party politics or their own agendas?
2019x26
The Secrets of Amazon
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Nov 11, 2019
Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world - one in three online purchases are made through its site. Dispatches reporter Sophie Morgan investigates its unstoppable growth.
2019x29 Season finale
Britain's Child Drug Runners
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Nov 13, 2019
Children as young as seven are being groomed to sell drugs for 'county lines' drugs gangs in towns and villages all over the UK. This documentary follows four young people trapped in this world.
2019x27
Born Homeless
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Nov 18, 2019
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2019x27
Homeless and Pregnant
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Nov 18, 2019
Homelessness is on the rise in the UK, but nobody knows how many pregnant women face the possibility of having their baby without a home to go back to. This programme explores the issue .. show full overview
2019x28
Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
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Dec 02, 2019
In Britain, 4.1 million children are growing up in poverty. Dispatches follows three families to show what life is like if there's not enough money for life's essentials.

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