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2007
2007x1
Fighting the Taliban
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Sean Langan reports from Helmand Province where he risked death by firing squad to talk to Taliban commanders and a would-be suicide bomber aged just 14. (Also shown as 'Sean Langan: Welcome to Hell Part 1)
2007x2
Meeting the Taliban
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Having witnessed the battle for the town of Garmser in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, Sean Langan goes to meet the fighters British troops are facing - The Taliban. He recounts the .. show full overview
2007x3
Undercover Mosque
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Documentary investigating the extreme views being preached in a number of British mosques run by organisations that claim to advocate moderation.
2007x4
Labour's Gambling Addiction
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Dispatches explores relations between ministers and gambling industry bosses in which secret meetings and backroom dealings are uncovered in a bid to understand just why New Labour are keen to massively expand gambling operations in the UK.
2007x5
Iraq's Death Squads
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Iraq's Death Squads follows on from a previous Dispatches investigation that revealed the close links between high-ranking Shia politicians and the death squads that rampage through Iraq's main cities.
2007x6
At Home With The Terror Suspects
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Introduced as an emergency security measure in 2005, 18 control orders are currently enforced on individuals described as dangerous international terrorists. Dispatches has gained exclusive access to some of these detainees.
2007x7
The Supermarket That's Eating Britain
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Tesco is Britain’s favorite supermarket. With 2,000 stores and 15 million customers a week, it’s almost twice as big as its nearest rival. Dispatches shows how Tesco could soon become .. show full overview
2007x8
NHS: Where Did All the Money Go?
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Why are increasing numbers of NHS-trained doctors and nurses unable to get jobs? Over the last five years, the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on the NHS has almost tripled. In .. show full overview
2007x9
Greenwash
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The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
2007x10
Charles: The Meddling Prince
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Prince Charles will one day be crowned King of England - a position which by constitutional convention is politically neutral. But in this six-month investigation, Dispatches reveals a .. show full overview
2007x11
When Did You Last Beat Your Wife?
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Dispatches examines why women frequently refuse to press charges against their abuser. It follows one young victim from the point at which she walks into the police station to make a complaint.
2007x12
Cameron - Toff At The Top
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Political columnist Peter Hitchens gives a personal assessment of Conservative Party Leader David Cameron, looking at his background, career, image changes and copying New Labour spin and image tactics with regard to image and policy making.
2007x13
Undercover Prisoner
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For the first time, a covert camera investigates prison life. A prisoner has secretly filmed for 15 days inside one of Britain's most controversial open prisons as part of a major .. show full overview
2007x14
Murdering the Truth
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When world-famous investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, one of President Putin's fiercest and most effective critics, was assassinated last October in Moscow, there was .. show full overview
2007x15
Between The Mullahs And The Military
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A Muslim nuclear state, ruled by a military dictatorship for two-thirds of its existence, modern-day Pakistan has become a key player in America's 'war on terror.'
2007x16
The Indian Miracle?
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Underneath the glittering surface of India's economic boom lie the ugly realties of modern day India: mass suicide by debt-ridden farmers, a rise in Hindu nationalism, discrimination .. show full overview
2007x17
Gordon Brown: Fit For Office?
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Over the last nine months Dispatches has carried out the most in-depth study ever done for television on the Chancellor, interviewing cabinet ministers, MPs, top civil servants, .. show full overview
2007x18
Afghanistan Unveiled
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Journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy returns to Afghanistan to find out how life has changed for women in the five years since the invasion by America and its allies and to investigate whether women have been "liberated" as President Bush has claimed.
2007x19
Bin Wars
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Dispatches investigates whether the nation's anger over fortnightly collections is justified, examining why the changes have been brought about and why they have resulted in a level of protest reminiscent of the petrol crisis of 2001.
2007x21
Kidnapped to Order
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Dispatches exposes a new phase in America's dirty war on al Qaeda: the rendition and detention of women and children. Last year, President Bush confirmed the existence of a CIA secret .. show full overview
2007x22
Drinking Yourself To Death
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Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcohol is one of the causes for an increase in alcohol consumption.
2007x23
The Man Who Lost Himself
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2007x24
The War On Britain's Jews
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Richard Littlejohn investigates trends of antisemitism across Britain in the wake of the September 2006 Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism.
2007x25
Great Green Smokescreen
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Channel 4 News Science Correspondent Tom Clarke dissects the many 'solutions' to global warming being marketed to consumers, from tree planting and carbon offsetting to green energy tariffs.
2007x26
Undercover Mother
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Dispatches investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.
2007x27
Britain's Bad Housing
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2007x28
Britain Under Attack
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With Britain facing a 'severe' level of terror threat, Dispatches investigates the roots of Islamic extremism in the UK and examines the government's attempts to win the battle for British Muslims' hearts and minds
2007x29
The Olympic Cash Machine
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For the past six months, Dispatches has been investigating the London 2012 Olympics. Undertaking a forensic examination of who the real winners and losers are likely to be as a result of .. show full overview
2007x31
Nice Work If You Can Get It
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Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.
2007x31
Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth
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Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this with the perception of immigrants and political and media issues.
2007x32
China's Stolen Children
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More than a decade after producing The Dying Rooms - a powerful film about the neglect of abandoned babies in Chinese orphanages - the same award-winning team returns to a very different .. show full overview
2007x33
Abortion: What We Need to Know
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Featuring the findings of a survey into doctors' opinions on abortion, Dispatches reveals why many doctors would like to see the law changed, and lifts the lid on the private debates that are happening within the medical profession.
2007x34
Searching For Madeleine
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What has really happened in the 168 days since Madeleine was last seen? Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz.
2007x35
Why Our Children Can't Read
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New research shows that positive intervention during primary school can make children better readers and significantly improve their life chances.
2007x43
How To Get Ahead In Africa
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In this 2007 Channel 4 (UK) documentary "BAFTA Award-winning journalist Sorious Samura shows how in Africa corruption has become normal and accepted, even though it's tearing the .. show full overview
2007x36
The Housing Trap
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Dispatches asks whether Britain's house-price boom will create a new generation unable ever to afford a home of their own. The programme follows three sets of first-time buyers as they .. show full overview
2007x37
Bottleneck Britain
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Britain stands on the brink of gridlock. But when the Government proposed pay-as-you-drive motoring, the driving public revolted against it, dubbing it the Toll Tax. This week, .. show full overview
2007x38
Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola
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Investigative report by Mark Thomas into the accusations of exploitation of workers, human rights violations, environmental damage, and questionable business practices by Coca-Cola. .. show full overview
2007x42
Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola is one of the most iconic brands of both the 20th and 21st centuries. Promoting itself as the drink of freedom, choice and US patriotism, the company's feel-good factor is .. show full overview
2007x39
Britain Under Water
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Dispatches investigates what the authorities are doing to protect the public from an increased risk of flooding and questions whether adequate resources are being spent on flood defences.
2007x40
Christmas Credit Crisis
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With higher interest rates and the UK banks burnt by the global credit crunch, reporter Tazeen Ahmad investigates the unsettling implications for those who've borrowed too much.
2007x41
How safe are your Christmas toys?
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Dispatches reveals that many top-selling toys incorporate a type of tiny but powerful magnet, a component that the toy companies now know can kill and seriously injure children who swallow them.
2007x30
Unholy War
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