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2013
2013x1
Secrets of Your Car Insurance
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Dispatches reveals the secrets of car insurance that all drivers should know. Harry Wallop investigates claims that major insurers cash in when you have a crash, through maximising .. show full overview
2013x2
Sharing Mum and Dad
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Today, one in three children in the UK grow up in a home with only one parent. But are we doing what's best for the children of separated parents? Dispatches follows presenter Tim .. show full overview
2013x3
Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop
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As food prices rise, what's the best way to reduce your weekly bill at the supermarket? Channel 4 Dispatches conducts a nationwide fruit and veg experiment to find out if you could save .. show full overview
2013x4
Weight Watchers: How they Make Their Millions
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Dispatches investigates the UK's largest diet brand: Weight Watchers. Journalist Jane Moore talks to food experts, dieters and scientists to assess just how effective the company's diet .. show full overview
2013x5
Britain's Hidden Child Abuse
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A victim of child sex abuse in one of Britain's religious communities goes undercover to expose the way his community has for decades been dealing with paedophilia. In a year-long .. show full overview
2013x6
Plebs, Lies & Videotape
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In December 2012 Channel 4 Dispatches revealed the CCTV footage of the 'plebgate' incident that cast serious doubt on the police's version of events. We exposed that an email sent by .. show full overview
2013x7
How Safe Is Your Child's Nursery?
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As the government unveils plans to increase the number of children each nursery staff member is allowed to look after, Dispatches investigates whether parents can really trust their .. show full overview
2013x8
The Horse Meat Scandal
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From burgers to ready meals, Britain's horse meat scandal has grown and grown. For Dispatches, Morland Sanders asks how Britain's meat supplies became so contaminated with unauthorised .. show full overview
2013x9
Britain on Benefits
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The Disability Living Allowance helps more than three million people lead useful lives. It pays for transport and carers, meaning that disabled people can work and lead independent lives.
2013x10
Death on the Wards
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Dispatches investigates the truth behind allegations that tens of thousands of seriously ill people have been put on a pathway to death - likened to legalised euthanasia - and claims .. show full overview
2013x11
Undercover Designer Dogs
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Designer dogs are all the rage with celebrities and many animal lovers. But Dispatches has discovered a darker side to this canine phenomenon: thousands of puppies are being imported illegally into Britain every year from Eastern Europe.
2013x12
Rich and on Benefits
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Michael Buerk investigates claims that Britain's pensioners are part of an untouchable group when it comes to government welfare cuts and that some should not be receiving any help at all.
2013x13
The Truth About Junior Doctors
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When he was a junior doctor, Dr Christian Jessen worked dangerously long hours, which he feared might be putting patients at risk. He wasn't alone. The excessive hours junior doctors worked were front-page news.
2013x14
Immigration Undercover
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Immigration remains at the top of the political agenda, with reports that tens of thousands of files sit uncleared in the system and there remains a large backlog of immigration cases .. show full overview
2013x15
Syria: Across the Lines
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Award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert has spent weeks living deep inside Syrian territory - with both government and opposition supporters - to explore how the two-year-old conflict is tearing communities apart.
2013x16
Britain's Millionaire Criminals
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Why are some convicted criminals still enjoying luxury lifestyles funded by their ill-gotten gains?
2013x17
Secrets of Your Missing Mail
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With shoppers increasingly relying on private parcel companies to deliver online purchases, Dispatches goes undercover to find out why couriers sometimes fail to deliver.
2013x18
Murdered in Tenerife
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In 2011, Jennifer Mills-Westley, a 60-year-old British grandmother, was attacked and publicly beheaded in broad daylight in Tenerife. Her case was reported across the world. What .. show full overview
2013x19
The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs
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In 2010 Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what was to become one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK. The investigation, Operation Chalice, eventually .. show full overview
2013x20
Woolwich, Boston and The New Terror
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On 15 April 2013, two bombs exploded at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon. Just over a month later a British soldier was run over and hacked to death on a London .. show full overview
2013x21
Diets, Drugs and Diabetes
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Dr Deborah Cohen, investigations editor at the British Medical Journal, examines a new generation of diabetes drugs that some drug companies hope could also be a magic treatment for .. show full overview
2013x22
How Councils Waste Your Money
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Councils across the UK have annual budgets in the tens of billions of pounds. But do you know what they really spend it on? About 60 per cent of council budgets come from central .. show full overview
2013x23
The Police's Dirty Secret
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Dispatches exposes the shocking story of Britain's secret police and how undercover officers reportedly used sex and lies to spy on members of the public. The programme reveals the .. show full overview
2013x24
The Prince and His Secret Properties
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In 2012 Prince Charles earned more than £18 million from the Duchy of Cornwall, but how much do we know about this secretive estate? A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation reveals the .. show full overview
2013x25
South Africa's Dirty Cops
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Channel 4 Dispatches examines allegations that South Africa's police have become a brutal and corrupt force. Reporter Inigo Gilmore investigates CCTV and mobile phone footage, which, .. show full overview
2013x26
Taliban Child Fighters
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More than 200 children convicted of fighting for the Taliban are currently being held in special prisons across Afghanistan. Their crimes include the laying of improvised explosive .. show full overview
2013x27
NHS Undercover
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Two undercover reporters reveal worrying failings in the new NHS 111 call system. Working as trainee call handlers, the reporters filmed evidence of patients left waiting, concerns about training, and staff shortages.
2013x28
Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans
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In this one hour special Dispatches goes undercover to investigate what’s real and what’s fake in the brave new world of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
2013x29
Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit
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Channel 4's flagship current affairs strand hears from pilots of Europe's biggest airline about their concerns around passenger safety. In interviews with reporter Seyi Rhodes, serving .. show full overview
2013x30
The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It
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2013x31
Secrets of Your Pay Packet
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2013x32
The Property Market Undercover
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2013x34
Energy Bills Exposed
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60% of us have never switched energy provider. In this clip, we meet Elaine who's been with hers for 38 years... Harry Wallop investigates the big six: their market, their methods and .. show full overview
2013x38
Can You Trust Your Surgeon?
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Channel 4 Dispatches investigates the case of surgeon Ian Paterson, who is accused of performing inadequate operations on hundreds of NHS breast cancer victims, putting them at risk of a .. show full overview
2013x33
North Korea: Life Inside The Secret State
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Kim Jong Un rules the world's most secret and repressive state. But thanks to the digital revolution, Kim can no longer keep the world from seeing the reality of life in North Korea - or .. show full overview
2013x35
What's Your Pension Really Worth?
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2013x36
Britain's Big Fat Bill
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As Britain gets fatter, Channel 4 Dispatches investigates what the real cost is to the nation. The programme follows the treatment of some of Britain's morbidly obese patients to reveal .. show full overview
2013x37
Secrets of the Discount Stores
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Can you really buy big brand names on the cheap? Dispatches lifts the lid on the shops promising luxury labels for less. From factory malls and outlet villages to high street chains, .. show full overview