Dispatches (1987)
Dispatches (1987)
Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

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2019x01 The Truth About Vegans

02 January, 2019 8:00 pm
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?

2019x02 Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids

04 February, 2019 8:00 pm
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.

2019x03 HS2: The Great Train Robbery

11 February, 2019 8:00 pm
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 and economic growth to the North of England the government is promising.

2019x04 Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail?

18 February, 2019 8:00 pm
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.

2019x05 Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge

26 February, 2019 8:00 pm
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

2019x06 Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous

04 March, 2019 8:00 pm
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.

2019x07 The Brexit Millionaires

11 March, 2019 8:00 pm
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.

2019x08 Great Formula Milk Scandal

18 March, 2019 8:00 pm
Kate Quilton asks if formula milk is being priced fairly, and whether claims made for it are unbiased and scientifically proven.

2019x09 New Landlords From Hell

25 March, 2019 8:00 pm
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

01 April, 2019 8:00 pm
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

08 April, 2019 8:00 pm
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

27 May, 2019 8:00 pm
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 wrong and who might be to blame. Talking to insiders and former guests, he examines the culture of the programme and others like it and asks what its abrupt end might mean for the future of reality TV.

2019x13 The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken

03 June, 2019 8:00 pm
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 washed American chicken as part of a deal. It's been banned in the EU for more than 20 years because of concerns that it masks poor hygiene practices in other parts of the supply chain. Dispatches goes undercover in a major US poultry processing plant to investigate, while reporter Kate Quilton meets whistle blowers and insiders who claim that the Trump administration's close relationship with the industry may mean that the worst is yet to come.

2019x14 Britain's Toxic Air Scandal

10 June, 2019 8:00 pm
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?

17 June, 2019 8:00 pm
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

24 June, 2019 8:00 pm
Reporter Abbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women sick - or, worse still, causing cancer.

2019x17 Officer Down - Police Under Attack

01 July, 2019 8:00 pm
Former police officer Dan Clark-Neal investigates what's behind rising numbers of assaults on police officers.

2019x18 Battle for the Tory Party

08 July, 2019 8:00 pm
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

15 July, 2019 8:00 pm
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

22 July, 2019 8:00 pm
Reporter Antony Barnett investigates the 'golden visa' scheme, which offers British residency to wealthy foreign nationals.

2019x21 Young, British and Depressed

29 July, 2019 8:00 pm
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

08 September, 2019 8:00 pm
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

21 October, 2019 8:00 pm
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

28 October, 2019 8:00 pm
How Trump's proposed trade agreement with post-Brexit Britain could cost the NHS billions.

2019x25 Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain

04 November, 2019 8:00 pm
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

11 November, 2019 8:00 pm
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.

2019x27 Homeless and Pregnant

18 November, 2019 8:00 pm
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 of expectant mothers who find themselves with no place to call home, and conducts a survey of midwives in collaboration with the Royal College of Midwives to try to get a sense of the scale of the problem. Ninety-five per cent of the midwives asked strongly felt that homelessness puts the health of the women and their unborn babies at risk. The report follows three women - two of whom are heavily pregnant - experiencing evictions, overcrowding and the reality of living in temporary accommodation for years on end.

2019x28 Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids

02 December, 2019 8:00 pm
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.

2019x29 Britain's Child Drug Runners

13 November, 2019 8:00 pm
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.

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