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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2024x01 Coca-Cola's Dirty Secret
16 May, 2024 8:00 pm
What's the environmental impact of the UK's huge soft drink habit? With a thirsty nation getting through two billion plastic bottles a year, and the same for cans, do Coke's recycling claims stand up?
2024x02 The War on Britain's Motorists
23 May, 2024 8:00 pm
Potholes everywhere. Controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and electric vehicle confusion too. Car journalist Ginny Buckley asks is this the worst time ever to be a motorist in the UK?
2024x03 Kill Zone: Inside Gaza
27 May, 2024 8:00 pm
The story of the Israeli military assault on Gaza. Seen through the eyes of children, journalists and doctors, Dispatches takes an unflinching look at the horrific challenges and heartbreaking loss.
2024x04 The Truth About Temu
30 May, 2024 8:00 pm
What's the story behind the runaway success of the addictive Chinese shopping app? With half a billion downloads worldwide, are some of Temu's rock-bottom prices and products too good to be true?
2024x05 Rubbish Tip Britain
21 June, 2024 8:00 pm
A look inside the lucrative world of waste crime. With video and surveillance footage Dispatches exposes unregulated waste dumps and tracks down the illegal fly tippers.
2024x06 Undercover A&E: NHS in Crisis
24 June, 2024 8:00 pm
Over three months, a Dispatches reporter has filmed secretly while working in a major NHS A&E department. The undercover footage exposes the suffering and dangers patients face on a daily basis.
2024x07 Can AI Steal Your Vote?
27 June, 2024 8:00 pm
Could AI influence the way you vote? As the dangers of AI targeted political material become apparent, Dispatches illustrates the effect AI could have on 12 British households of undecided voters.
2024x08 Britain's Unsolved Crimewave
16 July, 2024 8:00 pm
Analysing police data, Dispatches reveals local hotspots where 100% of neighbourhood crimes go unsolved. The team watch a theft in action and go on the trail of the criminals.
2024x09 Barbie's Dirty Secrets
11 October, 2024 8:00 pm
With Barbiemania putting toy maker Mattel back in the limelight, Dispatches goes undercover in one of Mattel's factories, exposing the reality for workers making the famous dolls
2024x10 Vinted's Dirty Laundry
18 October, 2024 8:00 pm
The online secondhand clothes app Vinted is booming. Is its soar-away success too good to be true? Dispatches uncovers the truth behind some of the products sold on the platform.
2024x11 The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions
02 November, 2024 8:00 pm
For years, the royals kept details of some of their wealth secret. Dispatches reveals what they've kept under wraps - about who's paying them, and for what.
2024x12 Britain's Shoplifting Gangs Exposed
25 November, 2024 8:00 pm
In this high-stakes true crime investigation, Dispatches goes undercover to expose the organised criminal networks behind the UK's shoplifting epidemic.
2024x13 Britain's Benefits Scandal
02 December, 2024 8:00 pm
With the recent rise in working-age people on sickness benefits - many of them under 35 - Dispatches asks what's driving the surge?
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