Dispatches
Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
Type: tv
Season: 38
Episode: N/A
Duration: N/A minutes
Release: 1987-10-30
Rating: 6.3
Season 1 - Dispatches
1987-10-30
1987-11-06
1987-11-13
1987-11-20
1987-11-27
1987-12-04
1987-12-18
Season 2 - Dispatches
1988-01-08
1988-01-15
1988-01-22
1988-02-05
1988-02-12
1988-02-19
1988-02-26
1988-03-04
1988-03-11
1988-03-18
1988-03-25
1988-04-08
1988-04-15
1988-04-22
1988-05-06
1988-05-13
1988-05-20
1988-05-27
1988-06-03
1988-06-24
1988-07-01
1988-10-05
1988-10-12
1988-10-19
1988-10-26
1988-11-09
1988-11-16
1988-11-23
1988-11-30
1988-12-07
1988-12-14
Season 3 - Dispatches
1989-01-04
1989-01-11
1989-01-18
1989-01-25
1989-02-01
1989-02-08
1989-02-15
1989-02-22
1989-03-01
1989-03-08
1989-03-15
1989-03-22
1989-03-29
1989-04-05
1989-04-12
1989-04-19
1989-04-26
1989-05-03
1989-05-10
1989-05-17
1989-05-24
1989-05-31
1989-06-07
1989-06-14
1989-06-21
1989-06-28
1989-07-05
1989-10-04
1989-10-11
1989-10-18
1989-10-25
1989-11-01
1989-11-08
1989-11-15
1989-11-22
Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
1989-11-29
Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
1989-12-06
1989-12-13
1989-12-20
Season 4 - Dispatches
1990-01-03
1990-01-10
1990-01-17
1990-01-24
1990-01-31
1990-02-07
1990-02-14
1990-02-21
1990-02-28
1990-03-07
1990-03-14
1990-03-21
1990-03-28
1990-04-04
1990-04-11
1990-04-18
1990-04-25
1990-05-02
1990-05-09
1990-05-16
1990-05-23
1990-05-30
1990-06-06
1990-06-13
1990-06-20
1990-06-27
1990-09-26
1990-10-03
1990-10-10
1990-10-17
1990-10-24
1990-10-31
1990-11-07
1990-11-14
1990-11-21
1990-11-28
1990-12-05
1990-12-12
1990-12-19
Season 5 - Dispatches
1991-01-09
1991-01-16
1991-01-23
1991-01-29
1991-01-30
1991-02-06
1991-02-13
1991-02-20
1991-02-27
1991-03-06
1991-03-13
1991-03-20
1991-03-27
1991-04-03
1991-04-10
1991-04-17
1991-04-24
1991-05-01
1991-05-08
1991-05-22
1991-05-29
1991-06-05
1991-06-12
1991-10-02
1991-10-09
1991-10-16
1991-10-23
1991-10-30
1991-11-06
1991-11-13
1991-11-20
1991-11-27
1991-12-04
1991-12-11
1991-12-18
Season 6 - Dispatches
1992-01-08
1992-01-15
1992-01-22
1992-01-29
1992-02-05
1992-02-12
1992-02-19
1992-02-26
1992-03-04
1992-03-11
1992-03-18
1992-04-08
1992-04-15
1992-04-22
1992-04-29
1992-05-06
1992-05-13
1992-05-20
1992-05-27
1992-06-03
1992-06-10
1992-06-17
1992-10-14
1992-10-21
1992-10-28
1992-11-04
1992-11-11
1992-11-18
1992-11-25
1992-12-02
1992-12-09
1992-12-16
Season 7 - Dispatches
Season 8 - Dispatches
Season 9 - Dispatches
Season 10 - Dispatches
Season 11 - Dispatches
Season 12 - Dispatches
1998-04-09
Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.
Season 13 - Dispatches
Season 14 - Dispatches
Season 15 - Dispatches
Season 16 - Dispatches
Season 17 - Dispatches
Season 18 - Dispatches
Season 19 - Dispatches
Season 20 - Dispatches
Two groups of high school kids, one from England and one from Ireland set up shop as online arms dealers and broker various deals, shipping arms from the far east to homes in America.
Season 21 - Dispatches
2007-01-15
Season 22 - Dispatches
Season 23 - Dispatches
Season 24 - Dispatches
2010-03-15
Jezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of 3 children over a year. Surrounded by the remnants of the demolished Gaza Strip and increasingly isolated by the blockade that prevents anyone from rebuilding their homes and their lives.
2010-05-23
South Africa has the highest incidence of rape and 80% of the victims are girls under 13. The trauma of 5 such girls in Port Elizabeth is discussed. Ineffective police, lax judiciary and the stretched social welfare system are highlighted.
Season 25 - Dispatches
Season 26 - Dispatches
2012-11-05
In the midst of a post Arab-spring turbulent Middle East, Israel's threats of military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have raised fears of a confrontation between the two countries.
This film, which has obtained exclusive access to Israeli theoretical war exercises, provides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability
It features exclusive access to a theoretical exercise, a ‘war game', conducted by the INSS - an Israeli think tank made up of senior Israeli experts and former political and military leaders - the results of which are fed back to the Israeli government. Dispatches explores the views of those who are both for and against military action and demonstrates how some elements in Israel believe Iran would retaliate; providing a valuable insight into the likelihood of any military attack.
Season 27 - Dispatches
Season 28 - Dispatches
Season 29 - Dispatches
2015-01-12
2015-01-19
2015-01-26
2015-02-16
2015-02-23
2015-03-02
2015-03-09
2015-03-16
2015-03-23
2015-04-01
2015-04-27
2015-06-01
2015-06-08
2015-06-15
2015-06-22
2015-06-29
2015-07-01
2015-07-06
2015-07-15
2015-07-23
2015-11-05
2015-11-09
Season 30 - Dispatches
2016-02-01
2016-02-08
2016-02-15
2016-02-29
2016-03-07
2016-03-14
2016-03-21
2016-04-04
2016-04-11
2016-04-18
2016-04-25
2016-07-04
2016-07-11
2016-07-18
2016-08-01
2016-08-01
2016-08-15
2016-09-19
2016-10-05
2016-10-10
2016-10-17
2016-10-24
2016-10-31
2016-11-07
Season 31 - Dispatches
2017-01-16
2017-02-27
2017-03-01
2017-03-13
2017-03-20
2017-03-27
2017-04-06
2017-06-19
2017-07-03
2017-07-10
2017-08-28
2017-10-16
2017-10-23
2017-10-30
2017-11-06
2017-11-07
2017-11-13
2017-11-20
2017-12-08
Season 32 - Dispatches
2018-02-12
2018-02-15
2018-02-19
2018-02-26
2018-02-27
2018-03-05
2018-03-12
2018-03-19
2018-04-09
2018-04-16
2018-05-07
2018-05-14
2018-06-08
2018-07-16
2018-07-23
2018-07-30
2018-08-23
2018-10-22
2018-10-29
2018-11-05
North Korean citizens reveal what life is like for the 24 million people who live in the world's most secretive country, where the state controls every aspect of their life.
Season 33 - Dispatches
2019-01-02
2019-02-11
2019-02-18
2019-02-26
2019-03-11
2019-03-18
2019-03-25
2019-04-01
2019-04-08
2019-05-27
2019-06-03
2019-06-10
2019-06-17
2019-06-24
2019-07-01
2019-07-08
2019-07-15
2019-07-29
2019-09-08
2019-10-21
2019-10-28
2019-11-11
2019-11-18
Season 34 - Dispatches
2020-03-16
2020-03-30
2020-04-08
2020-04-16
Anja Popp goes in search of the truth about crimes linked to traveller sites. She talks to members of the public who have experienced crime waves and intimidation, goes out on patrol with police dealing with rural incidents and hears from travellers and their advocates, who say they suffer prejudice and attack.
2020-06-03
With Britain's Covid death rate one of the world's highest, Antony Barnett examines the evidence and asks did the government get it wrong?
2020-10-12
Morland Sanders investigates the American food that could be coming to Britain soon as part of a post-Brexit trade deal. with exclusive lab results revealing levels of dangerous bacteria on US supermarket meat. He looks at the widespread use of pesticides and hormones currently banned in the UK, and uncovers animal welfare concerns and declining hygiene standards in American food production, as well as fears the deal could harm the British farming industry.
Season 35 - Dispatches
2021-02-22
Britain in lockdown faces the worst economic nosedive in 300 years. Liam Halligan looks at the financial cost of the pandemic and what it could mean for our futures.
Season 36 - Dispatches
2022-01-30
Is Boris Johnson, the great political survivor, finished? Britain's top political interviewer Andrew Neil has the inside track on the Tories in turmoil.
2022-02-02
2022-04-04
2022-04-11
2022-04-18
2022-04-25
2022-05-09
2022-05-16
2022-05-23
2022-05-30
2022-06-27
2022-07-25
2022-08-01
2022-08-15
2022-08-29
2022-09-21
2022-10-07
2022-10-10
2022-11-07
2022-12-07
Season 37 - Dispatches
2023-02-12
The extraordinary story of Russia's covert efforts to corrupt British democracy and politics in the years before invading Ukraine. MI5 declined to comment on the programme for operational reasons.
2023-03-09
Secret footage filmed over the winter reveals ambulance workers battling the odds and A&E departments overwhelmed as patients suffer needless harm and death.
2023-03-24
Autistic patients trapped in mental health units tell their stories, revealing a system of poor treatment, abuse and long stretches inside with their symptoms only getting worse.
2023-06-07
More than two million pensioners are living in poverty in the UK. Dispatches follows four older people through the winter as they struggle to make ends meet.
2023-06-27
The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services
2023-09-05
2023-09-16
2023-11-12
Season 38 - Dispatches
2024-05-16
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?
2024-05-23
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?
2024-05-30
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.
2024-05-30
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?
2024-11-02
For years, the royals kept details of some of their wealth secret. Dispatches reveals what they have kept under wraps - about who is paying them, and for what.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE