Dispatches

1988

34 episodes · Jan 8, 1988

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  • S2E1

    The Miner's Debate

    Jan 8, 198845m

    A question of concern, doubt and safety of mine workers from around Britain.

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  • S2E2

    Waiting for the Consultant

    Jan 15, 198845m

    Documentary report which looks at the suitability of doctors' work practices to the needs of the modern National Health Service.

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  • S2E3

    Danger! Men at Work

    Jan 22, 198845m

    An investigation over sexual harassment at work, the women behind it and what had been done to justify as a court offense.

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  • S2E4

    Interview with John Stalker

    Feb 5, 198845m

    Interview with John Stalker who recently resigned as Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester. He was removed from an investigation of police and army tactics in Northern Ireland, and has now written a book about his experiences.

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  • S2E5

    Iran: A Widening Gulf

    Feb 12, 198845m

    Tim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state.

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  • S2E6

    Palau: Paradise Lost

    Feb 19, 198845m

    Documentary report on US policies in the Pacific island of Palau and the seeking of an agreement with the islanders, despite their non-nuclear constitution, to bring nuclear weapons to the island.

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  • S2E7

    Working for Welfare

    Feb 26, 198845m

    Report on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare

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  • S2E8

    Radioactive Britain

    Mar 4, 198845m

    A report on the Radioactive Substances Act, which permits over 7000 premises throughout Britain to handle radioactive material.

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  • S2E9

    The Lobby

    Mar 11, 198845m

    Investigation in to the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as "The Lobby", in the United States.

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  • S2E10

    Charity Fraud

    Mar 18, 198845m

    Report into a number of case histories of alleged charity fraud, which leads to an examination of the loopholes in existing charity laws.

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  • S2E11

    Single Union Deals With Employers

    Mar 25, 198845m

    Documentary about how the big unions present themselves to potential new employers in contests to sign single-union deals.

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  • S2E12

    Cuba From Inside

    Apr 8, 198845m

    A report on human rights in Cuba

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  • S2E13

    Talking to the Terrorists

    Apr 15, 198845m

    Documentary report in which former members of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, talk about their pasts and their hopes for an amnesty which will let them back into society.

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  • S2E14

    Cancer Research

    Apr 22, 198845m

    A look at cancer research, and the lack of evidence that there has been much progress over the last 50-60 years. Some researchers think that there is no cure in sight. Why is so little research done into cancer prevention?

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  • S2E15

    Freemasonry

    May 6, 198845m

    The Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time.

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  • S2E16

    The P.L.O.

    May 13, 198845m
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  • S2E17

    War in the Desert

    May 20, 198845m

    The first documentary about a war that has been going on for 13 years in the Sahara Desert between Morocco and a rebel army known as the Polisario.

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  • S2E18

    NATO's Nuclear Programme

    May 27, 198845m

    Documentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO.

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  • S2E19

    Illegal Betting

    Jun 3, 198845m

    Documentary report about illegal gambling, worth £400-600 million annually. Hidden cameras are used in pubs and clubs from London to Liverpool.

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  • S2E20

    What's Best for the Children? : Coventry

    Jun 10, 198845m

    Documentary about a model system in Coventry which has been set up to deal with child abuse, and which it is hoped will avoid most of the problems that occurred in Cleveland.

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  • S2E21

    The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines

    Jun 17, 198845m

    Documentary made by Nick Downie about the time he spent with the Philippine Communist guerrillas, the New People's Army.

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  • S2E22

    Milky Business

    Jun 24, 198845m
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  • S2E23

    The Hashish Connection

    Jul 1, 198845m

    Documentary filmed in the Bekaa valley about Lebanon's powerful drug clans.

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  • S2E24

    Disciples of Chaos

    Oct 5, 198845m

    Documentary report about the National Front, which will be 21 years old this year. They now work mostly underground as a subversive organization. Also reports on Roberto Fiore in Italy.

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  • S2E25

    Trouble on the Waterfront

    Oct 12, 198845m

    Port employers and the government want to scrap the Dock Labour Scheme, but there is great opposition amongst dockers.

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  • S2E26

    The Two State Solution

    Oct 19, 198845m

    Documentary report on the attitudes of Israelis and Palestinians to the future of the occupied territories. A look at the idea of forming two separate states, however, people on both sides are opposed to this.

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  • S2E27

    Turkey: Trading with Torture

    Oct 26, 198845m

    Documentary report on the continued use of torture in Turkey, despite its desire to join the EEC, which bans such practices. Includes graphic personal accounts.

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  • S2E28

    Exporting High Technology from West to East

    Nov 2, 198845m

    Documentary report about the measures taken by the United States to ensure that their high technology is not exported to the Soviet bloc.

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  • S2E29

    Tibet - A Case to Answer

    Nov 9, 198845m

    Documentary examining the destruction of the landscape, and the rights and religion of the people of Tibet, which has been ruled by the Chinese for 40 years.

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  • S2E30

    The Day the Dream Died

    Nov 16, 198845m

    25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following still unanswered questions: 1) Our evidence points to an inescapable conclusion - this casket is empty. The question is, why? 2) Lyndon B. Johnson - what did this man stand to gain from the death of President Kennedy? 3) Who was this man [at the scene]? 4) Why did all these witnesses have to die? 5) Why was Lee Harvey Oswald arrested so quickly? 6) Who set Jack Ruby up to kill Oswald? 7) Why was it necessary to alter Kennedy's body before the official autopsy in Washington? 8) Why did the Dallas doctors change their testimony the very next day? 9) Why was Kennedy's brain missing at the autopsy in Washington? 10) Why did the Warren commission deceive the world?

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  • S2E31

    The Winds of Death

    Nov 23, 198845m

    Documentary report on the Iraqi army's poison gas attacks on Kurdish villagers

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  • S2E32

    The Battle for Stone Bassett

    Nov 30, 198845m

    Documentary investigation into the controversy surrounding the plan to build a new 6000 houses town, Stone Bassett, in rural Oxfordshire.

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  • S2E33

    The Countertraders

    Dec 7, 198845m

    Documentary examination of the growth of "Countertrade" deals - compensatory agreements made between a government and a foreign company to offset the effects of placing an order overseas.

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  • S2E34

    A Very Polish Secret

    Dec 14, 198845m

    Documentary about the previously untold story of a 1945 massacre of Polish partisans by Russian troupes and pro-Russian Polish security forces.

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