2012
30 episodes · Feb 13, 2012
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- S26E1
Olympic Tickets for Sale
Feb 13, 2012A look at who got tickets for the London 2012 Olympic games and whether private companies are profiting.
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The Great Ticket Scandal
Feb 23, 2012An investigation into two major 'fan-to-fan' ticket exchange websites to investigate who is selling via their websites and why so many tickets appear at over the face value so soon after the box office sells out.
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Watching the Detectives
May 14, 2012Revealing how easy it is to buy our most personal and confidential information.
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Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards
May 21, 2012Investigating whether cutting up our credit cards and paying for everything in cash could leave us with more money in our pockets
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The Real Mr & Mrs Assad
May 28, 2012Investigates the extent of the Assad family's culpability and the chains of command that link the President and select inner circle to the brutal crackdown.
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Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 billion deal
Jun 11, 2012Investigates just how close the Prime Minister got to the Murdoch empire. Did the Tories agree to help the mogul secure a business deal worth £8 billion?
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Let Our Dad Die
Jun 18, 2012Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which has left him utterly paralyzed. He has what is known as 'locked in syndrome' and cannot move, talk, feed himself or perform even the most basic function without help.
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Cashing in on the Games
Jul 2, 2012Reporter Morland Sanders goes in search of the people cashing in on the 2012 London Olympic Games, and questions whether the overall economic benefits of hosting the event have been oversold.
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Myths About Your 5 a Day
Jul 16, 2012Dispatches investigates what's happened to the five-a-day campaign, which was designed to get us all eating more fruit and veg. Reporter Jane Moore reveals how this vital health message has been hijacked as a marketing tactic.
- S26E12
Can You Trust Your Bank?
Jul 23, 2012Jon Snow travels around the UK, meeting consumers, businesses and bankers, to ask whether we can trust our banks.
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Britain on the Sick
Jul 30, 2012Investigates the controversial processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work.
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Britain's High Street Gamble
Aug 6, 2012A look at the rise in high street betting shops and the social effect they have.
- S26E15
Tricks of the Dole Cheats
Aug 13, 2012Investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organization tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats.
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Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds
Aug 20, 2012Investigates allegations of private landlords, councils, and housing associations overcharging leasehold homeowners for housing works and maintenance.
- S26E17
The School Dinner Scandal
Sep 10, 2012Tazeen Ahmad examines evidence that strategies to improve the food served in all our schools are fast coming undone.
- S26E18
Secrets of Poundland
Sep 17, 2012As other High Street retailers struggle for survival, discount leader Poundland is booming. Its pre-tax profits are up an astonishing 50% in a year. Dispatches' Harry Wallop asks how Poundland sells so cheaply, yet makes so much money.
- S26E19
Undercover Retirement Home
Sep 24, 2012Investigating the multi-million pound retirement property industry.
- S26E20
Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck
Oct 1, 2012Investigate the reality of life below deck for the multi-national workforce who toil behind the scenes of luxurious ocean going holidays.
- S26E21
Secrets of Your Boss's Pay
Oct 8, 2012Follows the former Greggs chief executive Sir Michael Darrington as he launches a campaign to call a halt to corporate greed.
- S26E22
Do You Know Your Partner's Past?
Oct 22, 2012Tina Nash investigates 'Clare's Law', a new pilot scheme in which men and women are warned by the authorities about their partners' history of violence.
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Getting Rich on the NHS
Oct 29, 2012Morland Sanders examines whether the rapid handover of services to private contractors is really good for the public purse, and good for patient care.
- S26E24
Nuclear War Games
Nov 5, 201245mProvides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability.
- S26E25
Chinese Murder Mystery
Nov 12, 2012A look at the life and death of Neil Percival Heywood and whether he was actually murdered. His death, virtually unnoticed at the time, has gone on to shake China's Communist Party to the core.
- S26E26
MPs: Are They Still at It?
Nov 19, 2012Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system. The investigation discovers a system still with problems and a lack of transparency.
- S26E27
Where Has Your Aid Money Gone?
Nov 26, 2012Jonathan Miller travels to Rwanda - the jewel in the crown of British overseas aid - to investigate what British taxes have paid for, and to ask what our government has achieved with the influence our aid supposedly buys us.
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The Chinese Are Coming
Dec 3, 2012As China continues to flex its financial muscle by buying into British airports, water and breakfast cereals, Dispatches investigates growing Chinese power in the UK.
- S26E29
How Safe is Your Cash?
Dec 10, 2012Reporter Morland Sanders investigates whether security procedures that our banks tell us are impenetrable really are? He meets customers who say they have lost thousands of pounds through chip and pin fraud.
- S26E30
The American School Massacre
Dec 17, 2012Matt Frei reports from the scene of one of America's worst mass shootings, unravelling the chain of events and asking whether this latest tragedy will lead to a real change in America's attitude to guns.