2018
26 episodes · Jan 28, 2018
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Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit
Jan 28, 201845mDispatches goes undercover posing as representatives of a Chinese company to investigate how politicians, including former cabinet ministers, are looking to make money by advising businesses about Brexit.
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Undercover in Premier Inn
Feb 12, 201845mA reporter goes undercover as an agency housekeeper working at a Premier Inn hotel in central London and discovers some uncomfortable truths about what it is like for some of the people working there.
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Football's Wall of Silence
Feb 15, 201845mIn an Al Jazeera investigation, Reporter Deboarah Davies reveals how former youth football coach Barry Bennell spent his days coaching children and nights abusing them.
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Undercover: Inside the Priory
Feb 19, 201845mFaced with a shortage of places to treat mental health patients, the NHS is placing patients in private hospitals. Dispatches goes undercover inside one of the American-owned Priory Group's hospitals to investigate.
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Britain's University Spending Scandal
Feb 26, 201845mAt a time when students are graduating up to 58,000 pounds in debt and university staff are protesting about cuts to their pensions, Dispatches investigates the expenses of Britain's top universities.
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The Week Britain Froze
Mar 5, 201845mThe Week Britain Froze examines the causes of the Beast from the East, tells extraordinary stories of human courage, and asks if this freezing weather is a sign of things to come.
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Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?
Mar 12, 201845mDispatches goes undercover to discover if the UK's Financial Ombudsman acts in favour of banks and against their customers.
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The Truth About Your Pay
Mar 19, 201845mWith the deadline for companies to disclose their gender pay gap approaching, reporter Tazeen Ahmad reveals how the figures presented may not be all that they seem.
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Who Speaks for British Muslims?
Mar 26, 201845mAcross Britain the police, government agencies and other public bodies have been reaching out to Muslim groups in the fight against extremism - but how much do they know about some of these groups?
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Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack
Mar 26, 201845mMatt Frei examines former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's past - and the murky world of espionage, politics and crime - to find potential motives for his poisoning in Salisbury.
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Britain's Diesel Scandal
Apr 9, 201845mAn undercover investigation into how British hauliers are using hi-tech cheat devices and computer hacking to disable the emissions controls on their lorries saving them money but worsening air quality.
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The True Cost of Green Energy
Apr 16, 201845mAn investigation of the government-subsidised renewable energy industry turning trees into fuel, asking whether burning wood is really a more environmentally friendly alternative to burning coal.
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Britain's Benefits Crisis
May 7, 201845mMorland Sanders asks if the changes made to the Universal Credit system have forced some people to become homeless and to turn to food banks for support and if the nationwide roll-out of the changes should be halted.
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Myanmar's Killing Fields
May 14, 201845mFor the past five years an undercover network of Rohingya activists have been risking their lives to secretly film evidence of years of repression, violence and mass murder by the authorities in Myanmar.
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After Grenfell, How Safe Are We?
Jun 8, 201845mA year on from the Grenfell Tower disaster Ed Howker investigates claims that even after the Hackitt Review of building regulations Britain's tower blocks are still not safe.
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Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis
Jul 16, 201845mBritain faces a major housing shortage so how is it that some of those who are responsible for providing the social housing that is so desperately needed seem to be doing so well out of the crisis?
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Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
Jul 17, 201845mDispatches goes undercover in the secretive world of the people who decide what can and can't be posted on Facebook, exploring how their decisions are made and the impact they have on users.
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Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists
Jul 18, 201845mWith exclusive access to the secretive world of Britain's new neo-Nazis, Dispatches tells the inside story of a far-right terrorist plot to murder an MP, and how the plan was betrayed to the police.
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Homeless and Working
Jul 23, 201845mDatshiane Navanayagam goes behind the scenes at two homeless shelters in London to reveal the growing number of people who are in work but are unable to afford high private rents in a low wage economy.
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Breastfeeding Uncovered
Jul 30, 201845mJournalist and television presenter Kate Quilton investigates why Britain has some of the worst breastfeeding rates in the world and also explores some of the scientific evidence for the benefits of breast milk.
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How to lose Seven Billion Pounds
Aug 23, 201845mLiam Halligan reveals the story behind the collapse of Carillion, the vast British company built on billions of pounds of public money and that imploded in January 2018.
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Lawless Britain: Where are the Police?
Oct 8, 201845mAn increasing number of victims of crime are claiming that the police are not fully investigating their cases, while police cite a lack of resources. Are we entering a new era of policing?
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Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches For Snitches
Oct 15, 201845mLivvy Haydock explores the dark world of online witness intimidation, meeting those who threaten 'snitches' and the families of witnesses who paid the price for telling the truth in court.
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Cannabis: Time to End the Ban?
Oct 22, 201845mOver 2 million people smoke cannabis in the UK. Some police forces no longer prosecute for possession. Canada and several American States have legalised it. So should the UK follow suit?
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Born on the Breadline
Oct 29, 201845mExamines the growing need for baby banks in the UK and meets the working parents who are turning to them to provide their young children with nappies, clothes, toys and cots.
S32E26North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
Nov 5, 201845mNorth 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.