Dispatches

2018

26 episodes · Jan 28, 2018

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  • S32E1

    Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit

    Jan 28, 201845m

    Dispatches 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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  • S32E2

    Undercover in Premier Inn

    Feb 12, 201845m

    A 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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  • S32E3

    Football's Wall of Silence

    Feb 15, 201845m

    In 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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  • S32E4

    Undercover: Inside the Priory

    Feb 19, 201845m

    Faced 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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  • S32E5

    Britain's University Spending Scandal

    Feb 26, 201845m

    At 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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  • S32E6

    The Week Britain Froze

    Mar 5, 201845m

    The 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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  • S32E7

    Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?

    Mar 12, 201845m

    Dispatches goes undercover to discover if the UK's Financial Ombudsman acts in favour of banks and against their customers.

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  • S32E8

    The Truth About Your Pay

    Mar 19, 201845m

    With 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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  • S32E9

    Who Speaks for British Muslims?

    Mar 26, 201845m

    Across 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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  • S32E10

    Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack

    Mar 26, 201845m

    Matt 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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  • S32E11

    Britain's Diesel Scandal

    Apr 9, 201845m

    An 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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  • S32E12

    The True Cost of Green Energy

    Apr 16, 201845m

    An 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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  • S32E13

    Britain's Benefits Crisis

    May 7, 201845m

    Morland 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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  • S32E14

    Myanmar's Killing Fields

    May 14, 201845m

    For 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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  • S32E15

    After Grenfell, How Safe Are We?

    Jun 8, 201845m

    A 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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  • S32E16

    Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis

    Jul 16, 201845m

    Britain 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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  • S32E17

    Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network

    Jul 17, 201845m

    Dispatches 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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  • S32E18

    Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists

    Jul 18, 201845m

    With 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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  • S32E19

    Homeless and Working

    Jul 23, 201845m

    Datshiane 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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  • S32E20

    Breastfeeding Uncovered

    Jul 30, 201845m

    Journalist 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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  • S32E21

    How to lose Seven Billion Pounds

    Aug 23, 201845m

    Liam 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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  • S32E22

    Lawless Britain: Where are the Police?

    Oct 8, 201845m

    An 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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  • S32E23

    Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches For Snitches

    Oct 15, 201845m

    Livvy 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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  • S32E24

    Cannabis: Time to End the Ban?

    Oct 22, 201845m

    Over 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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  • S32E25

    Born on the Breadline

    Oct 29, 201845m

    Examines 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.

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  • North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
    S32E26

    North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State

    Nov 5, 201845m

    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.

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