Dispatches 1987
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- First Aired
- October 30, 1987
- Last Aired
- February 9, 2026
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- 40 seasons · 1,026 eps
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- Channel 4
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Dispatches is a long‑running investigative documentary series broadcast on Channel 4 that began in 1987. The programme examines a broad spectrum of subjects, including British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and environmental issues.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1987
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 1,026
- First aired
- Oct 30, 1987
- Last aired
- Feb 9, 2026
- Original language
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- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- Channel 4
- Genres
- Documentary, News
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- 40 seasons · 1,026 episodes
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Dispatches is a long‑running investigative documentary series broadcast on Channel 4 that began in 1987. The programme examines a broad spectrum of subjects, including British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and environmental issues. It is recognised for its use of undercover techniques, often placing a covert reporter, described
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Season 1 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Plutonium Black Market Mytharc Oct 30, 1987
- E2 In The Red Core Nov 6, 1987
- E3 AIDS - The Unheard Voices Core Nov 13, 1987
- E4 Divided by Law Core Nov 20, 1987
- E5 Selling the Tunnel Core Nov 27, 1987
- E6 Gunning for Government Mytharc Dec 4, 1987
- E7 Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net Mytharc Dec 11, 1987
- E8 Korea: Poverty Prohibited Mytharc Dec 18, 1987
Season 2 · 34 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Miner's Debate Mytharc Jan 8, 1988
- E2 Waiting for the Consultant Core Jan 15, 1988
- E3 Danger! Men at Work Core Jan 22, 1988
- E4 Interview with John Stalker Core Feb 5, 1988
- E5 Iran: A Widening Gulf Core Feb 12, 1988
- E6 Palau: Paradise Lost Core Feb 19, 1988
- E7 Working for Welfare Core Feb 26, 1988
- E8 Radioactive Britain Core Mar 4, 1988
- E9 The Lobby Core Mar 11, 1988
- E10 Charity Fraud Core Mar 18, 1988
- E11 Single Union Deals With Employers Core Mar 25, 1988
- E12 Cuba From Inside Core Apr 8, 1988
- E13 Talking to the Terrorists Core Apr 15, 1988
- E14 Cancer Research Core Apr 22, 1988
- E15 Freemasonry Core May 6, 1988
- E16 The P.L.O. Core May 13, 1988
- E17 War in the Desert Core May 20, 1988
- E18 NATO's Nuclear Programme Core May 27, 1988
- E19 Illegal Betting Core Jun 3, 1988
- E20 What's Best for the Children? : Coventry Core Jun 10, 1988
- E21 The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines Core Jun 17, 1988
- E22 Milky Business Core Jun 24, 1988
- E23 The Hashish Connection Core Jul 1, 1988
- E24 Disciples of Chaos Core Oct 5, 1988
- E25 Trouble on the Waterfront Core Oct 12, 1988
- E26 The Two State Solution Core Oct 19, 1988
- E27 Turkey: Trading with Torture Core Oct 26, 1988
- E28 Exporting High Technology from West to East Core Nov 2, 1988
- E29 Tibet - A Case to Answer Core Nov 9, 1988
- E30 The Day the Dream Died Core Nov 16, 1988
- E31 The Winds of Death Core Nov 23, 1988
- E32 The Battle for Stone Bassett Core Nov 30, 1988
- E33 The Countertraders Mytharc Dec 7, 1988
- E34 A Very Polish Secret Mytharc Dec 14, 1988
Season 3 · 39 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Return to Year Zero? Mytharc Jan 4, 1989
- E2 Gorbachev's Asylums Core Jan 11, 1989
- E3 Cooking the Books Core Jan 18, 1989
- E4 The Spy Who Broke the Code Core Jan 25, 1989
- E5 Buckets of Money Core Feb 1, 1989
- E6 The Copper Seven Story Core Feb 8, 1989
- E7 Afghan Core Feb 15, 1989
- E8 The Toxic Trail Core Feb 22, 1989
- E9 The Case of 'F' Core Mar 1, 1989
- E10 The Return of the Death Squads Core Mar 8, 1989
- E11 Burma - Dying for Democracy Core Mar 15, 1989
- E12 Voices From Long Larten Core Mar 22, 1989
- E13 Young, Homeless and Broke Core Mar 29, 1989
- E14 Chico Core Apr 5, 1989
- E15 Carry on Flying Core Apr 12, 1989
- E16 The Most Neglected Crime Core Apr 19, 1989
- E17 Dispatches (26/04/1989) Core Apr 26, 1989
- E18 A Suitable Case for Treatment Core May 3, 1989
- E19 The Sins of the Fathers Core May 10, 1989
- E20 Not What the Doctor Ordered Core May 17, 1989
- E21 Warlord of Kayan Core May 24, 1989
- E22 The Ultimate Blasphemy Core May 31, 1989
- E23 Fit as a Fiddle Core Jun 7, 1989
- E24 Empire of the Sun Core Jun 14, 1989
- E25 Year of the Locust Core Jun 21, 1989
- E26 A State of Decay Core Jun 28, 1989
- E27 Terror Island Core Jul 5, 1989
- E28 The Spanish Connection Core Oct 4, 1989
- E29 The Day of the Technopath Core Oct 11, 1989
- E30 No, Prime Minister Core Oct 18, 1989
- E31 The Undoing of Edwina Core Oct 25, 1989
- E32 Mission Impossible Core Nov 1, 1989
- E33 In the Coal Hole Core Nov 8, 1989
- E34 The False Confession File Core Nov 15, 1989
- E35 Hungarians Not Comrades Core Nov 22, 1989
- E36 Twelve Days in November Core Nov 29, 1989
- E37 Licence to Kill Core Dec 6, 1989
- E38 Privatising Poland Mytharc Dec 13, 1989
- E39 Road to Damascus Mytharc Dec 20, 1989
Season 4 · 39 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Plunderers Mytharc Jan 3, 1990
- E2 When Porton Pays the Piper Core Jan 10, 1990
- E3 Gamma Alarm Core Jan 17, 1990
- E4 The Great Leap Backwards Core Jan 24, 1990
- E5 Miracle Molecule Core Jan 31, 1990
- E6 Degrees for Sale Core Feb 7, 1990
- E7 Stalin's Ghost Core Feb 14, 1990
- E8 Troubled Waters Core Feb 21, 1990
- E9 Beyond the Rubicon Core Feb 28, 1990
- E10 A Greater Germany Core Mar 7, 1990
- E11 Gerry Core Mar 14, 1990
- E12 Legalise It! Core Mar 21, 1990
- E13 In the Name of Hunger Core Mar 28, 1990
- E14 Apartheid's Assassins Mytharc Apr 4, 1990
- E15 Terms for Peace Core Apr 11, 1990
- E16 The Children of Fire Core Apr 18, 1990
- E17 The Russians A Coming Core Apr 25, 1990
- E18 The Most Neglected Crime Core May 2, 1990
- E19 The Great Green Hype Core May 9, 1990
- E20 Romanian Roulette Core May 16, 1990
- E21 A Tale of Two Cartels Core May 23, 1990
- E22 Dispatches (30/05/1990) Core May 30, 1990
- E23 The Stasi Tapes Core Jun 6, 1990
- E24 The AIDS Catch Core Jun 13, 1990
- E25 Eritrea: Fight to the Death Core Jun 20, 1990
- E26 Game on the Ice Core Jun 27, 1990
- E27 Guinness - The Inside Story Core Sep 26, 1990
- E28 Listen to the Children Core Oct 3, 1990
- E29 Rivers of Fire Core Oct 10, 1990
- E30 Bad Meat Trail Core Oct 17, 1990
- E31 The Oregon Formula Core Oct 24, 1990
- E32 Black and Blue Core Oct 31, 1990
- E33 Moscow's Mafia Millions Core Nov 7, 1990
- E34 Kingmaker of Karachi Core Nov 14, 1990
- E35 Divided She Falls? Core Nov 21, 1990
- E36 A Good and Faithful Servant Core Nov 28, 1990
- E37 The Case Against War Core Dec 5, 1990
- E38 Against the Odds Mytharc Dec 12, 1990
- E39 The Prozac File Mytharc Dec 19, 1990
Season 5 · 35 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 Giant of the Gulf Mytharc Jan 9, 1991
- E2 What Happened at Christmas Island Core Jan 16, 1991
- E3 Mr Bush's Road to War Core Jan 23, 1991
- E4 Hanson Trust Core Jan 29, 1991
- E5 Saddam's Secret Army Core Jan 30, 1991
- E6 Crackdown Core Feb 6, 1991
- E7 Skeletons Have Names Core Feb 13, 1991
- E8 The Provoked Wife Core Feb 20, 1991
- E9 Thinking of the Soldier Core Feb 27, 1991
- E10 Voices From Tibet Core Mar 6, 1991
- E11 A Very British Recession Core Mar 13, 1991
- E12 Keep On Running Core Mar 20, 1991
- E13 Strange Case of Democracy Core Mar 27, 1991
- E14 Sir John's Shuttle Core Apr 3, 1991
- E15 A Dream Betrayed Core Apr 10, 1991
- E16 Tapping into Toxnet Core Apr 17, 1991
- E17 Mr Major's Number 10 Core Apr 24, 1991
- E18 The Promised Land Core May 1, 1991
- E19 The Ballot Fixers Core May 8, 1991
- E20 The Arthur Legend Core May 22, 1991
- E21 Saddam's Iraq Core May 29, 1991
- E22 Castro's Secret Fix Core Jun 5, 1991
- E23 The Movement Core Jun 12, 1991
- E24 The Committee Core Oct 2, 1991
- E25 Strange Customs Core Oct 9, 1991
- E26 In the Cleaning Machine Core Oct 16, 1991
- E27 Every Child in Britain Core Oct 23, 1991
- E28 Georgian Nightmare Core Oct 30, 1991
- E29 Missing in Action Core Nov 6, 1991
- E30 The Swiss Connection Core Nov 13, 1991
- E31 The Last Taboo Core Nov 20, 1991
- E32 The Truth that Sets Us Free Core Nov 27, 1991
- E33 Don King, Unauthorised Core Dec 4, 1991
- E34 Holding the Baby Mytharc Dec 11, 1991
- E35 Christmas in Kurdistan Mytharc Dec 18, 1991
Season 6 · 34 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Audit Of War Mytharc Jan 8, 1992
- E2 Patent On Life Core Jan 15, 1992
- E3 Mother Russia's Children Core Jan 22, 1992
- E4 The Hanson File Core Jan 29, 1992
- E5 Sick At Heart Core Feb 5, 1992
- E6 AZT - Cause For Concern Core Feb 12, 1992
- E7 Beyond Faith Core Feb 19, 1992
- E8 The Law Of The Ghetto Core Feb 26, 1992
- E9 A Question Of Sizewell Core Mar 4, 1992
- E10 The End Of The Union? Core Mar 11, 1992
- E11 Election 1992: Democracy In Danger Core Mar 18, 1992
- E12 Election 1992: Every Child In Britain Core Mar 25, 1992
- E13 Election 1992: The Issue They Don't Debate Core Apr 1, 1992
- E14 Campaign Diary Core Apr 8, 1992
- E15 Red Star Unwrapped Core Apr 15, 1992
- E16 Cloud Over Europe Core Apr 22, 1992
- E17 The Return To Olympia Core Apr 29, 1992
- E18 Blind Data Core May 6, 1992
- E19 Hidden Assets Core May 13, 1992
- E20 Body Search Core May 20, 1992
- E21 The Czechoslovak Casino Core May 27, 1992
- E22 For Queen Or Country? Core Jun 3, 1992
- E23 The People Of The Shining Path Core Jun 10, 1992
- E24 Missing In Action Core Jun 17, 1992
- E25 Not Quite Forever Core Oct 14, 1992
- E26 Relative Hell Core Oct 21, 1992
- E27 Bordering On Big Brother Core Oct 28, 1992
- E28 Visible Harm? Core Nov 4, 1992
- E29 Germans For Sale Core Nov 11, 1992
- E30 The 'R' Word Core Nov 18, 1992
- E31 The First Thatcherite Core Nov 25, 1992
- E32 The Generation Game Core Dec 2, 1992
- E33 All The Presidency Men Mytharc Dec 9, 1992
- E34 Dying To Diet Mytharc Dec 16, 1992
Season 7 · 34 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 One Man in Ten Mytharc Jan 6, 1993
- E2 The Fight Game Core Jan 13, 1993
- E3 Preparing for Power Core Jan 20, 1993
- E4 Fatal Dose Core Jan 27, 1993
- E5 A Town Called Kozarac Core Feb 3, 1993
- E6 Other People's Children Core Feb 10, 1993
- E7 The Battle of Twyford Down Core Feb 17, 1993
- E8 The Gluckman Files Core Feb 24, 1993
- E9 A Tax Too Far Core Mar 10, 1993
- E10 Murder in Moss Side Core Mar 17, 1993
- E11 AIDS and Africa Core Mar 24, 1993
- E12 Caught in the Act Core Mar 31, 1993
- E13 An Age Apart Core Apr 7, 1993
- E14 Taxing Times Core Apr 14, 1993
- E15 Crime and Prejudice Core Apr 21, 1993
- E16 The Samson Unit Core Apr 28, 1993
- E17 Grecian Tragedy Core May 5, 1993
- E18 Nuclear Nightmare Core May 12, 1993
- E19 Relative Hell - Update Core May 19, 1993
- E20 The Children of Romania Core May 26, 1993
- E21 The Trail of Red Mercury Core Jun 2, 1993
- E22 Adventure Too Far Core Jun 9, 1993
- E23 The Key to Watergate Core Jun 16, 1993
- E24 The Hill Core Oct 6, 1993
- E25 Marriage Contract Core Oct 13, 1993
- E26 Whitehall on Trial Core Oct 20, 1993
- E27 Gone to the Dogs Core Oct 27, 1993
- E28 Who's Minding the Managers? Core Nov 3, 1993
- E29 Kids on the Rocks Core Nov 10, 1993
- E30 The Batches in Question Core Nov 17, 1993
- E31 No, Minister Core Nov 24, 1993
- E32 The Doughty Street Papers Core Dec 1, 1993
- E33 Loss of the Marchioness Mytharc Dec 8, 1993
- E34 A Disaster of Epic Proportions Mytharc Dec 15, 1993
Season 8 · 34 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 A Greater Croatia Mytharc Jan 5, 1994
- E2 Down for the Count Core Jan 12, 1994
- E3 Operation Domino Core Jan 19, 1994
- E4 BSE - The Human Link? Core Jan 26, 1994
- E5 The Munchausen File Core Feb 2, 1994
- E6 The Munchausen Syndrome Core Feb 9, 1994
- E7 Asylum for Sale Core Feb 9, 1994
- E8 Getting Away With Rape Core Feb 16, 1994
- E9 Jayne's Journey Core Feb 23, 1994
- E10 The Great Coal Conundrum Core Mar 2, 1994
- E12 A Danger to Health Core Mar 16, 1994
- E13 Inside God's Bunker Core Mar 23, 1994
- E14 Les Enfants Terribles Core Mar 23, 1994
- E15 The Other Mandela Core Apr 6, 1994
- E16 Pocket Neutron Core Apr 13, 1994
- E17 Baby's Sweet Tooth Core Apr 20, 1994
- E18 Whitehall on Trial (II) Core Apr 27, 1994
- E19 Democracy in Decline Core May 4, 1994
- E20 Shackled Children Core May 11, 1994
- E21 The Pill Generation Core May 18, 1994
- E22 Murder of Childhood Core May 19, 1994
- E23 Murder of Childhood (Abridged) Core May 25, 1994
- E24 The Cyprus Connection Core Jun 1, 1994
- E25 A Rwandan Nightmare Core Jun 8, 1994
- E26 Accident Waiting to Happen Core Oct 12, 1994
- E27 Kids on the Rocks: Update Core Oct 16, 1994
- E28 Insult to Injury Mytharc Oct 19, 1994
- E29 Terror on the Doorstep Core Oct 26, 1994
- E30 Out of Control Core Nov 2, 1994
- E31 The Casalee File Core Nov 9, 1994
- E32 Privateers on Parade Core Nov 16, 1994
- E33 Spy in the Camp Core Nov 23, 1994
- E34 The Lindane Legacy Mytharc Nov 30, 1994
- E35 The Andreotti File Mytharc Dec 7, 1994
Season 9 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Torture Trail Mytharc Jan 11, 1995
- E2 Serving Two Masters Core Jan 18, 1995
- E3 Murky Waters Core Jan 25, 1995
- E4 Who's Taking Care? Core Feb 8, 1995
- E5 Mandela's Nuclear Nightmare Core Feb 15, 1995
- E6 A Matter of Fat Core Feb 22, 1995
- E7 Total Structural Failure Core Mar 8, 1995
- E8 Safe or Sorry Core Mar 15, 1995
- E9 Battle for the Agenda Core Mar 22, 1995
- E10 Canada's Foreign Field Core Mar 29, 1995
- E11 Hamas Core Apr 5, 1995
- E13 The War Crimes File Core May 3, 1995
- E14 Behind Closed Doors Core May 10, 1995
- E15 Who Pays the Gas Bill? Core May 17, 1995
- E16 Journey to Hell Core May 24, 1995
- E17 The Unknown Crime Core May 31, 1995
- E18 Fair Shares in Health Core Jun 7, 1995
- E19 Making the Grades Core Oct 11, 1995
- E20 The Care Connection Core Oct 18, 1995
- E21 Very Rough Justice Core Oct 25, 1995
- E22 Lords A-Lobbying Core Nov 1, 1995
- E23 Sale of the Centuries Core Nov 8, 1995
- E24 The Shame of Cromwell Street Core Nov 22, 1995
- E25 New Labour, Old Habits? Core Nov 29, 1995
- E26 The Perfect Poison Mytharc Dec 6, 1995
- E27 The Battle of Sanski Most Mytharc Dec 13, 1995
Season 10 · 30 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Estate of Terror Mytharc Jan 10, 1996
- E2 The Veal Trail Core Jan 17, 1996
- E3 Citizen Maxwell Core Jan 24, 1996
- E4 Operation Lottery Core Jan 31, 1996
- E5 Scott on Scott Core Feb 7, 1996
- E6 The Power Connection Core Feb 14, 1996
- E7 Jessica: A Saudi Slave Core Feb 21, 1996
- E8 Checking the Post Core Feb 28, 1996
- E9 Back on the Torture Trail Core Mar 13, 1996
- E10 The Safety Barrier Core Mar 20, 1996
- E11 The Lost Children Core Mar 27, 1996
- E12 Acid Test Core Apr 3, 1996
- E13 Murder in St. James's Core Apr 10, 1996
- E14 The Khartoum Connection Core Apr 17, 1996
- E15 The Peace Prize Core Apr 24, 1996
- E16 Second Class Return Core May 1, 1996
- E17 Banking on the Disabled Core May 8, 1996
- E18 Class Wars Core May 15, 1996
- E19 The Mahogany Trail Core May 22, 1996
- E20 A Bosnian Betrayal Core May 29, 1996
- E21 Purdey's Proof Core Jun 12, 1996
- E22 The Liquidation Game Core Jun 19, 1996
- E23 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Core Oct 17, 1996
- E24 Arming the Admirals Core Oct 24, 1996
- E25 Secrets of Big Tobacco Core Oct 31, 1996
- E26 The Truth of CS Core Nov 7, 1996
- E27 An Ambulance in Time Core Nov 14, 1996
- E28 Brown Land Core Nov 21, 1996
- E29 Making a Killing Mytharc Dec 5, 1996
- E30 The Portman Group Mytharc Dec 12, 1996
Season 11 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 They're No Angels Mytharc Jan 9, 1997
- E2 A Question of Sleaze Core Jan 16, 1997
- E3 Soccer's Foul Play Core Jan 23, 1997
- E4 Under the Hammer: Part 1 Mytharc Jan 30, 1997
- E5 Under the Hammer: Part 2 Mytharc Feb 6, 1997
- E6 Crash Landing Core Feb 13, 1997
- E8 The Saudi Tapes Core Feb 20, 1997
- E9 A Very British Betrayal Core Feb 27, 1997
- E10 The Firm Core Mar 6, 1997
- E11 Buying Time Core Mar 13, 1997
- E12 Trooping Out the Colour Core Mar 20, 1997
- E13 The Search for Mother Russia's Children Core Mar 27, 1997
- E14 Here We Go Again Core Apr 3, 1997
- E15 The Blair Project Core May 8, 1997
- E16 The Great Gulf Cover Up Core May 15, 1997
- E17 The Test Core May 22, 1997
- E20 The End of Hong Kong Core Jun 12, 1997
- E21 Secrets of the Gaul Core Nov 6, 1997
- E22 Lie of the Land Core Nov 13, 1997
- E23 Dubious Charity Core Nov 20, 1997
- E24 Builders' Club Core Nov 27, 1997
- E25 Triangle of Death Core Dec 4, 1997
- E26 BSE: The Hidden Story Mytharc Dec 11, 1997
- E27 Monkey Business Mytharc Dec 18, 1997
Season 12 · 28 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Force is Not with You Mytharc Jan 15, 1998
- E2 The Contamination Trail Core Jan 22, 1998
- E3 Too Much Too Young Core Jan 29, 1998
- E4 Something in the Air Core Feb 5, 1998
- E5 Saddam's Secret Time Bomb Core Feb 23, 1998
- E6 Judgement for Louise Core Mar 5, 1998
- E7 Trust Me I'm a Doctor Core Mar 12, 1998
- E8 Inspecting the Inspectors Core Mar 19, 1998
- E9 Golf Lima Foxtrot Core Mar 26, 1998
- E10 Granny's Having a Baby Core Apr 2, 1998
- E11 The war Business Core Apr 9, 1998
- E12 Men Behaving Badly: Part 1 Mytharc Apr 16, 1998
- E13 Men Behaving Badly: Part 2 Mytharc Apr 23, 1998
- E14 Apartheid's Children Core Apr 30, 1998
- E15 Secrets of the Gaul - Update Core May 21, 1998
- E16 Supertouts Core May 28, 1998
- E17 The Accident Core Jun 4, 1998
- E18 Death in Room 602 Core Jun 7, 1998
- E20 Sidney Cooke Core Oct 29, 1998
- E21 Sidney Cooke Update Core Oct 30, 1998
- E22 The Killer in Our Taps Core Nov 5, 1998
- E23 Now One is 50 Core Nov 12, 1998
- E24 Teenage Gang Rape Core Nov 19, 1998
- E25 Dispatches Discussion Core Nov 20, 1998
- E26 Hidden Killer Core Nov 26, 1998
- E27 Law and Disorder Core Dec 3, 1998
- E28 Inside the ALF Mytharc Dec 10, 1998
- E29 The Lockerbie Trail Mytharc Dec 17, 1998
Season 13 · 27 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 Male Victims of Domestic Violence Mytharc Jan 7, 1999
- E2 Bristol Doctors Core Jan 14, 1999
- E4 Mission Impossible (II) Core Jan 21, 1999
- E5 Kicking the Habit Core Jan 28, 1999
- E6 Ireland Core Feb 4, 1999
- E7 The Welsh Assembly Core Feb 11, 1999
- E8 Surveying the Surveyors Core Feb 25, 1999
- E9 Hot Potato Core Mar 11, 1999
- E11 The Crime Game Core Mar 18, 1999
- E12 CCTV Core Mar 25, 1999
- E14 Seven Days in Hell Core Apr 1, 1999
- E15 The Mardis Gras Bomber Core Apr 8, 1999
- E16 Domestic Violence Core Apr 15, 1999
- E17 Car Challenge Core Apr 22, 1999
- E18 The Sex Slave Trade Core Apr 29, 1999
- E19 Bosses in the Dock Core May 6, 1999
- E20 Car Trouble - Insurance Core May 13, 1999
- E21 Bloody Balkans: Witness to Murder Core May 20, 1999
- E22 Car Trouble - Breakdown Core May 27, 1999
- E23 Kill or Be Killed Core Aug 9, 1999
- E24 Britain's Most Dangerous Man Core Oct 28, 1999
- E25 Prime Suspects Core Nov 4, 1999
- E26 Runaways Core Nov 11, 1999
- E27 A Matter of Life and Death Core Nov 18, 1999
- E28 Who Vets the Vets? Core Nov 25, 1999
- E29 Tooth Trouble Mytharc Dec 2, 1999
- E30 Licensed to Kill Mytharc Dec 9, 1999
Season 14 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 For the Love of a Stranger Mytharc Feb 3, 2000
- E2 The Fight for a Child Core Feb 10, 2000
- E3 Drug Wars Core Feb 17, 2000
- E4 Tax Wars Core Feb 24, 2000
- E5 Gayhurst Crescent Goes Surfing Core Mar 2, 2000
- E6 Dying for the President Core Mar 9, 2000
- E7 Still Getting Away With Rape Core Mar 16, 2000
- E8 Video Nasties Core Mar 23, 2000
- E9 Deadly Pursuit Core Mar 30, 2000
- E10 Dirty Money Core Apr 6, 2000
- E11 The Nuclear Files Core Apr 13, 2000
- E12 The Telford Hangings Core Apr 20, 2000
- E13 The Real Story of the Leeds Fans Core Apr 20, 2000
- E14 Sally Clark Core Apr 27, 2000
- E15 Flying Under the Influence Core Oct 12, 2000
- E16 Children of the Secret State Core Oct 19, 2000
- E17 The Search for Lucie Blackman Core Oct 26, 2000
- E18 Bras - The Bare Facts Core Nov 2, 2000
- E19 The Runaway Cars Mytharc Nov 16, 2000
- E20 How to Jump the Health Queue Mytharc Nov 23, 2000
Season 15 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 Bloody Foreigners Mytharc Feb 3, 2001
- E2 Bloody Foreigners: Part 2 Mytharc Feb 10, 2001
- E3 Drugs: The Phony War Core Jun 1, 2001
- E4 Unforgiven: The Boys Who Murdered James Bulger Core Jun 12, 2001
- E5 Beneath the Veil Mytharc Jun 26, 2001
- E6 Outbreak: The True Story of Foot and Mouth Core Jul 3, 2001
- E7 Bin Laden's Plan of Terror Core Nov 1, 2001
- E8 Unholy War Core Nov 11, 2001
- E9 Paedophiles: Assessing the Risks Mytharc Nov 14, 2001
- E10 Down the Tube Mytharc Dec 2, 2001
Season 16 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 Secrets of the Saudi State Mytharc Mar 6, 2002
- E2 State of Terror Core Mar 13, 2002
- E3 The Colombian Connection Core May 26, 2002
- E4 How to Break into Britain Core Jun 9, 2002
- E5 Speed Trap Core Jul 6, 2002
- E6 Bin Laden's New Network Core Sep 8, 2002
- E7 Sex on the Street Core Sep 16, 2002
- E8 Young, Nazi and Proud Mytharc Nov 4, 2002
- E9 Lifting the Veil Mytharc Nov 10, 2002
- E10 Truth and Lies in Baghdad Mytharc Nov 17, 2002
Season 17 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 17 guide & lore primer →- E1 Al-Qaeda UK Mytharc May 11, 2003
- E2 The Killing Zone Core May 18, 2003
- E3 Blood and Revenge Mytharc Jun 1, 2003
- E4 Virgin Soldiers Mytharc Jun 2, 2003
- E5 Gang Wars Core Jun 8, 2003
- E6 Killing for Honour Core Jun 15, 2003
- E7 Blunkett's Reefer Madness Core Jun 22, 2003
- E8 Law & Disorder Core Aug 10, 2003
- E9 Congo's Killing Fields Mytharc Aug 17, 2003
- E10 Judges in the Dock Mytharc Dec 18, 2003
Season 18 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 18 guide & lore primer →- E1 What Hutton Won't Tell You Mytharc Apr 5, 2004
- E2 Third Class Post Core Apr 29, 2004
- E3 Keep Them Out Core May 6, 2004
- E4 Fit to Eat Core May 13, 2004
- E5 Spiked Core Sep 13, 2004
- E6 The Dirty Meat Scandal Core Sep 20, 2004
- E7 MMR: What They Didn't Tell You Core Nov 18, 2004
- E8 Profiting from Kids in Care Core Nov 25, 2004
- E9 Barrack Room Bullies Mytharc Dec 2, 2004
- E10 Living with Refugees Mytharc Dec 9, 2004
Season 19 · 28 episodes
Open the complete Season 19 guide & lore primer →- E1 Dispatches Live Special: After the Tsunami Mytharc Jan 24, 2005
- E2 Undercover Angels Core Jan 31, 2005
- E3 The NHS - Your Money or Your Life? Core Feb 7, 2005
- E4 Holy Offensive Core Feb 21, 2005
- E5 Is Torture a Good Idea? Core Feb 28, 2005
- E6 Confessions of a Parking Attendant Core Mar 3, 2005
- E7 Undercover in New Labour Core May 23, 2005
- E8 Living with AIDS Core Jun 27, 2005
- E9 Undercover Teacher Core Jul 7, 2005
- E10 Women Bishops Core Jul 11, 2005
- E11 Re-Opening the Post Core Jul 14, 2005
- E12 On Pain of Death Core Jul 18, 2005
- E13 Beslan Core Jul 21, 2005
- E14 Chechnya: The Dirty War Core Jul 25, 2005
- E15 Supermarket Secrets: Part 1 Mytharc Jul 28, 2005
- E16 Supermarket Secrets: Part 2 Mytharc Aug 1, 2005
- E17 Why Bomb London Core Aug 8, 2005
- E18 The Dyslexia Myth Core Sep 8, 2005
- E19 Secrets of the Shoplifters Core Sep 19, 2005
- E20 The Big Heist Core Sep 22, 2005
- E21 Undercover in the Secret State Core Oct 17, 2005
- E22 Young, Angry and Muslim Core Oct 24, 2005
- E23 The Hurricane That Shamed America Core Oct 31, 2005
- E24 Gordon Brown's Missing Millions Core Nov 7, 2005
- E25 Iraq: The Reckoning Mytharc Nov 21, 2005
- E26 America's Secret Shame Core Nov 22, 2005
- E27 Kidnap and Torture American Style Mytharc Nov 23, 2005
- E28 What's Really in Your Christmas Dinner Mytharc Dec 20, 2005
Season 20 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 20 guide & lore primer →- E1 Ryanair: Caught Napping Mytharc Feb 13, 2006
- E2 Spinning Terror Core Feb 20, 2006
- E3 Stealing Your Freedom Core Feb 27, 2006
- E4 The New Fundamentalists Core Mar 6, 2006
- E5 Iraq's Missing Billions Core Mar 20, 2006
- E7 Living with Illegals Core Mar 27, 2006
- E8 After School Arms Club Core Apr 3, 2006
- E9 How to Beat Your Kid's Asthma: Part 1 Mytharc Apr 6, 2006
- E10 How to Beat Your Kid's Asthma: Part 2 Mytharc Apr 20, 2006
- E11 Undercover Copper Core Apr 26, 2006
- E12 Iraq: The Women's Story Core May 8, 2006
- E13 Mad About Animals Core May 15, 2006
- E14 Battle Fatigue Core May 22, 2006
- E16 What Muslims Want Core Aug 7, 2006
- E17 Public Service: Private Profit Core Aug 14, 2006
- E18 Britain's Commuter Nightmare Core Aug 21, 2006
- E19 How Safe Is Heathrow? Core Sep 4, 2006
- E20 The Labour Loans Scandal Core Sep 25, 2006
- E21 The Drug Trial That Went Wrong Core Sep 28, 2006
- E22 Burma's Secret War Core Oct 1, 2006
- E23 The Data Theft Scandal Core Oct 5, 2006
- E24 The Dispatches Debate: Muslims and Free Speech Core Oct 9, 2006
- E25 The Blunkett Tapes: Part 2 Mytharc Oct 12, 2006
- E26 Jihad TV Core Nov 6, 2006
- E27 Britain's Healthcare Lottery Mytharc Nov 13, 2006
- E28 NHS Postcode Lottery Mytharc Nov 13, 2006
Season 21 · 42 episodes
Open the complete Season 21 guide & lore primer →- E1 Fighting the Taliban Mytharc Jan 8, 2007
- E2 Meeting the Taliban Core Jan 11, 2007
- E3 Undercover Mosque Mytharc Jan 15, 2007
- E4 Labour's Gambling Addiction Core Jan 22, 2007
- E5 Iraq's Death Squads Core Jan 29, 2007
- E6 At Home with the Terror Suspects Core Feb 5, 2007
- E7 The Supermarket That's Eating Britain Core Feb 19, 2007
- E8 NHS: Where Did All the Money Go? Core Feb 26, 2007
- E9 Greenwash Core Mar 5, 2007
- E10 Charles: The Meddling Prince Core Mar 12, 2007
- E11 When Did You Last Beat Your Wife? Core Mar 19, 2007
- E12 Cameron- Toff at the Top Core Mar 26, 2007
- E13 Undercover Prisoner Core Apr 2, 2007
- E14 Murdering the Truth Core Apr 16, 2007
- E15 Between the Mullahs and The Military Core Apr 23, 2007
- E16 The Indian Miracle? Core Apr 30, 2007
- E17 Gordon Brown: Fit for Office? Core May 14, 2007
- E18 Afghanistan Unveiled Core May 17, 2007
- E19 Bin Wars Core May 24, 2007
- E20 Kidnapped to Order Core Jun 11, 2007
- E21 Drinking Yourself to Death Core Jun 18, 2007
- E22 The Man Who Lost Himself Core Jun 25, 2007
- E23 The War on Britain's Jews Core Jul 9, 2007
- E24 Great Green Smokescreen Core Jul 16, 2007
- E25 Undercover Mother Core Jul 23, 2007
- E26 Britain's Bad Housing Core Jul 30, 2007
- E27 Britain Under Attack Core Aug 6, 2007
- E28 The Olympic Cash Machine Core Sep 10, 2007
- E29 Unholy War (II) Core Sep 17, 2007
- E30 Nice Work If You Can Get It Core Sep 24, 2007
- E31 Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth Core Oct 1, 2007
- E32 China's Stolen Children Core Oct 8, 2007
- E33 Abortion: What We Need to Know Core Oct 17, 2007
- E34 Searching for Madeleine Core Oct 18, 2007
- E35 Why Our Children Can't Read Core Oct 22, 2007
- E36 How to Get Ahead in Africa Core Oct 29, 2007
- E37 The Housing Trap Core Nov 5, 2007
- E38 Bottleneck Britain Core Nov 12, 2007
- E39 Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola Core Nov 19, 2007
- E40 Britain Under Water Core Dec 3, 2007
- E41 Christmas Credit Crisis Mytharc Dec 10, 2007
- E42 How Safe Are Your Christmas Toys? Mytharc Dec 17, 2007
Season 22 · 41 episodes
Open the complete Season 22 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Truth About Your Food: Part 1 Mytharc Jan 10, 2008
- E2 The Truth About Your Food: Part 2 Mytharc Jan 17, 2008
- E3 The Court of Ken Core Jan 21, 2008
- E4 Why Kids Kill Core Jan 28, 2008
- E5 Heat or Eat, the Pensioners' Dilemma Core Feb 5, 2008
- E6 The Children Left Behind Core Feb 11, 2008
- E7 How the Banks Bet Your Money Core Feb 18, 2008
- E8 Checking-in to Airport Chaos Core Feb 25, 2008
- E9 Iraq: The Lost Generation Core Mar 16, 2008
- E10 Iraq: The Betrayal Core Mar 17, 2008
- E11 Jon Snow's Hidden Iraq Core Mar 18, 2008
- E12 Undercover in Tibet Mytharc Mar 31, 2008
- E13 Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 1 Mytharc Apr 7, 2008
- E14 Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 2 Mytharc Apr 14, 2008
- E15 Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth Part 3 Mytharc Apr 21, 2008
- E16 The Mobile Phone Rip-Off Core Apr 28, 2008
- E17 The Truth About Beauty Creams Core May 12, 2008
- E18 In God's Name Core May 19, 2008
- E19 The Warlords Next Door? Core May 26, 2008
- E20 Gordon Brown: Where Did It All Go Wrong? Core Jun 9, 2008
- E21 From Jail to Jihad Core Jun 16, 2008
- E22 The Truth About Food Prices Core Jun 23, 2008
- E23 The Truth About Street Weapons Core Jun 30, 2008
- E24 A Widow's War on Yobs Core Jul 5, 2008
- E25 It Shouldn't Happen to a Muslim Core Jul 7, 2008
- E26 The Jab That Can Stop Cancer Core Jul 21, 2008
- E27 Sandwiches Unwrapped Core Jul 28, 2008
- E28 How the Banks Never Lose Core Aug 25, 2008
- E29 Undercover Mosque: The Return Core Sep 1, 2008
- E30 Hope for the Last Chance Kids Core Sep 8, 2008
- E31 What's in Your Wine? Core Sep 15, 2008
- E32 The Human Cost of the Credit Crunch Core Sep 22, 2008
- E33 Cameron's Money Men Core Sep 30, 2008
- E34 The Hidden World of Lap Dancing Core Oct 6, 2008
- E35 The Trouble with British Airways Core Oct 13, 2008
- E36 The Truth about Your Energy Bill Core Oct 20, 2008
- E37 Jon Snow's American Journey Core Oct 26, 2008
- E38 Don't Bank on the Bailout Core Oct 27, 2008
- E39 Mum Loves Drugs, Not Me Core Nov 3, 2008
- E40 Saving Africa's Witch Children Mytharc Nov 12, 2008
- E41 Iraq: The Legacy Mytharc Dec 13, 2008
Season 23 · 38 episodes
Open the complete Season 23 guide & lore primer →- E1 Britain's Challenging Children Mytharc Jan 5, 2009
- E2 Mum, Dad, Alzheimer's & Me Core Jan 12, 2009
- E3 The True Cost of Cheap Food Core Jan 22, 2009
- E4 Unseen Gaza Core Jan 22, 2009
- E5 Congo's Forgotten Children Core Feb 2, 2009
- E6 Too Old to Work Mytharc Feb 9, 2009
- E7 The Problem Princes Core Feb 13, 2009
- E8 The Big Job Hunt Core Feb 16, 2009
- E9 How They Squander Our Billions Core Mar 9, 2009
- E10 Pakistan's Taliban Generation Core Mar 16, 2009
- E11 Confessions of a Nurse Core Mar 23, 2009
- E12 The Trouble with Boris Core Mar 30, 2009
- E13 Afghanistan: Mission Impossible? Core Apr 6, 2009
- E14 The Westminster Gravy Train Core Apr 19, 2009
- E15 Crash: How the Banks Went Bust! Core Apr 20, 2009
- E16 Crash: How Long Will It Last? Core Apr 27, 2009
- E17 Lost in Care Core May 11, 2009
- E18 Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In Core May 18, 2009
- E19 Orphans of Burma's Cyclone Core Jun 1, 2009
- E20 Crash Gordon Core Jun 8, 2009
- E21 Afghanistan's Dirty War Core Jun 15, 2009
- E22 Rape in the City Core Jun 22, 2009
- E25 Terror in Mumbai Core Jun 30, 2009
- E26 The Children Britain Betrayed Core Jul 13, 2009
- E27 Undercover Debt Collector Core Jul 20, 2009
- E28 Bankrolling Mugabe Core Jul 27, 2009
- E29 The War Against Street Weapons Core Aug 3, 2009
- E30 Battle Scarred Core Sep 7, 2009
- E31 Middle Class and Jobless Core Sep 14, 2009
- E32 Cops on the Cheap? Core Sep 21, 2009
- E33 MPs, Planes and Gravy Trains Core Sep 28, 2009
- E34 Who Took Your Pension? Core Oct 5, 2009
- E35 Ready for a Riot Core Oct 19, 2009
- E36 What's in Your Breakfast? Core Oct 26, 2009
- E37 Inside Britain's Israel Lobby Core Nov 16, 2009
- E38 Return to Africa's Witch Children Core Nov 23, 2009
- E39 Lords, Billionaires and the Russian Connection Mytharc Nov 30, 2009
- E40 Christmas on Credit Mytharc Dec 7, 2009
Season 24 · 33 episodes
Open the complete Season 24 guide & lore primer →- E1 My Family and Alzheimer's Mytharc Jan 11, 2010
- E2 The Slumdog Children of Mumbai Mytharc Jan 21, 2010
- E3 Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines Core Feb 1, 2010
- E4 Post Office Undercover Core Feb 8, 2010
- E5 Kids Don't Count Core Feb 15, 2010
- E6 Kids Don't Count: Part 2 Mytharc Feb 22, 2010
- E7 Britain's Islamic Republic Core Mar 1, 2010
- E8 Cameron Uncovered Core Mar 8, 2010
- E9 Children of Gaza Core Mar 15, 2010
- E10 Politicians for Hire Core Mar 22, 2010
- E11 Tracing the Marathon's Millions Core Apr 9, 2010
- E12 Election Uncovered Filler May 3, 2010
- E13 The Lost Girls of South Africa Core May 23, 2010
- E14 Undercover Social Worker Core Jun 7, 2010
- E15 How the Banks Won Core Jun 14, 2010
- E16 How to Save £100 Billion - Live Core Jun 21, 2010
- E17 Africa's Last Taboo Core Jul 12, 2010
- E18 Gun Nation Core Jul 18, 2010
- E19 Catching the Gun Runners Core Jul 18, 2010
- E20 Britain's Witch Children Core Jul 26, 2010
- E21 When Cousins Marry Core Aug 23, 2010
- E22 Britain's Secret Slaves Core Aug 30, 2010
- E23 How the MoD wastes our billions Core Sep 20, 2010
- E24 What's the Point of the Unions? Core Sep 27, 2010
- E25 Tabloids, Tories and Telephone Hacking Core Oct 4, 2010
- E26 Bravo's Deadly Mission Core Oct 11, 2010
- E27 How the Rich Beat the Taxman Core Oct 18, 2010
- E28 Iraq's Secret War Files Mytharc Oct 25, 2010
- E29 Britain's Street Kids Core Nov 1, 2010
- E30 Fashion's Dirty Secret Core Nov 8, 2010
- E31 Riding Europe's Gravy Train Mytharc Nov 15, 2010
- E32 City of Fear Mytharc Nov 22, 2010
- E33 The Kids Britain Doesn't Want Mytharc Nov 29, 2010
Season 25 · 30 episodes
Open the complete Season 25 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Battle for Haiti Mytharc Jan 9, 2011
- E2 Fish Unwrapped Core Jan 15, 2011
- E3 Tabloid's Dirty Secrets Core Feb 7, 2011
- E4 Lessons in Hate and Violence Core Feb 14, 2011
- E5 The Truth About Hospital Food Core Feb 21, 2011
- E6 Secret NHS Diaries Core Feb 28, 2011
- E7 Selling Off Britain Core Mar 7, 2011
- E8 Britain's Secret Fat Cats Core Mar 14, 2011
- E9 Train Journeys from Hell Core Mar 21, 2011
- E10 BP: In Deep Water Core Mar 28, 2011
- E11 Cashing in on Degrees Core Apr 4, 2011
- E12 Undercover Hospital Core Apr 11, 2011
- E13 A Year Inside Number 10 Core May 9, 2011
- E14 The Truth About Going Under the Knife Core May 16, 2011
- E15 The Truth About Your Dentist Core May 23, 2011
- E16 America's Secret Killers Core Jun 6, 2011
- E17 The Thief Catchers Core Jun 13, 2011
- E18 Conservation's Dirty Secrets Core Jun 20, 2011
- E19 The Real Price of Gold Core Jun 27, 2011
- E20 Landlords from Hell Core Jul 4, 2011
- E21 Murder on Honeymoon Core Jul 11, 2011
- E22 How to buy a football club Core Jul 18, 2011
- E23 Murdoch: The Mogul Who Screwed the News Core Jul 27, 2011
- E24 The Truth About Drugs in Football Core Sep 12, 2011
- E25 Gypsy Eviction: The Fight for Dale Farm Core Sep 19, 2011
- E26 The Wonderful World of Tony Blair Core Sep 26, 2011
- E27 Can You Trust Your Doctor? Core Oct 3, 2011
- E28 Britain's Rubbish Core Oct 10, 2011
- E29 Britain's Sex Gangs Mytharc Nov 7, 2011
- E30 Landlords from Hell: Update Mytharc Dec 5, 2011
Season 26 · 30 episodes
Open the complete Season 26 guide & lore primer →- E1 Olympic Tickets for Sale Mytharc Feb 13, 2012
- E2 The Great Ticket Scandal Core Feb 23, 2012
- E3 Watching the Detectives Core May 14, 2012
- E4 Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards Core May 21, 2012
- E5 The Real Mr & Mrs Assad Core May 28, 2012
- E6 Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 billion deal Core Jun 11, 2012
- E7 Let Our Dad Die Core Jun 18, 2012
- E8 Undercover Undertaker Core Jun 25, 2012
- E9 Cashing in on the Games Core Jul 2, 2012
- E10 Secrets of the Taxman Core Jul 9, 2012
- E11 Myths About Your 5 a Day Mytharc Jul 16, 2012
- E12 Can You Trust Your Bank? Core Jul 23, 2012
- E13 Britain on the Sick Core Jul 30, 2012
- E14 Britain's High Street Gamble Core Aug 6, 2012
- E15 Tricks of the Dole Cheats Core Aug 13, 2012
- E16 Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds Core Aug 20, 2012
- E17 The School Dinner Scandal Core Sep 10, 2012
- E18 Secrets of Poundland Core Sep 17, 2012
- E19 Undercover Retirement Home Core Sep 24, 2012
- E20 Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck Filler Oct 1, 2012
- E21 Secrets of Your Boss's Pay Core Oct 8, 2012
- E22 Do You Know Your Partner's Past? Core Oct 22, 2012
- E23 Getting Rich on the NHS Core Oct 29, 2012
- E24 Nuclear War Games Core Nov 5, 2012
- E25 Chinese Murder Mystery Mytharc Nov 12, 2012
- E26 MPs: Are They Still at It? Core Nov 19, 2012
- E27 Where Has Your Aid Money Gone? Core Nov 26, 2012
- E28 The Chinese Are Coming Core Dec 3, 2012
- E29 How Safe is Your Cash? Mytharc Dec 10, 2012
- E30 The American School Massacre Mytharc Dec 17, 2012
Season 27 · 38 episodes
Open the complete Season 27 guide & lore primer →- E1 Secrets of Your Car Insurance Mytharc Jan 7, 2013
- E2 Sharing Mum and Dad Core Jan 14, 2013
- E3 Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop Core Jan 21, 2013
- E4 Weight Watchers: How They Make Their Millions Core Jan 28, 2013
- E5 Britain's Hidden Child Abuse Core Jan 30, 2013
- E6 Plebs, Lies & Videotape Core Feb 4, 2013
- E7 How Safe Is Your Child's Nursery? Core Feb 11, 2013
- E8 The Horse Meat Scandal Core Feb 18, 2013
- E9 Britain on Benefits Core Feb 25, 2013
- E10 Death on the Wards Core Mar 4, 2013
- E11 Undercover Designer Dogs Core Mar 11, 2013
- E12 Rich and on Benefits Core Mar 18, 2013
- E13 The Truth About Junior Doctors Core Mar 25, 2013
- E14 Immigration Undercover Core Apr 15, 2013
- E15 Syria: Across the Lines Core Apr 17, 2013
- E16 Britain's Millionaire Criminals Core Apr 22, 2013
- E17 Secrets of Your Missing Mail Core Apr 29, 2013
- E18 Murdered in Tenerife Core May 13, 2013
- E19 The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs Core May 20, 2013
- E20 Boston, Woolwich & the New Terror Core Jun 3, 2013
- E21 Diets, Drugs and Diabetes Core Jun 10, 2013
- E22 How Councils Waste Your Money Core Jun 17, 2013
- E23 The Police's Dirty Secret Mytharc Jun 24, 2013
- E24 The Prince and His Secret Properties Core Jul 1, 2013
- E25 South Africa's Dirty Cops Core Jul 15, 2013
- E26 Taliban Child Fighters Core Jul 22, 2013
- E27 NHS Undercover Core Jul 29, 2013
- E28 Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans Core Aug 5, 2013
- E29 Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit Core Aug 12, 2013
- E30 The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It Core Sep 12, 2013
- E31 Secrets of Your Pay Packet Core Oct 21, 2013
- E32 The Property Market Undercover Core Oct 28, 2013
- E33 Energy Bills Exposed Core Nov 4, 2013
- E34 Can You Trust Your Surgeon? Mytharc Nov 11, 2013
- E35 North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State Core Nov 14, 2013
- E36 What's Your Pension Really Worth? Core Nov 18, 2013
- E37 Britain's Big Fat Bill Mytharc Nov 25, 2013
- E38 Secrets of the Discount Stores Mytharc Dec 9, 2013
Season 28 · 30 episodes
Open the complete Season 28 guide & lore primer →- E1 Are You Addicted to Sugar? Mytharc Jan 20, 2014
- E2 Children on the Frontline Core Jan 22, 2014
- E3 Floods: Your Money Down the Drain Core Feb 3, 2014
- E4 Hunted Core Feb 5, 2014
- E5 Benefits Britain: The Bedroom Tax Core Feb 10, 2014
- E6 A&E's Missing Millions Core Feb 17, 2014
- E7 Secrets of Your Credit Rating Core Feb 24, 2014
- E8 Undercover: Hate on the Terraces Core Mar 3, 2014
- E9 Food: What's Really in your Trolley? Core Mar 17, 2014
- E10 Amanda Holden: Exposing Hospital Heartache Core Mar 24, 2014
- E11 The Truth About Low Fat Food Core Apr 7, 2014
- E12 Policemen Behaving Badly Core Apr 14, 2014
- E13 Tricks of the Junk Food Business Core Jun 2, 2014
- E14 Breadline Kids Core Jun 9, 2014
- E15 Secrets of the Police Core Jun 16, 2014
- E16 How to Fix a Football Match Core Jun 23, 2014
- E17 The Cost of Cheap Alcohol Core Jun 30, 2014
- E18 The Great British Break-up? Core Jul 7, 2014
- E19 Faith Schools Undercover: No Clapping in Class Core Jul 14, 2014
- E20 Murder in the Sky: Flight MH17 Core Jul 21, 2014
- E21 Supermarket Wars Core Jul 28, 2014
- E22 Supermarkets: The Real Price of Cheap Food Core Aug 4, 2014
- E23 How to Stop Your Nuisance Calls Core Aug 11, 2014
- E24 Are You Addicted to Your Doctor? Core Aug 18, 2014
- E25 Nigeria's Hidden War Mytharc Aug 18, 2014
- E26 Benefits Britain Core Oct 27, 2014
- E27 Rice: How Safe Is Our Food? Core Nov 3, 2014
- E28 How the Rich Get Richer Core Nov 17, 2014
- E29 How to Break Into Britain (II) Mytharc Nov 24, 2014
- E30 The British Property Boom Mytharc Dec 1, 2014
Season 29 · 28 episodes
Open the complete Season 29 guide & lore primer →- E1 How to Blow Your Pension Mytharc Jan 12, 2015
- E2 Low Pay Britain Core Jan 19, 2015
- E3 The Great Car Con Core Jan 26, 2015
- E4 Secrets Of The Parking Wardens Core Feb 16, 2015
- E5 Politicians for Hire II Core Feb 23, 2015
- E6 Britain's Benefits Crackdown Core Mar 2, 2015
- E7 Benefits Britain: Universal Credit Core Mar 9, 2015
- E8 Britain's Defence Squeeze Core Mar 16, 2015
- E9 How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister Core Mar 23, 2015
- E10 How Safe Are Our Planes? Core Apr 1, 2015
- E11 The Secrets of Sports Direct Core Apr 27, 2015
- E12 Trains: Are You Paying Too Much? Core Jun 1, 2015
- E13 Where to Save Your Money Core Jun 8, 2015
- E14 Exams: Cheating the System? Core Jun 15, 2015
- E15 The Great British Property Divide Core Jun 22, 2015
- E16 Salt: Are You Eating Too Much? Core Jun 29, 2015
- E17 Kids in Crisis Core Jul 1, 2015
- E18 How Councils Blow Your Millions Core Jul 6, 2015
- E19 Pensions and the Price of Growing Old Core Jul 13, 2015
- E20 Escape from Isis Mytharc Jul 15, 2015
- E21 Hunted: Gay and Afraid Core Jul 23, 2015
- E22 Britain's Benefits Experiment Core Nov 5, 2015
- E23 Aldi's Supermarket Secrets Core Nov 9, 2015
- E24 How to Stop Your Nuisance Calls II Core Nov 16, 2015
- E25 Britain's Nightmare New Homes Core Nov 16, 2015
- E26 Low Pay Britain II Core Dec 7, 2015
- E27 How the Monarchy Can Make You Millions Mytharc Dec 14, 2015
- E28 The Children Who Beat Ebola Mytharc Dec 22, 2015
Season 30 · 28 episodes
Open the complete Season 30 guide & lore primer →- E1 Where's My Missing Mail? Mytharc Feb 1, 2016
- E2 How the Rich Avoid Tax Core Feb 8, 2016
- E3 999: Where's My Ambulance? Core Feb 15, 2016
- E4 Dirty Secrets: What's Really in Our Air? Core Feb 22, 2016
- E5 Fight Against ISIS Core Feb 29, 2016
- E6 How To Be A Council House Millionaire Core Mar 7, 2016
- E7 Housing Benefit Millionaires Core Mar 14, 2016
- E8 Secrets of Cadbury Core Mar 21, 2016
- E9 Britain's Pensioner Care Scandal Core Apr 4, 2016
- E10 The Great Benefits Row Core Apr 11, 2016
- E11 Isis and the Missing Treasures Core Apr 18, 2016
- E12 The Truth About Cheap Flights Core Apr 25, 2016
- E13 Undercover: Inside Britain's Children's Services Core May 26, 2016
- E14 Are You Owed a Pay Rise? Mytharc Jul 4, 2016
- E15 Racist Britain Core Jul 11, 2016
- E16 Is Your Pension Safe? Core Jul 18, 2016
- E17 How School Bosses Spend Your Millions Core Jul 25, 2016
- E18 How Safe Is Your Car? Core Aug 1, 2016
- E19 Brexit: Who'll Do Your Job Now? Core Aug 1, 2016
- E20 The Great Housing Scandal Core Aug 15, 2016
- E21 The Battle for the Labour Party Core Sep 19, 2016
- E22 Undercover: Britain's Abortion Extremists Core Oct 5, 2016
- E23 Britain's Wealth Gap Mytharc Oct 10, 2016
- E24 Living With Nightmare Neighbours Core Oct 17, 2016
- E25 Addicted to Spending Core Oct 24, 2016
- E26 The Secret Plan to Save Fat Britain Core Oct 31, 2016
- E27 Britain's Homebuilding Scandal Mytharc Nov 7, 2016
- E28 The World According to President Trump Mytharc Nov 14, 2016
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