Dispatches 1987
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Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
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Season 1 · 8 episodes
- E1 The Plutonium Black Market Oct 30, 1987
- E2 In The Red Nov 6, 1987
- E3 AIDS - The Unheard Voices Nov 13, 1987
- E4 Divided by Law Nov 20, 1987
- E5 Selling the Tunnel Nov 27, 1987
- E6 Gunning for Government Dec 4, 1987
- E7 Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net Dec 11, 1987
- E8 Korea: Poverty Prohibited Dec 18, 1987
Season 2 · 34 episodes
- E1 The Miner's Debate Jan 8, 1988
- E2 Waiting for the Consultant Jan 15, 1988
- E3 Danger! Men at Work Jan 22, 1988
- E4 Interview with John Stalker Feb 5, 1988
- E5 Iran: A Widening Gulf Feb 12, 1988
- E6 Palau: Paradise Lost Feb 19, 1988
- E7 Working for Welfare Feb 26, 1988
- E8 Radioactive Britain Mar 4, 1988
- E9 The Lobby Mar 11, 1988
- E10 Charity Fraud Mar 18, 1988
- E11 Single Union Deals With Employers Mar 25, 1988
- E12 Cuba From Inside Apr 8, 1988
- E13 Talking to the Terrorists Apr 15, 1988
- E14 Cancer Research Apr 22, 1988
- E15 Freemasonry May 6, 1988
- E16 The P.L.O. May 13, 1988
- E17 War in the Desert May 20, 1988
- E18 NATO's Nuclear Programme May 27, 1988
- E19 Illegal Betting Jun 3, 1988
- E20 What's Best for the Children? : Coventry Jun 10, 1988
- E21 The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines Jun 17, 1988
- E22 Milky Business Jun 24, 1988
- E23 The Hashish Connection Jul 1, 1988
- E24 Disciples of Chaos Oct 5, 1988
- E25 Trouble on the Waterfront Oct 12, 1988
- E26 The Two State Solution Oct 19, 1988
- E27 Turkey: Trading with Torture Oct 26, 1988
- E28 Exporting High Technology from West to East Nov 2, 1988
- E29 Tibet - A Case to Answer Nov 9, 1988
- E30 The Day the Dream Died Nov 16, 1988
- E31 The Winds of Death Nov 23, 1988
- E32 The Battle for Stone Bassett Nov 30, 1988
- E33 The Countertraders Dec 7, 1988
- E34 A Very Polish Secret Dec 14, 1988
Season 3 · 39 episodes
- E1 Return to Year Zero? Jan 4, 1989
- E2 Gorbachev's Asylums Jan 11, 1989
- E3 Cooking the Books Jan 18, 1989
- E4 The Spy Who Broke the Code Jan 25, 1989
- E5 Buckets of Money Feb 1, 1989
- E6 The Copper Seven Story Feb 8, 1989
- E7 Afghan Feb 15, 1989
- E8 The Toxic Trail Feb 22, 1989
- E9 The Case of 'F' Mar 1, 1989
- E10 The Return of the Death Squads Mar 8, 1989
- E11 Burma - Dying for Democracy Mar 15, 1989
- E12 Voices From Long Larten Mar 22, 1989
- E13 Young, Homeless and Broke Mar 29, 1989
- E14 Chico Apr 5, 1989
- E15 Carry on Flying Apr 12, 1989
- E16 The Most Neglected Crime Apr 19, 1989
- E17 Dispatches (26/04/1989) Apr 26, 1989
- E18 A Suitable Case for Treatment May 3, 1989
- E19 The Sins of the Fathers May 10, 1989
- E20 Not What the Doctor Ordered May 17, 1989
- E21 Warlord of Kayan May 24, 1989
- E22 The Ultimate Blasphemy May 31, 1989
- E23 Fit as a Fiddle Jun 7, 1989
- E24 Empire of the Sun Jun 14, 1989
- E25 Year of the Locust Jun 21, 1989
- E26 A State of Decay Jun 28, 1989
- E27 Terror Island Jul 5, 1989
- E28 The Spanish Connection Oct 4, 1989
- E29 The Day of the Technopath Oct 11, 1989
- E30 No, Prime Minister Oct 18, 1989
- E31 The Undoing of Edwina Oct 25, 1989
- E32 Mission Impossible Nov 1, 1989
- E33 In the Coal Hole Nov 8, 1989
- E34 The False Confession File Nov 15, 1989
- E35 Hungarians Not Comrades Nov 22, 1989
- E36 Twelve Days in November Nov 29, 1989
- E37 Licence to Kill Dec 6, 1989
- E38 Privatising Poland Dec 13, 1989
- E39 Road to Damascus Dec 20, 1989
Season 4 · 39 episodes
- E1 The Plunderers Jan 3, 1990
- E2 When Porton Pays the Piper Jan 10, 1990
- E3 Gamma Alarm Jan 17, 1990
- E4 The Great Leap Backwards Jan 24, 1990
- E5 Miracle Molecule Jan 31, 1990
- E6 Degrees for Sale Feb 7, 1990
- E7 Stalin's Ghost Feb 14, 1990
- E8 Troubled Waters Feb 21, 1990
- E9 Beyond the Rubicon Feb 28, 1990
- E10 A Greater Germany Mar 7, 1990
- E11 Gerry Mar 14, 1990
- E12 Legalise It! Mar 21, 1990
- E13 In the Name of Hunger Mar 28, 1990
- E14 Apartheid's Assassins Apr 4, 1990
- E15 Terms for Peace Apr 11, 1990
- E16 The Children of Fire Apr 18, 1990
- E17 The Russians A Coming Apr 25, 1990
- E18 The Most Neglected Crime May 2, 1990
- E19 The Great Green Hype May 9, 1990
- E20 Romanian Roulette May 16, 1990
- E21 A Tale of Two Cartels May 23, 1990
- E22 Dispatches (30/05/1990) May 30, 1990
- E23 The Stasi Tapes Jun 6, 1990
- E24 The AIDS Catch Jun 13, 1990
- E25 Eritrea: Fight to the Death Jun 20, 1990
- E26 Game on the Ice Jun 27, 1990
- E27 Guinness - The Inside Story Sep 26, 1990
- E28 Listen to the Children Oct 3, 1990
- E29 Rivers of Fire Oct 10, 1990
- E30 Bad Meat Trail Oct 17, 1990
- E31 The Oregon Formula Oct 24, 1990
- E32 Black and Blue Oct 31, 1990
- E33 Moscow's Mafia Millions Nov 7, 1990
- E34 Kingmaker of Karachi Nov 14, 1990
- E35 Divided She Falls? Nov 21, 1990
- E36 A Good and Faithful Servant Nov 28, 1990
- E37 The Case Against War Dec 5, 1990
- E38 Against the Odds Dec 12, 1990
- E39 The Prozac File Dec 19, 1990
Season 5 · 35 episodes
- E1 Giant of the Gulf Jan 9, 1991
- E2 What Happened at Christmas Island Jan 16, 1991
- E3 Mr Bush's Road to War Jan 23, 1991
- E4 Hanson Trust Jan 29, 1991
- E5 Saddam's Secret Army Jan 30, 1991
- E6 Crackdown Feb 6, 1991
- E7 Skeletons Have Names Feb 13, 1991
- E8 The Provoked Wife Feb 20, 1991
- E9 Thinking of the Soldier Feb 27, 1991
- E10 Voices From Tibet Mar 6, 1991
- E11 A Very British Recession Mar 13, 1991
- E12 Keep On Running Mar 20, 1991
- E13 Strange Case of Democracy Mar 27, 1991
- E14 Sir John's Shuttle Apr 3, 1991
- E15 A Dream Betrayed Apr 10, 1991
- E16 Tapping into Toxnet Apr 17, 1991
- E17 Mr Major's Number 10 Apr 24, 1991
- E18 The Promised Land May 1, 1991
- E19 The Ballot Fixers May 8, 1991
- E20 The Arthur Legend May 22, 1991
- E21 Saddam's Iraq May 29, 1991
- E22 Castro's Secret Fix Jun 5, 1991
- E23 The Movement Jun 12, 1991
- E24 The Committee Oct 2, 1991
- E25 Strange Customs Oct 9, 1991
- E26 In the Cleaning Machine Oct 16, 1991
- E27 Every Child in Britain Oct 23, 1991
- E28 Georgian Nightmare Oct 30, 1991
- E29 Missing in Action Nov 6, 1991
- E30 The Swiss Connection Nov 13, 1991
- E31 The Last Taboo Nov 20, 1991
- E32 The Truth that Sets Us Free Nov 27, 1991
- E33 Don King, Unauthorised Dec 4, 1991
- E34 Holding the Baby Dec 11, 1991
- E35 Christmas in Kurdistan Dec 18, 1991