Dispatches: 2003
Season 17 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dispatches Season 16.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 17 Progress Shield
The Killing Zone
May 18, 2003
Dispatches revisits the Gaza Strip to focus on civilians caught in the crossfire of never-ending battles. We meet seriously injured children and their distraught families, and the
Blood and Revenge
Jun 1, 2003
Channel 4's Dispatches reporter Sam Kiley reveals the inside story of the Iraqi Kurds' homecoming, travelling with their fighters, the Peshmerga, as they re-take Kirkuk from forces
Virgin Soldiers
Jun 2, 2003
With unprecedented access, award winning filmmaker Dodge Billingsley tells the story of India Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine regiment, crack U.S. frontline troops in Iraq. With