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Dispatches: 2006

26 episodes Premiered Feb 13, 2006 Updated Oct 2, 2026
Previously on Dispatches

Season 20 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 19.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 20 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 20: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (20): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S20·E1 Mytharc

Ryanair: Caught Napping

Feb 13, 2006

A behind-the-scenes look at low budget airline Ryanair. Uncovering security and health and safety breaches, uncleaned aircraft and long staff working hours.

S20·E8 Core

After School Arms Club

Apr 3, 2006 · 30 min

Two groups of high school kids, one from England and one from Ireland set up shop as online arms dealers and broker various deals, shipping arms from the far east to homes in Ameri

S20·E12 Core

Iraq: The Women's Story

May 8, 2006

An anonymous woman who is not a journalist blends in with the women of Iraq to find out what life is really like for them.

S20·E13 Core

Mad About Animals

May 15, 2006

Following Animal Liberation activists.

S20·E20 Core

The Labour Loans Scandal

Sep 25, 2006

An investigation into the secret world of the funding of the Labour Party.

S20·E26 Core

Jihad TV

Nov 6, 2006

Videos of suicide bombers and insurgent attacks have become an important weapon for Al Qaeda. But who watches these videos and what effect are they having on young people in the Mu

S20·E28 Mytharc

NHS Postcode Lottery

Nov 13, 2006

How does the care you receive at your local hospital compare with the rest of the UK? Jon Snow reveals the true scale of the NHS postcode lottery, which is denying some patients vi

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