Dispatches: 2007
Season 21 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 20.
- 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 21 Progress Shield
Undercover Mosque
Jan 15, 2007 · 45 min
Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with o
Greenwash
Mar 5, 2007
The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Dispatches reports. The expert-reviewed audit by
Drinking Yourself to Death
Jun 18, 2007
Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcoh
Undercover Mother
Jul 23, 2007
Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Sep 24, 2007
Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.
Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth
Oct 1, 2007
Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this
China's Stolen Children
Oct 8, 2007
Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrifi
Abortion: What We Need to Know
Oct 17, 2007
An investigation into abortion; focusing on how new scientific research on foetal pain could cause for a change to current abortion laws.
Searching for Madeleine
Oct 18, 2007
After the disappearance of child, Madeline McCann 168 days ago; Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz to investigate and
Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola
Nov 19, 2007
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how
How Safe Are Your Christmas Toys?
Dec 17, 2007
Deborah Davies reports on potentially dangerous toys that can be bought in the UK. These toys are then safety tested and the findings reported to authorities