Dispatches: 2009
Season 23 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 22.
- 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 23 Progress Shield
Mum, Dad, Alzheimer's & Me
Jan 12, 2009
Journalist Fiona Phillips tells the very personal story of her father's developing Alzheimer's disease, and how it affects him and the family as a whole.
The True Cost of Cheap Food
Jan 22, 2009
After looking at rising prices in The Truth About Food Prices, Rayner now looks at the other end of the scale - the new cheap food ranges and whether they have a true higher cost .
Unseen Gaza
Jan 22, 2009
Jon Snow explores the difficulties faced by news organisations around the world in reporting the conflict in Gaza. Who is getting the true picture of events as they happen?
Too Old to Work
Feb 9, 2009
With the number of unemployed in the UK nudging two million, Dispatches reveals the ageism rife amongst employers and recruitment agencies.
The Big Job Hunt
Feb 16, 2009
An investigation into rising unemployment in the UK and what steps the government are taking to alleviate it.
Confessions of a Nurse
Mar 23, 2009
Following a YouGov report Dispatches takes a candid look at the NHS nursing system - with interviews from nurses and undercover footage.
Rape in the City
Jun 22, 2009
After two recent, high-profile cases in which young women have been attacked and raped by groups of men; Journalist Sorious Samura investigates gang rape in the UK.
Battle Scarred
Sep 7, 2009
Follows the stories of four soldiers returning from the combat zones in the middle-east and the impact it has had on their lives and the people around them.
Cops on the Cheap?
Sep 21, 2009
A look at Police Community Support Officers who patrol the streets and cost the taxpayers millions. This documentary questions if they are good value.