Season guide
Dispatches: Season 5
35 episodes
Premiered Jan 9, 1991
Previously on Dispatches
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Episodes
Episode Guide
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S5·E20
Core
The Arthur Legend
May 22, 1991
Director Ken Loach and reporter-producer Lorraine Heggessey defend miners' leader Arthur Scargill against allegations made by the Daily Mirror and ITV's The Cook Report (1987-98),