Dispatches

TV-PG1987•6.5/10

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6.5/10(13)

Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

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Production

ITN Productions, Bigger Bang, Hardcash Productions

Language

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

October 30, 1987

Last Aired

February 9, 2026

Networks

Channel 4

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

The Plutonium Black Market

Air date: 1987-10-30

Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.

In The Red

Air date: 1987-11-06

Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.

AIDS - The Unheard Voices

Air date: 1987-11-13

The program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those diagnosed as H.I.V. positive.

Divided by Law

Air date: 1987-11-20

Explains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that the government has delayed progress pending on legislation.

Selling the Tunnel

Air date: 1987-11-27

TVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the public to back the issue of shares and raise capital.

Gunning for Government

Air date: 1987-12-04

The undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.

Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

Air date: 1987-12-11

4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mother Pauline Carlile was jailed 12 years for cruelty.

Korea: Poverty Prohibited

Air date: 1987-12-18

In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.