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Dispatches

Dispatches

TV-PG1987•6.7/10
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6.7/10(12)

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

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

October 30, 1987

Last Aired

February 9, 2026

Networks

Channel 4

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
The Plutonium Black Market
Air date: 1987-10-30
Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
E2
In The Red
Air date: 1987-11-06
Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
E3
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.
E4
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.
E5
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.
E6
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.
E7
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.
E8
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.

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