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Dispatches

47min

Documentary

News

Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

Production Companies

ITN Productions

Bigger Bang

Hardcash Productions

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Dispatches

1. Dispatches

45min

30th Oct 1987

In The Red

2. In The Red

45min

6th Nov 1987

AIDS - The Unheard Voices

3. AIDS - The Unheard Voices

45min

13th Nov 1987

Divided by Law

4. Divided by Law

45min

20th Nov 1987

Selling the Tunnel

5. Selling the Tunnel

45min

27th Nov 1987

Gunning for Government

6. Gunning for Government

45min

4th Dec 1987

Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

7. Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

45min

11th Dec 1987

Korea: Poverty Prohibited

8. Korea: Poverty Prohibited

45min

18th Dec 1987

First air date

30th Oct 1987

Last air date

3rd Apr 2025

Status

Returning Series

Type

News

Original language

en

Networks