Dispatches

2023

TV-PG
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.

Where to Watch Dispatches • 2023

12 Episodes

  • Strippers, Spies & Russian Money
    E1
    Strippers, Spies & Russian MoneyThe extraordinary story of Russia's covert efforts to corrupt British democracy and politics in the years before invading Ukraine. MI5 declined to comment on the programme for operational reasons.
  • Undercover Ambulance: NHS Chaos
    E2
    Undercover Ambulance: NHS ChaosSecret footage filmed over the winter reveals ambulance workers battling the odds and A&E departments overwhelmed as patients suffer needless harm and death.
  • Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal
    E3
    Locked Away: Our Autism ScandalAutistic patients trapped in mental health units tell their stories, revealing a system of poor treatment, abuse and long stretches inside with their symptoms only getting worse.
  • Britain's Forgotten Pensioners
    E4
    Britain's Forgotten PensionersMore than two million pensioners are living in poverty in the UK. Dispatches follows four older people through the winter as they struggle to make ends meet.
  • Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy
    E5
    Boris, the Lord & the Russian SpyThe full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services
  • Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
    E6
    Sri Lanka's Easter BombingsA Dispatches special reveals shocking new evidence on Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings of 2019. High-placed whistle blowers allege top-level complicity by officials inside the Sri Lankan government.
  • Russell Brand: In Plain Sight
    E7
    Russell Brand: In Plain SightDispatches investigates Russell Brand's treatment of women. The British comedian, television personality and radio talker Russell Brand is accused of abusing women close to him for several years. An investigation by Channel4.
  • Hunting Russia's Lost Boys
    E8
    Hunting Russia's Lost BoysThe intimate, emotional story of the Russian women taking huge risks fighting for the truth about their sons, husbands and brothers missing in Ukraine.
  • Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children
    E9
    Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen ChildrenAlong the dangerous borderlands of war-torn Ukraine, Dispatches follows investigators searching for evidence of the abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian kids.
  • Secrets & Power: China in the UK
    E10
    Secrets & Power: China in the UKDispatches investigates Chinese state interference with UK institutions and repression of dissidents on UK soil. Undercover filming reveals a suspected Chinese spy engaging with a UK-based activist.
  • How Safe Is Your Turkey?
    E11
    How Safe Is Your Turkey?In the run-up to Christmas, nine million turkeys will be sold across Britain. Dispatches investigates food safety concerns at one producer.
  • Less for More: The Truth About Food Prices
    E12
    Less for More: The Truth About Food PricesHarry Wallop investigates Britain's soaring food prices, and how some supermarkets have reacted to protect profits. He discovers how some products have secretly been reformulated, with cheaper ingredients replacing more expensive items.

 

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