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Dispatches1989

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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 • 1989

39 Episodes

  • Return to Year Zero?
    A1
    Return to Year Zero?Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
  • Gorbachev's Asylums
    A2
    Gorbachev's AsylumsDocumentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
  • Cooking the Books
    A3
    Cooking the BooksInvestigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
  • The Spy Who Broke the Code
    A4
    The Spy Who Broke the CodeDocumentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
  • Buckets of Money
    A5
    Buckets of MoneyDocumentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
  • The Copper Seven Story
    A6
    The Copper Seven StoryDocumentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.
  • Afghan
    A7
    AfghanA four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
  • The Toxic Trail
    A8
    The Toxic TrailDocumentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.
  • The Case of 'F'
    A9
    The Case of 'F'
  • The Return of the Death Squads
    A10
    The Return of the Death Squads
  • Burma - Dying for Democracy
    A11
    Burma - Dying for Democracy
  • Voices From Long Larten
    A12
    Voices From Long Larten
  • Young, Homeless and Broke
    A13
    Young, Homeless and Broke
  • Chico
    A14
    ChicoA documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
  • Carry on Flying
    A15
    Carry on Flying
  • The Most Neglected Crime
    A16
    The Most Neglected CrimeFour out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.
  • Dispatches (26/04/1989)
    A17
    Dispatches (26/04/1989)
  • A Suitable Case for Treatment
    A18
    A Suitable Case for Treatment
  • The Sins of the Fathers
    A19
    The Sins of the Fathers
  • Not What the Doctor Ordered
    A20
    Not What the Doctor OrderedFeaturing David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
  • Warlord of Kayan
    A21
    Warlord of Kayan
  • The Ultimate Blasphemy
    A22
    The Ultimate Blasphemy
  • Fit as a Fiddle
    A23
    Fit as a Fiddle
  • Empire of the Sun
    A24
    Empire of the Sun
  • Year of the Locust
    A25
    Year of the Locust
  • A State of Decay
    A26
    A State of Decay
  • Terror Island
    A27
    Terror Island
  • The Spanish Connection
    A28
    The Spanish Connection
  • The Day of the Technopath
    A29
    The Day of the Technopath
  • No, Prime Minister
    A30
    No, Prime Minister
  • The Undoing of Edwina
    A31
    The Undoing of Edwina
  • Mission Impossible
    A32
    Mission Impossible
  • In the Coal Hole
    A33
    In the Coal Hole
  • The False Confession File
    A34
    The False Confession File
  • Hungarians Not Comrades
    A35
    Hungarians Not ComradesDocumentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
  • Twelve Days in November
    A36
    Twelve Days in NovemberDocumentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
  • Licence to Kill
    A37
    Licence to Kill
  • Privatising Poland
    A38
    Privatising Poland
  • Road to Damascus
    A39
    Road to Damascus

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