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Dispatches1988

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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 • 1988

34 Episodes

  • The Miner's Debate
    E1
    The Miner's DebateA question of concern, doubt and safety of mine workers from around Britain.
  • Waiting for the Consultant
    E2
    Waiting for the ConsultantDocumentary report which looks at the suitability of doctors' work practices to the needs of the modern National Health Service.
  • Danger! Men at Work
    E3
    Danger! Men at WorkAn investigation over sexual harassment at work, the women behind it and what had been done to justify as a court offense.
  • Interview with John Stalker
    E4
    Interview with John StalkerInterview with John Stalker who recently resigned as Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester. He was removed from an investigation of police and army tactics in Northern Ireland, and has now written a book about his experiences.
  • Iran: A Widening Gulf
    E5
    Iran: A Widening GulfTim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state.
  • Palau: Paradise Lost
    E6
    Palau: Paradise LostDocumentary report on US policies in the Pacific island of Palau and the seeking of an agreement with the islanders, despite their non-nuclear constitution, to bring nuclear weapons to the island.
  • Working for Welfare
    E7
    Working for WelfareReport on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare
  • Radioactive Britain
    E8
    Radioactive BritainA report on the Radioactive Substances Act, which permits over 7000 premises throughout Britain to handle radioactive material.
  • The Lobby
    E9
    The LobbyInvestigation in to the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as "The Lobby", in the United States.
  • Charity Fraud
    E10
    Charity FraudReport into a number of case histories of alleged charity fraud, which leads to an examination of the loopholes in existing charity laws.
  • Single Union Deals With Employers
    E11
    Single Union Deals With EmployersDocumentary about how the big unions present themselves to potential new employers in contests to sign single-union deals.
  • Cuba From Inside
    E12
    Cuba From InsideA report on human rights in Cuba
  • Talking to the Terrorists
    E13
    Talking to the TerroristsDocumentary report in which former members of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, talk about their pasts and their hopes for an amnesty which will let them back into society.
  • Cancer Research
    E14
    Cancer ResearchA look at cancer research, and the lack of evidence that there has been much progress over the last 50-60 years. Some researchers think that there is no cure in sight. Why is so little research done into cancer prevention?
  • Freemasonry
    E15
    FreemasonryThe Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time.
  • The P.L.O.
    E16
    The P.L.O.
  • War in the Desert
    E17
    War in the DesertThe first documentary about a war that has been going on for 13 years in the Sahara Desert between Morocco and a rebel army known as the Polisario.
  • NATO's Nuclear Programme
    E18
    NATO's Nuclear ProgrammeDocumentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO.
  • Illegal Betting
    E19
    Illegal BettingDocumentary report about illegal gambling, worth £400-600 million annually. Hidden cameras are used in pubs and clubs from London to Liverpool.
  • What's Best for the Children? : Coventry
    E20
    What's Best for the Children? : CoventryDocumentary about a model system in Coventry which has been set up to deal with child abuse, and which it is hoped will avoid most of the problems that occurred in Cleveland.
  • The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines
    E21
    The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The PhilippinesDocumentary made by Nick Downie about the time he spent with the Philippine Communist guerrillas, the New People's Army.
  • Milky Business
    E22
    Milky Business
  • The Hashish Connection
    E23
    The Hashish ConnectionDocumentary filmed in the Bekaa valley about Lebanon's powerful drug clans.
  • Disciples of Chaos
    E24
    Disciples of ChaosDocumentary report about the National Front, which will be 21 years old this year. They now work mostly underground as a subversive organization. Also reports on Roberto Fiore in Italy.
  • Trouble on the Waterfront
    E25
    Trouble on the WaterfrontPort employers and the government want to scrap the Dock Labour Scheme, but there is great opposition amongst dockers.
  • The Two State Solution
    E26
    The Two State SolutionDocumentary report on the attitudes of Israelis and Palestinians to the future of the occupied territories. A look at the idea of forming two separate states, however, people on both sides are opposed to this.
  • Turkey: Trading with Torture
    E27
    Turkey: Trading with TortureDocumentary report on the continued use of torture in Turkey, despite its desire to join the EEC, which bans such practices. Includes graphic personal accounts.
  • Exporting High Technology from West to East
    E28
    Exporting High Technology from West to EastDocumentary report about the measures taken by the United States to ensure that their high technology is not exported to the Soviet bloc.
  • Tibet - A Case to Answer
    E29
    Tibet - A Case to AnswerDocumentary examining the destruction of the landscape, and the rights and religion of the people of Tibet, which has been ruled by the Chinese for 40 years.
  • The Day the Dream Died
    E30
    The Day the Dream Died25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following still unanswered questions: 1) Our evidence points to an inescapable conclusion - this casket is empty. The question is, why? 2) Lyndon B. Johnson - what did this man stand to gain from the death of President Kennedy? 3) Who was this man [at the scene]? 4) Why did all these witnesses have to die? 5) Why was Lee Harvey Oswald arrested so quickly? 6) Who set Jack Ruby up to kill Oswald? 7) Why was it necessary to alter Kennedy's body before the official autopsy in Washington? 8) Why did the Dallas doctors change their testimony the very next day? 9) Why was Kennedy's brain missing at the autopsy in Washington? 10) Why did the Warren commission deceive the world?
  • The Winds of Death
    E31
    The Winds of DeathDocumentary report on the Iraqi army's poison gas attacks on Kurdish villagers
  • The Battle for Stone Bassett
    E32
    The Battle for Stone BassettDocumentary investigation into the controversy surrounding the plan to build a new 6000 houses town, Stone Bassett, in rural Oxfordshire.
  • The Countertraders
    E33
    The CountertradersDocumentary examination of the growth of "Countertrade" deals - compensatory agreements made between a government and a foreign company to offset the effects of placing an order overseas.
  • A Very Polish Secret
    E34
    A Very Polish SecretDocumentary about the previously untold story of a 1945 massacre of Polish partisans by Russian troupes and pro-Russian Polish security forces.

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