Dispatches

Season 1987

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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.

Where to Watch Season 1987

8 Episodes

  • The Plutonium Black Market
    E1
    The Plutonium Black MarketFirst in a new series of weekly documentary reports. this week, the black market in weapons grade ureanium operated from Khartoum.
  • In The Red
    E2
    In The RedInvestigation of the alledged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
  • AIDS - The Unheard Voices
    E3
    AIDS - The Unheard VoicesThe 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.
  • Divided by Law
    E4
    Divided by LawExplains 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. Includes an interview with Timothy Renton, Minister of State at the Home Office, and talks to Asian immigrants wanting to bring their families to join them in the UK.
  • Selling the Tunnel
    E5
    Selling the TunnelTVS'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. Includes an interview with Robert Maxwell who invested £37 million.
  • Gunning for Government
    E6
    Gunning for GovernmentThe undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.
  • Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
    E7
    Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the NetRehearsed `All-Star' cast reading some of the evidence from the inquiry into the death of four-year-old Kimberley Carlile. Louis Blom-Cooper QC is interviewed by Anna Ford.
  • Korea: Poverty Prohibited
    E8
    Korea: Poverty ProhibitedInvestigation into the democratic government of South Korea which selectively ignores the tragic plight of its urban poverty by evicting them forcibly to make way for up market apartment blocks. Includes an interview with Jesuit priest Father John Daly.

 

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