Dispatches

Season 2023

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 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 in Chaos
    E2
    Undercover Ambulance: NHS in 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 and the Russian Spy
    E5
    Boris, the Lord and 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.
  • 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
  • The Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children
    E9
    The 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 and Power: China in the UK
    E10
    Secrets and Power: China in the UKAn investigation of China's relationships with the UK and its institutions, including allegations about treatment of dissidents and critics on UK soil.
  • 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 PricesLess costs more in the run-up to Christmas. Harry Wallop investigates Britain's soaring food prices, with budget lines going up the most, while some big brands have increased their profits.

 

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