Dispatches
1987 · 40 seasons · 1029 episodes · Returning Series · Channel 4
Documentary, News
TMDB 6.5 · 13 votes
An in-depth look at news stories. Documentaries that take you behind the scenes giving an insight into people's lives or institutions.
Episodes
- S01E01The Plutonium Black Market1987-10-3045m
Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
- S01E02In The Red1987-11-0645m
Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
- S01E03AIDS - The Unheard Voices1987-11-1345m
The 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.
- S01E04Divided by Law1987-11-2045m
Explains 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.
- S01E05Selling the Tunnel1987-11-2745m
TVS'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.
- S01E06Gunning for Government1987-12-0445m
The undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.
- S01E07Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net1987-12-1145m
4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mother Pauline Carlile was jailed 12 years for cruelty.
- S01E08Korea: Poverty Prohibited1987-12-1845m
In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.
