Dispatches

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1987-10-30

Last Air Date: 2025-04-03

Number of Seasons: 39

Number of Episodes: 384

Networks: Channel 4

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Top Cast

David Harewood as Narrator
Ghislaine Maxwell as Self
Lady Victoria Hervey as Self
Courtney Powell as Self
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor as Self
Conchita Sarnoff as Self
Annette Witheridge as Self
Theresa May as Self (archive footage)
Melania Trump as Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)

Seasons

1987 (1987) - (8 Episodes)

1988 (1988) - (34 Episodes)

1989 (1989) - (39 Episodes)

1990 (1990) - (39 Episodes)

1991 (1991) - (35 Episodes)

1992 (1992) - (34 Episodes)

1994 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

1998 (1998) - (1 Episodes)

2006 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

2007 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

2010 (Unknown Year) - (2 Episodes)

2012 (2012) - (1 Episodes)

2015 (2015) - (23 Episodes)

2016 (2016) - (28 Episodes)

2017 (2017) - (28 Episodes)

2018 (2018) - (26 Episodes)

2019 (2019) - (28 Episodes)

2020 (2020) - (10 Episodes)

2021 (2021) - (1 Episodes)

2022 (2022) - (21 Episodes)

2023 (2023) - (8 Episodes)

2024 (2024) - (13 Episodes)

2025 (2025) - (3 Episodes)

1987 (1987)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Dispatches (1987-10-30)

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Ep. 2: In The Red (1987-11-06)

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Ep. 3: AIDS - The Unheard Voices (1987-11-13)

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Ep. 4: Divided by Law (1987-11-20)

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Ep. 5: Selling the Tunnel (1987-11-27)

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Ep. 6: Gunning for Government (1987-12-04)

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Ep. 7: Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net (1987-12-11)

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Ep. 8: Korea: Poverty Prohibited (1987-12-18)

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