Dispatches

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1987-10-30

Last Air Date: 2026-02-09

Number of Seasons: 40

Number of Episodes: 1026

Networks: Channel 4

View Technical Specifications on IMDb

Top Cast

Jane Moore as N/A
Arthur Scargill as N/A
Ken Livingstone as N/A
Deborah Davies as N/A
Saira Shah as N/A
Jon Snow as N/A
Gerry Adams as N/A
Margaret Thatcher as N/A
David Canter as N/A
Nick Raynsford as N/A

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)

1993 (1993) - (34 Episodes)

1994 (1994) - (34 Episodes)

1995 (1995) - (26 Episodes)

1996 (1996) - (30 Episodes)

1997 (1997) - (24 Episodes)

1998 (1998) - (28 Episodes)

1999 (1999) - (27 Episodes)

2000 (2000) - (20 Episodes)

2001 (2001) - (10 Episodes)

2002 (2002) - (10 Episodes)

2003 (2003) - (10 Episodes)

2004 (2004) - (10 Episodes)

2005 (2005) - (28 Episodes)

2006 (2006) - (26 Episodes)

2007 (2007) - (42 Episodes)

2008 (2008) - (41 Episodes)

2009 (2009) - (38 Episodes)

2010 (2010) - (33 Episodes)

2011 (2011) - (30 Episodes)

2012 (2012) - (30 Episodes)

2013 (2013) - (38 Episodes)

2014 (2014) - (30 Episodes)

2015 (2015) - (28 Episodes)

2016 (2016) - (28 Episodes)

2017 (2017) - (29 Episodes)

2018 (2018) - (26 Episodes)

2019 (2019) - (29 Episodes)

2020 (2020) - (18 Episodes)

2021 (2021) - (23 Episodes)

2022 (2022) - (21 Episodes)

2023 (2023) - (12 Episodes)

2024 (2024) - (13 Episodes)

2025 (2025) - (10 Episodes)

2026 (2026) - (1 Episodes)

1987 (1987)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Plutonium Black Market (1987-10-30)

Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
Ep. 2: In The Red (1987-11-06)

Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
Ep. 3: AIDS - The Unheard Voices (1987-11-13)

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

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

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

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

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

In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.