Dispatches (1987)

Name: Dispatches
Rating: 6.7

Rating: 6.7

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

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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
Martin McGuinness as N/A

Seasons

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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.