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Dispatches

Season 2022 2022
TV-PG

  • 2022-01-30T20:00:00Z on Channel 4
  • 45m
  • 15h 45m (21 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

21 episodes

Season Premiere

2022-01-30T20:00:00Z

2022x01 Boris Johnson: Has He Run Out of Road

Season Premiere

2022x01 Boris Johnson: Has He Run Out of Road

  • 2022-01-30T20:00:00Z45m

Is Boris Johnson, the great political survivor, finished? Britain's top political interviewer Andrew Neil has the inside track on the Tories in turmoil.

On the eve of the Winter Olympics, Dispatches investigates allegations of mass surveillance, detention and forced labour in China's north-west.

Travelling with explorer and veteran Levison Wood, former soldier Johnny Mercer meets his Ukrainian MP counterparts and heads to the focus of the conflict in Kyiv.

2022-04-04T19:00:00Z

2022x04 Cadbury Exposed

2022x04 Cadbury Exposed

  • 2022-04-04T19:00:00Z45m

Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply chain.

Morland Sanders reports on the impact of rising gas and electricity bills on households in Britain. The programme examines the reason for the spike in prices, a string of failures among energy companies, and whether the organisation set up to protect consumers has been up to the job.

The shocking truth about the Government's de-radicalisation programme - a broken system where obvious warning signs of extremism are being missed.

Is the next frontier in cyberspace a thrilling alternative world or the new Wild West? Yinka Bokinni goes undercover in virtual reality and is shocked by what she finds.

Undercover reporters investigate the far right's current tactics to gain support in some of the most deprived parts of the country. The programme examines how one organisation has been operating through the pandemic, and whether they interfered in a hard-fought by-election. The programme examines the group's plans for home-schooling, and how they are possibly luring a new generation into their membership.

If the trainer industry was a country, it would be the world's 17th largest polluter - yet major manufacturers all make claims of sustainability. Darcy Thomas travels to the Maldives to assess the ecological impact of the industry, putting the big brands' green credentials to the test.

2022-05-23T19:00:00Z

2022x10 MPs Under Threat

2022x10 MPs Under Threat

  • 2022-05-23T19:00:00Z45m

Newly-elected MP Kim Leadbeater investigates the threats and abuse faced by MPs, and the terrible impact it can have on them, their staff and their families. Dispatches reveals new data on the scale of the problem, including powerful testimony from those on the receiving end.

Is the Met Police force institutionally corrupt? An investigation into whether officers were linked to organised crime, and of murders left unsolved due to corruption.

2022x12 Ukraine: Life Under Attack

  • 2022-06-27T19:00:00Z45m

The story of the battle for Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, told through the eyes of the civilians and emergency workers who bore the brunt of the Russian onslaught. For 10 weeks, a documentary crew followed fireman Roman, as he and his team tried to put out the relentless fires, and paramedics Tatjana and Irina, who attempt to save civilian casualties. Narrated by Cate Blanchett.

A look at the world's forgotten civil war, where over 20,000 people have been reported dead, and thousands are fighting against a military coup that has removed elected government.

2022x14 Airport Chaos Undercover

  • 2022-08-01T19:00:00Z45m

With the summer holidays in full swing, reporter Jane Moore goes undercover in one of Britain's busiest airports, with the truth about delays, cancellations and baggage chaos.

2022x15 Why Is My Car So Expensive?

  • 2022-08-15T19:00:00Z45m

What's the real story behind the soaring cost of new and second-hand cars? As the car industry pulls in huge profits, Dispatches has top tips on how not to get ripped off.

2022x16 Britain's Water Scandal

  • 2022-08-29T19:00:00Z45m

Jimmy Doherty investigates Britain's water companies dumping untreated sewage into our rivers and seas. Why have companies been getting away with it for so long?

As Britain suffers the worst cost of living crisis in 70 years, Citizens Advice opens its doors, offering rare access to the work of its debt advisors. The film follows three stories, including that of a Southend mother-of-two who is coping with a spiralling £20,000 debt accrued from one pay-day loan on top of another, and a single father living with the daily threat of the bailiffs calling.

2022-10-07T19:00:00Z

2022x18 Britain's Evicted Kids

2022x18 Britain's Evicted Kids

  • 2022-10-07T19:00:00Z45m

How, with record-high rents and no social housing available, many parents with young children are facing an uphill battle to find a new place to call home. Bella, aged seven, and her two younger sisters, Nylah and Macie, are being evicted from their two-bed flat in Birmingham - the only home they have ever known. Soon to be homeless, mother Clarissa and partner Theo have no choice but to turn to their local council for help. Over the course of six months, Dispatches follows Bella and her family as they move and move again - spending week after week cooped up in a hotel room. Narrated by Sheridan Smith.

An undercover investigation into Essex Partnership University Trust, where a series of patient deaths over two decades has driven a group of bereaved families to fight for a statutory inquiry into patient safety. Experts who have reviewed the evidence say the behaviour witnessed is abusive and have called for urgent change. At the heart of the programme are the stories of three mothers, all of whom believe their children died needlessly as a result of failings in their care.

2022x20 Trapped, Disabled & Abused

  • 2022-11-07T20:00:00Z45m

Sophie Morgan reports on domestic abuse against disabled people, revealing shocking lack of services for survivors and the huge challenges they face with accessing support. Sophie visits the only refuge run by and for disabled survivors, and talks to frontline professionals, including healthcare workers and police, revealing that more than half wouldn't know which specialist service to refer a disabled person to.

2022-12-07T20:00:00Z

2022x21 Cops In Crisis

2022x21 Cops In Crisis

  • 2022-12-07T20:00:00Z45m

An investigation into the crisis facing British policing due to lack of resources, accusations of serious misconduct and toxic culture. Police forces are experiencing increasing demands with fewer resources leaving victims of crime asking: where are the police? Thousands of crimes in the UK are receiving little or no investigation and cuts to other services are exacerbating the problem leaving pressure on officers continuously rising, impacting mental health and morale within the force. Dispatches also speaks to members of the public who feel let down by the police and feel they’re no longer protected by them, asking the question: is the British policing system fit for purpose?

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