Ken Loach
Director
Dispatches (1987)
1987
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.
Released Oct. 30, 1987
Episode 44 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, News
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Production Companies: ITN Productions, Bigger Bang, Hardcash Productions
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Dispatches
Oct. 30, 1987, midnight
S1E2 - In The Red
Nov. 6, 1987, midnight
S1E3 - AIDS - The Unheard Voices
Nov. 13, 1987, midnight
S1E4 - Divided by Law
Nov. 20, 1987, midnight
S1E5 - Selling the Tunnel
Nov. 27, 1987, midnight
S1E6 - Gunning for Government
Dec. 4, 1987, midnight
S1E7 - Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
Dec. 11, 1987, midnight
S1E8 - Korea: Poverty Prohibited
Dec. 18, 1987, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 16796 min.
Released: Oct. 30, 1987
Last Air Date: Oct. 13, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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