Ken Loach
Director
Dispatches (1987)
2020
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
S34E1 - The Secrets of Big Tobacco: Has Philip Morris International Really Given Up Smoking?
Feb. 24, 2020, midnight
S34E2 - Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee
March 2, 2020, midnight
S34E3 - Celebs for Sale: The Great Charity Scandal
March 9, 2020, midnight
S34E4 - Britain's Train Hell
March 16, 2020, midnight
S34E5 - Sex, Money & Power: The Dirty Secrets of Davos
March 23, 2020, midnight
S34E6 - Coronavirus: Can Our NHS Cope?
March 30, 2020, midnight
S34E7 - Coronavirus: How Britain is Changing
April 8, 2020, midnight
S34E8 - The Truth About Traveller Crime
Anja Popp goes in search of the truth about crimes linked to traveller sites. She talks to members of the public who have experienced crime waves and intimidation, goes out on patrol with police dealing with rural incidents and hears from travellers and their advocates, who say they suffer prejudice and attack.
April 16, 2020, midnight
S34E9 - Britain's Coronavirus Catastrophe
With Britain's Covid death rate one of the world's highest, Antony Barnett examines the evidence and asks did the government get it wrong?
June 3, 2020, midnight
S34E10 - Dirty Secrets of American Food: Coming to a Supermarket Near You?
Morland Sanders investigates the American food that could be coming to Britain soon as part of a post-Brexit trade deal. with exclusive lab results revealing levels of dangerous bacteria on US supermarket meat. He looks at the widespread use of pesticides and hormones currently banned in the UK, and uncovers animal welfare concerns and declining hygiene standards in American food production, as well as fears the deal could harm the British farming industry.
Oct. 12, 2020, 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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