Episodes
- 1
1. Return to Year Zero?
4 Jan 1989 · 45 min
Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
- 2
2. Gorbachev's Asylums
11 Jan 1989 · 45 min
Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
- 3
3. Cooking the Books
18 Jan 1989 · 45 min
Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
- 4
4. The Spy Who Broke the Code
25 Jan 1989 · 45 min
Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
- 5
5. Buckets of Money
1 Feb 1989 · 45 min
Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
- 6
6. The Copper Seven Story
8 Feb 1989 · 45 min
Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.
- 7
7. Afghan
15 Feb 1989 · 45 min
A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
- 8
8. The Toxic Trail
22 Feb 1989 · 45 min
Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.
- 9
9. The Case of 'F'
1 Mar 1989 · 45 min
- 10
10. The Return of the Death Squads
8 Mar 1989 · 45 min
- 11
11. Burma - Dying for Democracy
15 Mar 1989 · 45 min
- 12
12. Voices From Long Larten
22 Mar 1989 · 45 min
- 13
13. Young, Homeless and Broke
29 Mar 1989 · 45 min
- 14
14. Chico
5 Apr 1989 · 45 min
A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
- 15
15. Carry on Flying
12 Apr 1989 · 45 min
- 16
16. The Most Neglected Crime
19 Apr 1989 · 45 min
Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.
- 17
17. Dispatches (26/04/1989)
26 Apr 1989 · 45 min
- 18
18. A Suitable Case for Treatment
3 May 1989 · 45 min
- 19
19. The Sins of the Fathers
10 May 1989 · 45 min
- 20
20. Not What the Doctor Ordered
17 May 1989 · 45 min
Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
- 21
21. Warlord of Kayan
24 May 1989 · 45 min
- 22
22. The Ultimate Blasphemy
31 May 1989 · 45 min
- 23
23. Fit as a Fiddle
7 Jun 1989 · 45 min
- 24
24. Empire of the Sun
14 Jun 1989 · 45 min
- 25
25. Year of the Locust
21 Jun 1989 · 45 min
- 26
26. A State of Decay
28 Jun 1989 · 45 min
- 27
27. Terror Island
5 Jul 1989 · 45 min
- 28
28. The Spanish Connection
4 Oct 1989 · 45 min
- 29
29. The Day of the Technopath
11 Oct 1989 · 45 min
- 30
30. No, Prime Minister
18 Oct 1989 · 45 min
- 31
31. The Undoing of Edwina
25 Oct 1989 · 45 min
- 32
32. Mission Impossible
1 Nov 1989 · 45 min
- 33
33. In the Coal Hole
8 Nov 1989 · 45 min
- 34
34. The False Confession File
15 Nov 1989 · 45 min
- 35
35. Hungarians Not Comrades
22 Nov 1989 · 45 min
Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
- 36
36. Twelve Days in November
29 Nov 1989 · 45 min
Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
- 37
37. Licence to Kill
6 Dec 1989 · 45 min
- 38
38. Privatising Poland
13 Dec 1989 · 45 min
- 39
39. Road to Damascus
20 Dec 1989 · 45 min
Dispatches 1989: quick answers
How many episodes are in Dispatches 1989?
1989 of Dispatches has 39 episodes, about 29 hours in total.
When did Dispatches 1989 come out?
1989 premiered on 4 Jan 1989.