Dispatches

2023

2023 · 12 episodes · 6h 40m in all

Episodes

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   1. Strippers, Spies & Russian Money

   12 Feb 2023 · 47 min

   The extraordinary story of Russia's covert efforts to corrupt British democracy and politics in the years before invading Ukraine. MI5 declined to comment on the programme for operational reasons.

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   2. Undercover Ambulance: NHS Chaos

   9 Mar 2023 · 47 min

   Secret footage filmed over the winter reveals ambulance workers battling the odds and A&E departments overwhelmed as patients suffer needless harm and death.

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   3. Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal

   24 Mar 2023 · 26 min

   Autistic patients trapped in mental health units tell their stories, revealing a system of poor treatment, abuse and long stretches inside with their symptoms only getting worse.

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   4. Britain's Forgotten Pensioners

   7 Jun 2023 · 47 min

   More than two million pensioners are living in poverty in the UK. Dispatches follows four older people through the winter as they struggle to make ends meet.

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   5. Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy

   27 Jun 2023 · 48 min

   The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services

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   6. Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings

   5 Sept 2023 · 47 min

   A Dispatches special reveals shocking new evidence on Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings of 2019. High-placed whistle blowers allege top-level complicity by officials inside the Sri Lankan government.

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   7. Russell Brand: In Plain Sight

   16 Sept 2023 · 78 min

   Dispatches investigates Russell Brand's treatment of women. The British comedian, television personality and radio talker Russell Brand is accused of abusing women close to him for several years. An investigation by Channel4.

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   8. Hunting Russia's Lost Boys

   12 Nov 2023 · 60 min

   The intimate, emotional story of the Russian women taking huge risks fighting for the truth about their sons, husbands and brothers missing in Ukraine.

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   9. Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children

   13 Nov 2023

   Along the dangerous borderlands of war-torn Ukraine, Dispatches follows investigators searching for evidence of the abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian kids.

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    10. Secrets & Power: China in the UK

    29 Nov 2023

    Dispatches investigates Chinese state interference with UK institutions and repression of dissidents on UK soil. Undercover filming reveals a suspected Chinese spy engaging with a UK-based activist.

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    11. How Safe Is Your Turkey?

    8 Dec 2023

    In the run-up to Christmas, nine million turkeys will be sold across Britain. Dispatches investigates food safety concerns at one producer.

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    12. Less for More: The Truth About Food Prices

    12 Dec 2023

    Harry Wallop investigates Britain's soaring food prices, and how some supermarkets have reacted to protect profits. He discovers how some products have secretly been reformulated, with cheaper ingredients replacing more expensive items.