About this season
Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
Episodes (28)
1. The Force is Not with You
Aired 15 January 1998
2. The Contamination Trail
Aired 22 January 1998
3. Too Much Too Young
Aired 29 January 1998
4. Something in the Air
Aired 5 February 1998
5. Saddam's Secret Time Bomb
Aired 23 February 1998
6. Judgement for Louise
Aired 5 March 1998
Journalist David Jessel and producer Steve Haywood from the acclaimed Trial and Error (1992) come to Dispatches to examine doubts about the safety of the conviction of nanny Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care.
7. Trust Me I'm a Doctor
Aired 12 March 1998
8. Inspecting the Inspectors
Aired 19 March 1998
9. Golf Lima Foxtrot
Aired 26 March 1998
GLF is police jargon for "Go Like F***". But does such light-hearted jocularity betray a lack of serious regard for the potential dangers to the public of cops' ability to break the rules of the road when performing high-speed pursuits?
10. Granny's Having a Baby
Aired 2 April 1998
11. The war Business
Aired 9 April 1998 • 60 min
Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.
12. Men Behaving Badly: Part 1
Aired 16 April 1998
13. Men Behaving Badly: Part 2
Aired 23 April 1998
14. Apartheid's Children
Aired 30 April 1998
15. Secrets of the Gaul - Update
Aired 21 May 1998
16. Supertouts
Aired 28 May 1998
17. The Accident
Aired 4 June 1998
Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.
18. Death in Room 602
Aired 7 June 1998
20. Sidney Cooke
Aired 29 October 1998
21. Sidney Cooke Update
Aired 30 October 1998
22. The Killer in Our Taps
Aired 5 November 1998
23. Now One is 50
Aired 12 November 1998
24. Teenage Gang Rape
Aired 19 November 1998
25. Dispatches Discussion
Aired 20 November 1998
26. Hidden Killer
Aired 26 November 1998
27. Law and Disorder
Aired 3 December 1998
28. Inside the ALF
Aired 10 December 1998
29. The Lockerbie Trail
Aired 17 December 1998