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 (42)
1. Fighting the Taliban
Aired 8 January 2007
2. Meeting the Taliban
Aired 11 January 2007
3. Undercover Mosque
Aired 15 January 2007 âą 45 min
Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The investigation reveals Saudi Arabian universities are recruiting young Western Muslims to train them in their extreme theology, then sending them back to the West to spread the word.
4. Labour's Gambling Addiction
Aired 22 January 2007
5. Iraq's Death Squads
Aired 29 January 2007
6. At Home with the Terror Suspects
Aired 5 February 2007
7. The Supermarket That's Eating Britain
Aired 19 February 2007
8. NHS: Where Did All the Money Go?
Aired 26 February 2007
9. Greenwash
Aired 5 March 2007
The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Dispatches reports. The expert-reviewed audit by the UCL Environment Institute is the first comprehensive investigation into the real impact of the Government's carbon-cutting policies across all government departments mandated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions
10. Charles: The Meddling Prince
Aired 12 March 2007
11. When Did You Last Beat Your Wife?
Aired 19 March 2007
12. Cameron- Toff at the Top
Aired 26 March 2007
13. Undercover Prisoner
Aired 2 April 2007
14. Murdering the Truth
Aired 16 April 2007
15. Between the Mullahs and The Military
Aired 23 April 2007
16. The Indian Miracle?
Aired 30 April 2007
17. Gordon Brown: Fit for Office?
Aired 14 May 2007
18. Afghanistan Unveiled
Aired 17 May 2007
19. Bin Wars
Aired 24 May 2007
20. Kidnapped to Order
Aired 11 June 2007
21. Drinking Yourself to Death
Aired 18 June 2007
Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcohol is one of the causes for an increase in alcohol consumption.
22. The Man Who Lost Himself
Aired 25 June 2007
23. The War on Britain's Jews
Aired 9 July 2007
24. Great Green Smokescreen
Aired 16 July 2007
25. Undercover Mother
Aired 23 July 2007
Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.
26. Britain's Bad Housing
Aired 30 July 2007
27. Britain Under Attack
Aired 6 August 2007
28. The Olympic Cash Machine
Aired 10 September 2007
29. Unholy War (II)
Aired 17 September 2007
30. Nice Work If You Can Get It
Aired 24 September 2007
Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.
31. Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth
Aired 1 October 2007
Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this with the perception of immigrants and political and media issues.
32. China's Stolen Children
Aired 8 October 2007
Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrific side effect of a boom in stolen children. With extraordinary access to devastated parents desperately searching for their stolen son; a man who brokers the deals and has sold his own offspring; and prospective parents grappling with giving up their soon-to-be-born daughter through lack of options, we are brought face to face with the crisis that such a stringent government policy has created among China's poorest people
33. Abortion: What We Need to Know
Aired 17 October 2007
An investigation into abortion; focusing on how new scientific research on foetal pain could cause for a change to current abortion laws.
34. Searching for Madeleine
Aired 18 October 2007
After the disappearance of child, Madeline McCann 168 days ago; Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz to investigate and assess the situation.
35. Why Our Children Can't Read
Aired 22 October 2007
36. How to Get Ahead in Africa
Aired 29 October 2007
37. The Housing Trap
Aired 5 November 2007
38. Bottleneck Britain
Aired 12 November 2007
39. Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola
Aired 19 November 2007
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how Coca-Cola respond to these allegations.
40. Britain Under Water
Aired 3 December 2007
41. Christmas Credit Crisis
Aired 10 December 2007
42. How Safe Are Your Christmas Toys?
Aired 17 December 2007
Deborah Davies reports on potentially dangerous toys that can be bought in the UK. These toys are then safety tested and the findings reported to authorities