Dispatches — Season 30

Aired 1 February 2016 • 45 min

Morland Sanders presents an undercover report into parcel delivery companies where missing items, broken gifts and late deliveries are all becoming a growing problem.

Aired 8 February 2016 • 45 min

Actor Greg Wise secretly records his meetings with tax planners, who reveal to him a range of legal tax avoidance schemes that are available to the rich and famous.

Aired 15 February 2016 • 45 min

Demand for ambulance services are at an all-time high and many trusts are struggling to meet response time targets. Morland Sanders investigates why there is such a demand and what can be done to meet it.

Aired 22 February 2016 • 45 min

People are breathing in more harmful pollutants than official figures suggest. Morland Sanders uses high-tech monitoring equipment to identify hidden pollution hot-spots and talks to experts about the effect this is having.

Aired 29 February 2016 • 45 min

Aired 7 March 2016 • 45 min

The Government plans to extend the right-to-buy scheme to housing association tenants, Antony Barnett looks at who will be the winners and losers. Includes undercover filming at one of the property companies hoping to benefit.

Aired 14 March 2016 • 45 min

Antony Barnett reports on the rogue private landlords who are exploiting the housing benefit system by renting out sub-standard accommodation to tenants in receipt of the benefit, often putting lives at risk.

Aired 21 March 2016 • 45 min

6 years ago British confectioner Cadbury was taken over by the U.S. food giant Kraft in one of the most talked about takeovers of recent years. Harry Wallop reports on the controversies that have plagued the company since then.

Aired 4 April 2016 • 45 min

Dispatches goes undercover to examine the level of care that some of Britain's most vulnerable pensioners receive from a home care industry under pressure from rising costs and cuts to budgets.

Aired 11 April 2016 • 45 min

Former Paralympian Ade Adepitan reports on the row over welfare cuts that has rocked the Government and prompted Iain Duncan Smith to resign as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Aired 18 April 2016 • 45 min

Simon Cox investigates the UK trade in antiquities that have been looted from areas under the control of ISIS, examining this lucrative business and testing the laws designed to regulate it.

Aired 25 April 2016 • 45 min

Harry Wallop presents an undercover report revealing the secrets of one of the major players in the travel industry. Dispatches asks if really low fares are all that they seem and the best deal for passengers.

Aired 26 May 2016 • 45 min

Dispatches goes undercover inside Birmingham City Council's Children's Services Department, Britain's largest, which was described in 2013 by Ofsted's Chief Inspector as a national disgrace.

Aired 4 July 2016 • 45 min

Morland Sanders investigates the new National Living Wage. Despite only being introduced in April 2016 it has already caused controversy amid reports that employers are cutting other staff benefits.

Aired 11 July 2016 • 45 min

Seyi Rhodes investigates the alarming rise in the number of hate crimes being reported in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, containing shocking footage of abuse and attacks.

Aired 18 July 2016 • 45 min

Reporter Shaunagh Connaire investigates the increasing pressures on the UK pension industry post-Brexit and asks if more companies will find themselves struggling to meet their pension commitments.

Aired 25 July 2016 • 45 min

Antony Barnett investigates the Government push to massively expand the academy school system, discovering the large salaries and extremely generous expenses and perks some staff receive.

Aired 1 August 2016 • 45 min

Morland Sanders investigates whether manufacturers and testers can be trusted over car safety and examines if more could be done to protect drivers and passengers.

Aired 1 August 2016 • 45 min

Morland Sanders asks who will take Britain's low-skilled jobs - picking food, cleaning toilets and packing parcels if EU workers are no longer plentiful and looks into reports of a shadowy North Korean workforce in Europe.

Aired 15 August 2016 • 45 min

Harry Wallop investigates the housing shortage in Britain and in particular the Government sell-off of state-owned land to build housing on. He discovers that the land was undersold and few houses built on it.

Aired 19 September 2016 • 45 min

Antony Barnett investigates the current state of the Labour Party in the run-up to the result of the leadership contest. He also investigates Momentum and those seeking to influence the party.

Aired 5 October 2016 • 45 min

Dispatches investigates the anti-abortion movement in the UK

Aired 10 October 2016 • 45 min

The increasing wealth gap between the young and the old has become one of the defining features of our times. Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine, reveals the extent of the gap and its causes.

Aired 17 October 2016 • 45 min

The Government promised to fix so-called "Neighbours From Hell" with it's new Troubled Families Programme. Morland Sanders investigates if the scheme has really worked, meeting families that say it has had little impact.

Aired 24 October 2016 • 45 min

From online shopping to contactless payment, it has never been easier to spend money. Reporter Morland Sanders meets those struggling to control their spending habits and the companies profiting from those debts.

Aired 31 October 2016 • 45 min

British men are the fattest in Europe, British women the second fattest and our children are getting fatter, younger. Antony Barnett investigates why the Government's plans to tackle childhood obesity seem to have been watered down.

Aired 7 November 2016 • 45 min

A shortage of housing in Britain has left many struggling to get onto the property ladder. Councils have granted planning permission to big building companies, so why are so few new houses being built? Dispatches investigates.

Aired 14 November 2016 • 45 min

Channel 4 Dispatches Editor George Waldrum has commissioned a Dispatches special from ITN Productions in response to the results of the US General Election - The World According to President Trump. What will a President Trump really do? Will he really ban all Muslims? Build a wall? Pal up to Putin? Smash Isis? How scared should we be? Will he back down from his campaign pledges? In this special film, Matt Frei speaks to those who know and attempts to get to the bottom of Trump's policies and future agenda as President of the United States. Commissioning editor George Waldrum says, "We have never seen anything like it before, or possibly ever will again. The controversy surrounding the election has been remarkable and it is a great opportunity to continue the coverage and analysis on Channel 4. Matt Frei has been at the heart of the election coverage and can provide great insight into the aftermath of the election."