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Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
In Britain, 4.1 million children are growing up in poverty. Dispatches follows three families to show what life is like if there's not enough money for life's essentials.
02-12-2019
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Born Homeless
Dispatches explores the issue of pregnant women who find themselves with no place to call home, and conducts an exclusive survey of midwives to get a sense of the scale of the p ...
18-11-2019
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The Secrets Of Amazon
Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world - one in three online purchases are made through its site. Dispatches reporter Sophie Morgan investigates its unstoppable growth.
11-11-2019
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Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain
Dispatches examines the influence of Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne, controversial advisors to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. Are they driven by party politics or their own ...
04-11-2019
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Trump's Plan For The Nhs
Antony Barnett investigates how a trade deal with America might leave the NHS footing a bill for billions, meaning less money for our healthcare
28-10-2019
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The Prince & The Paedophile
Dispatches investigates the friendship between Prince Andrew and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, as the Prince stands accused of sleeping with a 17-year-old girl supplied by the inv ...
21-10-2019
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Sex, Drugs And Murder
A Dispatches investigation into the epidemic use of the drug GHB in the gay community, where users are vulnerable to overdosing and sexual abuse
08-09-2019
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Young, British And Depressed
Reporter Sanah Ahsan explores Britain's youth depression crisis, to find out what's fuelling it and to examine what treatment is available for young people
29-07-2019
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£2 Million Passport - Welcome To Britain
Reporter Antony Barnett investigates the 'golden visa' scheme, which offers British residency to wealthy foreign nationals
22-07-2019
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Britain's New Build Scandal
Reporter Liam Halligan investigates allegations of shoddy standards, poor customer care and excessive profits at Britain's second biggest - and most profitable - builder, Persimmon
15-07-2019
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Battle For The Tory Party
As Conservative Party members choose our next PM, who else is looking to shape Conservative priorities behind the scenes, and what do they stand to gain?
08-07-2019
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Officer Down - Police Under Attack
Former police officer Dan Clark-Neal investigates what's behind rising numbers of assaults on police officers
01-07-2019
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Britain's Breast Implant Scandal
Reporter Abbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women sick - or, worse still, causing cancer
24-06-2019
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How Safe Are Your Medicines?
A major investigation for Dispatches reveals how thousands of unsafe medicines used to treat conditions like prostate cancer, schizophrenia and epilepsy were dispensed to NHS pa ...
17-06-2019
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Britain's Toxic Air Scandal
Dispatches runs a world-first experiment to reduce hundreds of primary school children's exposure to toxic air, and discovers that unidentified toxins are coming off every vehic ...
10-06-2019
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The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken
Dispatches goes undercover in a major US poultry processing plant to investigate chlorinated chicken, which is being pushed as part of a post-Brexit US trade deal
03-06-2019
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Jeremy Kyle: Tv On Trial
In the wake of the Jeremy Kyle Show's cancellation after the death of a guest on the programme, Dispatches investigates what lies behind the headlines, what went wrong and who m ...
27-05-2019
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When The Immigrants Leave
In the run-up to Brexit, reporter Seyi Rhodes finds out how a lack of EU migrants could affect agriculture, social care and healthcare in Britain
08-04-2019
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Britain's Hidden War
With BAE helping to keep Saudi jets flying, and British military officers working in the Saudi Air Operations Centre, Dispatches investigates the extent to which the war in Yeme ...
01-04-2019
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New Landlords From Hell
A year-long investigation reveals the shocking conditions that tenants of one of Britain's biggest housing associations live in, and the effect those conditions have had on vuln ...
25-03-2019
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The Great Formula Milk Scandal
Kate Quilton asks if formula milk is being priced fairly, and whether claims made for it are unbiased and scientifically proven
18-03-2019
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The Brexit Millionaires
Dispatches investigates those who have got rich since the Brexit referendum, capitalising on the almost unprecedented political uncertainty around Britain's exit from the EU
11-03-2019
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Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed And Dangerous
Former Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe examines why there has been a rise in knife crime and asks what Britain needs to do to get the problem under control
04-03-2019
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Grenfell: Did The Fire Brigade Fail?
Dispatches investigates the London Fire Brigade's response to the Grenfell fire, through interviews with survivors and firefighters, and using critical new evidence released by ...
18-02-2019
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Hs2: The Great Train Robbery
From April, the government will start spending over £4 billion a year on the HS2 high-speed train line, for ten years. Is this the right part of the rail network to receiv ...
11-02-2019
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Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids
As the number of children leaving school in favour of home education doubles, Dispatches asks why, and if parents' rights to remove a child are coming before the education, or s ...
04-02-2019
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The Truth About Vegans
Dispatches investigates the rising popularity of veganism. It's better for your health, the environment and animals but why do some activists resort to such extreme tactics to p ...
02-01-2019
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North Korea: Life Inside The Secret State
North Korean citizens reveal what life is like for the 24 million people who live in the world's most secretive country, where every aspect of their life is controlled by the state
05-12-2018
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Born On The Breadline
Dispatches examines the growing need for baby banks in the UK and meets the working parents who are turning to them, to provide their young children with nappies, clothes, toys ...
29-10-2018
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Cannabis: Time To End The Ban?
Over two million people smoke cannabis in the UK. Some police forces no longer prosecute for possession. Canada and several American States have legalised it. So should the UK f ...
22-10-2018
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Witness Intimidation Revealed
Dispatches explores the dark world of online witness intimidation, meeting gangsters who threaten 'stitches for snitches' and families of witnesses who paid the price for tellin ...
15-10-2018
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Lawless Britain: Where Are The Police?
Dispatches meets the victims of crimes that the police choose not to investigate
08-10-2018
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