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Dispatches Season 23

Returning Series TV-PG 1987–2026
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Season 23 Episodes

36 episodes
1
Britain's Challenging Children
Jan 5, 2009
2
Mum, Dad, Alzheimer's & Me
Jan 12, 2009
Journalist Fiona Phillips tells the very personal story of her father's developing Alzheimer's disease, and how it affects him and the family as a whole.
3
The True Cost of Cheap Food
Jan 22, 2009
After looking at rising prices in The Truth About Food Prices, Rayner now looks at the other end of the scale - the new cheap food ranges and whether they have a true higher cost ... our health.
4
Unseen Gaza
Jan 22, 2009
Jon Snow explores the difficulties faced by news organisations around the world in reporting the conflict in Gaza. Who is getting the true picture of events as they happen?
5
Congo's Forgotten Children
Feb 2, 2009
6
Too Old to Work
Feb 9, 2009
With the number of unemployed in the UK nudging two million, Dispatches reveals the ageism rife amongst employers and recruitment agencies.
7
The Problem Princes
Feb 13, 2009
8
The Big Job Hunt
Feb 16, 2009
An investigation into rising unemployment in the UK and what steps the government are taking to alleviate it.
9
How They Squander Our Billions
Mar 9, 2009
10
Pakistan's Taliban Generation
Mar 16, 2009
11
Confessions of a Nurse
Mar 23, 2009
Following a YouGov report Dispatches takes a candid look at the NHS nursing system - with interviews from nurses and undercover footage.
12
The Trouble with Boris
Mar 30, 2009
13
Afghanistan: Mission Impossible?
Apr 6, 2009
14
The Westminster Gravy Train
Apr 19, 2009
15
Crash: How the Banks Went Bust!
Apr 20, 2009
16
Crash: How Long Will It Last?
Apr 27, 2009
17
Lost in Care
May 11, 2009
18
Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In
May 18, 2009
19
Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
Jun 1, 2009
20
Crash Gordon
Jun 8, 2009
21
Afghanistan's Dirty War
Jun 15, 2009
22
Rape in the City
Jun 22, 2009
After two recent, high-profile cases in which young women have been attacked and raped by groups of men; Journalist Sorious Samura investigates gang rape in the UK.
25
Terror in Mumbai
Jun 30, 2009
26
The Children Britain Betrayed
Jul 13, 2009
27
Undercover Debt Collector
Jul 20, 2009
28
Bankrolling Mugabe
Jul 27, 2009
29
The War Against Street Weapons
Aug 3, 2009
30
Battle Scarred
Sep 7, 2009
Follows the stories of four soldiers returning from the combat zones in the middle-east and the impact it has had on their lives and the people around them.
31
Middle Class and Jobless
Sep 14, 2009
Examining middle-class unemployment in Britain.
32
Cops on the Cheap?
Sep 21, 2009
A look at Police Community Support Officers who patrol the streets and cost the taxpayers millions. This documentary questions if they are good value.
33
MPs, Planes and Gravy Trains
Sep 28, 2009
34
Who Took Your Pension?
Oct 5, 2009
35
Ready for a Riot
Oct 19, 2009
36
What's in Your Breakfast?
Oct 26, 2009
37
Inside Britain's Israel Lobby
Nov 16, 2009
38
Return to Africa's Witch Children
Nov 23, 2009