Dispatches

Dispatches

  • 1987
  • 39 Seasons
  • 384 Episodes
  •  6.7  (12)
  •   Returning Series

Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

Dispatches
Seasons
999 Undercover: NHS in Crisis
7. 999 Undercover: NHS in Crisis
October 13, 2025
A Dispatches reporter goes undercover inside a 999 control room to reveal the truth about our overstretched ambulance services.
Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayed's Fixer
2. Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayed's Fixer
April 03, 2025
Reporter Cathy Newman investigates and tracks down the woman who facilitated Mohamed Al Fayed's rape and sexual abuse of women at Harrods for over a decade.
Skinny Jab Scandal
1. Skinny Jab Scandal
March 04, 2025
Undercover reporting reveals major flaws in how skinny jabs are sold at Boots and finds registered NHS nurses prescribing jabs to patients who aren't overweight.
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Description
Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
  • Premiere Date
    October 30, 1987
  • Rating
    6.7  (12)