Dispatches
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.
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Season 3
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Return to Year Zero?
Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
Jan 4, 1989 · 42m -
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Gorbachev's Asylums
Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
Jan 11, 1989 -
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Cooking the Books
Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
Jan 18, 1989 -
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The Spy Who Broke the Code
Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
Jan 25, 1989 -
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E5
Buckets of Money
Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
Feb 1, 1989 -
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The Copper Seven Story
Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.
Feb 8, 1989 -
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E7
Afghan
A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
Feb 15, 1989 -
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The Toxic Trail
Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.
Feb 22, 1989 -
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The Case of 'F'
Mar 1, 1989 -
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The Return of the Death Squads
Mar 8, 1989 -
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Burma - Dying for Democracy
Mar 15, 1989 -
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Voices From Long Larten
Mar 22, 1989 -
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Young, Homeless and Broke
Mar 29, 1989 -
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Chico
A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
Apr 5, 1989 -
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Carry on Flying
Apr 12, 1989 -
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E16
The Most Neglected Crime
Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.
Apr 19, 1989 -
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E17
Dispatches (26/04/1989)
Apr 26, 1989 -
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E18
A Suitable Case for Treatment
May 3, 1989 -
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E19
The Sins of the Fathers
May 10, 1989 -
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E20
Not What the Doctor Ordered
Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
May 17, 1989 -
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E21
Warlord of Kayan
May 24, 1989 -
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The Ultimate Blasphemy
May 31, 1989 -
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E23
Fit as a Fiddle
Jun 7, 1989 -
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E24
Empire of the Sun
Jun 14, 1989 -
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E25
Year of the Locust
Jun 21, 1989 -
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E26
A State of Decay
Jun 28, 1989 -
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E27
Terror Island
Jul 5, 1989 -
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E28
The Spanish Connection
Oct 4, 1989 -
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E29
The Day of the Technopath
Oct 11, 1989 -
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No, Prime Minister
Oct 18, 1989 -
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E31
The Undoing of Edwina
Oct 25, 1989 -
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E32
Mission Impossible
Nov 1, 1989 -
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E33
In the Coal Hole
Nov 8, 1989 -
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E34
The False Confession File
Nov 15, 1989 -
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E35
Hungarians Not Comrades
Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
Nov 22, 1989 -
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E36
Twelve Days in November
Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
Nov 29, 1989 -
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E37
Licence to Kill
Dec 6, 1989 -
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E38
Privatising Poland
Dec 13, 1989 -
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E39
Road to Damascus
Dec 20, 1989