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Dispatches

Dispatches

1987Returning Series40 Seasons397 Episodes6.7TMDB
Channel 4

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.

Season 21 Episodes

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Episode 3: Undercover Mosque

Jan 15, 2007 · 45m

Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The investigation reveals Saudi Arabian universities are recruiting young Western Muslims to train them in their extreme theology, then sending them back to the West to spread the word.

Episode 9: Greenwash

Mar 5, 2007

The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Dispatches reports. The expert-reviewed audit by the UCL Environment Institute is the first comprehensive investigation into the real impact of the Government's carbon-cutting policies across all government departments mandated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Episode 21: Drinking Yourself to Death

Jun 18, 2007

Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcohol is one of the causes for an increase in alcohol consumption.

Episode 25: Undercover Mother

Jul 23, 2007

Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.

Episode 31: Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth

Oct 1, 2007

Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this with the perception of immigrants and political and media issues.

Episode 32: China's Stolen Children

Oct 8, 2007

Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrific side effect of a boom in stolen children. With extraordinary access to devastated parents desperately searching for their stolen son; a man who brokers the deals and has sold his own offspring; and prospective parents grappling with giving up their soon-to-be-born daughter through lack of options, we are brought face to face with the crisis that such a stringent government policy has created among China's poorest people

Episode 34: Searching for Madeleine

Oct 18, 2007

After the disappearance of child, Madeline McCann 168 days ago; Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz to investigate and assess the situation.

Episode 39: Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola

Nov 19, 2007

Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how Coca-Cola respond to these allegations.

Season 21 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did Dispatches Season 21 premiere?

Dispatches Season 21 premiered on January 8, 2007.

How many episodes are in Dispatches Season 21?

Dispatches Season 21 has 42 episodes.

What is the first episode of Dispatches Season 21?

The season opens with Season 21 Episode 1, "Fighting the Taliban". It aired on January 8, 2007.

Go to Season 21 Episode 1

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