Episode guide
Dispatches: 2012
30 episodes · premiered Feb 13, 2012
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- Episode 1: Olympic Tickets for Sale Feb 13, 2012 A look at who got tickets for the London 2012 Olympic games and whether private companies are profiting.
- Episode 2: The Great Ticket Scandal Feb 23, 2012 An investigation into two major 'fan-to-fan' ticket exchange websites to investigate who is selling via their websites and why so many tickets appear at over the face value so soon after…
- Episode 3: Watching the Detectives May 14, 2012 Revealing how easy it is to buy our most personal and confidential information.
- Episode 4: Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards May 21, 2012 Investigating whether cutting up our credit cards and paying for everything in cash could leave us with more money in our pockets
- Episode 5: The Real Mr & Mrs Assad May 28, 2012 Investigates the extent of the Assad family's culpability and the chains of command that link the President and select inner circle to the brutal crackdown.
- Episode 6: Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 billion deal Jun 11, 2012 Investigates just how close the Prime Minister got to the Murdoch empire. Did the Tories agree to help the mogul secure a business deal worth £8 billion?
- Episode 7: Let Our Dad Die Jun 18, 2012 Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which has left him utterly paralyzed. He has what is known as 'locked in syndrome' and cannot move, talk, feed himself or perform even the most…
- Episode 8: Undercover Undertaker Jun 25, 2012 Lifts the lid on the funeral industry.
- Episode 9: Cashing in on the Games Jul 2, 2012 Reporter Morland Sanders goes in search of the people cashing in on the 2012 London Olympic Games, and questions whether the overall economic benefits of hosting the event have been…
- Episode 10: Secrets of the Taxman Jul 9, 2012 An investigation into tax avoidance.
- Episode 11: Myths About Your 5 a Day Jul 16, 2012 Dispatches investigates what's happened to the five-a-day campaign, which was designed to get us all eating more fruit and veg. Reporter Jane Moore reveals how this vital health message…
- Episode 12: Can You Trust Your Bank? Jul 23, 2012 Jon Snow travels around the UK, meeting consumers, businesses and bankers, to ask whether we can trust our banks.
- Episode 13: Britain on the Sick Jul 30, 2012 Investigates the controversial processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work.
- Episode 14: Britain's High Street Gamble Aug 6, 2012 A look at the rise in high street betting shops and the social effect they have.
- Episode 15: Tricks of the Dole Cheats Aug 13, 2012 Investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organization tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats.
- Episode 16: Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds Aug 20, 2012 Investigates allegations of private landlords, councils, and housing associations overcharging leasehold homeowners for housing works and maintenance.
- Episode 17: The School Dinner Scandal Sep 10, 2012 Tazeen Ahmad examines evidence that strategies to improve the food served in all our schools are fast coming undone.
- Episode 18: Secrets of Poundland Sep 17, 2012 As other High Street retailers struggle for survival, discount leader Poundland is booming. Its pre-tax profits are up an astonishing 50% in a year. Dispatches' Harry Wallop asks how…
- Episode 19: Undercover Retirement Home Sep 24, 2012 Investigating the multi-million pound retirement property industry.
- Episode 20: Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck Oct 1, 2012 Investigate the reality of life below deck for the multi-national workforce who toil behind the scenes of luxurious ocean going holidays.
- Episode 21: Secrets of Your Boss's Pay Oct 8, 2012 Follows the former Greggs chief executive Sir Michael Darrington as he launches a campaign to call a halt to corporate greed.
- Episode 22: Do You Know Your Partner's Past? Oct 22, 2012 Tina Nash investigates 'Clare's Law', a new pilot scheme in which men and women are warned by the authorities about their partners' history of violence.
- Episode 23: Getting Rich on the NHS Oct 29, 2012 Morland Sanders examines whether the rapid handover of services to private contractors is really good for the public purse, and good for patient care.
- Episode 24: Nuclear War Games Nov 5, 2012 · 45m Provides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability.
- Episode 25: Chinese Murder Mystery Nov 12, 2012 A look at the life and death of Neil Percival Heywood and whether he was actually murdered. His death, virtually unnoticed at the time, has gone on to shake China's Communist Party to the…
- Episode 26: MPs: Are They Still at It? Nov 19, 2012 Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system. The investigation discovers a system still with problems and a lack…
- Episode 27: Where Has Your Aid Money Gone? Nov 26, 2012 Jonathan Miller travels to Rwanda - the jewel in the crown of British overseas aid - to investigate what British taxes have paid for, and to ask what our government has achieved with the…
- Episode 28: The Chinese Are Coming Dec 3, 2012 As China continues to flex its financial muscle by buying into British airports, water and breakfast cereals, Dispatches investigates growing Chinese power in the UK.
- Episode 29: How Safe is Your Cash? Dec 10, 2012 Reporter Morland Sanders investigates whether security procedures that our banks tell us are impenetrable really are? He meets customers who say they have lost thousands of pounds through…
- Episode 30: The American School Massacre Dec 17, 2012 Matt Frei reports from the scene of one of America's worst mass shootings, unravelling the chain of events and asking whether this latest tragedy will lead to a real change in America's…