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Dispatches: 2013

38 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 2013

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  1. Episode 1: Secrets of Your Car Insurance Jan 7, 2013 Investigates claims that major insurers cash in when you have a crash, through maximizing profits, lucrative referral fees and rebate deals, sometimes at the expense of doing what's best…
  2. Episode 2: Sharing Mum and Dad Jan 14, 2013 Today, 1 in 3 children in the UK grow up in a home with only one parent. Are we doing what's best for the children of separated parents? Dispatches investigates the current situation…
  3. Episode 3: Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop Jan 21, 2013 A look at rising food price and the comparison between different supermarket stores, food markets and independent shops.
  4. Episode 4: Weight Watchers: How They Make Their Millions Jan 28, 2013 Investigates the UK's largest diet brand: Weight Watchers.
  5. Episode 5: Britain's Hidden Child Abuse Jan 30, 2013 In a year-long investigation, other victims of child abuse from this closed community express their anger about the lack of justice caused by their leaders' misguided approach to dealing…
  6. Episode 6: Plebs, Lies & Videotape Feb 4, 2013
  7. Episode 7: How Safe Is Your Child's Nursery? Feb 11, 2013 As the government unveils its plans to increase the number of children each nursery staff member is allowed to look after, Dispatches investigates whether parents can really trust their…
  8. Episode 8: The Horse Meat Scandal Feb 18, 2013 From burgers to ready meals, Britain's horse meat scandal has grown and grown. For Dispatches, Morland Sanders asks how Britain's meat supplies became so contaminated with unauthorized…
  9. Episode 9: Britain on Benefits Feb 25, 2013 The Disability Living Allowance helps more than 3 million people lead useful lives. But the benefit bill has to be cut, and the gov't plans to take more than half a million claimants off…
  10. Episode 10: Death on the Wards Mar 4, 2013 Dispatches investigates the truth behind allegations that tens of thousands of seriously ill people have been put on a pathway to death. That doctors have callously killed off patients who…
  11. Episode 11: Undercover Designer Dogs Mar 11, 2013 Designer dogs are all the rage with celebrities and many animal lovers. But Dispatches has discovered a darker side to this canine phenomenon: thousands of puppies are being imported…
  12. Episode 12: Rich and on Benefits Mar 18, 2013 In budget week Michael Buerk investigates claims that Britain's pensioners are part of an untouchable group when it comes to government welfare cuts and that some should not be receiving…
  13. Episode 13: The Truth About Junior Doctors Mar 25, 2013 Three years ago, European regulations were brought in to limit hours and to protect both doctors and patients. In this Dispatches, Dr Christian discovers that junior doctors across Britain…
  14. Episode 14: Immigration Undercover Apr 15, 2013 In this report Morland Sanders investigates whether Britain's immigration system is fit for purpose with reports that tens of thousands of files sit uncleared in the system and a large…
  15. Episode 15: Syria: Across the Lines Apr 17, 2013 A remarkable film from award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert who has spent weeks living deep inside Syrian territory - with both gov't and opposition supporters - to explore how the…
  16. Episode 16: Britain's Millionaire Criminals Apr 22, 2013 Why are some convicted criminals still enjoying luxury lifestyles funded by their ill-gotten gains? Dozens of fraudsters, drug dealers and money launderers are still enjoying the high life…
  17. Episode 17: Secrets of Your Missing Mail Apr 29, 2013 With shoppers increasingly relying on private parcel companies to deliver online purchases, Dispatches goes undercover to find out why couriers sometimes fail to deliver.
  18. Episode 18: Murdered in Tenerife May 13, 2013 In 2011, Jennifer Mills-Westley, a 60-year-old British grandmother, was attacked and publicly beheaded in broad daylight in Tenerife. Traumatized by the event, her family have never spoken…
  19. Episode 19: The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs May 20, 2013 Three years ago Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what became one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK. The investigation, Operation Chalice, encompassed over 100…
  20. Episode 20: Boston, Woolwich & the New Terror Jun 3, 2013 On 15 April two bombs exploded at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon. Just over a month later a British soldier was run over and hacked to death on a London street. The images from…
  21. Episode 21: Diets, Drugs and Diabetes Jun 10, 2013 Dr. Deborah Cohen, investigations editor at the British Medical Journal, examines a new generation of diabetes drugs that some drug companies hope could also be a magic treatment for…
  22. Episode 22: How Councils Waste Your Money Jun 17, 2013 Councils across the UK have annual budgets in the tens of billions of pounds. But do you know what they really spend it on?
  23. Episode 23: The Police's Dirty Secret Jun 24, 2013 Dispatches exposes the shocking story of Britain's secret police and how undercover officers reportedly used sex and lies to spy on members of the public. Dispatches reveals the names of…
  24. Episode 24: The Prince and His Secret Properties Jul 1, 2013 Last year Prince Charles earned more than £18 million from the Duchy of Cornwall, but how much do we know about this secretive estate? A hugely profitable property empire and the amount of…
  25. Episode 25: South Africa's Dirty Cops Jul 15, 2013 With South Africa's future under the spotlight, Channel 4 Dispatches examines allegations that the country's police have become a brutal and corrupt force.
  26. Episode 26: Taliban Child Fighters Jul 22, 2013 More than 200 children convicted of fighting for the Taliban are currently being held in special prisons across Afghanistan. Their crimes include the laying of improvised explosive…
  27. Episode 27: NHS Undercover Jul 29, 2013 Two undercover reporters reveal worrying failings in the new NHS 111 call system. Working as trainee call handlers, the reporters filmed evidence of patients left waiting, concerns about…
  28. Episode 28: Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans Aug 5, 2013 Dispatches investigate what's real and what's fake in the brave new world of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, exposing new tricks used by marketers to plug brands, from buying fake Facebook…
  29. Episode 29: Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit Aug 12, 2013 Channel 4's flagship current affairs programme: Dispatches, hears from pilots of Europe's biggest airline about their concerns around passenger safety.
  30. Episode 30: The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It Sep 12, 2013
  31. Episode 31: Secrets of Your Pay Packet Oct 21, 2013 Morland Sanders meets employees at some of Britain's biggest businesses who say they're paying for the bosses' cost-cutting measures and, while profits have gone up, their working…
  32. Episode 32: The Property Market Undercover Oct 28, 2013 Reporter Antony Barnett secretly films the latest tactics used by estate agents to secure sales and commissions and asks whether some agents are even willing to lie to seal the deal.
  33. Episode 33: Energy Bills Exposed Nov 4, 2013 Energy bills are on the rise and in the news. Consumers are furious. The Labour Party wants a price freeze. John Major wants a windfall tax. But the big six energy firms say it's not their…
  34. Episode 34: Can You Trust Your Surgeon? Nov 11, 2013 Dispatches reveals that failing doctors routinely slip through the system. We've been filming secretly in GP practices and have uncovered concerning evidence of misdiagnosis by doctors who…
  35. Episode 35: North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State Nov 14, 2013 North Koreans are breaking down the barriers of the gulag state. Following covert filmmakers, this doc shows real life under the new leader Kim Jong Un, highlighting the contrasting…
  36. Episode 36: What's Your Pension Really Worth? Nov 18, 2013 Michael Buerk investigates the pensions crises facing us all. As the cost of living rises faster than many pay packets and life expectancy increases, he asks what your pension is really…
  37. Episode 37: Britain's Big Fat Bill Nov 25, 2013 As Britain gets fatter, Channel 4 Dispatches investigates what the real cost is to the nation. The programme follows the treatment of some of Britain's morbidly obese patients to reveal…
  38. Episode 38: Secrets of the Discount Stores Dec 9, 2013 Lifts the lid on the shops promising luxury labels for less.