Episode guide
Dispatches: 2023
12 episodes · premiered Feb 12, 2023
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- Episode 1: Strippers, Spies & Russian Money Feb 12, 2023 · 47m The extraordinary story of Russia's covert efforts to corrupt British democracy and politics in the years before invading Ukraine. MI5 declined to comment on the programme for operational…
- Episode 2: Undercover Ambulance: NHS Chaos Mar 9, 2023 · 47m Secret footage filmed over the winter reveals ambulance workers battling the odds and A&E departments overwhelmed as patients suffer needless harm and death.
- Episode 3: Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal Mar 24, 2023 · 26m Autistic patients trapped in mental health units tell their stories, revealing a system of poor treatment, abuse and long stretches inside with their symptoms only getting worse.
- Episode 4: Britain's Forgotten Pensioners Jun 7, 2023 · 47m More than two million pensioners are living in poverty in the UK. Dispatches follows four older people through the winter as they struggle to make ends meet.
- Episode 5: Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy Jun 27, 2023 · 48m The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services
- Episode 6: Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings Sep 5, 2023 · 47m A Dispatches special reveals shocking new evidence on Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings of 2019. High-placed whistle blowers allege top-level complicity by officials inside the Sri Lankan…
- Episode 7: Russell Brand: In Plain Sight Sep 16, 2023 · 1h 18m Dispatches investigates Russell Brand's treatment of women. The British comedian, television personality and radio talker Russell Brand is accused of abusing women close to him for several…
- Episode 8: Hunting Russia's Lost Boys Nov 12, 2023 · 1h The intimate, emotional story of the Russian women taking huge risks fighting for the truth about their sons, husbands and brothers missing in Ukraine.
- Episode 9: Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children Nov 13, 2023 Along the dangerous borderlands of war-torn Ukraine, Dispatches follows investigators searching for evidence of the abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian kids.
- Episode 10: Secrets & Power: China in the UK Nov 29, 2023 Dispatches investigates Chinese state interference with UK institutions and repression of dissidents on UK soil. Undercover filming reveals a suspected Chinese spy engaging with a UK-based…
- Episode 11: How Safe Is Your Turkey? Dec 8, 2023 In the run-up to Christmas, nine million turkeys will be sold across Britain. Dispatches investigates food safety concerns at one producer.
- Episode 12: Less for More: The Truth About Food Prices Dec 12, 2023 Harry Wallop investigates Britain's soaring food prices, and how some supermarkets have reacted to protect profits. He discovers how some products have secretly been reformulated, with…