Dispatches

Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health,religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

Show Info

Network: United Kingdom Channel 4 (1987 - now)
Schedule: Mondays (~ 32 min)
Status: Running
Show Type: Documentary

Official site: www.channel4.com

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Click to Kill: The AI War Machine

Episode 2026-04-02; Apr 2, 2026

With unique access in Ukraine, with the US army, and from within Israel, Dispatches charts the new technological arms race and asks whether these tools will make warfare more precise and reduce civilian casualties; or will they lead to more wars that

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2026-04-02: Click to Kill: The AI War MachineApr 2, 2026
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A look at the roles of Boris Johnson's special adviser Dominic Cummings and Jeremy Corbyn's communications and strategy director Seumas Milne, with both seen as disruptors who appear to sit outside the mainstream of their parties. Dispatches investigates concerns about the power they wield, looking at ways in which they have been instrumental in the attempts to deliver Brexit and how these unelected officials are looking to shape Britain's future?

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