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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Hunting the Debt Predators

Episode 2026-06-12; Jun 12, 2026

With the cost of living leaving many people struggling to stay afloat, Dispatches meets the everyday people pushed into exploitative and dangerous situations. Last year, almost two million people in Britain turned to illegal money lenders for help. A

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Wheels posted 6 years ago

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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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