Dispatches
Dispatches: Season 21

Air Date

January 8, 2007

Episodes

42 episodes

Dispatches

Season 21

Episodes

1. Fighting the Taliban

January 8, 2007

2. Meeting the Taliban

January 11, 2007

3. Undercover Mosque

January 15, 2007
45 min

Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The investigation reveals Saudi Arabian universities are recruiting young Western Muslims to train them in their extreme theology, then sending them back to the West to spread the word.

4. Labour's Gambling Addiction

January 22, 2007

5. Iraq's Death Squads

January 29, 2007

6. At Home with the Terror Suspects

February 5, 2007

7. The Supermarket That's Eating Britain

February 19, 2007

8. NHS: Where Did All the Money Go?

February 26, 2007

9. Greenwash

March 5, 2007

The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Dispatches reports. The expert-reviewed audit by the UCL Environment Institute is the first comprehensive investigation into the real impact of the Government's carbon-cutting policies across all government departments mandated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions

10. Charles: The Meddling Prince

March 12, 2007

11. When Did You Last Beat Your Wife?

March 19, 2007

12. Cameron- Toff at the Top

March 26, 2007

13. Undercover Prisoner

April 2, 2007

14. Murdering the Truth

April 16, 2007

15. Between the Mullahs and The Military

April 23, 2007

16. The Indian Miracle?

April 30, 2007

17. Gordon Brown: Fit for Office?

May 14, 2007

18. Afghanistan Unveiled

May 17, 2007

19. Bin Wars

May 24, 2007

20. Kidnapped to Order

June 11, 2007

21. Drinking Yourself to Death

June 18, 2007

Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcohol is one of the causes for an increase in alcohol consumption.

22. The Man Who Lost Himself

June 25, 2007

23. The War on Britain's Jews

July 9, 2007

24. Great Green Smokescreen

July 16, 2007

25. Undercover Mother

July 23, 2007

Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.

26. Britain's Bad Housing

July 30, 2007

27. Britain Under Attack

August 6, 2007

28. The Olympic Cash Machine

September 10, 2007

29. Unholy War (II)

September 17, 2007

30. Nice Work If You Can Get It

September 24, 2007

Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.

31. Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth

October 1, 2007

Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this with the perception of immigrants and political and media issues.

32. China's Stolen Children

October 8, 2007

Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrific side effect of a boom in stolen children. With extraordinary access to devastated parents desperately searching for their stolen son; a man who brokers the deals and has sold his own offspring; and prospective parents grappling with giving up their soon-to-be-born daughter through lack of options, we are brought face to face with the crisis that such a stringent government policy has created among China's poorest people

33. Abortion: What We Need to Know

October 17, 2007

An investigation into abortion; focusing on how new scientific research on foetal pain could cause for a change to current abortion laws.

34. Searching for Madeleine

October 18, 2007

After the disappearance of child, Madeline McCann 168 days ago; Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz to investigate and assess the situation.

35. Why Our Children Can't Read

October 22, 2007

36. How to Get Ahead in Africa

October 29, 2007

37. The Housing Trap

November 5, 2007

38. Bottleneck Britain

November 12, 2007

39. Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola

November 19, 2007

Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how Coca-Cola respond to these allegations.

40. Britain Under Water

December 3, 2007

41. Christmas Credit Crisis

December 10, 2007

42. How Safe Are Your Christmas Toys?

December 17, 2007

Deborah Davies reports on potentially dangerous toys that can be bought in the UK. These toys are then safety tested and the findings reported to authorities

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