Dispatches - Season 38 / Year 2023

Season 38 / Year 2023

Episodes

Strippers, Spies and Russian Money

Undercover Ambulance: NHS in Chaos

Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal

Britain's Forgotten Pensioners
Dispatches follows four pensioners through winter as they struggle to make ends meet with the exceedingly high price of energy and soaring inflation. John, 76, lives alone in Sunderland in the home he used to share with his parents and siblings and spends his nights sat in darkness, afraid his energy bills are too high to turn the lights on. Sixty eight-year-old Doreen has had only two visitors in the 38 years she has lived in her home and goes to bed early to stay warm. In rural Leicestershire, 82-year-old Harry and his wife 77-year-old Christine skip dinner as a desperate attempt at cutting costs.

Boris, the Lord and the Russian Spy: Dispatches
The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his former KGB spy father, Alexander Lebedev. Including exclusive interviews with intelligence officials and senior political figures who warned the former Prime Minister against the friendship, knowing it would put him `in a direct line of being able to be influenced and compromised". Despite being told by both Britain's security services and the House of Lords Appointments Commission that the friendship was dangerous, Johnson ignored this advice and became the first Prime Minister to over-rule intelligence advice related to national security for a parliamentary nomination.

Special
Investigating one of the biggest atrocities in recent history, with exclusive access to the testimony of three whistle blowers and what they say about who was behind the huge attack.

Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
An investigation into Sri Lanka's Easter bombing attacks in 2019 that killed 269 people including more than 40 foreign nationals and eight British tourists. Including testimony from high-placed whistle blowers who present evidence alleging top-level complicity in the bombings by Sri Lankan government officials.

The Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children
A team of investigators search for evidence to prosecute Russian President Putin for the deportation and brainwashing of thousands of Ukrainian children. Dispatches has exclusive access to the team as they travel the dangerous borderlands of Ukraine, speaking to newly rescued children and trying to trace others who've disappeared from orphanages and schools during the Russian occupation.

Secrets and Power: China in the UK
An investigation of China's relationships with the UK and its institutions, including allegations about treatment of dissidents and critics on UK soil.

How Safe Is Your Turkey?
In the run-up to Christmas, nine million turkeys will be sold across Britain. Dispatches investigates food safety concerns at one producer.

Less for More: The Truth About Food Prices
Harry Wallop investigates Britain's soaring food prices as Christmas quickly approaches and discovers how some products have been secretly reformulated with cheaper ingredients. Plus, how some big brands have managed to sustain and even increase profit margins despite their rising costs and how loyalty-card discounts are really funded.
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