Dispatches (1987)

6.7 (12 votes)

40 Seasons

October 30, 1987

English

Documentary News

Synopsis

Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

Network

Channel 4

Episodes

The Plutonium Black Market

Oct 30, 1987

45 min

Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.

In The Red

Nov 6, 1987

45 min

Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.

AIDS - The Unheard Voices

Nov 13, 1987

45 min

The program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those diagnosed as H.I.V. positive.

Divided by Law

Nov 20, 1987

45 min

Explains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that the government has delayed progress pending on legislation.

Selling the Tunnel

Nov 27, 1987

45 min

TVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the public to back the issue of shares and raise capital.

Gunning for Government

Dec 4, 1987

45 min

The undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.

Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

Dec 11, 1987

45 min

4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mother Pauline Carlile was jailed 12 years for cruelty.