Dispatches Season 17 Episodes

Episode 1

Al-Qaeda UK

Episode 2

The Killing Zone

Dispatches revisits the Gaza Strip to focus on civilians caught in the crossfire of never-ending battles. We meet seriously injured children and their distraught families, and the International Solidarity Movement whose member Tom Hurndall is shot. Then it hits even closer to home, when previous Dispatches director and cameraman James Miller is shot dead while he and Saira Shah are making another of their films together.

Episode 3

The War We Never Saw: Blood and Revenge

Episode 4

Virgin Soldiers

49 mins

With unprecedented access, award winning filmmaker Dodge Billingsley tells the story of India Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine regiment, crack U.S. frontline troops in Iraq. With some as young as 19, the invasion of Iraq was the first time any of them had actually been sent into combat. Experience a day in the life of these young men as they play a vital role in the liberation of Iraq. With remarkable battle footage, Virgin Soldiers reveals the true story of men who fought their way into the heart of Baghdad. "I have never seen a more accurate portrayal of war than Virgin Soldiers. The documentary's greatest strength is showing the perspective of war as lived by our junior enlisted Marines." - Captain Jeff Pool, Public Affairs Officer for the 2nd Marine Division "With unprecedented access to US troops during the war in Iraq, Billingsley documented a month of fear, doubt, frustration and boredom as 'India Company' made its way towards Baghdad. He captured a picture of what life was really like for frontline soldiers, many of them very young - and in combat for the first time - who fought their way into the heart of the city. Judge's Comment: You can feel that the soldiers trusted him, which makes it one cut above other features of embedded journalists. Technically outstanding."

Episode 5

Gang Wars

Episode 6

Killing for Honour

Episode 7

Blunkett's Reefer Madness

Episode 8

Law & Disorder

Episode 9

Congo's Killing Fields

Episode 10

Judges in the Dock