Dispatches Season 33 Episodes

Episode 1

The Truth About Vegans

26 mins

Morland Sanders investigates the increasing popularity of veganism. It's better for your health, the environment and animals but why do some activists resort to extreme tactics to promote it?

Episode 2

Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids

47 mins

A report on the increasing number of children being educated at home in the UK, investigating the reasons behind this dramatic rise and the impact it is having on young people.

Episode 3

HS2: The Great Train Robbery

26 mins

Liam Halligan reports on the multi-billion-pound high-speed rail line. With costs soaring should it be scrapped and the money spent on improving local rail networks instead.

Episode 4

Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail?

27 mins

An examination of the London Fire Brigade's response to the Grenfell Tower fire in light of new evidence from the public inquiry and interviews with firefighters and survivors.

Episode 5

Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge

36 mins

In a television first, cameras are allowed inside a women's refuge to follow the stories of women who are fleeing from violent partners, and who have agreed to be identified.

Episode 6

Britain's Knife Crime Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous

26 mins

Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe examines why there has been a rise in knife crime and asks what Britain needs to do to get the problem under control.

Episode 7

The Brexit Millionaires

26 mins

Antony Barnett investigates those who have profited from the uncertainty since the UK's referendum on membership of the EU, including politicians, consultancy firms and those who 'shorted' against Britain.

Episode 8

The Great Formula Milk Scandal

27 mins

New mum Kate Quilton investigates if formula milk is being fairly priced and if claims made for its benefits are unbiased and scientifically proven.

Episode 9

New Landlords from Hell

26 mins

A year-long investigation by Datshiane Navanayagam reveals the shocking conditions endured by tenants of one of the UK's largest housing associations, Sanctuary Housing, and the effect on vulnerable people's health.

Episode 10

Britain's Hidden War

26 mins

With BAE Systems keeping Saudi jets in the air and British military officers working in the Saudi Air Operations Centre, Sue Turton investigates the extent to which the war in Yemen is made in Britian.

Episode 11

When the Immigrants Leave

26 mins

Ahead of Brexit, reporter Seyi Rhodes explores how a lack of migrant workers from the European Union could affect agriculture, social care and health-care in Britain.

Episode 12

Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial

25 mins

In the wake of the cancellation of The Jeremy Kyle Show (2005) following the death of a guest who appeared on the programme, Morland Sanders investigates what lies behind the headlines, what went wrong and who might be to blame.

Episode 13

The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken

26 mins

With chemically-washed chicken being pushed as part of a post-Brexit Anglo-American trade deal this undercover report goes inside an American poultry processing plant to investigate the practice.

Episode 14

Britain's Toxic Air Scandal

26 mins

1 in 3 children in the UK is growing up inhaling unsafe levels of air pollution. Reporter Morland Sanders reveals it's not just exhausts producing dangerous emissions with toxins coming off every vehicle - even electric ones.

Episode 15

How Safe Are Your Medicines?

26 mins

In 2014 millions of pounds worth of medicines were stolen from Italian hospitals then sold by bogus drugs wholesalers - some of which ended up in the NHS supply chain. Antony Barnett investigates.

Episode 16

Britain's Breast Implant Scandal

26 mins

Abbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women ill, or worse still causing cancer.

Episode 17

Officer Down - Police Under Attack

26 mins

Former police officer Dan Neal investigates the worrying rise in the number of assaults on police officers as they go about their job.

Episode 18

Battle for the Tory Party

26 mins

As members of the Conservative Party choose our next Prime Minister, Gary Gibbon examines who really holds the reins of power.

Episode 19

Britain's New Build Scandal

26 mins

Liam Halligan investigates claims of shoddy standards, poor customer care and excessive profits at Britain's second biggest - and most profitable - house-builder, Persimmon.

Episode 20

£2 Million Passport - Welcome to Britain

26 mins

Dispatches investigates the 'golden visa' scheme, which offers British residency to wealthy foreign nationals who are willing to invest two million pounds in the UK.

Episode 21

Young, British and Depressed

"We're promoting the idea that it's ok to have a mental health problem - but it's made us afraid of our emotions." Dispatches investigates claims that de-stigmatisation campaigns are having unintended negative consequences, leading some to wrongly believe they have problems with their mental health.

Episode 22

Sex, Drugs and Murder

47 mins

A special investigation into the epidemic use of the drug GHB in the gay community, where users are vulnerable to overdosing and sexual abuse.

Episode 23

The Prince & the Paedophile

47 mins

Cathy Newman investigates the friendship between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein amid accusations that the Prince slept with a 17-year-old girl supplied by Epstein.

Episode 24

Trump's Plan for the NHS

26 mins

How Trump's proposed trade agreement with post-Brexit Britain could cost the NHS billions.

Episode 25

Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain

26 mins

Gary Gibbon examines the role played by Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne the controversial political advisors to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn.

Episode 26

The Secrets of Amazon

26 mins

Sophie Morgan explores some of the complaints about the global company, including working conditions, selling toxic toys and pro-anorexia books, tax avoidance and selling on personal data.

Episode 27

Born Homeless

26 mins

Explores the issue of pregnant women who find themselves with no place to call home, and conducts an exclusive survey of midwives to get a sense of the scale of the problem.

Episode 28

Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids

47 mins

In Britain, 4.1 million children are growing up in poverty. This special report follows three families to show what life is like if there's not enough money for life's essentials.

Episode 29

Britain's Child Drug Runners

Children as young as seven are being groomed to sell drugs for 'county lines' drugs gangs in towns and villages all over the UK. This documentary follows four young people trapped in this world.