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Dispatches Season 38 Episodes
Season 38 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Coca-Cola's Dirty Secret
What's the environmental impact of the UK's huge soft drink habit? With a thirsty nation getting through two billion plastic bottles a year, and the same for cans, do Coke's recycling claims stand up?
Episode 2
The War on Britain's Motorists
Potholes everywhere. Controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and electric vehicle confusion too. Car journalist Ginny Buckley asks is this the worst time ever to be a motorist in the UK?
Episode 3
Kill Zone : Inside Gaza
The story of the Israeli military assault on Gaza. Seen through the eyes of children, journalists and doctors, Dispatches takes an unflinching look at the horrific challenges and heartbreaking loss.
Episode 4
The Truth About Temu
What's the story behind the runaway success of the addictive Chinese shopping app? With half a billion downloads worldwide, are some of Temu's rock-bottom prices and products too good to be true?
Episode 5
Rubbish Tip Britain
A look inside the lucrative world of waste crime. With video and surveillance footage Dispatches exposes unregulated waste dumps and tracks down the illegal fly tippers.
Episode 6
Undercover A&E: NHS in Crisis
Over three months, a Dispatches reporter has filmed secretly while working in a major NHS A&E department. The undercover footage exposes the suffering and dangers patients face on a daily basis.
Episode 7
Can AI Steal Your Vote?
Could AI influence the way you vote? As the dangers of AI targeted political material become apparent, Dispatches illustrates the effect AI could have on 12 British households of undecided voters.
Episode 8
Britain's Unsolved Crimewave
Analysing police data, Dispatches reveals local hotspots where 100% of neighbourhood crimes go unsolved. The team watch a theft in action and go on the trail of the criminals.
Episode 9
Barbie's Dirty Secrets
With Barbiemania putting toy maker Mattel back in the limelight, Dispatches goes undercover in one of Mattel's factories, exposing the reality for workers making the famous dolls.
Episode 10
Vinted's Dirty Laundry
The online secondhand clothes app Vinted is booming. Is its soar-away success too good to be true? Dispatches uncovers the truth behind some of the products sold on the platform.
Episode 11
The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions
For years, the royals kept details of some of their wealth secret. Dispatches reveals what they have kept under wraps - about who is paying them, and for what.
Episode 12
Britain's Shoplifting Gangs Exposed
In this high-stakes true crime investigation, Dispatches goes undercover to expose the organised criminal networks behind the UK's shoplifting epidemic.
Episode 13
Britain's Benefits Scandal
With the recent rise in working-age people on sickness benefits - many of them under 35 - Dispatches asks what's driving the surge?
