Dispatches (Season 12)

The Force is Not with You (Episode 1)

Air date: 1998-01-15

The Contamination Trail (Episode 2)

Air date: 1998-01-22

Too Much Too Young (Episode 3)

Air date: 1998-01-29

Something in the Air (Episode 4)

Air date: 1998-02-05

Saddam's Secret Time Bomb (Episode 5)

Air date: 1998-02-23

Judgement for Louise (Episode 6)

Air date: 1998-03-05

Overview: Journalist David Jessel and producer Steve Haywood from the acclaimed Trial and Error (1992) come to Dispatches to examine doubts about the safety of the conviction of nanny Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care.

Trust Me I'm a Doctor (Episode 7)

Air date: 1998-03-12

Inspecting the Inspectors (Episode 8)

Air date: 1998-03-19

Golf Lima Foxtrot (Episode 9)

Air date: 1998-03-26

Overview: GLF is police jargon for "Go Like F***". But does such light-hearted jocularity betray a lack of serious regard for the potential dangers to the public of cops' ability to break the rules of the road when performing high-speed pursuits?

Granny's Having a Baby (Episode 10)

Air date: 1998-04-02

The war Business (Episode 11)

Air date: 1998-04-09

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.

Men Behaving Badly: Part 1 (Episode 12)

Air date: 1998-04-16

Men Behaving Badly: Part 2 (Episode 13)

Air date: 1998-04-23

Apartheid's Children (Episode 14)

Air date: 1998-04-30

Secrets of the Gaul - Update (Episode 15)

Air date: 1998-05-21

Supertouts (Episode 16)

Air date: 1998-05-28

The Accident (Episode 17)

Air date: 1998-06-04

Overview: Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.

Death in Room 602 (Episode 18)

Air date: 1998-06-07

Sidney Cooke (Episode 19)

Air date: 1998-10-29

Sidney Cooke Update (Episode 20)

Air date: 1998-10-30

The Killer in Our Taps (Episode 21)

Air date: 1998-11-05

Now One is 50 (Episode 22)

Air date: 1998-11-12

Teenage Gang Rape (Episode 23)

Air date: 1998-11-19

Dispatches Discussion (Episode 24)

Air date: 1998-11-20

Hidden Killer (Episode 25)

Air date: 1998-11-26

Law and Disorder (Episode 26)

Air date: 1998-12-03

Inside the ALF (Episode 27)

Air date: 1998-12-10

The Lockerbie Trail (Episode 28)

Air date: 1998-12-17