Dispatches (Season 17)

Al-Qaeda UK (Episode 1)

Air date: 2003-05-11

The Killing Zone (Episode 2)

Air date: 2003-05-18

Overview: 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.

Blood and Revenge (Episode 3)

Air date: 2003-06-01

Overview: Channel 4's Dispatches reporter Sam Kiley reveals the inside story of the Iraqi Kurds' homecoming, travelling with their fighters, the Peshmerga, as they re-take Kirkuk from forces loyal to Saddam.

Virgin Soldiers (Episode 4)

Air date: 2003-06-02

Overview: 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.

Gang Wars (Episode 5)

Air date: 2003-06-08

Killing for Honour (Episode 6)

Air date: 2003-06-15

Blunkett's Reefer Madness (Episode 7)

Air date: 2003-06-22

Law & Disorder (Episode 8)

Air date: 2003-08-10

Congo's Killing Fields (Episode 9)

Air date: 2003-08-17

Judges in the Dock (Episode 10)

Air date: 2003-12-18