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Dispatches (Season 21)
Fighting the Taliban (Episode 1)
Air date: 2007-01-08
Meeting the Taliban (Episode 2)
Air date: 2007-01-11
Undercover Mosque (Episode 3)
Air date: 2007-01-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The investigation reveals Saudi Arabian universities are recruiting young Western Muslims to train them in their extreme theology, then sending them back to the West to spread the word.
Labour's Gambling Addiction (Episode 4)
Air date: 2007-01-22
Iraq's Death Squads (Episode 5)
Air date: 2007-01-29
At Home with the Terror Suspects (Episode 6)
Air date: 2007-02-05
The Supermarket That's Eating Britain (Episode 7)
Air date: 2007-02-19
NHS: Where Did All the Money Go? (Episode 8)
Air date: 2007-02-26
Greenwash (Episode 9)
Air date: 2007-03-05
Overview: The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Dispatches reports. The expert-reviewed audit by the UCL Environment Institute is the first comprehensive investigation into the real impact of the Government's carbon-cutting policies across all government departments mandated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Charles: The Meddling Prince (Episode 10)
Air date: 2007-03-12
When Did You Last Beat Your Wife? (Episode 11)
Air date: 2007-03-19
Cameron- Toff at the Top (Episode 12)
Air date: 2007-03-26
Undercover Prisoner (Episode 13)
Air date: 2007-04-02
Murdering the Truth (Episode 14)
Air date: 2007-04-16
Between the Mullahs and The Military (Episode 15)
Air date: 2007-04-23
The Indian Miracle? (Episode 16)
Air date: 2007-04-30
Gordon Brown: Fit for Office? (Episode 17)
Air date: 2007-05-14
Afghanistan Unveiled (Episode 18)
Air date: 2007-05-17
Bin Wars (Episode 19)
Air date: 2007-05-24
Kidnapped to Order (Episode 20)
Air date: 2007-06-11
Drinking Yourself to Death (Episode 21)
Air date: 2007-06-18
Overview: Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcohol is one of the causes for an increase in alcohol consumption.
The Man Who Lost Himself (Episode 22)
Air date: 2007-06-25
The War on Britain's Jews (Episode 23)
Air date: 2007-07-09
Great Green Smokescreen (Episode 24)
Air date: 2007-07-16
Undercover Mother (Episode 25)
Air date: 2007-07-23
Overview: Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.
Britain's Bad Housing (Episode 26)
Air date: 2007-07-30
Britain Under Attack (Episode 27)
Air date: 2007-08-06
The Olympic Cash Machine (Episode 28)
Air date: 2007-09-10
Unholy War (II) (Episode 29)
Air date: 2007-09-17
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Episode 30)
Air date: 2007-09-24
Overview: Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.
Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth (Episode 31)
Air date: 2007-10-01
Overview: Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this with the perception of immigrants and political and media issues.
China's Stolen Children (Episode 32)
Air date: 2007-10-08
Overview: Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrific side effect of a boom in stolen children. With extraordinary access to devastated parents desperately searching for their stolen son; a man who brokers the deals and has sold his own offspring; and prospective parents grappling with giving up their soon-to-be-born daughter through lack of options, we are brought face to face with the crisis that such a stringent government policy has created among China's poorest people
Abortion: What We Need to Know (Episode 33)
Air date: 2007-10-17
Overview: An investigation into abortion; focusing on how new scientific research on foetal pain could cause for a change to current abortion laws.
Searching for Madeleine (Episode 34)
Air date: 2007-10-18
Overview: After the disappearance of child, Madeline McCann 168 days ago; Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz to investigate and assess the situation.
Why Our Children Can't Read (Episode 35)
Air date: 2007-10-22
How to Get Ahead in Africa (Episode 36)
Air date: 2007-10-29
The Housing Trap (Episode 37)
Air date: 2007-11-05
Bottleneck Britain (Episode 38)
Air date: 2007-11-12
Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola (Episode 39)
Air date: 2007-11-19
Overview: Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how Coca-Cola respond to these allegations.
Britain Under Water (Episode 40)
Air date: 2007-12-03
Christmas Credit Crisis (Episode 41)
Air date: 2007-12-10
How Safe Are Your Christmas Toys? (Episode 42)
Air date: 2007-12-17
Overview: Deborah Davies reports on potentially dangerous toys that can be bought in the UK. These toys are then safety tested and the findings reported to authorities
