Dispatches (Season 24)

My Family and Alzheimer's (Episode 1)

Air date: 2010-01-11

Overview: Fiona Phillips returns to the issue of Alzheimer's treatment, examining whether there has been any improvement in the provision of financial support and respite care available for them and their carers.

The Slumdog Children of Mumbai (Episode 2)

Air date: 2010-01-21

Overview: This Dispatches Special , screening as part of Channel 4's Indian Winter season, reveals the brutal reality of life on the streets and in the slums of Mumbai, following the daily struggles of four young children to survive.

Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines (Episode 3)

Air date: 2010-02-01

Overview: Dispatches goes inside the enemy camp in northern Afghanistan as award-winning Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi is granted access to an army of extreme Islamic combatants.

Post Office Undercover (Episode 4)

Air date: 2010-02-08

Overview: Two reporters go undercover as agency postmen to find out if the Royal Mail has delivered on claims that it is modernizing and improving its service.

Kids Don't Count (Episode 5)

Air date: 2010-02-15

Overview: An investigation into the rise of school children who are struggling with mathematics and tries to find solutions.

Kids Don't Count: Part 2 (Episode 6)

Air date: 2010-02-22

Overview: In the second half of the two-part special, maths specialist Richard Dunne returns to Barton Hill Primary School, accompanied by Countdown's Rachel Riley, to help the pupils with their mental arithmetic.

Britain's Islamic Republic (Episode 7)

Air date: 2010-03-01

Overview: Dispatches investigates a fundamentalist Islamic group headquartered in Britain, and its claims to have placed its "brothers" in positions of political power here.

Cameron Uncovered (Episode 8)

Air date: 2010-03-08

Overview: According to polls, after 13 years in the political wilderness, the Conservatives under David Cameron's leadership seem likely to form the next government. Andrew Rawnsley brings viewers an inside portrait of the government that might be.

Children of Gaza (Episode 9)

Air date: 2010-03-15

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of 3 children over a year. Surrounded by the remnants of the demolished Gaza Strip and increasingly isolated by the blockade that prevents anyone from rebuilding their homes and their lives.

Politicians for Hire (Episode 10)

Air date: 2010-03-22

Overview: After the MPs' expenses scandal, dispatches delves into the world of political lobbying.

Tracing the Marathon's Millions (Episode 11)

Air date: 2010-04-09

Overview: An investigation into how the London marathon's charity earnings are spent and the true cost of how much is spent in staging the event.

Election Uncovered (Episode 12)

Air date: 2010-05-03

Overview: It's nearly time to vote and the campaigning is reaching a climax. Journalist Ben Laurance analyses each party's campaign and gets a real taste of what's happening behind the scenes in the run-up to polling day.

The Lost Girls of South Africa (Episode 13)

Air date: 2010-05-23

Runtime: 66 min

Overview: South Africa has the highest incidence of rape and 80% of the victims are girls under 13. The trauma of 5 such girls in Port Elizabeth is discussed. Ineffective police, lax judiciary and the stretched social welfare system are highlighted.

Undercover Social Worker (Episode 14)

Air date: 2010-06-07

Overview: Investigating child protection procedures and practices within the child social care institution.

How the Banks Won (Episode 15)

Air date: 2010-06-14

Overview: Next week's emergency budget will bring more cuts and tax rises to help pay for the bank bailout. Will Hutton investigates the banks and what they've done with our money.

How to Save £100 Billion - Live (Episode 16)

Air date: 2010-06-21

Overview: On the eve of the emergency budget announcement, in a live hour-long debate, Dispatches sets out controversial cuts that could save Britain £100 billion.

Africa's Last Taboo (Episode 17)

Air date: 2010-07-12

Overview: An investigation into the persecution that gay people face in Africa.

Gun Nation (Episode 18)

Air date: 2010-07-18

Overview: Following an undercover police operation to tackle gun crime in the UK.

Catching the Gun Runners (Episode 19)

Air date: 2010-07-18

Overview: For the last two years, Dispatches has been following an undercover police operation as it tracks a criminal gang trying to smuggle guns into Britain.

Britain's Witch Children (Episode 20)

Air date: 2010-07-26

Overview: Dispatches looks at why some of Britain's African churches perpetuate the myth of witchcraft and believe children can be possessed by evil spirits.

When Cousins Marry (Episode 21)

Air date: 2010-08-23

Overview: Looking at the consequences of first cousin marriage in Britain.

Britain's Secret Slaves (Episode 22)

Air date: 2010-08-30

Overview: A look at domestic workers who come to the UK from other countries and end up being mistreated by having their human rights violated by their employers.

How the MoD wastes our billions (Episode 23)

Air date: 2010-09-20

Overview: Veteran war correspondent Sam Kiley turns his sights on the critical issue of whether the British tax payer, and British soldier, are getting value for money from the Ministry of Defence.

What's the Point of the Unions? (Episode 24)

Air date: 2010-09-27

Overview: An inside look at the inner workings of trade unions and examining what could happen if Britain undergoes mass industrial action.

Tabloids, Tories and Telephone Hacking (Episode 25)

Air date: 2010-10-04

Overview: An investigation into the News of the World phone hacking scandal and News International's working relationship with the police, politicians and the current government.

Bravo's Deadly Mission (Episode 26)

Air date: 2010-10-11

Overview: Following a team of US marines as they go on Operation Moshtarak.

How the Rich Beat the Taxman (Episode 27)

Air date: 2010-10-18

Overview: An investigation into the clever tactics wealthy British people and companies use to cheat the tax system.

Iraq's Secret War Files (Episode 28)

Air date: 2010-10-25

Overview: Exposing the full and unreported horror of the Iraqi conflict and its aftermath. The programme reveals the scale of civilian casualties, and allegations that after the scandal of Abu Ghraib, soldiers continued to abuse prisoners; and that US forces did not intervene in the torture and murder of detainees by the Iraqi security services.

Britain's Street Kids (Episode 29)

Air date: 2010-11-01

Overview: Exploring hidden world of runaway and evicted teenagers, looking at their lives and how they fend for themselves.

Fashion's Dirty Secret (Episode 30)

Air date: 2010-11-08

Overview: An investigation into factories that manufacture clothing for high street shops.

Riding Europe's Gravy Train (Episode 31)

Air date: 2010-11-15

Overview: Dispatches reveals the exceptionally generous package of salary, pension and expenses that MEPs receive and how some have abused the rules to pocket as much cash as possible.

City of Fear (Episode 32)

Air date: 2010-11-22

Overview: Following the police and people of Islamabad as Pakistan's capital battles to overcome an unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks.

The Kids Britain Doesn't Want (Episode 33)

Air date: 2010-11-29

Overview: Exploring the experiences of young people who have been brutalized by the asylum system in the UK.