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Dispatches (Season 4)
The Plunderers (Episode 1)
Air date: 1990-01-03
Runtime: 45 min
When Porton Pays the Piper (Episode 2)
Air date: 1990-01-10
Runtime: 45 min
Gamma Alarm (Episode 3)
Air date: 1990-01-17
Runtime: 45 min
The Great Leap Backwards (Episode 4)
Air date: 1990-01-24
Runtime: 45 min
Miracle Molecule (Episode 5)
Air date: 1990-01-31
Runtime: 45 min
Degrees for Sale (Episode 6)
Air date: 1990-02-07
Runtime: 45 min
Stalin's Ghost (Episode 7)
Air date: 1990-02-14
Runtime: 45 min
Troubled Waters (Episode 8)
Air date: 1990-02-21
Runtime: 45 min
Beyond the Rubicon (Episode 9)
Air date: 1990-02-28
Runtime: 45 min
A Greater Germany (Episode 10)
Air date: 1990-03-07
Runtime: 45 min
Gerry (Episode 11)
Air date: 1990-03-14
Runtime: 45 min
Legalise It! (Episode 12)
Air date: 1990-03-21
Runtime: 45 min
In the Name of Hunger (Episode 13)
Air date: 1990-03-28
Runtime: 45 min
Apartheid's Assassins (Episode 14)
Air date: 1990-04-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Over the years many political activists have been murdered in strange circumstances, but security denied that special 'hit squad' units were responsible. Then Captain Dirk Coetzee, ex-commander of one of these units, fled the country and told his story to the ANC, in extensive interviews Coetzee explains the functioning of the special units. The video also reconstructs attacks carried out against Zimbabwean anti-apartheid campaigners.
Terms for Peace (Episode 15)
Air date: 1990-04-11
Runtime: 45 min
The Children of Fire (Episode 16)
Air date: 1990-04-18
Runtime: 45 min
The Russians A Coming (Episode 17)
Air date: 1990-04-25
Runtime: 45 min
The Most Neglected Crime (Episode 18)
Air date: 1990-05-02
Runtime: 45 min
The Great Green Hype (Episode 19)
Air date: 1990-05-09
Runtime: 45 min
Romanian Roulette (Episode 20)
Air date: 1990-05-16
Runtime: 45 min
A Tale of Two Cartels (Episode 21)
Air date: 1990-05-23
Runtime: 45 min
Dispatches (30/05/1990) (Episode 22)
Air date: 1990-05-30
Runtime: 45 min
The Stasi Tapes (Episode 23)
Air date: 1990-06-06
Runtime: 45 min
The AIDS Catch (Episode 24)
Air date: 1990-06-13
Runtime: 45 min
Eritrea: Fight to the Death (Episode 25)
Air date: 1990-06-20
Runtime: 45 min
Game on the Ice (Episode 26)
Air date: 1990-06-27
Runtime: 45 min
Guinness - The Inside Story (Episode 27)
Air date: 1990-09-26
Runtime: 45 min
Listen to the Children (Episode 28)
Air date: 1990-10-03
Runtime: 45 min
Rivers of Fire (Episode 29)
Air date: 1990-10-10
Runtime: 45 min
Bad Meat Trail (Episode 30)
Air date: 1990-10-17
Runtime: 45 min
The Oregon Formula (Episode 31)
Air date: 1990-10-24
Runtime: 45 min
Black and Blue (Episode 32)
Air date: 1990-10-31
Runtime: 45 min
Moscow's Mafia Millions (Episode 33)
Air date: 1990-11-07
Runtime: 45 min
Kingmaker of Karachi (Episode 34)
Air date: 1990-11-14
Runtime: 45 min
Divided She Falls? (Episode 35)
Air date: 1990-11-21
Runtime: 45 min
A Good and Faithful Servant (Episode 36)
Air date: 1990-11-28
Runtime: 45 min
The Case Against War (Episode 37)
Air date: 1990-12-05
Runtime: 45 min
Against the Odds (Episode 38)
Air date: 1990-12-12
Runtime: 45 min
The Prozac File (Episode 39)
Air date: 1990-12-19
Runtime: 45 min
