Dispatches (Season 33)

The Truth About Vegans (Episode 1)

Air date: 2019-01-02

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Morland Sanders investigates the increasing popularity of veganism. It's better for your health, the environment and animals but why do some activists resort to extreme tactics to promote it?

Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids (Episode 2)

Air date: 2019-02-04

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A report on the increasing number of children being educated at home in the UK, investigating the reasons behind this dramatic rise and the impact it is having on young people.

HS2: The Great Train Robbery (Episode 3)

Air date: 2019-02-11

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Liam Halligan reports on the multi-billion-pound high-speed rail line. With costs soaring should it be scrapped and the money spent on improving local rail networks instead.

Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail? (Episode 4)

Air date: 2019-02-18

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: An examination of the London Fire Brigade's response to the Grenfell Tower fire in light of new evidence from the public inquiry and interviews with firefighters and survivors.

Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge (Episode 5)

Air date: 2019-02-26

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: In a television first, cameras are allowed inside a women's refuge to follow the stories of women who are fleeing from violent partners, and who have agreed to be identified.

Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous (Episode 6)

Air date: 2019-03-04

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe examines why there has been a rise in knife crime and asks what Britain needs to do to get the problem under control.

The Brexit Millionaires (Episode 7)

Air date: 2019-03-11

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Antony Barnett investigates those who have profited from the uncertainty since the UK's referendum on membership of the EU, including politicians, consultancy firms and those who 'shorted' against Britain.

Great Formula Milk Scandal (Episode 8)

Air date: 2019-03-18

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: New mum Kate Quilton investigates if formula milk is being fairly priced and if claims made for its benefits are unbiased and scientifically proven.

New Landlords From Hell (Episode 9)

Air date: 2019-03-25

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A year-long investigation by Datshiane Navanayagam reveals the shocking conditions endured by tenants of one of the UK's largest housing associations, Sanctuary Housing, and the effect on vulnerable people's health.

Britain's Hidden War (Episode 10)

Air date: 2019-04-01

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: With BAE Systems keeping Saudi jets in the air and British military officers working in the Saudi Air Operations Centre, Sue Turton investigates the extent to which the war in Yemen is made in Britian.

When the Immigrants Leave (Episode 11)

Air date: 2019-04-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Ahead of Brexit, reporter Seyi Rhodes explores how a lack of migrant workers from the European Union could affect agriculture, social care and health-care in Britain.

Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial (Episode 12) 6.0

Air date: 2019-05-27

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: In the wake of the cancellation of The Jeremy Kyle Show following the death of a guest who appeared on the programme, Morland Sanders investigates what lies behind the headlines, what went wrong and who might be to blame.

The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken (Episode 13)

Air date: 2019-06-03

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: With chemically-washed chicken being pushed as part of a post-Brexit Anglo-American trade deal this undercover report goes inside an American poultry processing plant to investigate the practice.

Britain's Toxic Air Scandal (Episode 14)

Air date: 2019-06-10

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 1 in 3 children in the UK is growing up inhaling unsafe levels of air pollution. Reporter Morland Sanders reveals it's not just exhausts producing dangerous emissions with toxins coming off every vehicle - even electric ones.

How Safe Are Your Medicines? (Episode 15)

Air date: 2019-06-17

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: In 2014 millions of pounds worth of medicines were stolen from Italian hospitals then sold by bogus drugs wholesalers - some of which ended up in the NHS supply chain. Antony Barnett investigates.

Britain's Breast Implant Scandal (Episode 16)

Air date: 2019-06-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Abbie Eastwood investigates whether breast implants are making women ill, or worse still causing cancer.

Officer Down - Police Under Attack (Episode 17)

Air date: 2019-07-01

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Former police officer Dan Neal investigates the worrying rise in the number of assaults on police officers as they go about their job.

Battle for the Tory Party (Episode 18)

Air date: 2019-07-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: As members of the Conservative Party choose our next Prime Minister, Gary Gibbon examines who really holds the reins of power.

Britain's New Build Scandal (Episode 19)

Air date: 2019-07-15

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Liam Halligan investigates claims of shoddy standards, poor customer care and excessive profits at Britain's second biggest - and most profitable - house-builder, Persimmon.

£2 Million Passport: Welcome to Britain (Episode 20)

Air date: 2019-07-22

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Dispatches investigates the 'golden visa' scheme, which offers British residency to wealthy foreign nationals who are willing to invest two million pounds in the UK.

Young, British and Depressed (Episode 21)

Air date: 2019-07-29

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: "We're promoting the idea that it's ok to have a mental health problem - but it's made us afraid of our emotions." Dispatches investigates claims that de-stigmatisation campaigns are having unintended negative consequences, leading some to wrongly believe they have problems with their mental health.

Sex, Drugs and Murder (Episode 22)

Air date: 2019-09-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A special investigation into the epidemic use of the drug GHB in the gay community, where users are vulnerable to overdosing and sexual abuse.

The Prince and the Paedophile (Episode 23)

Air date: 2019-10-21

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Cathy Newman investigates the friendship between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein amid accusations that the Prince slept with a 17-year-old girl supplied by Epstein.

Trump's Plan for the NHS (Episode 24)

Air date: 2019-10-28

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: How Trump's proposed trade agreement with post-Brexit Britain could cost the NHS billions.

Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain (Episode 25)

Air date: 2019-11-04

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Gary Gibbon examines the role played by Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne the controversial political advisors to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn.

The Secrets of Amazon (Episode 26)

Air date: 2019-11-11

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Sophie Morgan explores some of the complaints about the global company, including working conditions, selling toxic toys and pro-anorexia books, tax avoidance and selling on personal data.

Born Homeless (Episode 27)

Air date: 2019-11-18

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Explores the issue of pregnant women who find themselves with no place to call home, and conducts an exclusive survey of midwives to get a sense of the scale of the problem.

Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids (Episode 28)

Air date: 2019-12-02

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: In Britain, 4.1 million children are growing up in poverty. This special report follows three families to show what life is like if there's not enough money for life's essentials.

Britain's Child Drug Runners (Episode 29)

Air date: 2019-12-13

Overview: Children as young as seven are being groomed to sell drugs for 'county lines' drugs gangs in towns and villages all over the UK. This documentary follows four young people trapped in this world.