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Dispatches

1998 · 28 episodes · Jan 15, 1998

  1. Episode 1

    The Force is Not with You

    Jan 15, 1998

  2. Episode 2

    The Contamination Trail

    Jan 22, 1998

  3. Episode 3

    Too Much Too Young

    Jan 29, 1998

  4. Episode 4

    Something in the Air

    Feb 5, 1998

  5. Episode 5

    Saddam's Secret Time Bomb

    Feb 23, 1998

  6. Episode 6

    Judgement for Louise

    Mar 5, 1998

    Journalist David Jessel and producer Steve Haywood from the acclaimed Trial and Error (1992) come to Dispatches to examine doubts about the safety of the conviction of nanny Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care.

  7. Episode 7

    Trust Me I'm a Doctor

    Mar 12, 1998

  8. Episode 8

    Inspecting the Inspectors

    Mar 19, 1998

  9. Episode 9

    Golf Lima Foxtrot

    Mar 26, 1998

    GLF is police jargon for "Go Like F***". But does such light-hearted jocularity betray a lack of serious regard for the potential dangers to the public of cops' ability to break the rules of the road when performing high-speed pursuits?

  10. Episode 10

    Granny's Having a Baby

    Apr 2, 1998

  11. Episode 11

    The war Business

    Apr 9, 1998

    Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.

  12. Episode 12

    Men Behaving Badly: Part 1

    Apr 16, 1998

  13. Episode 13

    Men Behaving Badly: Part 2

    Apr 23, 1998

  14. Episode 14

    Apartheid's Children

    Apr 30, 1998

  15. Episode 15

    Secrets of the Gaul - Update

    May 21, 1998

  16. Episode 16

    Supertouts

    May 28, 1998

  17. Episode 17

    The Accident

    Jun 4, 1998

    Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.

  18. Episode 18

    Death in Room 602

    Jun 7, 1998

  19. Episode 20

    Sidney Cooke

    Oct 29, 1998

  20. Episode 21

    Sidney Cooke Update

    Oct 30, 1998

  21. Episode 22

    The Killer in Our Taps

    Nov 5, 1998

  22. Episode 23

    Now One is 50

    Nov 12, 1998

  23. Episode 24

    Teenage Gang Rape

    Nov 19, 1998

  24. Episode 25

    Dispatches Discussion

    Nov 20, 1998

  25. Episode 26

    Hidden Killer

    Nov 26, 1998

  26. Episode 27

    Law and Disorder

    Dec 3, 1998

  27. Episode 28

    Inside the ALF

    Dec 10, 1998

  28. Episode 29

    The Lockerbie Trail

    Dec 17, 1998