Episode 1
The Force is Not with You
Jan 15, 1998
Episode 2
The Contamination Trail
Jan 22, 1998
Episode 3
Too Much Too Young
Jan 29, 1998
Episode 4
Something in the Air
Feb 5, 1998
Episode 5
Saddam's Secret Time Bomb
Feb 23, 1998
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.
Episode 7
Trust Me I'm a Doctor
Mar 12, 1998
Episode 8
Inspecting the Inspectors
Mar 19, 1998
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?
Episode 10
Granny's Having a Baby
Apr 2, 1998
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.
Episode 12
Men Behaving Badly: Part 1
Apr 16, 1998
Episode 13
Men Behaving Badly: Part 2
Apr 23, 1998
Episode 14
Apartheid's Children
Apr 30, 1998
Episode 15
Secrets of the Gaul - Update
May 21, 1998
Episode 16
Supertouts
May 28, 1998
Episode 17
The Accident
Jun 4, 1998
Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.
Episode 18
Death in Room 602
Jun 7, 1998
Episode 20
Sidney Cooke
Oct 29, 1998
Episode 21
Sidney Cooke Update
Oct 30, 1998
Episode 22
The Killer in Our Taps
Nov 5, 1998
Episode 23
Now One is 50
Nov 12, 1998
Episode 24
Teenage Gang Rape
Nov 19, 1998
Episode 25
Dispatches Discussion
Nov 20, 1998
Episode 26
Hidden Killer
Nov 26, 1998
Episode 27
Law and Disorder
Dec 3, 1998
Episode 28
Inside the ALF
Dec 10, 1998
Episode 29
The Lockerbie Trail
Dec 17, 1998