Episode 1
Britain's Challenging Children
Jan 5, 2009
Episode 2
Mum, Dad, Alzheimer's & Me
Jan 12, 2009
Journalist Fiona Phillips tells the very personal story of her father's developing Alzheimer's disease, and how it affects him and the family as a whole.
Episode 3
The True Cost of Cheap Food
Jan 22, 2009
After looking at rising prices in The Truth About Food Prices, Rayner now looks at the other end of the scale - the new cheap food ranges and whether they have a true higher cost ... our health.
Episode 4
Unseen Gaza
Jan 22, 2009
Jon Snow explores the difficulties faced by news organisations around the world in reporting the conflict in Gaza. Who is getting the true picture of events as they happen?
Episode 5
Congo's Forgotten Children
Feb 2, 2009
Episode 6
Too Old to Work
Feb 9, 2009
With the number of unemployed in the UK nudging two million, Dispatches reveals the ageism rife amongst employers and recruitment agencies.
Episode 7
The Problem Princes
Feb 13, 2009
Episode 8
The Big Job Hunt
Feb 16, 2009
An investigation into rising unemployment in the UK and what steps the government are taking to alleviate it.
Episode 9
How They Squander Our Billions
Mar 9, 2009
Episode 10
Pakistan's Taliban Generation
Mar 16, 2009
Episode 11
Confessions of a Nurse
Mar 23, 2009
Following a YouGov report Dispatches takes a candid look at the NHS nursing system - with interviews from nurses and undercover footage.
Episode 12
The Trouble with Boris
Mar 30, 2009
Episode 13
Afghanistan: Mission Impossible?
Apr 6, 2009
Episode 14
The Westminster Gravy Train
Apr 19, 2009
Episode 15
Crash: How the Banks Went Bust!
Apr 20, 2009
Episode 16
Crash: How Long Will It Last?
Apr 27, 2009
Episode 17
Lost in Care
May 11, 2009
Episode 18
Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In
May 18, 2009
Episode 19
Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
Jun 1, 2009
Episode 20
Crash Gordon
Jun 8, 2009
Episode 21
Afghanistan's Dirty War
Jun 15, 2009
Episode 22
Rape in the City
Jun 22, 2009
After two recent, high-profile cases in which young women have been attacked and raped by groups of men; Journalist Sorious Samura investigates gang rape in the UK.
Episode 25
Terror in Mumbai
Jun 30, 2009
Episode 26
The Children Britain Betrayed
Jul 13, 2009
Episode 27
Undercover Debt Collector
Jul 20, 2009
Episode 28
Bankrolling Mugabe
Jul 27, 2009
Episode 29
The War Against Street Weapons
Aug 3, 2009
Episode 30
Battle Scarred
Sep 7, 2009
Follows the stories of four soldiers returning from the combat zones in the middle-east and the impact it has had on their lives and the people around them.
Episode 31
Middle Class and Jobless
Sep 14, 2009
Examining middle-class unemployment in Britain.
Episode 32
Cops on the Cheap?
Sep 21, 2009
A look at Police Community Support Officers who patrol the streets and cost the taxpayers millions. This documentary questions if they are good value.
Episode 33
MPs, Planes and Gravy Trains
Sep 28, 2009
Episode 34
Who Took Your Pension?
Oct 5, 2009
Episode 35
Ready for a Riot
Oct 19, 2009
Episode 36
What's in Your Breakfast?
Oct 26, 2009
Episode 37
Inside Britain's Israel Lobby
Nov 16, 2009
Episode 38
Return to Africa's Witch Children
Nov 23, 2009
Episode 39
Lords, Billionaires and the Russian Connection
Nov 30, 2009
Episode 40
Christmas on Credit
Dec 7, 2009
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