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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Dispatches Season 18 Episode 7 - MMR: What They Didn't Tell You
    9.2/10(9 votes)

    #1 - MMR: What They Didn't Tell You

    S18:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dispatches Season 23 Episode 38 - Return to Africa's Witch Children
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Return to Africa's Witch Children

    S23:E38

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dispatches Season 25 Episode 1 - The Battle for Haiti
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #3 - The Battle for Haiti

    S25:E1

    On the night of the Haiti earthquake something happened in downtown Port au Prince - which would leave the fate of all the aid efforts and the country's future hanging in the balance: 4,500 prisoners escaped from Haiti's prison.

    Director:Dan Reed
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dispatches Season 25 Episode 25 - Gypsy Eviction: The Fight for Dale Farm
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Gypsy Eviction: The Fight for Dale Farm

    S25:E25

    On the day that the mass eviction was due to start on Dale Farm, Britain's largest traveller site, investigates the controversial relations between gypsies and travellers, their neighbours and the law.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dispatches Season 15 Episode 5 - Beneath the Veil
    8.5/10(92 votes)

    #5 - Beneath the Veil

    S15:E5

    British journalist Saira Shah travels to Afghanistan with a camera crew to document the realities of life under the Taliban. Filmed just months prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the footage reveals the chilling brutality of a fledgling government made up of radicalized followers of Osama bin Laden.

    Director:Cassian Harrison
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 20 - Escape from Isis
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Escape from Isis

    S29:E20

    In this one-hour special report Dispatches reveals the brutal regime millions of women face when living under the control of the so-called Islamic State and meets a dedicated team of men risking their lives to free them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dispatches Season 24 Episode 13 - The Lost Girls of South Africa
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #7 - The Lost Girls of South Africa

    S24:E13

    South Africa has the highest incidence of rape and 80% of the victims are girls under 13. The trauma of 5 such girls in Port Elizabeth is discussed. Ineffective police, lax judiciary and the stretched social welfare system are highlighted.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dispatches Season 24 Episode 17 - Africa's Last Taboo
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Africa's Last Taboo

    S24:E17

    An investigation into the persecution that gay people face in Africa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dispatches Season 33 Episode 5 - Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge

    S33:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dispatches Season 38 Episode 3 - Kill Zone: Inside Gaza
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    #10 - Kill Zone: Inside Gaza

    S38:E3

    The story of the Israeli military assault on Gaza. Seen through the eyes of children, journalists and doctors, Dispatches takes an unflinching look at the horrific challenges and heartbreaking loss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dispatches Season 22 Episode 18 - In God's Name
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #11 - In God's Name

    S22:E18

    An investigation into the growth of Christian fundamentalism in the UK.

    Director:David Modell
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dispatches Season 24 Episode 9 - Children of Gaza
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Children of Gaza

    S24:E9

    Jezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of 3 children over a year. Surrounded by the remnants of the demolished Gaza Strip and increasingly isolated by the blockade that prevents anyone from rebuilding their homes and their lives.

    Director:Jezza Neumann
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dispatches Season 24 Episode 29 - Britain's Street Kids
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Britain's Street Kids

    S24:E29

    Exploring hidden world of runaway and evicted teenagers, looking at their lives and how they fend for themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 14 - Myanmar's Killing Fields
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Myanmar's Killing Fields

    S32:E14

    For the past five years an undercover network of Rohingya activists have been risking their lives to secretly film evidence of years of repression, violence and mass murder by the authorities in Myanmar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dispatches Season 22 Episode 29 - Undercover Mosque: The Return
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Undercover Mosque: The Return

    S22:E29

    A year and a half after Undercover Mosque, this follow-up documentary goes undercover again to investigate extremism in the UK.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dispatches Season 33 Episode 28 - Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids

    S33:E28

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 39 - Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    #17 - Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola

    S21:E39

    Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how Coca-Cola respond to these allegations.

    Director:Sarah Macdonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dispatches Season 28 Episode 4 - Hunted
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Hunted

    S28:E4

    On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia is officially welcoming gay athletes and spectators. But in a country where it's thought only 1% of gay people dare to live completely openly, it appears to be a hollow gesture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dispatches Season 38 Episode 11 - The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #19 - The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions

    S38:E11

    For years, the royals kept details of some of their wealth secret. Dispatches reveals what they have kept under wraps - about who is paying them, and for what.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 3 - Undercover Mosque
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #20 - Undercover Mosque

    S21:E3

    Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The investigation reveals Saudi Arabian universities are recruiting young Western Muslims to train them in their extreme theology, then sending them back to the West to spread the word.

    Director:Andrew Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dispatches Season 22 Episode 12 - Undercover in Tibet
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #21 - Undercover in Tibet

    S22:E12

    Reveals the regime of terror which dominates daily life and makes freedom of expression an impossibility.

    Directors:Jezza Neumann, Tash Despa
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dispatches Season 22 Episode 40 - Saving Africa's Witch Children
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Saving Africa's Witch Children

    S22:E40

    Reporting on children in parts Nigeria branded as witches.

    Directors:Joost van der Valk, Mags Gavan
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dispatches Season 24 Episode 28 - Iraq's Secret War Files
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #23 - Iraq's Secret War Files

    S24:E28

    Exposing the full and unreported horror of the Iraqi conflict and its aftermath. The programme reveals the scale of civilian casualties, and allegations that after the scandal of Abu Ghraib, soldiers continued to abuse prisoners; and that US forces did not intervene in the torture and murder of detainees by the Iraqi security services.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dispatches Season 37 Episode 5 - Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy

    S37:E5

    The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dispatches Season 31 Episode 13 - Isis and the Battle for Iraq
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #25 - Isis and the Battle for Iraq

    S31:E13

    Emmy-award winning journalist Ramita Navai reveals the other side of the war against ISIS in Iraq, looking at allegations of torture, execution and sectarian cleansing of Sunni refugees by Shia militias.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"MMR: What They Didn't Tell You" is the best rated episode of "Dispatches". It scored 9.2/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/18/2004. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Return to Africa's Witch Children".