The Best Episodes of Dispatches
Every episode of Dispatches ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dispatches!
Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
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The best episode of "Dispatches" is "Escape from Isis", rated 8.5/10 from 29 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Escape from Isis" aired on 7/15/2015 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Lost Girls of South Africa".
8.5/10 29 votes#1 - Escape from Isis
Season 29 Episode 20 - Aired 2015-07-15
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- 8.4/10 8 votes
#2 - The Lost Girls of South Africa
Season 24 Episode 13 - Aired 2010-05-23
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.
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- 8.3/10 16 votes
#3 - Children of Gaza
Season 24 Episode 9 - Aired 2010-03-15
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
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- 8.3/10 12 votes
#4 - Myanmar's Killing Fields
Season 32 Episode 14 - Aired 2018-05-14
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- 8.1/10 8 votes
#5 - Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge
Season 33 Episode 5 - Aired 2019-02-26
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- 7.8/10 6 votes
#6 - Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids
Season 33 Episode 28 - Aired 2019-12-02
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- 7.8/10 13 votes
#7 - Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy
Season 37 Episode 5 - Aired 2023-06-27
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
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- 7.7/10 7 votes
#8 - Isis and the Battle for Iraq
Season 31 Episode 13 - Aired 2017-04-06
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- 7.4/10 7 votes
#9 - Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee
Season 34 Episode 2 - Aired 2020-03-02
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- 7.2/10 17 votes
#10 - Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad
Season 31 Episode 10 - Aired 2017-03-23
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- 7.2/10 8 votes
#11 - Secrets of Coca-Cola
Season 31 Episode 11 - Aired 2017-03-27
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- 7.2/10 12 votes
#12 - Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack
Season 32 Episode 10 - Aired 2018-03-26
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- 7.2/10 6 votes
#13 - Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
Season 37 Episode 6 - Aired 2023-09-05
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- 7.1/10 23 votes
#14 - Undercover Mosque
Season 21 Episode 3 - Aired 2007-01-15
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Director: Andrew Smith
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- 7.1/10 25 votes
#15 - The Prince and the Paedophile
Season 33 Episode 23 - Aired 2019-10-21
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- 6.7/10 7 votes
#16 - How Safe Are Our Planes?
Season 29 Episode 10 - Aired 2015-04-01
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- 6.6/10 5 votes
#17 - Corrupt Cops: What the Met Knew
Season 36 Episode 11 - Aired 2022-05-30
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6.2/10 115 votes#18 - Russell Brand: In Plain Sight
Season 37 Episode 7 - Aired 2023-09-16
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6.0/10 1 votes#19 - North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
Season 32 Episode 26 - Aired 2018-11-05
North Korean citizens reveal what life is like for the 24 million people who live in the world's most secretive country, where the state controls every aspect of their life.
Director: James Jones
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- 6.0/10 5 votes
#20 - The Truth About Vegans
Season 33 Episode 1 - Aired 2019-01-02
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- 6.0/10 1 votes
#21 - Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial
Season 33 Episode 12 - Aired 2019-05-27
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- 5.2/10 37 votes
#22 - Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
Season 32 Episode 17 - Aired 2018-07-17
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- 5.1/10 8 votes
#23 - President Trump: How Scared Should We Be?
Season 31 Episode 12 - Aired 2017-04-03
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- 4.8/10 13 votes
#24 - The Secrets of Amazon
Season 33 Episode 26 - Aired 2019-11-11
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- 3.0/10 5 votes
#25 - Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids
Season 33 Episode 2 - Aired 2019-02-04
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