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The Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 1

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Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

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    Dispatches Season 1 Episode 1 - The Plutonium Black Market
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    #1 - The Plutonium Black Market

    S1:E1

    Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 2 - In The Red
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    #2 - In The Red

    S1:E2

    Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 3 - AIDS - The Unheard Voices
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    #3 - AIDS - The Unheard Voices

    S1:E3

    The program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those diagnosed as H.I.V. positive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 4 - Divided by Law
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    #4 - Divided by Law

    S1:E4

    Explains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that the government has delayed progress pending on legislation.

    Director:David Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 5 - Selling the Tunnel
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    #5 - Selling the Tunnel

    S1:E5

    TVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the public to back the issue of shares and raise capital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 6 - Gunning for Government
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    #6 - Gunning for Government

    S1:E6

    The undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 7 - Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
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    #7 - Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

    S1:E7

    4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mother Pauline Carlile was jailed 12 years for cruelty.

    Director:Jon Blair
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 8 - Korea: Poverty Prohibited
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    #8 - Korea: Poverty Prohibited

    S1:E8

    In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.

    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Plutonium Black Market" is the best rated episode of "Dispatches" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/30/1987. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "In The Red".