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The Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 29

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dispatches Season 29 Episode 1 - How to Blow Your Pension
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    #1 - How to Blow Your Pension

    S29:E1

    Changes to the rules regarding private pension withdrawals mean some retirees are planning on raiding their pension pot to take luxury holidays or pay of debts. Michael Buerk asks if the state will be left to pick up the pieces.

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  2. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 2 - Low Pay Britain
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    #2 - Low Pay Britain

    S29:E2

    As parties launch their General Election campaigns focusing on Britain's economic recovery, Morland Sanders investigates the reality of the workforce today and shows how major companies are saving money on wages and taxes.

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  3. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 3 - The Great Car Con
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    #3 - The Great Car Con

    S29:E3

    British motorists were told that diesel would be the cheap, environmentally friendly fuel of the future but growing concerns over harmful emissions and the reliability of emissions tests have led to calls for surcharges or bans on diesels.

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  4. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 4 - Secrets Of The Parking Wardens
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    #4 - Secrets Of The Parking Wardens

    S29:E4

    The number of parking tickets issues by private firms has rocketed since 2007, with more than 2.5 million issued annually. Reporter Antony Barnett goes undercover to investigate why complaints against them have also grown.

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  5. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 5 - Politicians for Hire II
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    #5 - Politicians for Hire II

    S29:E5

    Dispatches goes undercover once again to expose the cash-for-access scandal of MP's accepting fees to provide access to government. This time two former Foreign Secretaries are the target of the sting operation.

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  6. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 6 - Britain's Benefits Crackdown
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    #6 - Britain's Benefits Crackdown

    S29:E6

    The Government has vowed to clampdown on benefit claimants and has introduced a new system of sanctions against those it thinks are abusing the system. Liz MacKean meets those hit by the new penalties.

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  7. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 7 - Benefits Britain: Universal Credit
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    #7 - Benefits Britain: Universal Credit

    S29:E7

    The Government is introducing the new Universal Credit in the biggest welfare reform in a generation. It is claimed the new benefit is helping people back into work, Dispatches investigates claims the new system is a shambles.

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  8. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 8 - Britain's Defence Squeeze
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    #8 - Britain's Defence Squeeze

    S29:E8

    In the wake of significant cuts to the UK defence budget, Morland Sanders asks if the nation is still able to defend itself adequately in the face of a growing range of threats.

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  9. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 9 - How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister
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    #9 - How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister

    S29:E9

    In the run-up to the General Election, Antony Barnett presents an undercover investigation into the way in which donors can pay to attend social functions with government ministers to discuss "issues".

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  10. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 10 - How Safe Are Our Planes?
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    #10 - How Safe Are Our Planes?

    S29:E10

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  11. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 11 - The Secrets of Sports Direct
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    #11 - The Secrets of Sports Direct

    S29:E11

    How does Sports Direct sell it's trainers and clothing so cheaply? Harry Wallop examines the hidden costs behind the success of the high street store who have been accused of "reprehensible" business practices.

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  12. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 12 - Trains: Are You Paying Too Much?
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    #12 - Trains: Are You Paying Too Much?

    S29:E12

    As rail passenger numbers hit an all-time high Morland Sanders goes undercover inside one of Britain's biggest rail operators to examine the key problems of ticket pricing, overcrowding and compensation claims.

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  13. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 13 - Where to Save Your Money
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    #13 - Where to Save Your Money

    S29:E13

    Interest rates are at their lowest in 300 years, Channel 4 News Business Editor Siobhan Kennedy reports on the problems facing savers and examines some of the options available to them in a confusing market.

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  14. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 14 - Exams: Cheating the System?
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    #14 - Exams: Cheating the System?

    S29:E14

    Seyi Rhodes examines how some schools and pupils are coping with the stresses and strains of the exam system by bending the rules. He speaks to 'whistleblowers' within the education sector who reveal some of the tactics used.

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  15. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 15 - The Great British Property Divide
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    #15 - The Great British Property Divide

    S29:E15

    From million-pound flats to so-called "poor doors", Morland Sanders investigates how rising house prices can transform communities and the impact the right-to-buy law will have on the property divide.

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  16. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 16 - Salt: Are You Eating Too Much?
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    #16 - Salt: Are You Eating Too Much?

    S29:E16

    Amidst calls to reduce the amount of salt consumed in our diets, reporter Tazeen Ahmad uncovers disturbing evidence that the labelling of salt content on our food is far from always accurate

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  17. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 17 - Kids in Crisis
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    #17 - Kids in Crisis

    S29:E17

    In this hour-long special report Dispatches meets with four families who all have children who suffer from mental illness. The lack of local residential care means these youngsters have to be separated from their loved ones to seek help.

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  18. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 18 - How Councils Blow Your Millions
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    #18 - How Councils Blow Your Millions

    S29:E18

    Dispatches reporter Antony Barnett investigates the secretive deals that British local authorities have done with banks around the world that are costing the UK taxpayer millions of pounds.

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  19. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 19 - Pensions and the Price of Growing Old
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    #19 - Pensions and the Price of Growing Old

    S29:E19

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  20. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 20 - Escape from Isis
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    #20 - 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.

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  21. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 21 - Hunted: Gay and Afraid
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    #21 - Hunted: Gay and Afraid

    S29:E21

    Dispatches investigates the well-funded global network of groups that are supporting a new wave of anti-gay legislation around the world including America's "World Congress of Families".

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  22. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 22 - Britain's Benefits Experiment
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    #22 - Britain's Benefits Experiment

    S29:E22

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  23. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 23 - Aldi's Supermarket Secrets
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    #23 - Aldi's Supermarket Secrets

    S29:E23

    Discount supermarket chain Aldi continues to go from strength to strength, recently overtaking Waitrose as Britain's sixth biggest supermarket. Morland Sanders goes undercover to see if quality and service are suffering.

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  24. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 24 - How to Stop Your Nuisance Calls II
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    #24 - How to Stop Your Nuisance Calls II

    S29:E24

    Millions of people are plagued by nuisance callers trying to sell them things that they don't want, Dispatches goes undercover to investigate the cold calling industry and meets the people fighting back.

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  25. Dispatches Season 29 Episode 25 - Britain's Nightmare New Homes
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    #25 - Britain's Nightmare New Homes

    S29:E25

    With the Government pledging to build a million new homes across Britain by 2020, Seyi Rhodes investigates if the rush to build so many new houses is having an impact on the quality these homes.

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Season 29 Ratings Summary

"How to Blow Your Pension" is the best rated episode of "Dispatches" season 29. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/12/2015. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Low Pay Britain".