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The Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 32

Every episode of Dispatches Season 32 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 32!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dispatches Season 32 Episode 1 - Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit
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    #1 - Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit

    S32:E1

    Dispatches goes undercover posing as representatives of a Chinese company to investigate how politicians, including former cabinet ministers, are looking to make money by advising businesses about Brexit.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 2 - Undercover in Premier Inn
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    #2 - Undercover in Premier Inn

    S32:E2

    A reporter goes undercover as an agency housekeeper working at a Premier Inn hotel in central London and discovers some uncomfortable truths about what it is like for some of the people working there.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 3 - Football's Wall of Silence
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    #3 - Football's Wall of Silence

    S32:E3

    In an Al Jazeera investigation, Reporter Deboarah Davies reveals how former youth football coach Barry Bennell spent his days coaching children and nights abusing them.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 4 - Undercover: Inside the Priory
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    #4 - Undercover: Inside the Priory

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    Faced with a shortage of places to treat mental health patients, the NHS is placing patients in private hospitals. Dispatches goes undercover inside one of the American-owned Priory Group's hospitals to investigate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 5 - Britain's University Spending Scandal
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    #5 - Britain's University Spending Scandal

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    At a time when students are graduating up to 58,000 pounds in debt and university staff are protesting about cuts to their pensions, Dispatches investigates the expenses of Britain's top universities.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 6 - The Week Britain Froze
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    #6 - The Week Britain Froze

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    The Week Britain Froze examines the causes of the Beast from the East, tells extraordinary stories of human courage, and asks if this freezing weather is a sign of things to come.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 7 - Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?
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    #7 - Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?

    S32:E7

    Dispatches goes undercover to discover if the UK's Financial Ombudsman acts in favour of banks and against their customers.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 8 - The Truth About Your Pay
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    #8 - The Truth About Your Pay

    S32:E8

    With the deadline for companies to disclose their gender pay gap approaching, reporter Tazeen Ahmad reveals how the figures presented may not be all that they seem.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 9 - Who Speaks for British Muslims?
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    #9 - Who Speaks for British Muslims?

    S32:E9

    Across Britain the police, government agencies and other public bodies have been reaching out to Muslim groups in the fight against extremism - but how much do they know about some of these groups?

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 10 - Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack
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    #10 - Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack

    S32:E10

    Matt Frei examines former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's past - and the murky world of espionage, politics and crime - to find potential motives for his poisoning in Salisbury.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 11 - Britain's Diesel Scandal
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    #11 - Britain's Diesel Scandal

    S32:E11

    An undercover investigation into how British hauliers are using hi-tech cheat devices and computer hacking to disable the emissions controls on their lorries saving them money but worsening air quality.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 12 - The True Cost of Green Energy
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    #12 - The True Cost of Green Energy

    S32:E12

    An investigation of the government-subsidised renewable energy industry turning trees into fuel, asking whether burning wood is really a more environmentally friendly alternative to burning coal.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 13 - Britain's Benefits Crisis
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    #13 - Britain's Benefits Crisis

    S32:E13

    Morland Sanders asks if the changes made to the Universal Credit system have forced some people to become homeless and to turn to food banks for support and if the nationwide roll-out of the changes should be halted.

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  14. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 14 - Myanmar's Killing Fields
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    #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.

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  15. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 15 - After Grenfell, How Safe Are We?
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    #15 - After Grenfell, How Safe Are We?

    S32:E15

    A year on from the Grenfell Tower disaster Ed Howker investigates claims that even after the Hackitt Review of building regulations Britain's tower blocks are still not safe.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 16 - Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis
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    #16 - Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis

    S32:E16

    Britain faces a major housing shortage so how is it that some of those who are responsible for providing the social housing that is so desperately needed seem to be doing so well out of the crisis?

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 17 - Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
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    #17 - Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network

    S32:E17

    Dispatches goes undercover in the secretive world of the people who decide what can and can't be posted on Facebook, exploring how their decisions are made and the impact they have on users.

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  18. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 18 - Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists
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    #18 - Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists

    S32:E18

    With exclusive access to the secretive world of Britain's new neo-Nazis, Dispatches tells the inside story of a far-right terrorist plot to murder an MP, and how the plan was betrayed to the police.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 19 - Homeless and Working
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    #19 - Homeless and Working

    S32:E19

    Datshiane Navanayagam goes behind the scenes at two homeless shelters in London to reveal the growing number of people who are in work but are unable to afford high private rents in a low wage economy.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 20 - Breastfeeding Uncovered
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    #20 - Breastfeeding Uncovered

    S32:E20

    Journalist and television presenter Kate Quilton investigates why Britain has some of the worst breastfeeding rates in the world and also explores some of the scientific evidence for the benefits of breast milk.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 21 - How to lose Seven Billion Pounds
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    #21 - How to lose Seven Billion Pounds

    S32:E21

    Liam Halligan reveals the story behind the collapse of Carillion, the vast British company built on billions of pounds of public money and that imploded in January 2018.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 22 - Lawless Britain: Where are the Police?
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    #22 - Lawless Britain: Where are the Police?

    S32:E22

    An increasing number of victims of crime are claiming that the police are not fully investigating their cases, while police cite a lack of resources. Are we entering a new era of policing?

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 23 - Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches For Snitches
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    #23 - Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches For Snitches

    S32:E23

    Livvy Haydock explores the dark world of online witness intimidation, meeting those who threaten 'snitches' and the families of witnesses who paid the price for telling the truth in court.

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  24. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 24 - Cannabis: Time to End the Ban?
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    #24 - Cannabis: Time to End the Ban?

    S32:E24

    Over 2 million people smoke cannabis in the UK. Some police forces no longer prosecute for possession. Canada and several American States have legalised it. So should the UK follow suit?

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Dispatches Season 32 Episode 25 - Born on the Breadline
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    #25 - Born on the Breadline

    S32:E25

    Examines the growing need for baby banks in the UK and meets the working parents who are turning to them to provide their young children with nappies, clothes, toys and cots.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 32 Ratings Summary

"Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit" is the best rated episode of "Dispatches" season 32. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/28/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Undercover in Premier Inn".