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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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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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  7. 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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  8. 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.

    Director:Christopher Sykes
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 1 - The Miner's Debate
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    #9 - The Miner's Debate

    S2:E1

    A question of concern, doubt and safety of mine workers from around Britain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 2 - Waiting for the Consultant
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    #10 - Waiting for the Consultant

    S2:E2

    Documentary report which looks at the suitability of doctors' work practices to the needs of the modern National Health Service.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 3 - Danger! Men at Work
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    #11 - Danger! Men at Work

    S2:E3

    An investigation over sexual harassment at work, the women behind it and what had been done to justify as a court offense.

    Director:Dennis Jarvis
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 4 - Interview with John Stalker
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    #12 - Interview with John Stalker

    S2:E4

    Interview with John Stalker who recently resigned as Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester. He was removed from an investigation of police and army tactics in Northern Ireland, and has now written a book about his experiences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 5 - Iran: A Widening Gulf
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    #13 - Iran: A Widening Gulf

    S2:E5

    Tim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 6 - Palau: Paradise Lost
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    #14 - Palau: Paradise Lost

    S2:E6

    Documentary report on US policies in the Pacific island of Palau and the seeking of an agreement with the islanders, despite their non-nuclear constitution, to bring nuclear weapons to the island.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 7 - Working for Welfare
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    #15 - Working for Welfare

    S2:E7

    Report on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 8 - Radioactive Britain
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    #16 - Radioactive Britain

    S2:E8

    A report on the Radioactive Substances Act, which permits over 7000 premises throughout Britain to handle radioactive material.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 9 - The Lobby
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    #17 - The Lobby

    S2:E9

    Investigation in to the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as "The Lobby", in the United States.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 10 - Charity Fraud
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    #18 - Charity Fraud

    S2:E10

    Report into a number of case histories of alleged charity fraud, which leads to an examination of the loopholes in existing charity laws.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 11 - Single Union Deals With Employers
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    #19 - Single Union Deals With Employers

    S2:E11

    Documentary about how the big unions present themselves to potential new employers in contests to sign single-union deals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 12 - Cuba From Inside
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    #20 - Cuba From Inside

    S2:E12

    A report on human rights in Cuba

    Director:Michael Chanan
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 13 - Talking to the Terrorists
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    #21 - Talking to the Terrorists

    S2:E13

    Documentary report in which former members of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, talk about their pasts and their hopes for an amnesty which will let them back into society.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 14 - Cancer Research
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    #22 - Cancer Research

    S2:E14

    A look at cancer research, and the lack of evidence that there has been much progress over the last 50-60 years. Some researchers think that there is no cure in sight. Why is so little research done into cancer prevention?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 15 - Freemasonry
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    #23 - Freemasonry

    S2:E15

    The Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 16 - The P.L.O.
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    #24 - The P.L.O.

    S2:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 17 - War in the Desert
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    #25 - War in the Desert

    S2:E17

    The first documentary about a war that has been going on for 13 years in the Sahara Desert between Morocco and a rebel army known as the Polisario.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

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