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When does Dispatches Season 2 come out?

Dispatches Season 2 premiered Friday, January 8, 1988 on Channel 4 and ended Wednesday, December 14, 1988. The season has 34 episodes.

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1. The Miner's Debate

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

Friday · 38 years ago

2. Waiting for the Consultant

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

Friday · 38 years ago

3. Danger! Men at Work

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

Friday · 38 years ago

4. Interview with John Stalker

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.

Friday · 38 years ago

5. Iran: A Widening Gulf

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

Friday · 38 years ago

6. Palau: Paradise Lost

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.

Friday · 38 years ago

7. Working for Welfare

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

Friday · 38 years ago

8. Radioactive Britain

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

Friday · 38 years ago

9. The Lobby

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

Friday · 38 years ago

10. Charity Fraud

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

Friday · 38 years ago

11. Single Union Deals With Employers

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

Friday · 38 years ago

12. Cuba From Inside

A report on human rights in Cuba

Friday · 38 years ago

13. Talking to the Terrorists

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.

Friday · 38 years ago

14. Cancer Research

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?

Friday · 38 years ago

15. Freemasonry

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

Friday · 38 years ago

16. The P.L.O.

Friday · 38 years ago

17. War in the Desert

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.

Friday · 38 years ago

18. NATO's Nuclear Programme

Documentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO.

Friday · 38 years ago

19. Illegal Betting

Documentary report about illegal gambling, worth £400-600 million annually. Hidden cameras are used in pubs and clubs from London to Liverpool.

Friday · 38 years ago

20. What's Best for the Children? : Coventry

Documentary about a model system in Coventry which has been set up to deal with child abuse, and which it is hoped will avoid most of the problems that occurred in Cleveland.

Friday · 38 years ago

21. The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines

Documentary made by Nick Downie about the time he spent with the Philippine Communist guerrillas, the New People's Army.

Friday · 38 years ago

22. Milky Business

Friday · 38 years ago

23. The Hashish Connection

Documentary filmed in the Bekaa valley about Lebanon's powerful drug clans.

Friday · 38 years ago

24. Disciples of Chaos

Documentary report about the National Front, which will be 21 years old this year. They now work mostly underground as a subversive organization. Also reports on Roberto Fiore in Italy.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

25. Trouble on the Waterfront

Port employers and the government want to scrap the Dock Labour Scheme, but there is great opposition amongst dockers.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

26. The Two State Solution

Documentary report on the attitudes of Israelis and Palestinians to the future of the occupied territories. A look at the idea of forming two separate states, however, people on both sides are opposed to this.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

27. Turkey: Trading with Torture

Documentary report on the continued use of torture in Turkey, despite its desire to join the EEC, which bans such practices. Includes graphic personal accounts.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

28. Exporting High Technology from West to East

Documentary report about the measures taken by the United States to ensure that their high technology is not exported to the Soviet bloc.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

29. Tibet - A Case to Answer

Documentary examining the destruction of the landscape, and the rights and religion of the people of Tibet, which has been ruled by the Chinese for 40 years.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

30. The Day the Dream Died

25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following still unanswered questions: 1) Our evidence points to an inescapable conclusion - this casket is empty. The question is, why? 2) Lyndon B. Johnson - what did this man stand to gain from the death of President Kennedy? 3) Who was this man [at the scene]? 4) Why did all these witnesses have to die? 5) Why was Lee Harvey Oswald arrested so quickly? 6) Who set Jack Ruby up to kill Oswald? 7) Why was it necessary to alter Kennedy's body before the official autopsy in Washington? 8) Why did the Dallas doctors change their testimony the very next day? 9) Why was Kennedy's brain missing at the autopsy in Washington? 10) Why did the Warren commission deceive the world?

Wednesday · 38 years ago

31. The Winds of Death

Documentary report on the Iraqi army's poison gas attacks on Kurdish villagers

Wednesday · 37 years ago

32. The Battle for Stone Bassett

Documentary investigation into the controversy surrounding the plan to build a new 6000 houses town, Stone Bassett, in rural Oxfordshire.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

33. The Countertraders

Documentary examination of the growth of "Countertrade" deals - compensatory agreements made between a government and a foreign company to offset the effects of placing an order overseas.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

34. A Very Polish Secret Finale

Documentary about the previously untold story of a 1945 massacre of Polish partisans by Russian troupes and pro-Russian Polish security forces.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

Dispatches Season 2 guest stars

  • Arthur Scargill

    Arthur Scargill

  • John Stalker

  • Ali Khamenei

    Ali Khamenei

  • Astrid Proll

    Astrid Proll

  • Richard Thompson

    Richard Thompson

  • Yasser Arafat

    Yasser Arafat

  • Leon Brittan

    Leon Brittan

  • Roberto Fiore

  • Leonard Zeskind

  • Martin Jarvis

    Martin Jarvis

  • Tenzin Gyatso

    Tenzin Gyatso

  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy

  • John Connally

    John Connally

  • Jesse E. Curry

  • Lee Harvey Oswald

    Lee Harvey Oswald

  • David Horowitz

Dispatches Season 2 FAQ

When does Dispatches Season 2 come out?

Dispatches Season 2 premiered Friday, January 8, 1988 on Channel 4.

How many episodes are in Dispatches Season 2?

Dispatches Season 2 has 34 episodes.

Are new episodes of Dispatches Season 2 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Dispatches Season 2 finale?

The Dispatches Season 2 finale (Episode 34) aired Wednesday, December 14, 1988.

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