Dispatches Season 2 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Friday, January 8, 1988
Ended: Wednesday, December 14, 1988
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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Dispatches Season 2 release schedule
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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5. Iran: A Widening Gulf Tim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state. |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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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 |
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7. Working for Welfare Report on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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12. Cuba From Inside A report on human rights in Cuba |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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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 |
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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 |
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15. Freemasonry The Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time. |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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16. The P.L.O. |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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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 |
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18. NATO's Nuclear Programme Documentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO. |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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22. Milky Business |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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23. The Hashish Connection Documentary filmed in the Bekaa valley about Lebanon's powerful drug clans. |
Friday · 38 years ago |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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31. The Winds of Death Documentary report on the Iraqi army's poison gas attacks on Kurdish villagers |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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