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When does Dispatches Season 3 come out?

Dispatches Season 3 premiered Wednesday, January 4, 1989 on Channel 4 and ended Wednesday, December 20, 1989. The season has 39 episodes.

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Dispatches Season 3 release schedule

Dispatches Season 3 episode release dates
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1. Return to Year Zero?

Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

2. Gorbachev's Asylums

Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".

Wednesday · 37 years ago

3. Cooking the Books

Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

4. The Spy Who Broke the Code

Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

5. Buckets of Money

Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

6. The Copper Seven Story

Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

7. Afghan

A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

8. The Toxic Trail

Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

9. The Case of 'F'

Wednesday · 37 years ago

10. The Return of the Death Squads

Wednesday · 37 years ago

11. Burma - Dying for Democracy

Wednesday · 37 years ago

12. Voices From Long Larten

Wednesday · 37 years ago

13. Young, Homeless and Broke

Wednesday · 37 years ago

14. Chico

A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

15. Carry on Flying

Wednesday · 37 years ago

16. The Most Neglected Crime

Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.

Wednesday · 37 years ago

17. Dispatches (26/04/1989)

Wednesday · 37 years ago

18. A Suitable Case for Treatment

Wednesday · 37 years ago

19. The Sins of the Fathers

Wednesday · 37 years ago

20. Not What the Doctor Ordered

Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health

Wednesday · 37 years ago

21. Warlord of Kayan

Wednesday · 37 years ago

22. The Ultimate Blasphemy

Wednesday · 37 years ago

23. Fit as a Fiddle

Wednesday · 37 years ago

24. Empire of the Sun

Wednesday · 37 years ago

25. Year of the Locust

Wednesday · 37 years ago

26. A State of Decay

Wednesday · 37 years ago

27. Terror Island

Wednesday · 37 years ago

28. The Spanish Connection

Wednesday · 37 years ago

29. The Day of the Technopath

Wednesday · 37 years ago

30. No, Prime Minister

Wednesday · 37 years ago

31. The Undoing of Edwina

Wednesday · 37 years ago

32. Mission Impossible

Wednesday · 37 years ago

33. In the Coal Hole

Wednesday · 37 years ago

34. The False Confession File

Wednesday · 37 years ago

35. Hungarians Not Comrades

Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.

Wednesday · 36 years ago

36. Twelve Days in November

Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.

Wednesday · 36 years ago

37. Licence to Kill

Wednesday · 36 years ago

38. Privatising Poland

Wednesday · 36 years ago

39. Road to Damascus Finale

Wednesday · 36 years ago

Dispatches Season 3 guest stars

  • Michael McStay

  • Jeff B. Harmon

  • Alexander Lindsay

  • Aung San Suu Kyi

  • Thakin Nu

  • Charles Bronson

    Charles Bronson

  • Chiko Mendez

    Chiko Mendez

  • Gerry Adams

  • Brian Feeney

  • Jan Hruška

  • Emma Nicholson

    Emma Nicholson

  • Norman Beaton

    Norman Beaton

    Robert Mugabe

  • Irene Sutcliffe

    Margaret Thatcher

  • Kenneth Kaunda

  • Edwina Currie

    Edwina Currie

  • Robin Cook

    Robin Cook

Dispatches Season 3 FAQ

When does Dispatches Season 3 come out?

Dispatches Season 3 premiered Wednesday, January 4, 1989 on Channel 4.

How many episodes are in Dispatches Season 3?

Dispatches Season 3 has 39 episodes.

Are new episodes of Dispatches Season 3 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Dispatches Season 3 finale?

The Dispatches Season 3 finale (Episode 39) aired Wednesday, December 20, 1989.

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