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Dispatches

1988 · 34 episodes · Jan 8, 1988

  1. Episode 1

    The Miner's Debate

    Jan 8, 1988

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

  2. Episode 2

    Waiting for the Consultant

    Jan 15, 1988

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

  3. Episode 3

    Danger! Men at Work

    Jan 22, 1988

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

  4. Episode 4

    Interview with John Stalker

    Feb 5, 1988

    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.

  5. Episode 5

    Iran: A Widening Gulf

    Feb 12, 1988

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

  6. Episode 6

    Palau: Paradise Lost

    Feb 19, 1988

    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.

  7. Episode 7

    Working for Welfare

    Feb 26, 1988

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

  8. Episode 8

    Radioactive Britain

    Mar 4, 1988

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

  9. Episode 9

    The Lobby

    Mar 11, 1988

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

  10. Episode 10

    Charity Fraud

    Mar 18, 1988

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

  11. Episode 11

    Single Union Deals With Employers

    Mar 25, 1988

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

  12. Episode 12

    Cuba From Inside

    Apr 8, 1988

    A report on human rights in Cuba

  13. Episode 13

    Talking to the Terrorists

    Apr 15, 1988

    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.

  14. Episode 14

    Cancer Research

    Apr 22, 1988

    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?

  15. Episode 15

    Freemasonry

    May 6, 1988

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

  16. Episode 16

    The P.L.O.

    May 13, 1988

  17. Episode 17

    War in the Desert

    May 20, 1988

    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.

  18. Episode 18

    NATO's Nuclear Programme

    May 27, 1988

    Documentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO.

  19. Episode 19

    Illegal Betting

    Jun 3, 1988

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

  20. Episode 20

    What's Best for the Children? : Coventry

    Jun 10, 1988

    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.

  21. Episode 21

    The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines

    Jun 17, 1988

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

  22. Episode 22

    Milky Business

    Jun 24, 1988

  23. Episode 23

    The Hashish Connection

    Jul 1, 1988

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

  24. Episode 24

    Disciples of Chaos

    Oct 5, 1988

    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.

  25. Episode 25

    Trouble on the Waterfront

    Oct 12, 1988

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

  26. Episode 26

    The Two State Solution

    Oct 19, 1988

    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.

  27. Episode 27

    Turkey: Trading with Torture

    Oct 26, 1988

    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.

  28. Episode 28

    Exporting High Technology from West to East

    Nov 2, 1988

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

  29. Episode 29

    Tibet - A Case to Answer

    Nov 9, 1988

    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.

  30. Episode 30

    The Day the Dream Died

    Nov 16, 1988

    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?

  31. Episode 31

    The Winds of Death

    Nov 23, 1988

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

  32. Episode 32

    The Battle for Stone Bassett

    Nov 30, 1988

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

  33. Episode 33

    The Countertraders

    Dec 7, 1988

    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.

  34. Episode 34

    A Very Polish Secret

    Dec 14, 1988

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