2009
2009 · 38 episodes
Episodes
1. Britain's Challenging Children
January 5, 2009
2. Mum, Dad, Alzheimer's & Me
January 12, 2009
Journalist Fiona Phillips tells the very personal story of her father's developing Alzheimer's disease, and how it affects him and the family as a whole.
3. The True Cost of Cheap Food
January 22, 2009
After looking at rising prices in The Truth About Food Prices, Rayner now looks at the other end of the scale - the new cheap food ranges and whether they have a true higher cost ... our health.
4. Unseen Gaza
January 22, 2009
Jon Snow explores the difficulties faced by news organisations around the world in reporting the conflict in Gaza. Who is getting the true picture of events as they happen?
5. Congo's Forgotten Children
February 2, 2009
6. Too Old to Work
February 9, 2009
With the number of unemployed in the UK nudging two million, Dispatches reveals the ageism rife amongst employers and recruitment agencies.
7. The Problem Princes
February 13, 2009
8. The Big Job Hunt
February 16, 2009
An investigation into rising unemployment in the UK and what steps the government are taking to alleviate it.
9. How They Squander Our Billions
March 9, 2009
10. Pakistan's Taliban Generation
March 16, 2009
11. Confessions of a Nurse
March 23, 2009
Following a YouGov report Dispatches takes a candid look at the NHS nursing system - with interviews from nurses and undercover footage.
12. The Trouble with Boris
March 30, 2009
13. Afghanistan: Mission Impossible?
April 6, 2009
14. The Westminster Gravy Train
April 19, 2009
15. Crash: How the Banks Went Bust!
April 20, 2009
16. Crash: How Long Will It Last?
April 27, 2009
17. Lost in Care
May 11, 2009
18. Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In
May 18, 2009
19. Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
June 1, 2009
20. Crash Gordon
June 8, 2009
21. Afghanistan's Dirty War
June 15, 2009
22. Rape in the City
June 22, 2009
After two recent, high-profile cases in which young women have been attacked and raped by groups of men; Journalist Sorious Samura investigates gang rape in the UK.
25. Terror in Mumbai
June 30, 2009
26. The Children Britain Betrayed
July 13, 2009
27. Undercover Debt Collector
July 20, 2009
28. Bankrolling Mugabe
July 27, 2009
29. The War Against Street Weapons
August 3, 2009
30. Battle Scarred
September 7, 2009
Follows the stories of four soldiers returning from the combat zones in the middle-east and the impact it has had on their lives and the people around them.
31. Middle Class and Jobless
September 14, 2009
Examining middle-class unemployment in Britain.
32. Cops on the Cheap?
September 21, 2009
A look at Police Community Support Officers who patrol the streets and cost the taxpayers millions. This documentary questions if they are good value.
33. MPs, Planes and Gravy Trains
September 28, 2009
34. Who Took Your Pension?
October 5, 2009
35. Ready for a Riot
October 19, 2009
36. What's in Your Breakfast?
October 26, 2009
37. Inside Britain's Israel Lobby
November 16, 2009
38. Return to Africa's Witch Children
November 23, 2009
39. Lords, Billionaires and the Russian Connection
November 30, 2009
40. Christmas on Credit
December 7, 2009