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Dispatches (1987–present) on Channel 4
The answer: Between seasons — last episode April 2, 2026, no return date announced yet.
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About Dispatches
Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health,religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
Dispatches episode schedule
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| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | S2026·E3 | Click to Kill: The AI War Machine |
| March 27, 2026 | S2026·E2 | Keir Starmer: Where Did It All Go Wrong? |
| January 22, 2026 | S2026·E1 | Palestine Action: The Truth Behind the Ban: Dispatches |
| December 19, 2025 | S2025·E10 | Hunting Britain's Parcel Thieves |
| December 11, 2025 | S2025·E9 | The Prince Vs The Paper: Harry, Hacking & The Mail |
| October 20, 2025 | S2025·E8 | Will AI Take My Job? |
| October 13, 2025 | S2025·E7 | 999 Undercover: NHS in Crisis |
| July 17, 2025 | S2025·E6 | Trump: Moscow's Man in the White House |
| June 26, 2025 | S2025·E5 | Will Nigel Farage Be Prime Minister? |
| June 19, 2025 | S2025·E4 | Britain's Car Theft Gangs Exposed |
| April 14, 2025 | S2025·E3 | Undercover: The Great Tagging Scandal: Dispatches |
| April 3, 2025 | S2025·E2 | Delivered To A Predator: Al Fayed's Fixer: Dispatches |
| March 4, 2025 | S2025·E1 | Skinny Jab Scandal: Dispatches |
| December 2, 2024 | S2024·E12 | Britain's Benefits Scandal |
| November 25, 2024 | S2024·E11 | Britain's Shoplifting Gangs Exposed |
| November 2, 2024 | S2024·E10 | The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions |
| October 18, 2024 | S2024·E9 | Vinted's Dirty Laundry |
| October 11, 2024 | S2024·E8 | Barbie's Dirty Secrets |
| July 16, 2024 | S2024·E7 | Britain's Unsolved Crimewave |
| June 27, 2024 | S2024·E6 | Can AI Steal Your Vote? |
| June 24, 2024 | S2024·E5 | Undercover A&E: NHS in Crisis |
| May 30, 2024 | S2024·E4 | The Truth About Temu |
| May 27, 2024 | S2024·E3 | Kill Zone: Inside Gaza |
| May 23, 2024 | S2024·E2 | The War on Britain's Motorists |
| May 16, 2024 | S2024·E1 | Coca-Cola's Dirty Secret |
| December 12, 2023 | S2023·E11 | Less for More: The Truth About Food Prices |
| December 8, 2023 | S2023·E10 | How Safe Is Your Turkey? |
| November 29, 2023 | S2023·E9 | Secrets and Power: China in the UK |
| November 13, 2023 | S2023·E8 | The Hunt for Ukraine's Stolen Children |
| September 5, 2023 | S2023·E7 | Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings |
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| August 15, 2023 | S2023·E6 | Special |
| June 27, 2023 | S2023·E5 | Boris, the Lord and the Russian Spy: Dispatches |
| June 7, 2023 | S2023·E4 | Britain's Forgotten Pensioners |
| March 24, 2023 | S2023·E3 | Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal |
| March 9, 2023 | S2023·E2 | Undercover Ambulance: NHS in Chaos |
| February 12, 2023 | S2023·E1 | Strippers, Spies and Russian Money |
| December 7, 2022 | S2022·E19 | Cops in Crisis: Dispatches |
| November 7, 2022 | S2022·E18 | Trapped, Disabled & Abused: Dispatches |
| October 7, 2022 | S2022·E17 | Britain's Evicted Kids - Dispatches |
| September 21, 2022 | S2022·E16 | Broke: Britain's Debt Emergency - Dispatches |
| August 29, 2022 | S2022·E15 | Britain's Water Scandal: Dispatches |
| August 15, 2022 | S2022·E14 | Why Is My Car So Expensive?: Dispatches |
| August 1, 2022 | S2022·E13 | Airport Chaos Undercover: Dispatches |
| July 25, 2022 | S2022·E12 | Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution - Dispatches |
| June 27, 2022 | S2022·E11 | Ukraine: Life Under Attack - Dispatches |
| June 3, 2022 | S2022·E10 | Corrupt Cops: What the Met Knew - Dispatches |
| May 23, 2022 | S2022·E9 | MPs Under Threat: Dispatches |
| May 16, 2022 | S2022·E8 | The Truth about Nike and Adidas: Dispatches |
| May 9, 2022 | S2022·E7 | The Enemy Within: Inside Britain's Far Right - Dispatches |
| April 25, 2022 | S2022·E6 | Inside the Metaverse: Are You Safe? Dispatches |
| April 18, 2022 | S2022·E5 | Are We Losing the War on Terror? Dispatches |
| April 11, 2022 | S2022·E4 | Why Are Your Energy Bills So High? Dispatches |
| April 4, 2022 | S2022·E3 | Cadbury Exposed: Dispatches |
| February 2, 2022 | S2022·E2 | China: The Search for the Missing |
| January 30, 2022 | S2022·E1 | Boris Johnson: Has He Run Out of Road |
| December 17, 2021 | S2021·E22 | The Truth About Disability Benefits |
| December 10, 2021 | S2021·E21 | Vaccine Wars: The Truth about Pfizer |
| November 29, 2021 | S2021·E20 | The Truth about Your Chicken |
| November 27, 2021 | S2021·E19 | Escape from the Taliban |
| November 22, 2021 | S2021·E18 | The Truth About Electric Cars |
| November 15, 2021 | S2021·E17 | Did Brexit Work for Business? |
| November 1, 2021 | S2021·E16 | How Green Is The Government? |
| October 25, 2021 | S2021·E15 | Growing Up Poor: Britain's Hidden Homeless Kids |
| October 18, 2021 | S2021·E14 | Clapped out: Is the NHS Broken? |
| October 11, 2021 | S2021·E13 | Cops on Trial |
| July 27, 2021 | S2021·E12 | India's Rape Scandal |
| July 20, 2021 | S2021·E11 | Torn Apart: Family Courts Uncovered |
| June 16, 2021 | S2021·E10 | Undercover in Africas Secret State |
| May 17, 2021 | S2021·E9 | Second Wave: Did the Government Get it Wrong |
| May 10, 2021 | S2021·E8 | Royals for Hire |
| April 12, 2021 | S2021·E7 | Low Pay Britain: About Your Job |
| March 29, 2021 | S2021·E6 | The Black Maternity Scandal |
| March 22, 2021 | S2021·E5 | The High Street Cash Crisis |
| March 15, 2021 | S2021·E4 | The Truth About Long Covid |
| March 8, 2021 | S2021·E3 | The Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish |
| March 1, 2021 | S2021·E2 | Condition Critical: One Doctor's Story |
| February 22, 2021 | S2021·E1 | Britain's £400bn Covid Bill: Who Will Pay? |
| December 28, 2020 | S2020·E19 | Deep Fakes: Can You Trust Your Eyes? |
| December 18, 2020 | S2020·E18 | Coronavirus Vaccine: Is It Safe? |
| November 16, 2020 | S2020·E16 | Is Your Online Habit Killing the Planet? |
| November 9, 2020 | S2020·E15 | Divided States of America |
| November 2, 2020 | S2020·E14 | Britain's Covid Job Crisis |
| October 26, 2020 | S2020·E13 | How Safe Is Going Out? |
| October 19, 2020 | S2020·E12 | Trump's Coronavirus Catastrophe |
| October 12, 2020 | S2020·E11 | Dirty Secrets of American Food: Coming to a Supermarket Near You? |
| June 3, 2020 | S2020·E10 | Britain's Coronavirus Catastrophe: Did the Government Get it Wrong? |
| April 16, 2020 | S2020·E9 | The Truth About Traveller Crime |
| April 8, 2020 | S2020·E8 | Coronavirus: How Britain Is Changing |
| March 30, 2020 | S2020·E7 | Coronavirus: Can Our NHS Cope? |
| March 23, 2020 | S2020·E6 | Sex, Money & Power: The Dirty Secrets of Davos |
| March 22, 2020 | S2020·E5 | Coronavirus: Can Our Supermarkets Cope? |
| March 16, 2020 | S2020·E4 | Britain's Train Hell |
| March 9, 2020 | S2020·E3 | Celebs for Sale: The Great Charity Scandal |
| March 2, 2020 | S2020·E2 | Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee |
| February 24, 2020 | S2020·E1 | The Secrets of Big Tobacco: Has Philip Morris International Really Given Up Smoking? |
| December 2, 2019 | S2019·E29 | Growing Up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids |
| November 18, 2019 | S2019·E28 | Homeless and Pregnant |
| November 11, 2019 | S2019·E27 | The Secrets of Amazon |
| November 4, 2019 | S2019·E26 | Puppet Masters: The Men Who Really Run Britain |
| October 28, 2019 | S2019·E25 | Trump's Plan for the NHS |
| October 21, 2019 | S2019·E24 | The Prince and the Paedophile |
| September 8, 2019 | S2019·E23 | Sex Drugs and Murder |
| July 29, 2019 | S2019·E22 | Young, British and Depressed |
| July 22, 2019 | S2019·E21 | £2 Million Passport: Welcome to Britain |
| July 19, 2019 | S2019·E20 | British Passports for Sale |
| July 15, 2019 | S2019·E19 | Britain's New Build Scandal |
| July 8, 2019 | S2019·E18 | Battle for the Tory Party |
| July 1, 2019 | S2019·E17 | Officer Down - Police Under Attack |
| June 24, 2019 | S2019·E16 | Britain's Breast Implant Scandal |
| June 17, 2019 | S2019·E15 | How Safe Are Your Medicines? |
| June 10, 2019 | S2019·E14 | Britain's Toxic Air Scandal |
| June 3, 2019 | S2019·E13 | The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken |
| May 27, 2019 | S2019·E12 | Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial |
| April 8, 2019 | S2019·E11 | When the Immigrants Leave |
| April 1, 2019 | S2019·E10 | Britain's Hidden War |
| March 25, 2019 | S2019·E9 | New Landlords From Hell |
| March 18, 2019 | S2019·E8 | Great Formula Milk Scandal |
| March 11, 2019 | S2019·E7 | The Brexit Millionaires |
| March 4, 2019 | S2019·E6 | Britain's Knife Crisis: Young, Armed and Dangerous |
| February 26, 2019 | S2019·E5 | Safe At Last: Inside A Women's Refuge |
| February 18, 2019 | S2019·E4 | Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail? |
| February 11, 2019 | S2019·E3 | HS2: The Great Train Robbery |
| February 4, 2019 | S2019·E2 | Skipping School: Britain's Invisible Kids |
| January 2, 2019 | S2019·E1 | The Truth About Vegans |
| December 5, 2018 | S2018·E27 | North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State |
| November 5, 2018 | S2018·E26 | Brexit: What the Nation Really Thinks |
| October 29, 2018 | S2018·E25 | Born on the Breadline |
| October 22, 2018 | S2018·E24 | Cannabis: Time to End the Ban? |
| October 15, 2018 | S2018·E23 | Witness Intimidation Revealed: Stitches for Snitches |
| October 8, 2018 | S2018·E22 | Lawless Britain: Where are the Police? |
| August 22, 2018 | S2018·E21 | How to lose Seven Billion Pounds |
| July 30, 2018 | S2018·E19 | Breastfeeding Uncovered |
| July 23, 2018 | S2018·E18 | Homeless and Working |
| July 18, 2018 | S2018·E17 | Plot to Kill: Britain's Neo-Nazi Terrorists |
| July 17, 2018 | S2018·E16 | Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network |
| July 16, 2018 | S2018·E15 | Getting Rich From the Housing Crisis |
| June 8, 2018 | S2018·E14 | After Grenfell: How Safe are We? |
| May 14, 2018 | S2018·E13 | Myanmar's Killing Fields |
| May 7, 2018 | S2018·E12 | Britain's Benefits Crisis |
| April 16, 2018 | S2018·E11 | The True Cost of Green Energy |
| April 9, 2018 | S2018·E10 | Britain's Diesel Scandal |
| March 26, 2018 | S2018·E9 | Who Speaks for British Muslims? |
| March 19, 2018 | S2018·E8 | The Truth About Your Pay |
| March 5, 2018 | S2018·E7 | Undercover: Who's Policing Your Bank?. |
| February 27, 2018 | S2018·E6 | The Fgm Detectives |
| February 26, 2018 | S2018·E5 | Britain's University Spending Scandal |
| February 19, 2018 | S2018·E4 | Undercover: Inside the Priory |
| February 15, 2018 | S2018·E3 | Football's Wall of Silence |
| February 12, 2018 | S2018·E2 | Undercover in Premier Inn |
| January 28, 2018 | S2018·E1 | Politicians for Hire: Cashing in on Brexit |
| December 8, 2017 | S2017·E28 | Al Fayed Behind Closed Doors |
| November 20, 2017 | S2017·E27 | How to Avoid the Dementia Tax |
| November 13, 2017 | S2017·E26 | The Great Housing Scandal |
| November 7, 2017 | S2017·E25 | The Fight For Mosul |
| November 6, 2017 | S2017·E24 | Trouble on the Trains |
| October 30, 2017 | S2017·E23 | Is Britain Full? |
| October 23, 2017 | S2017·E22 | Who Deserves a Pay Rise? |
| October 18, 2017 | S2017·E21 | Trump and Russia: Sex, Spies and Scandal |
| October 16, 2017 | S2017·E20 | How to Get a Pay Rise |
| August 28, 2017 | S2017·E19 | Secrets of Your New Car |
| July 10, 2017 | S2017·E18 | Secrets of Britain's New Homes |
| July 3, 2017 | S2017·E17 | Secrets of Your Cruise |
| June 26, 2017 | S2017·E16 | Brexit - How to Get a British Passport |
| June 19, 2017 | S2017·E15 | Bupa Care Homes Undercover |
| May 8, 2017 | S2017·E14 | Trump, the Doctor and the Vaccine Scandal |
| April 6, 2017 | S2017·E13 | Isis and the Battle for Iraq |
| April 3, 2017 | S2017·E12 | President Trump: How Scared Should We Be? |
| March 27, 2017 | S2017·E11 | Secrets of Coca-Cola |
| March 23, 2017 | S2017·E10 | Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad |
| March 20, 2017 | S2017·E9 | Britain's Benefit Families |
| March 13, 2017 | S2017·E8 | Brexit: Crisis on the Wards |
| March 1, 2017 | S2017·E7 | Under Lock and Key |
| February 27, 2017 | S2017·E6 | Inside Britain's Airports |
| February 20, 2017 | S2017·E5 | Supermarkets: Brexit and Your Shrinking Shop |
| February 13, 2017 | S2017·E4 | Undercover: Britain's Homeless Scandal |
| January 30, 2017 | S2017·E3 | Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes - Part 2 |
| January 23, 2017 | S2017·E2 | Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes - Part 1 |
| January 16, 2017 | S2017·E1 | President Trump's Dirty Secrets |
| November 12, 2016 | S2016·E28 | The World According to President Trump |
| November 7, 2016 | S2016·E27 | Britain's Homebuilding Scandal |
| October 31, 2016 | S2016·E26 | The Secret Plan to Save Fat Britain |
| October 24, 2016 | S2016·E25 | Addicted to Spending |
| October 17, 2016 | S2016·E24 | Living with Nightmare Neighbours |
| October 10, 2016 | S2016·E23 | Britain's Wealth Gap |
| October 5, 2016 | S2016·E22 | Britain's Aborton Extremists |
| September 19, 2016 | S2016·E21 | The Battle for the Labour Party |
| August 15, 2016 | S2016·E20 | The Great Housing Scandal |
| August 8, 2016 | S2016·E19 | Brexit: Who'll Do Your Job Now? |
| August 1, 2016 | S2016·E18 | How Safe is Your Car? |
| July 25, 2016 | S2016·E17 | How School Bosses Spend Your Millions |
| July 18, 2016 | S2016·E16 | Is Your Pension Safe? |
| July 11, 2016 | S2016·E15 | Racist Britain |
| July 4, 2016 | S2016·E14 | Are You Owed a Pay Rise? |
| May 26, 2016 | S2016·E13 | Inside Britain's Children's Services |
| April 25, 2016 | S2016·E12 | The Truth About Cheap Flights |
| April 18, 2016 | S2016·E11 | Isis and the Missing Treasures |
| April 11, 2016 | S2016·E10 | The Great Benefits Row |
| April 4, 2016 | S2016·E9 | Britain's Pensioner Care Scandal |
| March 21, 2016 | S2016·E8 | Secrets of Cadbury |
| March 14, 2016 | S2016·E7 | Housing Benefit Millionaires |
| March 7, 2016 | S2016·E6 | How To Be A Council House Millionaire |
| February 29, 2016 | S2016·E5 | Fight Against ISIS |
| February 22, 2016 | S2016·E4 | Dirty Secrets: What's Really in Our Air? |
| February 15, 2016 | S2016·E3 | 999: Where's My Ambulance? |
| February 8, 2016 | S2016·E2 | How the Rich Avoid Tax |
| February 1, 2016 | S2016·E1 | Where's My Missing Mail? |
| December 22, 2015 | S2015·E28 | The Children Who Beat Ebola |
| November 16, 2015 | S2015·E24 | Britain's Nightmare New Homes |
| November 9, 2015 | S2015·E23 | Aldi's Supermarket Secrets |
| November 2, 2015 | S2015·E22 | Britain's Benefits Experiment |
| July 23, 2015 | S2015·E21 | Hunted: Gay and Afraid |
| July 22, 2015 | S2015·E27 | White People |
| July 15, 2015 | S2015·E20 | Escape from Isis |
| July 13, 2015 | S2015·E19 | Pensions and the Price of Growing Old |
| July 6, 2015 | S2015·E18 | How Councils Blow Your Millions |
| July 1, 2015 | S2015·E17 | Kids in Crisis |
| June 29, 2015 | S2015·E16 | Salt: Are You Eating Too Much? |
| June 22, 2015 | S2015·E15 | The Great British Property Divide |
| June 15, 2015 | S2015·E14 | Exams: Cheating the System? |
| June 8, 2015 | S2015·E13 | Where to Save Your Money |
| June 1, 2015 | S2015·E12 | Trains: Are You Paying Too Much? |
| April 27, 2015 | S2015·E11 | The Secrets of Sports Direct |
| April 1, 2015 | S2015·E10 | How Safe Are Our Planes? |
| March 23, 2015 | S2015·E9 | How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister |
| March 16, 2015 | S2015·E8 | Britain's Defence Squeeze |
| March 9, 2015 | S2015·E7 | Benefits Britain |
| March 2, 2015 | S2015·E6 | Britain's Benefits Crackdown |
| February 23, 2015 | S2015·E5 | Politicians for Hire |
| February 16, 2015 | S2015·E4 | Secrets of the Parking Wardens |
| January 26, 2015 | S2015·E3 | The Great Car Con |
…and 798 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.