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Dispatches

2012

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Episode 12012-02-13

Olympic Tickets for Sale

A look at who got tickets for the London 2012 Olympic games and whether private companies are profiting.

Episode 22012-02-23

The Great Ticket Scandal

An investigation into two major 'fan-to-fan' ticket exchange websites to investigate who is selling via their websites and why so many tickets appear at over the face value so soon after the box office sells out.

Episode 32012-05-14

Watching the Detectives

Revealing how easy it is to buy our most personal and confidential information.

Episode 42012-05-21

Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards

Investigating whether cutting up our credit cards and paying for everything in cash could leave us with more money in our pockets

Episode 52012-05-28

The Real Mr & Mrs Assad

Investigates the extent of the Assad family's culpability and the chains of command that link the President and select inner circle to the brutal crackdown.

Episode 62012-06-11

Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 billion deal

Investigates just how close the Prime Minister got to the Murdoch empire. Did the Tories agree to help the mogul secure a business deal worth £8 billion?

Episode 72012-06-18

Let Our Dad Die

Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which has left him utterly paralyzed. He has what is known as 'locked in syndrome' and cannot move, talk, feed himself or perform even the most basic function without help.

Episode 82012-06-25

Undercover Undertaker

Lifts the lid on the funeral industry.

Episode 92012-07-02

Cashing in on the Games

Reporter Morland Sanders goes in search of the people cashing in on the 2012 London Olympic Games, and questions whether the overall economic benefits of hosting the event have been oversold.

Episode 102012-07-09

Secrets of the Taxman

An investigation into tax avoidance.

Episode 112012-07-16

Myths About Your 5 a Day

Dispatches investigates what's happened to the five-a-day campaign, which was designed to get us all eating more fruit and veg. Reporter Jane Moore reveals how this vital health message has been hijacked as a marketing tactic.

Episode 122012-07-23

Can You Trust Your Bank?

Jon Snow travels around the UK, meeting consumers, businesses and bankers, to ask whether we can trust our banks.

Episode 132012-07-30

Britain on the Sick

Investigates the controversial processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work.

Episode 142012-08-06

Britain's High Street Gamble

A look at the rise in high street betting shops and the social effect they have.

Episode 152012-08-13

Tricks of the Dole Cheats

Investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organization tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats.

Episode 162012-08-20

Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds

Investigates allegations of private landlords, councils, and housing associations overcharging leasehold homeowners for housing works and maintenance.

Episode 172012-09-10

The School Dinner Scandal

Tazeen Ahmad examines evidence that strategies to improve the food served in all our schools are fast coming undone.

Episode 182012-09-17

Secrets of Poundland

As other High Street retailers struggle for survival, discount leader Poundland is booming. Its pre-tax profits are up an astonishing 50% in a year. Dispatches' Harry Wallop asks how Poundland sells so cheaply, yet makes so much money.

Episode 192012-09-24

Undercover Retirement Home

Investigating the multi-million pound retirement property industry.

Episode 202012-10-01

Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck

Investigate the reality of life below deck for the multi-national workforce who toil behind the scenes of luxurious ocean going holidays.

Episode 212012-10-08

Secrets of Your Boss's Pay

Follows the former Greggs chief executive Sir Michael Darrington as he launches a campaign to call a halt to corporate greed.

Episode 222012-10-22

Do You Know Your Partner's Past?

Tina Nash investigates 'Clare's Law', a new pilot scheme in which men and women are warned by the authorities about their partners' history of violence.

Episode 232012-10-29

Getting Rich on the NHS

Morland Sanders examines whether the rapid handover of services to private contractors is really good for the public purse, and good for patient care.

Episode 2445 min2012-11-05

Nuclear War Games

Provides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability.

Episode 252012-11-12

Chinese Murder Mystery

A look at the life and death of Neil Percival Heywood and whether he was actually murdered. His death, virtually unnoticed at the time, has gone on to shake China's Communist Party to the core.

Episode 262012-11-19

MPs: Are They Still at It?

Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system. The investigation discovers a system still with problems and a lack of transparency.

Episode 272012-11-26

Where Has Your Aid Money Gone?

Jonathan Miller travels to Rwanda - the jewel in the crown of British overseas aid - to investigate what British taxes have paid for, and to ask what our government has achieved with the influence our aid supposedly buys us.

Episode 282012-12-03

The Chinese Are Coming

As China continues to flex its financial muscle by buying into British airports, water and breakfast cereals, Dispatches investigates growing Chinese power in the UK.

Episode 292012-12-10

How Safe is Your Cash?

Reporter Morland Sanders investigates whether security procedures that our banks tell us are impenetrable really are? He meets customers who say they have lost thousands of pounds through chip and pin fraud.

Episode 302012-12-17

The American School Massacre

Matt Frei reports from the scene of one of America's worst mass shootings, unravelling the chain of events and asking whether this latest tragedy will lead to a real change in America's attitude to guns.

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