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The Best Seasons of Dispatches

Every season of Dispatches ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Dispatches!

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Season 18

10 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2004

9.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · MMR: What They Didn't Tell You 9.2

Season 24

33 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2010

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · The Lost Girls of South Africa 8.4

Season 28

30 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2014

7.9/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Hunted 7.9

Other Seasons

Season 22

41 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2008

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE18 · In God's Name 8.3

Season 25

30 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2011

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · The Battle for Haiti 9.0

Season 29

28 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE20 · Escape from Isis 8.5

Season 34

18 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2020

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee 7.5

Season 15

10 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2001

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Beneath the Veil 8.5

Season 23

38 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2009

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE38 · Return to Africa's Witch Children 9.0

#10

Season 21

42 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2007

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE39 · Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola 7.9

#11

Season 17

10 Episodes

First Aired: May 2003

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Virgin Soldiers 7.2

#12

Season 38

13 Episodes

First Aired: May 2024

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Kill Zone: Inside Gaza 8.4

#13

Season 37

12 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2023

6.9/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy 7.8

#14

Season 39

10 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2025

6.8/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayed's Fixer 6.9

#15

Season 36

21 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2022

6.8/ 10

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Best episodeE12 · Ukraine: Life Under Attack 6.8

#16

Season 31

29 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2017

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE13 · Isis and the Battle for Iraq 7.7

#17

Season 40

8 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2026

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE8 · Britain's Gaza Secrets Exposed 8.2

#18

Season 32

26 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE14 · Myanmar's Killing Fields 8.3

#19

Season 20

26 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2006

6.6/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Ryanair: Caught Napping 6.6

#20

Season 27

38 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

6.5/ 10

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Best episodeE35 · North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State 7.0

#21

Season 26

30 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2012

6.4/ 10

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Best episodeE25 · Chinese Murder Mystery 6.4

#22

Season 33

29 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2019

6.3/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Safe at Last: Inside a Women's Refuge 8.4

#23

Season 16

10 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2002

5.5/ 10

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Best episodeE8 · Young, Nazi and Proud 7.4

#24

Season 1

8 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1987

N/A/ 10

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#25

Season 2

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1988

N/A/ 10

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#26

Season 3

39 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1989

N/A/ 10

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#27

Season 4

39 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1990

N/A/ 10

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#28

Season 5

35 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1991

N/A/ 10

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#29

Season 6

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1992

N/A/ 10

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#30

Season 7

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1993

N/A/ 10

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#31

Season 8

34 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1994

N/A/ 10

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#32

Season 9

26 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1995

N/A/ 10

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#33

Season 10

30 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1996

N/A/ 10

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#34

Season 11

24 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1997

N/A/ 10

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#35

Season 12

28 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1998

N/A/ 10

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#36

Season 13

27 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1999

N/A/ 10

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#37

Season 14

20 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2000

N/A/ 10

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#38

Season 19

28 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2005

N/A/ 10

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#39

Season 30

28 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2016

N/A/ 10

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#40

Season 35

23 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2021

N/A/ 10

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