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The Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 21

Every episode of Dispatches Season 21 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 21!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dispatches Season 21 Episode 39 - Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    S21:E39

    Comedian and activist Mark Thomas reports on how Coca-Cola has caused problems in the world with pollution, worker exploitation and even death. The documentary also reports on how Coca-Cola respond to these allegations.

    Director:Sarah Macdonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 3 - Undercover Mosque
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    S21:E3

    Investigative journalist, Bobby Pathak, has investigated a number of mosques run by high profile national organisations that claim to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. But reporting undercover he joined worshippers to find a message of religious bigotry and extremism being preached. The investigation reveals Saudi Arabian universities are recruiting young Western Muslims to train them in their extreme theology, then sending them back to the West to spread the word.

    Director:Andrew Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 32 - China's Stolen Children
    7.4/10(127 votes)

    S21:E32

    Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrific side effect of a boom in stolen children. With extraordinary access to devastated parents desperately searching for their stolen son; a man who brokers the deals and has sold his own offspring; and prospective parents grappling with giving up their soon-to-be-born daughter through lack of options, we are brought face to face with the crisis that such a stringent government policy has created among China's poorest people

    Director:Jezza Neumann
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 21 - Drinking Yourself to Death
    5.8/10(7 votes)

    S21:E21

    Based on medical research and personal findings Dispatches investigates the effects binge drinking can have on a consumer's health and whether low-priced (supermarket bought) alcohol is one of the causes for an increase in alcohol consumption.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 1 - Fighting the Taliban
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E1

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    Director:Sean Langan
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 2 - Meeting the Taliban
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 4 - Labour's Gambling Addiction
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 5 - Iraq's Death Squads
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 6 - At Home with the Terror Suspects
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 7 - The Supermarket That's Eating Britain
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E7

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    Director:Sam Whittaker
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 8 - NHS: Where Did All the Money Go?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 9 - Greenwash
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E9

    The government is set to achieve only a third to a half of its overall policy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Dispatches reports. The expert-reviewed audit by the UCL Environment Institute is the first comprehensive investigation into the real impact of the Government's carbon-cutting policies across all government departments mandated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions

    Director:Sara Kenney
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 10 - Charles: The Meddling Prince
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 11 - When Did You Last Beat Your Wife?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 12 - Cameron- Toff at the Top
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E12

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    Director:Richard Sanders
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 13 - Undercover Prisoner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E13

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    Director:Jane Drinkwater
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 14 - Murdering the Truth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 15 - Between the Mullahs and The Military
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 16 - The Indian Miracle?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 17 - Gordon Brown: Fit for Office?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 18 - Afghanistan Unveiled
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 19 - Bin Wars
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E19

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 20 - Kidnapped to Order
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E20

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    Director:Daniel Edge
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 22 - The Man Who Lost Himself
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E22

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dispatches Season 21 Episode 23 - The War on Britain's Jews
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S21:E23

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 21 Ratings Summary

"Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola" is the best rated episode of "Dispatches" season 21. It scored 7.9/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by Sarah Macdonald and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/19/2007. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Undercover Mosque".