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The Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 27

Every episode of Dispatches Season 27 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 27!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dispatches Season 27 Episode 35 - North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
    7.0/10(64 votes)

    S27:E35

    North Koreans are breaking down the barriers of the gulag state. Following covert filmmakers, this doc shows real life under the new leader Kim Jong Un, highlighting the contrasting ox-drawn farms to the glittering life of the elite in Pyongyang. The starving children on the streets are of artificial food shortages engendered by corruption. See how USBs, cell phones and DVDs from the South are transforming North Koreans' views of their world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 5 - Britain's Hidden Child Abuse
    6.0/10(5 votes)

    S27:E5

    In a year-long investigation, other victims of child abuse from this closed community express their anger about the lack of justice caused by their leaders' misguided approach to dealing with the issue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 1 - Secrets of Your Car Insurance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E1

    Investigates claims that major insurers cash in when you have a crash, through maximizing profits, lucrative referral fees and rebate deals, sometimes at the expense of doing what's best for you and your car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 2 - Sharing Mum and Dad
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E2

    Today, 1 in 3 children in the UK grow up in a home with only one parent. Are we doing what's best for the children of separated parents? Dispatches investigates the current situation surrounding shared parenting after divorce or separation

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 3 - Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E3

    A look at rising food price and the comparison between different supermarket stores, food markets and independent shops.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 4 - Weight Watchers: How They Make Their Millions
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E4

    Investigates the UK's largest diet brand: Weight Watchers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 6 - Plebs, Lies & Videotape
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 7 - How Safe Is Your Child's Nursery?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E7

    As the government unveils its plans to increase the number of children each nursery staff member is allowed to look after, Dispatches investigates whether parents can really trust their child's nursery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 8 - The Horse Meat Scandal
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E8

    From burgers to ready meals, Britain's horse meat scandal has grown and grown. For Dispatches, Morland Sanders asks how Britain's meat supplies became so contaminated with unauthorized horse meat and who is to blame?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 9 - Britain on Benefits
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E9

    The Disability Living Allowance helps more than 3 million people lead useful lives. But the benefit bill has to be cut, and the gov't plans to take more than half a million claimants off DLA. What will that mean for those who depend on it?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 10 - Death on the Wards
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E10

    Dispatches investigates the truth behind allegations that tens of thousands of seriously ill people have been put on a pathway to death. That doctors have callously killed off patients who could have had months or even years to live.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 11 - Undercover Designer Dogs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E11

    Designer dogs are all the rage with celebrities and many animal lovers. But Dispatches has discovered a darker side to this canine phenomenon: thousands of puppies are being imported illegally into Britain every year from Eastern Europe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 12 - Rich and on Benefits
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E12

    In budget week Michael Buerk investigates claims that Britain's pensioners are part of an untouchable group when it comes to government welfare cuts and that some should not be receiving any help at all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 13 - The Truth About Junior Doctors
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E13

    Three years ago, European regulations were brought in to limit hours and to protect both doctors and patients. In this Dispatches, Dr Christian discovers that junior doctors across Britain are still regularly working up to 100 hours a week

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 14 - Immigration Undercover
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E14

    In this report Morland Sanders investigates whether Britain's immigration system is fit for purpose with reports that tens of thousands of files sit uncleared in the system and a large backlog of immigration cases not dealt with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 15 - Syria: Across the Lines
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E15

    A remarkable film from award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert who has spent weeks living deep inside Syrian territory - with both gov't and opposition supporters - to explore how the 2 year old conflict is tearing communities apart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 16 - Britain's Millionaire Criminals
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E16

    Why are some convicted criminals still enjoying luxury lifestyles funded by their ill-gotten gains? Dozens of fraudsters, drug dealers and money launderers are still enjoying the high life despite being convicted of serious crimes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 17 - Secrets of Your Missing Mail
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E17

    With shoppers increasingly relying on private parcel companies to deliver online purchases, Dispatches goes undercover to find out why couriers sometimes fail to deliver.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 18 - Murdered in Tenerife
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E18

    In 2011, Jennifer Mills-Westley, a 60-year-old British grandmother, was attacked and publicly beheaded in broad daylight in Tenerife. Traumatized by the event, her family have never spoken in detail - until tonight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 19 - The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E19

    Three years ago Telford police allowed cameras to start filming what became one of the biggest child sex abuse cases in the UK. The investigation, Operation Chalice, encompassed over 100 victims, and around 200 suspected perpetrators

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 20 - Boston, Woolwich & the New Terror
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E20

    On 15 April two bombs exploded at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon. Just over a month later a British soldier was run over and hacked to death on a London street. The images from either side of the Atlantic shocked the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 21 - Diets, Drugs and Diabetes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E21

    Dr. Deborah Cohen, investigations editor at the British Medical Journal, examines a new generation of diabetes drugs that some drug companies hope could also be a magic treatment for obesity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 22 - How Councils Waste Your Money
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E22

    Councils across the UK have annual budgets in the tens of billions of pounds. But do you know what they really spend it on?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 23 - The Police's Dirty Secret
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E23

    Dispatches exposes the shocking story of Britain's secret police and how undercover officers reportedly used sex and lies to spy on members of the public. Dispatches reveals the names of high-profile targets spied on by the police.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dispatches Season 27 Episode 24 - The Prince and His Secret Properties
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S27:E24

    Last year Prince Charles earned more than £18 million from the Duchy of Cornwall, but how much do we know about this secretive estate? A hugely profitable property empire and the amount of tax Prince Charles is paying.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 27 Ratings Summary

"North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State" is the best rated episode of "Dispatches" season 27. It scored 7/10 based on 64 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/14/2013. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Britain's Hidden Child Abuse".