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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dispatches Season 1 Episode 1 - The Plutonium Black Market
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    S1:E1

    Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 2 - In The Red
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    S1:E2

    Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 3 - AIDS - The Unheard Voices
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    S1:E3

    The program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those diagnosed as H.I.V. positive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 4 - Divided by Law
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    S1:E4

    Explains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that the government has delayed progress pending on legislation.

    Director:David Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 5 - Selling the Tunnel
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    S1:E5

    TVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the public to back the issue of shares and raise capital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 6 - Gunning for Government
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    S1:E6

    The undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 7 - Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
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    S1:E7

    4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mother Pauline Carlile was jailed 12 years for cruelty.

    Director:Jon Blair
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dispatches Season 1 Episode 8 - Korea: Poverty Prohibited
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    S1:E8

    In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.

    Director:Christopher Sykes
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 1 - The Miner's Debate
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    S2:E1

    A question of concern, doubt and safety of mine workers from around Britain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 2 - Waiting for the Consultant
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    S2:E2

    Documentary report which looks at the suitability of doctors' work practices to the needs of the modern National Health Service.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 3 - Danger! Men at Work
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    S2:E3

    An investigation over sexual harassment at work, the women behind it and what had been done to justify as a court offense.

    Director:Dennis Jarvis
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 4 - Interview with John Stalker
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    S2:E4

    Interview with John Stalker who recently resigned as Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester. He was removed from an investigation of police and army tactics in Northern Ireland, and has now written a book about his experiences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 5 - Iran: A Widening Gulf
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    S2:E5

    Tim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 6 - Palau: Paradise Lost
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    S2:E6

    Documentary report on US policies in the Pacific island of Palau and the seeking of an agreement with the islanders, despite their non-nuclear constitution, to bring nuclear weapons to the island.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 7 - Working for Welfare
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    S2:E7

    Report on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 8 - Radioactive Britain
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    S2:E8

    A report on the Radioactive Substances Act, which permits over 7000 premises throughout Britain to handle radioactive material.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 9 - The Lobby
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    S2:E9

    Investigation in to the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as "The Lobby", in the United States.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 10 - Charity Fraud
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    S2:E10

    Report into a number of case histories of alleged charity fraud, which leads to an examination of the loopholes in existing charity laws.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 11 - Single Union Deals With Employers
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    S2:E11

    Documentary about how the big unions present themselves to potential new employers in contests to sign single-union deals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 12 - Cuba From Inside
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    S2:E12

    A report on human rights in Cuba

    Director:Michael Chanan
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 13 - Talking to the Terrorists
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    S2:E13

    Documentary report in which former members of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, talk about their pasts and their hopes for an amnesty which will let them back into society.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 14 - Cancer Research
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    S2:E14

    A look at cancer research, and the lack of evidence that there has been much progress over the last 50-60 years. Some researchers think that there is no cure in sight. Why is so little research done into cancer prevention?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 15 - Freemasonry
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    S2:E15

    The Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 16 - The P.L.O.
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    S2:E16

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dispatches Season 2 Episode 17 - War in the Desert
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    S2:E17

    The first documentary about a war that has been going on for 13 years in the Sahara Desert between Morocco and a rebel army known as the Polisario.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Plutonium Black Market" is the worst rated episode of "Dispatches". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/30/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "In The Red".