Dispatches

Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.

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S12 • E1
The Force is Not with You
1998-01-15
S12 • E2
The Contamination Trail
1998-01-22
S12 • E3
Too Much Too Young
1998-01-29
S12 • E4
Something in the Air
1998-02-05
S12 • E5
Saddam's Secret Time Bomb
1998-02-23
S12 • E6
Judgement for Louise
Journalist David Jessel and producer Steve Haywood from the acclaimed Trial and Error (1992) come to Dispatches to examine doubts about the safety of the conviction of nanny Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care.
1998-03-05
S12 • E7
Trust Me I'm a Doctor
1998-03-12
S12 • E8
Inspecting the Inspectors
1998-03-19
S12 • E9
Golf Lima Foxtrot
GLF is police jargon for "Go Like F***". But does such light-hearted jocularity betray a lack of serious regard for the potential dangers to the public of cops' ability to break the rules of the road when performing high-speed pursuits?
1998-03-26
S12 • E10
Granny's Having a Baby
1998-04-02
S12 • E11
The war Business
Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.
1998-04-09
S12 • E12
Men Behaving Badly: Part 1
1998-04-16
S12 • E13
Men Behaving Badly: Part 2
1998-04-23
S12 • E14
Apartheid's Children
1998-04-30
S12 • E15
Secrets of the Gaul - Update
1998-05-21
S12 • E16
Supertouts
1998-05-28
S12 • E17
The Accident
Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.
1998-06-04
S12 • E18
Death in Room 602
1998-06-07
S12 • E20
Sidney Cooke
1998-10-29
S12 • E21
Sidney Cooke Update
1998-10-30
S12 • E22
The Killer in Our Taps
1998-11-05
S12 • E23
Now One is 50
1998-11-12
S12 • E24
Teenage Gang Rape
1998-11-19
S12 • E25
Dispatches Discussion
1998-11-20
S12 • E26
Hidden Killer
1998-11-26
S12 • E27
Law and Disorder
1998-12-03
S12 • E28
Inside the ALF
1998-12-10
S12 • E29
The Lockerbie Trail
1998-12-17