Dispatches Season 21, Episode 20: Kidnapped to Order

Fighting the Taliban

Meeting the Taliban

Undercover Mosque

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.

45 min

Labour's Gambling Addiction

Iraq's Death Squads

At Home with the Terror Suspects

The Supermarket That's Eating Britain

NHS: Where Did All the Money Go?

Greenwash

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

Charles: The Meddling Prince

When Did You Last Beat Your Wife?

Cameron- Toff at the Top

Undercover Prisoner

Murdering the Truth

Between the Mullahs and The Military

The Indian Miracle?

Gordon Brown: Fit for Office?

Afghanistan Unveiled

Bin Wars

Drinking Yourself to Death

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.

The Man Who Lost Himself

The War on Britain's Jews

Great Green Smokescreen

Undercover Mother

Tazeen Ahmad investigates the overstretched maternity services which are resulting in new mothers having traumatic births and at worst, putting lives at risk.

Britain's Bad Housing

Britain Under Attack

The Olympic Cash Machine

Unholy War (II)

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Political journalist Peter Oborne examines how politicians and MPs use their power to gain financial benefits.

Immigrants: The Inconvenient Truth

Looks at the beneficial social and economical contributions made by different immigrant groups, drawing on research done by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Contrasts this with the perception of immigrants and political and media issues.

China's Stolen Children

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

Abortion: What We Need to Know

An investigation into abortion; focusing on how new scientific research on foetal pain could cause for a change to current abortion laws.

Searching for Madeleine

After the disappearance of child, Madeline McCann 168 days ago; Dispatches sent a team of five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators to Praia da Luz to investigate and assess the situation.

Why Our Children Can't Read

How to Get Ahead in Africa

The Housing Trap

Bottleneck Britain

Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola

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.

Britain Under Water

Christmas Credit Crisis

How Safe Are Your Christmas Toys?

Deborah Davies reports on potentially dangerous toys that can be bought in the UK. These toys are then safety tested and the findings reported to authorities