The BEST episodes of Dispatches

#1 - Lords, Billionaires and the Russian Connection

Season 2009 - Episode 37 - Aired 11/30/2009

Dispatches investigates the elusive Russian oligarchs who have been trying to buy up our football teams, newspapers and car companies.

#2 - Tricks Of The Dole Cheats

Season 2012 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/13/2012

Reporter Morland Sanders investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organisation tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats. With the help of jobseekers, undercover filming and a former insider, the programme reveals the shirkers' tricks that make it easy to cheat the system.

#3 - Secrets of Poundland

Season 2012 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/17/2012

As other High Street retailers struggle for survival, discount leader Poundland is booming. With a new store opening on average every five days, its pre-tax profits are up an astonishing 50% in a year. In this Dispatches investigation, Harry Wallop asks how Poundland sells so cheaply, yet makes so much money.

#4 - Where Has Your Aid Money Gone?

Season 2012 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/26/2012

#5 - How Safe Are Our Planes?

Season 2015 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/1/2015

Last week an Airbus 320 heading from Barcelona to Dusseldorf crashed in the Alps with the loss of 150 lives, and after initial concerns over mechanical failure or an act of terrorism, it was eventually revealed to be an act of mass murder committed by the co-pilot. This documentary asks whether air travel is still the safest form of transport, examining the airline industry's safety record and incidents involving pilot error or emotional breakdown.

#6 - Supermarket Secrets Part 1

Season 2005 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/28/2005

Using a combination of undercover filming and scientific analysis, Supermarket Secrets investigates whether the food on supermarket shelves is really as good as it looks, whether prices are as good as they seem and what happens behind the scenes in the production of supermarket food.

#7 - Supermarket Secrets Part 2

Season 2005 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/1/2005

#8 - Britain on the Sick

Season 2012 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/30/2012

Using undercover filming, reporter Jackie Long investigates the controversial processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work.

#9 - Secrets of Your Boss's Pay

Season 2012 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/8/2012

As the pay packets of Britain's top bosses continue to escalate, Channel 4 Dispatches follows the former Greggs chief executive Sir Michael Darrington as he launches a campaign to call a halt to corporate greed.

#10 - The Jab That Can Stop Cancer

Season 2008 - Episode 26 - Aired 7/21/2008

#11 - The Children Left Behind

Season 2008 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2008

#12 - It Shouldn't Happen to a Muslim

Season 2008 - Episode 25 - Aired 7/7/2008

#13 - A Widow's War On Yobs

Season 2008 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/5/2008

#14 - The Truth About Street Weapons

Season 2008 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/30/2008

#15 - The Truth About Food Prices

Season 2008 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/23/2008

#16 - From Jail to Jihad

Season 2008 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/16/2008

#17 - Warlords Next Door?

Season 2008 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/26/2008

#18 - In God's Name

Season 2008 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/19/2008

#19 - The Truth About Beauty Creams

Season 2008 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/12/2008

#20 - The Mobile Phone Rip-Off

Season 2008 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/28/2008

#21 - Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth (3)

Season 2008 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/21/2008

#22 - Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth (2)

Season 2008 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/14/2008

#23 - Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth (1)

Season 2008 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/7/2008

#24 - Checking-in to Airport Chaos

Season 2008 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2008

#25 - Secrets of Your Car Insurance

Season 2013 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2013

Dispatches reveals the secrets of car insurance that all drivers should know. Harry Wallop investigates claims that major insurers cash in when you have a crash, through maximising profits, lucrative referral fees and rebate deals, sometimes at the expense of doing what's best for you and your car.