The BEST episodes of Dispatches season 2015

#1 - Britain's Benefits Experiment

Season 2015 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/2/2015

Tazeen Ahmed reports on a Department for Work and Pensions initiative to encourage people in work and in receipt of benefits to boost their income and reduce their dependency on the state. The project has implications for Britain's million lowest paid workers, and this documentary investigates if advice and encouragement will help them earn more, or if financial punishments, also known as sanctions, are the best way to get the working poor off benefits.

#2 - Salt: Are You Eating Too Much?

Season 2015 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/29/2015

Tazeen Ahmad uncovers worrying inaccuracies in salt content food labelling

#3 - Hunted: Gay and Afraid

Season 2015 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/23/2015

Dispatches investigates well-funded global networks that are supporting a wave of anti-gay laws around the world, including the World Congress of Families in the USA.

#4 - Aldi's Supermarket Secrets

Season 2015 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/9/2015

While Tesco and the other big supermarkets falter, Aldi goes from strength to strength. Named Supermarket of the Year, it has now overtaken Waitrose as Britain's sixth largest supermarket. But does the discounter always deliver on promises to provide amazing value, without compromising on quality and service? As more and more shoppers switch to Aldi, Dispatches goes undercover to investigate.

#5 - Low Pay Britain

Season 2015 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2015

Morland Sanders investigates the reality of employment in post-recession Britain: ultra-flexible, insecure and part-time work, and self-employment.

#6 - Secrets Of The Parking Wardens

Season 2015 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/2015

Dispatches goes undercover to investigate the private companies issuing more than 2.5 million parking tickets a year. It's a booming industry, thanks to new camera technology and changes in the law.

#7 - 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.

#8 - Where to Save Your Money

Season 2015 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/8/2015

#9 - The Secrets of Sports Direct

Season 2015 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/2015

Dispatches goes undercover to investigate the hidden cost of the clothes, shoes and discount gear that have helped Sports Direct buck the high street trend, making billions for Mike Ashley.

#10 - How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister

Season 2015 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/23/2015

A special undercover investigation into politics in the run-up to the General Election

#11 - The Great Car Con

Season 2015 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2015

Motorists were promised diesel would be the cheap, green fuel of the future, but it turns out that's not the case. Why did politicians encourage the 'dash for diesel'?

#12 - Trains: Are You Paying Too Much?

Season 2015 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/1/2015

Dispatches goes undercover in one of Britain's biggest rail operators, investigating ticket prices, overcrowding and compensation, and revealing what the rail companies don't tell their passengers.

#13 - How to Blow Your Pension

Season 2015 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2015

From April 2015, people over 55 will be able to take as much as they want from their private pensions. Michael Buerk examines the consequences, and the firms that are courting pension holders.

#14 - Exams: Cheating the System?

Season 2015 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/15/2015

The show takes a look at how some teachers and pupils are dealing with the pressure by bending the rules and sometimes cheating the system.

#15 - Low Pay Britain II

Season 2015 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/7/2015

The Government has promised to help create 3 million apprenticeships alongside a new national living wage. Dispatches investigates claims that some employers are wasting public money and abusing the trust placed in them.

#16 - The Children Who Beat Ebola

Season 2015 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/22/2015

Over a year in the making, this is the remarkable and uplifting story of five extraordinary children who beat the Ebola virus and then overcome loss and stigma to rebuild their lives. Today Sierra Leone is clear of the deadly Ebola virus. But for 19 months the country experienced the largest number of Ebola cases. After an extended nationwide State of Emergency and the closure of all schools, the government decided it was finally safe to allow a return to normality in April 2015.

#17 - White People

Season 2015 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/22/2015

Documentary on the concept of white privilege and how it effects white people and other cultures.

#18 - How The Monarchy Can Make You Millions

Season 2015 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/14/2015

Around 800 companies hold royal warrants and it is thought that they make an extra £4 billion a year because of it. With the stakes so high, Antony Barnett examines the system of granting royal approval.

#19 - Britain's Nightmare New Homes

Season 2015 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/16/2015

The Government has committed to building a million new houses by 2020. Dispatches investigates what impact the rush to put up new housing will have on the quality of these homes.

#20 - How To Stop Your Nuisance Calls (II)

Season 2015 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/25/2015

Millions of us are plagued by nuisance callers flogging things we don't want. Dispatches goes undercover to find out how the cold calling trade works, and reveals how people are fighting back.

#21 - Escape from Isis

Season 2015 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/15/2015

This Dispatches special exposes the brutal regime suffered by millions of women living under Isis, and the extraordinary story of a secret underground network trying to save them.

#22 - Pensions and the Price of Growing Old

Season 2015 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/13/2015

As Britain's pensioner population soars, Michael Buerk investigates whether the public can continue to rely on the state to support us in our old age.

#23 - How Councils Blow Your Millions

Season 2015 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/6/2015

Dispatches uncovers unknown deals between councils and banks that cost taxpayers millions.

#24 - Kids in Crisis

Season 2015 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/1/2015

Across the UK, children are being moved far from home to receive mental health treatment

#25 - The Great British Property Divide

Season 2015 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/22/2015

Morland Sanders finds out the impact of new state-of-the-art housing developments and asks whether exorbitant house prices are squeezing out poorer residents and transforming our communities.