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2012

February 13, 2012
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2012
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30 episodes
Season 26
Olympic Tickets for Sale

Olympic Tickets for Sale

Feb 13, 20120 votes

A look at who got tickets for the London 2012 Olympic games and whether private companies are profiting.

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The Great Ticket Scandal

The Great Ticket Scandal

Feb 23, 20120 votes

An investigation into two major 'fan-to-fan' ticket exchange websites to investigate who is selling via their websites and why so many tickets appear at over the face value so soon after the box office sells out.

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Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

May 14, 20120 votes

Revealing how easy it is to buy our most personal and confidential information.

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Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards

Beating the Recession - Cash vs Cards

May 21, 20120 votes

Investigating whether cutting up our credit cards and paying for everything in cash could leave us with more money in our pockets

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The Real Mr & Mrs Assad

The Real Mr & Mrs Assad

May 28, 20120 votes

Investigates the extent of the Assad family's culpability and the chains of command that link the President and select inner circle to the brutal crackdown.

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Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 billion deal

Murdoch, Cameron and the £8 billion deal

Jun 11, 20120 votes
Director: Richard Sanders

Investigates just how close the Prime Minister got to the Murdoch empire. Did the Tories agree to help the mogul secure a business deal worth £8 billion?

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Let Our Dad Die

Let Our Dad Die

Jun 18, 20120 votes

Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which has left him utterly paralyzed. He has what is known as 'locked in syndrome' and cannot move, talk, feed himself or perform even the most basic function without help.

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Undercover Undertaker

Undercover Undertaker

Jun 25, 20120 votes

Lifts the lid on the funeral industry.

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Cashing in on the Games

Cashing in on the Games

Jul 2, 20120 votes

Reporter Morland Sanders goes in search of the people cashing in on the 2012 London Olympic Games, and questions whether the overall economic benefits of hosting the event have been oversold.

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Secrets of the Taxman

Secrets of the Taxman

Jul 9, 20120 votes

An investigation into tax avoidance.

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Myths About Your 5 a Day

Myths About Your 5 a Day

Jul 16, 20120 votes

Dispatches investigates what's happened to the five-a-day campaign, which was designed to get us all eating more fruit and veg. Reporter Jane Moore reveals how this vital health message has been hijacked as a marketing tactic.

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Can You Trust Your Bank?

Can You Trust Your Bank?

Jul 23, 20120 votes

Jon Snow travels around the UK, meeting consumers, businesses and bankers, to ask whether we can trust our banks.

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Britain on the Sick

Britain on the Sick

Jul 30, 20120 votes

Investigates the controversial processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work.

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Britain's High Street Gamble

Britain's High Street Gamble

Aug 6, 20120 votes

A look at the rise in high street betting shops and the social effect they have.

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Tricks of the Dole Cheats

Tricks of the Dole Cheats

Aug 13, 20120 votes
Director: Richard Sanders

Investigates Jobcentre Plus, the organization tasked with getting Britain back to work and cracking down on dole cheats.

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Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds

Property Nightmare: The Truth About Leaseholds

Aug 20, 20120 votes

Investigates allegations of private landlords, councils, and housing associations overcharging leasehold homeowners for housing works and maintenance.

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The School Dinner Scandal

The School Dinner Scandal

Sep 10, 20120 votes

Tazeen Ahmad examines evidence that strategies to improve the food served in all our schools are fast coming undone.

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Secrets of Poundland

Secrets of Poundland

Sep 17, 20120 votes

As other High Street retailers struggle for survival, discount leader Poundland is booming. Its pre-tax profits are up an astonishing 50% in a year. Dispatches' Harry Wallop asks how Poundland sells so cheaply, yet makes so much money.

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Undercover Retirement Home

Undercover Retirement Home

Sep 24, 20120 votes

Investigating the multi-million pound retirement property industry.

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Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck

Cruises Undercover: The Truth Below Deck

Oct 1, 20120 votes

Investigate the reality of life below deck for the multi-national workforce who toil behind the scenes of luxurious ocean going holidays.

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Secrets of Your Boss's Pay

Secrets of Your Boss's Pay

Oct 8, 20120 votes

Follows the former Greggs chief executive Sir Michael Darrington as he launches a campaign to call a halt to corporate greed.

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Do You Know Your Partner's Past?

Do You Know Your Partner's Past?

Oct 22, 20120 votes

Tina Nash investigates 'Clare's Law', a new pilot scheme in which men and women are warned by the authorities about their partners' history of violence.

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Getting Rich on the NHS

Getting Rich on the NHS

Oct 29, 20120 votes

Morland Sanders examines whether the rapid handover of services to private contractors is really good for the public purse, and good for patient care.

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Nuclear War Games

Nuclear War Games

Nov 5, 201245m0 votes

Provides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability.

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Chinese Murder Mystery

Chinese Murder Mystery

Nov 12, 20120 votes

A look at the life and death of Neil Percival Heywood and whether he was actually murdered. His death, virtually unnoticed at the time, has gone on to shake China's Communist Party to the core.

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MPs: Are They Still at It?

MPs: Are They Still at It?

Nov 19, 20120 votes

Two years after the MPs expenses scandal, Dispatches examines whether our parliamentarians are still abusing the system. The investigation discovers a system still with problems and a lack of transparency.

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Where Has Your Aid Money Gone?

Where Has Your Aid Money Gone?

Nov 26, 20120 votes

Jonathan Miller travels to Rwanda - the jewel in the crown of British overseas aid - to investigate what British taxes have paid for, and to ask what our government has achieved with the influence our aid supposedly buys us.

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The Chinese Are Coming

The Chinese Are Coming

Dec 3, 20120 votes

As China continues to flex its financial muscle by buying into British airports, water and breakfast cereals, Dispatches investigates growing Chinese power in the UK.

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How Safe is Your Cash?

How Safe is Your Cash?

Dec 10, 20120 votes

Reporter Morland Sanders investigates whether security procedures that our banks tell us are impenetrable really are? He meets customers who say they have lost thousands of pounds through chip and pin fraud.

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The American School Massacre

The American School Massacre

Dec 17, 20120 votes

Matt Frei reports from the scene of one of America's worst mass shootings, unravelling the chain of events and asking whether this latest tragedy will lead to a real change in America's attitude to guns.

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