Dispatches
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Plutonium Black Market
30-10-198745 minInvestigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
- Ep 2
2.In The Red
06-11-198745 minInvestigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
- Ep 3
3.AIDS - The Unheard Voices
13-11-198745 minThe program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those diagnosed as H.I.V. positive.
- Ep 4
4.Divided by Law
20-11-198745 minExplains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that the government has delayed progress pending on legislation.
- Ep 5
5.Selling the Tunnel
27-11-198745 minTVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the public to back the issue of shares and raise capital.
- Ep 6
6.Gunning for Government
04-12-198745 minThe undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.
- Ep 7
7.Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
11-12-198745 min4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mo...
- Ep 8
8.Korea: Poverty Prohibited
18-12-198745 minIn the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.
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