Episodes
The Force is Not with You
January 15, 1998
The Contamination Trail
January 22, 1998
Too Much Too Young
January 29, 1998
Something in the Air
February 5, 1998
Saddam's Secret Time Bomb
February 23, 1998
Judgement for Louise
March 5, 1998
Journalist David Jessel and producer Steve Haywood from the acclaimed Trial and Error (1992) come to Dispatches to examine doubts about the safety of the conviction of nanny Louise Woodward for the death of a baby in her care.
Trust Me I'm a Doctor
March 12, 1998
Inspecting the Inspectors
March 19, 1998
Golf Lima Foxtrot
March 26, 1998
GLF is police jargon for "Go Like F***". But does such light-hearted jocularity betray a lack of serious regard for the potential dangers to the public of cops' ability to break the rules of the road when performing high-speed pursuits?
Granny's Having a Baby
April 2, 1998
The war Business
April 9, 1998
Journalists uncover the bloody truth of the world's most successful private army, Executive Outcomes. Sent wherever mineral resources like diamonds or oil promise wealth, these mercenaries, trained as soldiers in apartheid-era South Africa and equipped with state-of-the-art weapons of war, sell their security services to the highest bidder and frequently leave a trail of destruction in their wake. And British interests are behind it all.
Men Behaving Badly: Part 1
April 16, 1998
Men Behaving Badly: Part 2
April 23, 1998
Apartheid's Children
April 30, 1998
Secrets of the Gaul - Update
May 21, 1998
Supertouts
May 28, 1998
The Accident
June 4, 1998
Documentary investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed.
Death in Room 602
June 7, 1998
Sidney Cooke
October 29, 1998
Sidney Cooke Update
October 30, 1998
The Killer in Our Taps
November 5, 1998
Now One is 50
November 12, 1998
Teenage Gang Rape
November 19, 1998
Dispatches Discussion
November 20, 1998
Hidden Killer
November 26, 1998
Law and Disorder
December 3, 1998
Inside the ALF
December 10, 1998
The Lockerbie Trail
December 17, 1998