Channel 4 - News - Dispatches

Broadcast: Saturday 13 December 2008 07:00 PM

Political commentator Peter Oborne returns to Iraq in a follow-up to his Dispatches film, Iraq The Betrayal, broadcast earlier this year, to find out whether - as President-elect Obama hopes - it is now 'safe' for Western forces to leave. Read more »

Saving Africa's Witch Children

Broadcast: Wednesday 12 November 2008 09:00 PM

The self-proclaimed Bishop at the centre of the Dispatches programme which revealed the extent of the abuse and torture of children branded as witches in Nigeria has been arrested and charged with murder. The film which has had widespread public support showed how people in some of the poorest parts of the country were killing children they claimed had caused death and famine. Read more »

Mum Loves Drugs, Not Me

Broadcast: Monday 03 November 2008 08:00 PM

Brian Woods and Kate Blewett reveal the devastating impact that illegal drugs have on neglected children, whose childhoods are blighted by chaos. Read more »

Don't Bank On The Bailout

Broadcast: Monday 27 October 2008 08:00 PM

Has the multi-billion-pound bank bailout saved our economy? City speculator Hugh Hendry doesn't think so. Read more »

Jon Snow's American Journey

Broadcast: Sunday 26 October 2008 07:10 PM

As Obama and McCain's gladiatorial showdown enters its final week, Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow goes in search of the new America. Starting at the border with Mexico, Snow takes a road trip up the Pacific highway linking San Diego to Seattle, travelling though areas of great affluence, deprivation, innovation and tradition to find out about the new Americans, new economy and new directions that are shaping the next America. Read more »