As of July 2026, Dispatches Season 3 aired in 1989 with 39 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Dispatches Season 3

1989 39 Episodes Documentary · News ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch Dispatches Season 3 on streaming — and it earns the access it was given. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 12 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. The access the production secured is remarkable, and it does justice to it. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Dispatches Season 3 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The access Dispatches Season 3 gets is remarkable — and the storytelling does full justice to it. Season 3 of Dispatches includes 39 episodes. It aired from January 1989 to December 1989. Episodes include "Return to Year Zero?", "Gorbachev's Asylums", "Cooking the Books". It was aired in 1989. Dispatches Season 3 lets its subjects speak for themselves rather than shaping them into a predetermined narrative. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Anyone after documentary work that genuinely informs rather than confirms will value Dispatches Season 3. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Rigorous in a way documentary work does not always commit to. Not background viewing — it rewards your full attention.

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🎬 Dispatches Season 3 — Episode Guide

E1
Return to Year Zero?
1989-01-04
Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
E2
Gorbachev's Asylums
1989-01-11
Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
E3
Cooking the Books
1989-01-18
Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
E4
The Spy Who Broke the Code
1989-01-25
Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
E5
Buckets of Money
1989-02-01
Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
E6
The Copper Seven Story
1989-02-08
Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.
E7
Afghan
1989-02-15
A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
E8
The Toxic Trail
1989-02-22
Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.
E9
The Case of 'F'
1989-03-01
E10
The Return of the Death Squads
1989-03-08
E11
Burma - Dying for Democracy
1989-03-15
E12
Voices From Long Larten
1989-03-22
E13
Young, Homeless and Broke
1989-03-29
E14
Chico
1989-04-05
A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
E15
Carry on Flying
1989-04-12
E16
The Most Neglected Crime
1989-04-19
Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.
E17
Dispatches (26/04/1989)
1989-04-26
E18
A Suitable Case for Treatment
1989-05-03
E19
The Sins of the Fathers
1989-05-10
E20
Not What the Doctor Ordered
1989-05-17
Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health

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