Safe at Last: Inside a Women’s Refuge

In a television first, cameras have been allowed inside a women’s refuge to follow the stories of three women who have agreed to be identified…

The Truth About Vegans

Dispatches investigates the rising popularity of veganism. It’s better for your health, the environment and animals but why do some activists resort to such extreme tactics to promote it?

North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State

North Korean citizens reveal what life is like for the 24 million people who live in the world’s most secretive country, where every aspect of their life is controlled by the state.

Iran Unveiled: Taking On The Ayatollahs

It started with one woman’s act of defiance – removing her headscarf – hijab – on one of the busiest streets in Tehran, capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was an image that captured the attention of the world. Who was this woman? And was she alone in her defiance of the mullahs?