Dispatches · SEASON 27
Rich and on Benefits
Episode 12 · 2013-03-18

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
In budget week Michael Buerk investigates claims that Britain's pensioners are part of an untouchable group when it comes to government welfare cuts and that some should not be receiving any help at all.
Season 27 episodes
1. Secrets of Your Car Insurance2013-01-07
2. Sharing Mum and Dad2013-01-14
3. Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop2013-01-21
4. Weight Watchers: How They Make Their Millions2013-01-28
5. Britain's Hidden Child Abuse2013-01-30
6. Plebs, Lies & Videotape2013-02-04
7. How Safe Is Your Child's Nursery?2013-02-11
8. The Horse Meat Scandal2013-02-18
9. Britain on Benefits2013-02-25
10. Death on the Wards2013-03-04
11. Undercover Designer Dogs2013-03-11
12. Rich and on Benefits2013-03-18
13. The Truth About Junior Doctors2013-03-25
14. Immigration Undercover2013-04-15
15. Syria: Across the Lines2013-04-17
16. Britain's Millionaire Criminals2013-04-22
17. Secrets of Your Missing Mail2013-04-29
18. Murdered in Tenerife2013-05-13
19. The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs2013-05-20
20. Boston, Woolwich & the New Terror2013-06-03
21. Diets, Drugs and Diabetes2013-06-10
22. How Councils Waste Your Money2013-06-17
23. The Police's Dirty Secret2013-06-24
24. The Prince and His Secret Properties2013-07-01
25. South Africa's Dirty Cops2013-07-15
26. Taliban Child Fighters2013-07-22
27. NHS Undercover2013-07-29
28. Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans2013-08-05
29. Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit2013-08-12
30. The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It2013-09-12
31. Secrets of Your Pay Packet2013-10-21
32. The Property Market Undercover2013-10-28
33. Energy Bills Exposed2013-11-04
34. Can You Trust Your Surgeon?2013-11-11
35. North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State2013-11-14
36. What's Your Pension Really Worth?2013-11-18
37. Britain's Big Fat Bill2013-11-25
38. Secrets of the Discount Stores2013-12-09