Dispatches · SEASON 27
North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
Episode 35 · 2013-11-14

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
North Koreans are breaking down the barriers of the gulag state. Following covert filmmakers, this doc shows real life under the new leader Kim Jong Un, highlighting the contrasting ox-drawn farms to the glittering life of the elite in Pyongyang. The starving children on the streets are of artificial food shortages engendered by corruption. See how USBs, cell phones and DVDs from the South are transforming North Koreans' views of their world.
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