Dispatches · SEASON 29
How to Blow Your Pension
Episode 1 · 2015-01-12

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Changes to the rules regarding private pension withdrawals mean some retirees are planning on raiding their pension pot to take luxury holidays or pay of debts. Michael Buerk asks if the state will be left to pick up the pieces.
45 minutes
Season 29 episodes
1. How to Blow Your Pension2015-01-12
2. Low Pay Britain2015-01-19
3. The Great Car Con2015-01-26
4. Secrets Of The Parking Wardens2015-02-16
5. Politicians for Hire II2015-02-23
6. Britain's Benefits Crackdown2015-03-02
7. Benefits Britain: Universal Credit2015-03-09
8. Britain's Defence Squeeze2015-03-16
9. How to Buy a Meeting with a Minister2015-03-23
10. How Safe Are Our Planes?2015-04-01
11. The Secrets of Sports Direct2015-04-27
12. Trains: Are You Paying Too Much?2015-06-01
13. Where to Save Your Money2015-06-08
14. Exams: Cheating the System?2015-06-15
15. The Great British Property Divide2015-06-22
16. Salt: Are You Eating Too Much?2015-06-29
17. Kids in Crisis2015-07-01
18. How Councils Blow Your Millions2015-07-06
19. Pensions and the Price of Growing Old2015-07-13
20. Escape from Isis2015-07-15
21. Hunted: Gay and Afraid2015-07-23
22. Britain's Benefits Experiment2015-11-05
23. Aldi's Supermarket Secrets2015-11-09
24. How to Stop Your Nuisance Calls II2015-11-16
25. Britain's Nightmare New Homes2015-11-16
26. Low Pay Britain II2015-12-07
27. How the Monarchy Can Make You Millions2015-12-14
28. The Children Who Beat Ebola2015-12-22