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Dispatches

Season 27 · Episode 12

Rich and on Benefits

0.0March 18, 2013

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.

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Episode 1Secrets of Your Car Insurance
Episode 2Sharing Mum and Dad
Episode 3Secrets of Your Supermarket Shop
Episode 4Weight Watchers: How They Make Their Millions
Episode 5Britain's Hidden Child Abuse
Episode 6Plebs, Lies & Videotape
Episode 7How Safe Is Your Child's Nursery?
Episode 8The Horse Meat Scandal
Episode 9Britain on Benefits
Episode 10Death on the Wards
Episode 11Undercover Designer Dogs
Episode 12Rich and on Benefits
Episode 13The Truth About Junior Doctors
Episode 14Immigration Undercover
Episode 15Syria: Across the Lines
Episode 16Britain's Millionaire Criminals
Episode 17Secrets of Your Missing Mail
Episode 18Murdered in Tenerife
Episode 19The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs
Episode 20Boston, Woolwich & the New Terror
Episode 21Diets, Drugs and Diabetes
Episode 22How Councils Waste Your Money
Episode 23The Police's Dirty Secret
Episode 24The Prince and His Secret Properties
Episode 25South Africa's Dirty Cops
Episode 26Taliban Child Fighters
Episode 27NHS Undercover
Episode 28Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans
Episode 29Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit
Episode 30The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It
Episode 31Secrets of Your Pay Packet
Episode 32The Property Market Undercover
Episode 33Energy Bills Exposed
Episode 34Can You Trust Your Surgeon?
Episode 35North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
Episode 36What's Your Pension Really Worth?
Episode 37Britain's Big Fat Bill
Episode 38Secrets of the Discount Stores