Channel 4 schedule in chaos as mystery Dispatches ‘special’ is pulled off air for SECOND week in row
CHANNEL 4 has announced a last-minute schedule shake-up with a Dispatches ‘special’ axed for the second time.
Bosses at the station announced the changes with just hours to go until its broadcast.
The untitled mystery programme was set to air on Channel 4 at 8.10pm this evening, lasting an hour.
It had pushed out a planned episode of Little Trains & Big Names with Pete Waterman from the schedules.
But in another last-minute change, the episode has been dropped.
It will now air on Saturday, November 2nd at the same time, according to reports.
It’s the second time the untitled episode has been ditched from schedules, having been set to play out last weekend.
It was replaced with a repeated episode of Grand Designs, with no explanation given by bosses.
Dispatches is an investigation series, which first launched all the way back in 1987.
Recent special reports from the show include an exposé on comedian Russell Brand, a report into Britain’s local hotspots where 100% of crime cases go unsolved.
The Sun has contacted Channel 4.
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