A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Peter Oborne presents the results of a six-month investigation by Dispatches into over 160 child killings since 2004, revealing how the majority of them might have been prevented. The failures in child protection reach beyond the realms of just social work departments to include police forces, health services and even the family court system. Oborne also meets some of the bereaved families, ripped apart by the murder of a child, and hears harrowing accounts of how the children lost their lives.

Monday 13 July 2009
8:00pm, Channel 4