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The Children Britain Betrayed

Series 1, episode 0

A child is killed by their parent or carer every seven days in the UK. Dispatches investigates the failures in Britain's child protection system that are still allowing these horrific murders to take place, ten years after the death of Victoria Climbié; and examines how they can be prevented in the future. Journalist and political commentator 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 murder of baby Peter last year focussed attention on the failures of social services, but as Dispatches demonstrates, the failures in child protection reach beyond the realms of just social work departments to include police forces, health services and, as one mother claims, even the family court system.