Michael Hames was a Detective Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police

Metropolitan police

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, for many years head of the Obscene Publications Branch (sometimes called the Dirty Squad), including being involved in Operation Spanner

Operation Spanner

Operation Spanner was the name of an operation carried out by police in the United Kingdom city of Manchester in 1987, as a result of which a group of homosexuals were convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm for their involvement in consensual sadomasochism over a ten year period.The...

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He appeared in several television programmes, including the Dispatches

Dispatches (TV series)

Dispatches is the British television current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, usually featuring a mole in an organisation.-Awards:*...

 episode "Beyond Belief" in 1992, the Brass Eye

Brass Eye

Brass Eye is a UK television series of satirical spoof documentaries. A series of six aired on Channel 4 in 1997, and a further episode in 2001....

 episode "Paedogeddon" in 2001, and The Dark Side of Porn

The Dark Side of Porn

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episode "Does Snuff Exist?" in 2006.

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