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1988

January 8, 1988
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1988
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34 episodes
Season 2
The Miner's Debate

The Miner's Debate

Jan 8, 198845m0 votes

A question of concern, doubt and safety of mine workers from around Britain.

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Waiting for the Consultant

Waiting for the Consultant

Jan 15, 198845m0 votes

Documentary report which looks at the suitability of doctors' work practices to the needs of the modern National Health Service.

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Danger! Men at Work

Danger! Men at Work

Jan 22, 198845m0 votes
Director: Dennis Jarvis

An investigation over sexual harassment at work, the women behind it and what had been done to justify as a court offense.

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Interview with John Stalker

Interview with John Stalker

Feb 5, 198845m0 votes

Interview with John Stalker who recently resigned as Deputy Chief Constable of Manchester. He was removed from an investigation of police and army tactics in Northern Ireland, and has now written a book about his experiences.

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Iran: A Widening Gulf

Iran: A Widening Gulf

Feb 12, 198845m0 votes

Tim Hodlin reports on Iran and it's current state.

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Palau: Paradise Lost

Palau: Paradise Lost

Feb 19, 198845m0 votes

Documentary report on US policies in the Pacific island of Palau and the seeking of an agreement with the islanders, despite their non-nuclear constitution, to bring nuclear weapons to the island.

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Working for Welfare

Working for Welfare

Feb 26, 198845m0 votes

Report on the US system of making the unemployed work for their benefits, called Workfare

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Radioactive Britain

Radioactive Britain

Mar 4, 198845m0 votes

A report on the Radioactive Substances Act, which permits over 7000 premises throughout Britain to handle radioactive material.

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The Lobby

The Lobby

Mar 11, 198845m0 votes

Investigation in to the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as "The Lobby", in the United States.

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Charity Fraud

Charity Fraud

Mar 18, 198845m0 votes

Report into a number of case histories of alleged charity fraud, which leads to an examination of the loopholes in existing charity laws.

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Single Union Deals With Employers

Single Union Deals With Employers

Mar 25, 198845m0 votes

Documentary about how the big unions present themselves to potential new employers in contests to sign single-union deals.

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Cuba From Inside

Cuba From Inside

Apr 8, 198845m0 votes
Director: Michael Chanan

A report on human rights in Cuba

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Talking to the Terrorists

Talking to the Terrorists

Apr 15, 198845m0 votes

Documentary report in which former members of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, talk about their pasts and their hopes for an amnesty which will let them back into society.

1 guest star
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Cancer Research

Cancer Research

Apr 22, 198845m0 votes

A look at cancer research, and the lack of evidence that there has been much progress over the last 50-60 years. Some researchers think that there is no cure in sight. Why is so little research done into cancer prevention?

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry

May 6, 198845m0 votes

The Freemasons have invited cameras into the Grand Lodge at Covent Garden for the first time.

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The P.L.O.

The P.L.O.

May 13, 198845m0 votes

No overview available.

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War in the Desert

War in the Desert

May 20, 198845m0 votes

The first documentary about a war that has been going on for 13 years in the Sahara Desert between Morocco and a rebel army known as the Polisario.

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NATO's Nuclear Programme

NATO's Nuclear Programme

May 27, 198845m0 votes
Director: Beryl Richards

Documentary investigation into the nuclear capacity of NATO.

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Illegal Betting

Illegal Betting

Jun 3, 198845m0 votes
Director: Jamie Doran

Documentary report about illegal gambling, worth £400-600 million annually. Hidden cameras are used in pubs and clubs from London to Liverpool.

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What's Best for the Children? : Coventry

What's Best for the Children? : Coventry

Jun 10, 198845m0 votes

Documentary about a model system in Coventry which has been set up to deal with child abuse, and which it is hoped will avoid most of the problems that occurred in Cleveland.

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The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines

The Raid on San Fernando: Communist Rebels in The Philippines

Jun 17, 198845m0 votes

Documentary made by Nick Downie about the time he spent with the Philippine Communist guerrillas, the New People's Army.

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Milky Business

Milky Business

Jun 24, 198845m0 votes

No overview available.

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The Hashish Connection

The Hashish Connection

Jul 1, 198845m0 votes

Documentary filmed in the Bekaa valley about Lebanon's powerful drug clans.

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Disciples of Chaos

Disciples of Chaos

Oct 5, 198845m0 votes

Documentary report about the National Front, which will be 21 years old this year. They now work mostly underground as a subversive organization. Also reports on Roberto Fiore in Italy.

3 guest stars
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Trouble on the Waterfront

Trouble on the Waterfront

Oct 12, 198845m0 votes
Director: Alan Hayling

Port employers and the government want to scrap the Dock Labour Scheme, but there is great opposition amongst dockers.

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The Two State Solution

The Two State Solution

Oct 19, 198845m0 votes
Director: Victor Schonfeld

Documentary report on the attitudes of Israelis and Palestinians to the future of the occupied territories. A look at the idea of forming two separate states, however, people on both sides are opposed to this.

1 guest star
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Turkey: Trading with Torture

Turkey: Trading with Torture

Oct 26, 198845m0 votes

Documentary report on the continued use of torture in Turkey, despite its desire to join the EEC, which bans such practices. Includes graphic personal accounts.

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Exporting High Technology from West to East

Exporting High Technology from West to East

Nov 2, 198845m0 votes
Director: Jamie Doran

Documentary report about the measures taken by the United States to ensure that their high technology is not exported to the Soviet bloc.

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Tibet - A Case to Answer

Tibet - A Case to Answer

Nov 9, 198845m0 votes

Documentary examining the destruction of the landscape, and the rights and religion of the people of Tibet, which has been ruled by the Chinese for 40 years.

1 guest star
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The Day the Dream Died

The Day the Dream Died

Nov 16, 198845m0 votes

25 years after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, British Channel Four's Dispatches asks the following still unanswered questions: 1) Our evidence points to an inescapable conclusion - this casket is empty. The question is, why? 2) Lyndon B. Johnson - what did this man stand to gain from the death of President Kennedy? 3) Who was this man [at the scene]? 4) Why did all these witnesses have to die? 5) Why was Lee Harvey Oswald arrested so quickly? 6) Who set Jack Ruby up to kill Oswald? 7) Why was it necessary to alter Kennedy's body before the official autopsy in Washington? 8) Why did the Dallas doctors change their testimony the very next day? 9) Why was Kennedy's brain missing at the autopsy in Washington? 10) Why did the Warren commission deceive the world?

4 guest stars
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The Winds of Death

The Winds of Death

Nov 23, 198845m0 votes

Documentary report on the Iraqi army's poison gas attacks on Kurdish villagers

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The Battle for Stone Bassett

The Battle for Stone Bassett

Nov 30, 198845m0 votes

Documentary investigation into the controversy surrounding the plan to build a new 6000 houses town, Stone Bassett, in rural Oxfordshire.

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The Countertraders

The Countertraders

Dec 7, 198845m0 votes

Documentary examination of the growth of "Countertrade" deals - compensatory agreements made between a government and a foreign company to offset the effects of placing an order overseas.

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A Very Polish Secret

A Very Polish Secret

Dec 14, 198845m0 votes

Documentary about the previously untold story of a 1945 massacre of Polish partisans by Russian troupes and pro-Russian Polish security forces.

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