1989
1989 · 39 episodes
Episodes
1. Return to Year Zero?
January 4, 1989 · 45m
Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
2. Gorbachev's Asylums
January 11, 1989 · 45m
Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
3. Cooking the Books
January 18, 1989 · 45m
Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
4. The Spy Who Broke the Code
January 25, 1989 · 45m
Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
5. Buckets of Money
February 1, 1989 · 45m
Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
6. The Copper Seven Story
February 8, 1989 · 45m
Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.
7. Afghan
February 15, 1989 · 45m
A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
8. The Toxic Trail
February 22, 1989 · 45m
Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.
9. The Case of 'F'
March 1, 1989 · 45m
10. The Return of the Death Squads
March 8, 1989 · 45m
11. Burma - Dying for Democracy
March 15, 1989 · 45m
12. Voices From Long Larten
March 22, 1989 · 45m
13. Young, Homeless and Broke
March 29, 1989 · 45m
14. Chico
April 5, 1989 · 45m
A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
15. Carry on Flying
April 12, 1989 · 45m
16. The Most Neglected Crime
April 19, 1989 · 45m
Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.
17. Dispatches (26/04/1989)
April 26, 1989 · 45m
18. A Suitable Case for Treatment
May 3, 1989 · 45m
19. The Sins of the Fathers
May 10, 1989 · 45m
20. Not What the Doctor Ordered
May 17, 1989 · 45m
Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
21. Warlord of Kayan
May 24, 1989 · 45m
22. The Ultimate Blasphemy
May 31, 1989 · 45m
23. Fit as a Fiddle
June 7, 1989 · 45m
24. Empire of the Sun
June 14, 1989 · 45m
25. Year of the Locust
June 21, 1989 · 45m
26. A State of Decay
June 28, 1989 · 45m
27. Terror Island
July 5, 1989 · 45m
28. The Spanish Connection
October 4, 1989 · 45m
29. The Day of the Technopath
October 11, 1989 · 45m
30. No, Prime Minister
October 18, 1989 · 45m
31. The Undoing of Edwina
October 25, 1989 · 45m
32. Mission Impossible
November 1, 1989 · 45m
33. In the Coal Hole
November 8, 1989 · 45m
34. The False Confession File
November 15, 1989 · 45m
35. Hungarians Not Comrades
November 22, 1989 · 45m
Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
36. Twelve Days in November
November 29, 1989 · 45m
Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
37. Licence to Kill
December 6, 1989 · 45m
38. Privatising Poland
December 13, 1989 · 45m
39. Road to Damascus
December 20, 1989 · 45m