Season 7
27 episodes · Nov 5, 1987
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- S7E1
Terror
Nov 5, 198740mHow three people's lives were permanently affected by the TWA plane hi-jack.
- S7E2
Girls Apart
Nov 12, 198740mTwo South African school-girls, one black, one white - their contrasting attitudes and lives.
- S7E3
Love at First Sight
Nov 19, 198740mFive couples describe what happened when they first met - and the long-term consequences.
- S7E4
Poor Man's Eton
Nov 26, 198740mThe only inner London Education Authority boarding school, in a Suffolk country house.
- S7E5
East Side Story
Dec 3, 198740mTwo contrasting 26-year-olds in London's newly-developing Docklands.
- S7E6
The Case of Sherlock Holmes
Dec 10, 198740mTim Piggot-Smith investigates the famous sleuth of 221b Baker Street.
- S7E8
Catch a Fallen Star
Dec 23, 198740mA portrait of the once-famous British singer, dancer and film star, Jesse Matthews.
- S7E10
If You Love Him, Let Him Go
Jan 14, 198840mDilemmas faced by parents of mentally handicapped offspring who reach childhood and independence.
- S7E11
Jackpot
Jan 21, 198840mThree young adults addicted to gambling on fruit machines, with disastrous results.
- S7E12
Scarfe's Follies
Jan 28, 198840mScarfe's Follies with Bob Geldof, Jane Asher, Terry Jones, Ian McKellen, Robin Bailey, Julian Glover, Marcia Warren, John Bird, John Challis, John Watts, Nellie the elephant and Ivy the camel. Gerald Scarfe records the follies of man in his cartoons. Now he wants to create his own folly. But what are follies - and why did eccentrics build them? Surrounded by high-kicking follies girls and borne by noble beasts, Scarfe sets off on a quest of discovery. He encounters a naughty vicar who built a folly garden for his gypsy girlfriend; a Welshman who burned his own son; a politician who got voters drunk; a man whose house resembles a jungle; and 'Mad Jack' Fuller, who built a steeple overnight to win a wager, and was buried in a pyramid with a bottle of port and a cold chicken. And as all the best follies contained a resident hermit, Scarfe advertises for one in the Times - with startling results.
- S7E13
Thames Wallah
Feb 4, 198840mA specialist with the Thames Water Authority attempts to clean up the Ganges.
- S7E14
Changing Places
Feb 11, 198840mTen pupils from an independent public school (Rugby) and a state comprehensive school (Ruffwood) exchange places and lives.
- S7E15
Diary of a Frontliner
Feb 18, 198840mA self-operated video camera was set up in Peter Tilson's home to record a personal diary in his battle with AIDS.
- S7E16
Annie Doesn't Work Here Any More
Feb 25, 198840mAnnie, a nurse from Manchester, leaves the NHS to set up a new life as a nurse in Los Angeles.
- S7E17
The Great North Road
Mar 3, 198840mLucinda Lambton travels along the Great North Road, the backbone of Britain that links London to Edinburgh, discovering many weird and wonderful delights en route.
- S7E18
I, Alison...
Mar 10, 198840mThe story of a remarkable young woman. It's Alison French's wedding day. She's 24 - vivacious, candid, attractive, with a warm smile and a lively sense of humour. Alison, professionally qualified as a youth worker, is marrying Mark John. What makes her wedding different is that she's an athetoid spastic - her body's never still, and she has difficulty with her speech. Seven years ago, 40 Minutes made an acclaimed film about Alison, telling of her bid to gain independence in the able-bodied world. Tonight's follow-up is a passionate love story. But in marrying the man she loves, Alison has to leave her family in Watford, set up a new home in South Wales, and adapt to being a clergyman's wife. Her heart is still set on finding an independent job. The harsh reality is that despite her skills and rare qualities, she may face rejection. But Alison doesn't give up easily...
- S7E19
Children of the Open Road
Mar 17, 198840mCatrine Clay presents the disturbing story of gypsy children abducted from their parents in clean and ordered Switzerland.
- S7E20
Five Go to Florida
Mar 24, 198840mPerhaps the last holiday for a group of children, some of whom are gravely ill. They fulfil their dream of visiting Disney World.
- S7E21
Who Will Love Billy?
Apr 7, 198840mA 13-year-old boy hopes to be adopted by Dave, a single man of 42 - but things go wrong.
- S7E22
Who Needs a Machine Gunner?
Apr 14, 198840mLong-term unemployment in rural Herefordshire.
- S7E24
My African Farm
Apr 28, 198840mAn old white woman colonial settler staying on in up-country Kenya.
- S7E25
Separate Tables
May 5, 198840mAn old-fashioned sea-side hotel, with many retired residents, is to be refurbished. The residents must go.
- S7E26
Waiting
May 12, 198840mTwo people are waiting on an NHS hospital waiting list - one for a minor operation, the other for a major one.
- S7E27
Mixed Blessings
May 19, 198840mThe story of a mix-up in a Nottingham nursing-home. Margaret Wheeler and Blanche Rylatt each gave birth to a baby girl on the same day. Margaret is convinced that she was given the wrong baby.