1988
40 episodes · Jan 4, 1988
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- S36E1
Thatcher's 3,000 Days
Jan 4, 1988Mrs. Thatcher has now been in office for 3,167 days - overtaking Asquith as longest serving Prime Minister this century.
- S36E2
Arthur Scargill Evermore?
Jan 11, 1988Later this month Britain's 100,000 miners will vote on future direction of their leadership and in particular on Arthur Scargill.
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Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister
Jan 18, 1988As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results.
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The Margaret Thatcher Interview
Jan 25, 1988The Prime Minister, Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby.
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NHS - A Terminal Case?
Feb 1, 1988Forty years after its birth, National Health Service is in grip of continued crisis.
- S36E6
The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off
Feb 8, 1988The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off With few effective controls and checks EEC's Common Agricultural Policy has been described as 'greatest incentive to crime in Western Europe'.
- S36E7
Violence on Television
Feb 15, 1988Violence on Television since Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue.
- S36E9
The IRA: The Long War
Feb 29, 198858mA history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.
- S36E10
A Hard Act to Follow
Mar 7, 1988Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for Republican Presidential nomination.
- S36E11
The Underclass of 88
Mar 14, 1988The Underclass of 88 In tomorrow's Budget Chancellor is widely expected to announce further tax cuts for better off.
- S36E12
Electricity - A Shock in Store
Mar 21, 1988Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult cancers are mystifying scientists.
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Church of England - One Foundation?
Mar 28, 1988In Church of England recent passionate arguments about ordination to priesthood of women or of practising homosexuals are symptoms of a much wider debate.
- S36E14
Charles, Prince of Conscience
Apr 11, 1988Charles, Prince of Conscience Is Prince of Wales sharpening an impression that he is increasingly out of tune with Thatcherit.
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Child Abuse: Battering the System
Apr 18, 1988Clare is 4, and her mother fears she has been sexually abused by her father. She's just 30,000 children on local authority 'at risk' register.
- S36E16
Israel at 40
Apr 25, 1988Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on growing-problems of troubled nation.
- S36E17
In the Shadow of the Killing Fields
May 9, 1988Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear horror of killing fields may return.
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Replacing the Hidden Bomb
May 16, 1988Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.
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A Revolution Without Shots
May 23, 1988Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'.
- S36E20
Selling the Nuclear Dream
Jun 6, 1988When Government privatises electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have chance to buy a stake in nuclear power.
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Northern Ireland: The Long Peace
Jun 13, 1988After 20 years of unrest, there are first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland.
- S36E22
In Wealth We Trust
Jun 20, 1988In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for well-off.
- S36E23
The Price of Success?
Jun 27, 1988Britain's South East is beginning to boom. In a crescent around London, new business parks and housing estates are fast expanding.
- S36E24
Can We Afford the Doctor?
Jul 4, 1988The death of hole-in-the-heart baby, Matthew Collier has provoked most fundamental review of National Health Service for 40 years.
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Who Is This Man Dukakis?
Jul 11, 1988As son of Greek immigrants is about to be sent forth as Democratic Party's challenger to recapture American Presidency, Panorama examines credentials of Michael Dukakis.
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Hot Property
Jul 18, 1988It involves estate agents, valuers and solicitors as well as purchasers, and it's happening both because mortgages are so easily available and because bodies set up to monitor house sales seem unable to cope with buying market.
- S36E27
Labour's Agonising Reappraisal
Sep 5, 1988At a time when Opposition should have been making capital of Government's difficulties.
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Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?
Sep 12, 1988By year 2000, there will be up to 30 per cent more cars on road. Peter Taylor examines ways of getting out of jam and interviews Secretary of State The Rt Hon Paul Channon.
- S36E29
Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil
Sep 19, 1988In July, 167 men were killed in world's worst ever oil disaster. Jane Corbin talks to crucial eyewitnesses aboard Piper Alpha that nigbt.
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A Class Apart
Sep 26, 1988One-hundred-and-eighty children have just begun term at most controversial school in Britain, brand new City Technology College in Solihull.
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Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct
Oct 10, 1988On eve of Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP is preparing for his toughest challenges of year.
- S36E34
Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution
Oct 24, 1988Using latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying genes which help to determine kind of people we are.
- S36E35
Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War
Oct 31, 1988Pakistan has been chief backer of Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against Soviet army.
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The Tories: Friends of the Earth?
Nov 7, 1988Mrs Thatcher claims Conservatives are green at heart. The local authorities monitoring Britain's booming waste industry have yet to be convinced.
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Adios General Pinochet?
Nov 21, 1988After 15 years, people of Chile have voted to get rid of General Pinochet. But his dictatorship continues for next year-and-a-half as a nation, divided by hatred, tries to move towards democracy.
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Europe: My Way or Theirs?
Nov 28, 1988On eve of Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on battle for future of Europe after 1992.
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Council Housing: The Last Frontier
Dec 5, 1988Council estates are Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised Welfare State.
- S36E40
The Shadow of the Swastika
Dec 12, 1988Half a century after war, hunting down of old Nazis has never been more intense. In America, Canada and Israel, Nazis and their collaborators are facing trial.