Episode 1
Return to Year Zero?
Jan 4, 1989
Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
Episode 2
Gorbachev's Asylums
Jan 11, 1989
Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
Episode 3
Cooking the Books
Jan 18, 1989
Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
Episode 4
The Spy Who Broke the Code
Jan 25, 1989
Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
Episode 5
Buckets of Money
Feb 1, 1989
Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
Episode 6
The Copper Seven Story
Feb 8, 1989
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.
Episode 7
Afghan
Feb 15, 1989
A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
Episode 8
The Toxic Trail
Feb 22, 1989
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.
Episode 9
The Case of 'F'
Mar 1, 1989
Episode 10
The Return of the Death Squads
Mar 8, 1989
Episode 11
Burma - Dying for Democracy
Mar 15, 1989
Episode 12
Voices From Long Larten
Mar 22, 1989
Episode 13
Young, Homeless and Broke
Mar 29, 1989
Episode 14
Chico
Apr 5, 1989
A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
Episode 15
Carry on Flying
Apr 12, 1989
Episode 16
The Most Neglected Crime
Apr 19, 1989
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.
Episode 17
Dispatches (26/04/1989)
Apr 26, 1989
Episode 18
A Suitable Case for Treatment
May 3, 1989
Episode 19
The Sins of the Fathers
May 10, 1989
Episode 20
Not What the Doctor Ordered
May 17, 1989
Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
Episode 21
Warlord of Kayan
May 24, 1989
Episode 22
The Ultimate Blasphemy
May 31, 1989
Episode 23
Fit as a Fiddle
Jun 7, 1989
Episode 24
Empire of the Sun
Jun 14, 1989
Episode 25
Year of the Locust
Jun 21, 1989
Episode 26
A State of Decay
Jun 28, 1989
Episode 27
Terror Island
Jul 5, 1989
Episode 28
The Spanish Connection
Oct 4, 1989
Episode 29
The Day of the Technopath
Oct 11, 1989
Episode 30
No, Prime Minister
Oct 18, 1989
Episode 31
The Undoing of Edwina
Oct 25, 1989
Episode 32
Mission Impossible
Nov 1, 1989
Episode 33
In the Coal Hole
Nov 8, 1989
Episode 34
The False Confession File
Nov 15, 1989
Episode 35
Hungarians Not Comrades
Nov 22, 1989
Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
Episode 36
Twelve Days in November
Nov 29, 1989
Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
Episode 37
Licence to Kill
Dec 6, 1989
Episode 38
Privatising Poland
Dec 13, 1989
Episode 39
Road to Damascus
Dec 20, 1989
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