Thatcher's 3,000 Days

S36 E01 • Monday, Jan 4, 1988 • Jan 4

Mrs. Thatcher has now been in office for 3,167 days - overtaking Asquith as longest serving Prime Minister this century.

Arthur Scargill Evermore?

S36 E02 • Monday, Jan 11, 1988 • Jan 11

Later this month Britain's 100,000 miners will vote on future direction of their leadership and in particular on Arthur Scargill.

Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister

S36 E03 • Monday, Jan 18, 1988 • Jan 18

As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results.

The Margaret Thatcher Interview

S36 E04 • Monday, Jan 25, 1988 • Jan 25

The Prime Minister, Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby.

NHS - A Terminal Case?

S36 E05 • Monday, Feb 1, 1988 • Feb 1

Forty years after its birth, National Health Service is in grip of continued crisis.

The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off

S36 E06 • Monday, Feb 8, 1988 • Feb 8

The 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'.

Violence on Television

S36 E07 • Monday, Feb 15, 1988 • Feb 15

Violence on Television since Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue.

Is There No Alternative?

S36 E08 • Monday, Feb 22, 1988 • Feb 22

The IRA: The Long War

S36 E09 • Monday, Feb 29, 1988 • Feb 29 • 58m

A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.

A Hard Act to Follow

S36 E10 • Monday, Mar 7, 1988 • Mar 7

Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for Republican Presidential nomination.

The Underclass of 88

S36 E11 • Monday, Mar 14, 1988 • Mar 14

The Underclass of 88 In tomorrow's Budget Chancellor is widely expected to announce further tax cuts for better off.

Electricity - A Shock in Store

S36 E12 • Monday, Mar 21, 1988 • Mar 21

Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult cancers are mystifying scientists.

Church of England - One Foundation?

S36 E13 • Monday, Mar 28, 1988 • Mar 28

In Church of England recent passionate arguments about ordination to priesthood of women or of practising homosexuals are symptoms of a much wider debate.

Charles, Prince of Conscience

S36 E14 • Monday, Apr 11, 1988 • Apr 11

Charles, Prince of Conscience Is Prince of Wales sharpening an impression that he is increasingly out of tune with Thatcherit.

Child Abuse: Battering the System

S36 E15 • Monday, Apr 18, 1988 • Apr 18

Clare 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.

Israel at 40

S36 E16 • Monday, Apr 25, 1988 • Apr 25

Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on growing-problems of troubled nation.

In the Shadow of the Killing Fields

S36 E17 • Monday, May 9, 1988 • May 9

Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear horror of killing fields may return.

Replacing the Hidden Bomb

S36 E18 • Monday, May 16, 1988 • May 16

Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.

A Revolution Without Shots

S36 E19 • Monday, May 23, 1988 • May 23

Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'.

Selling the Nuclear Dream

S36 E20 • Monday, Jun 6, 1988 • Jun 6

When Government privatises electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have chance to buy a stake in nuclear power.

Northern Ireland: The Long Peace

S36 E21 • Monday, Jun 13, 1988 • Jun 13

After 20 years of unrest, there are first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland.

In Wealth We Trust

S36 E22 • Monday, Jun 20, 1988 • Jun 20

In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for well-off.

The Price of Success?

S36 E23 • Monday, Jun 27, 1988 • Jun 27

Britain's South East is beginning to boom. In a crescent around London, new business parks and housing estates are fast expanding.

Can We Afford the Doctor?

S36 E24 • Monday, Jul 4, 1988 • Jul 4

The death of hole-in-the-heart baby, Matthew Collier has provoked most fundamental review of National Health Service for 40 years.

Who Is This Man Dukakis?

S36 E25 • Monday, Jul 11, 1988 • Jul 11

As 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.

Hot Property

S36 E26 • Monday, Jul 18, 1988 • Jul 18

It 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.

Labour's Agonising Reappraisal

S36 E27 • Monday, Sep 5, 1988 • Sep 5

At a time when Opposition should have been making capital of Government's difficulties.

Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?

S36 E28 • Monday, Sep 12, 1988 • Sep 12

By 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.

Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil

S36 E29 • Monday, Sep 19, 1988 • Sep 19

In July, 167 men were killed in world's worst ever oil disaster. Jane Corbin talks to crucial eyewitnesses aboard Piper Alpha that nigbt.

A Class Apart

S36 E30 • Monday, Sep 26, 1988 • Sep 26

One-hundred-and-eighty children have just begun term at most controversial school in Britain, brand new City Technology College in Solihull.

Inundation of a Nation

S36 E31 • Monday, Oct 3, 1988 • Oct 3

Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct

S36 E32 • Monday, Oct 10, 1988 • Oct 10

On eve of Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP is preparing for his toughest challenges of year.

The SAS

S36 E33 • Monday, Oct 17, 1988 • Oct 17

Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.

Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution

S36 E34 • Monday, Oct 24, 1988 • Oct 24

Using latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying genes which help to determine kind of people we are.

Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War

S36 E35 • Monday, Oct 31, 1988 • Oct 31

Pakistan has been chief backer of Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against Soviet army.

The Tories: Friends of the Earth?

S36 E36 • Monday, Nov 7, 1988 • Nov 7

Mrs Thatcher claims Conservatives are green at heart. The local authorities monitoring Britain's booming waste industry have yet to be convinced.

Adios General Pinochet?

S36 E37 • Monday, Nov 21, 1988 • Nov 21

After 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.

Europe: My Way or Theirs?

S36 E38 • Monday, Nov 28, 1988 • Nov 28

On eve of Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on battle for future of Europe after 1992.

Council Housing: The Last Frontier

S36 E39 • Monday, Dec 5, 1988 • Dec 5

Council estates are Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised Welfare State.

The Shadow of the Swastika

S36 E40 • Monday, Dec 12, 1988 • Dec 12

Half 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.