Return to Year Zero?

S03 E01 • Wednesday, Jan 4, 1989 • Jan 4 • 45m

Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.

Gorbachev's Asylums

S03 E02 • Wednesday, Jan 11, 1989 • Jan 11 • 45m

Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".

Cooking the Books

S03 E03 • Wednesday, Jan 18, 1989 • Jan 18 • 45m

Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.

The Spy Who Broke the Code

S03 E04 • Wednesday, Jan 25, 1989 • Jan 25 • 45m

Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.

Buckets of Money

S03 E05 • Wednesday, Feb 1, 1989 • Feb 1 • 45m

Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.

The Copper Seven Story

S03 E06 • Wednesday, Feb 8, 1989 • Feb 8 • 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.

Afghan

S03 E07 • Wednesday, Feb 15, 1989 • Feb 15 • 45m

A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.

The Toxic Trail

S03 E08 • Wednesday, Feb 22, 1989 • Feb 22 • 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.

The Case of 'F'

S03 E09 • Wednesday, Mar 1, 1989 • Mar 1 • 45m

The Return of the Death Squads

S03 E10 • Wednesday, Mar 8, 1989 • Mar 8 • 45m

Burma - Dying for Democracy

S03 E11 • Wednesday, Mar 15, 1989 • Mar 15 • 45m

Voices From Long Larten

S03 E12 • Wednesday, Mar 22, 1989 • Mar 22 • 45m

Young, Homeless and Broke

S03 E13 • Wednesday, Mar 29, 1989 • Mar 29 • 45m

Chico

S03 E14 • Wednesday, Apr 5, 1989 • Apr 5 • 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.

Carry on Flying

S03 E15 • Wednesday, Apr 12, 1989 • Apr 12 • 45m

The Most Neglected Crime

S03 E16 • Wednesday, Apr 19, 1989 • Apr 19 • 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.

Dispatches (26/04/1989)

S03 E17 • Wednesday, Apr 26, 1989 • Apr 26 • 45m

A Suitable Case for Treatment

S03 E18 • Wednesday, May 3, 1989 • May 3 • 45m

The Sins of the Fathers

S03 E19 • Wednesday, May 10, 1989 • May 10 • 45m

Not What the Doctor Ordered

S03 E20 • Wednesday, May 17, 1989 • May 17 • 45m

Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health

Warlord of Kayan

S03 E21 • Wednesday, May 24, 1989 • May 24 • 45m

The Ultimate Blasphemy

S03 E22 • Wednesday, May 31, 1989 • May 31 • 45m

Fit as a Fiddle

S03 E23 • Wednesday, Jun 7, 1989 • Jun 7 • 45m

Empire of the Sun

S03 E24 • Wednesday, Jun 14, 1989 • Jun 14 • 45m

Year of the Locust

S03 E25 • Wednesday, Jun 21, 1989 • Jun 21 • 45m

A State of Decay

S03 E26 • Wednesday, Jun 28, 1989 • Jun 28 • 45m

Terror Island

S03 E27 • Wednesday, Jul 5, 1989 • Jul 5 • 45m

The Spanish Connection

S03 E28 • Wednesday, Oct 4, 1989 • Oct 4 • 45m

The Day of the Technopath

S03 E29 • Wednesday, Oct 11, 1989 • Oct 11 • 45m

No, Prime Minister

S03 E30 • Wednesday, Oct 18, 1989 • Oct 18 • 45m

The Undoing of Edwina

S03 E31 • Wednesday, Oct 25, 1989 • Oct 25 • 45m

Mission Impossible

S03 E32 • Wednesday, Nov 1, 1989 • Nov 1 • 45m

In the Coal Hole

S03 E33 • Wednesday, Nov 8, 1989 • Nov 8 • 45m

The False Confession File

S03 E34 • Wednesday, Nov 15, 1989 • Nov 15 • 45m

Hungarians Not Comrades

S03 E35 • Wednesday, Nov 22, 1989 • Nov 22 • 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.

Twelve Days in November

S03 E36 • Wednesday, Nov 29, 1989 • Nov 29 • 45m

Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.

Licence to Kill

S03 E37 • Wednesday, Dec 6, 1989 • Dec 6 • 45m

Privatising Poland

S03 E38 • Wednesday, Dec 13, 1989 • Dec 13 • 45m

Road to Damascus

S03 E39 • Wednesday, Dec 20, 1989 • Dec 20 • 45m