Episodes
Return to Year Zero?
January 4, 1989
Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
Gorbachev's Asylums
January 11, 1989
Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
Cooking the Books
January 18, 1989
Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
The Spy Who Broke the Code
January 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.
Buckets of Money
February 1, 1989
Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
The Copper Seven Story
February 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.
Afghan
February 15, 1989
A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
The Toxic Trail
February 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.
The Case of 'F'
March 1, 1989
The Return of the Death Squads
March 8, 1989
Burma - Dying for Democracy
March 15, 1989
Voices From Long Larten
March 22, 1989
Young, Homeless and Broke
March 29, 1989
Chico
April 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.
Carry on Flying
April 12, 1989
The Most Neglected Crime
April 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.
Dispatches (26/04/1989)
April 26, 1989
A Suitable Case for Treatment
May 3, 1989
The Sins of the Fathers
May 10, 1989
Not What the Doctor Ordered
May 17, 1989
Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
Warlord of Kayan
May 24, 1989
The Ultimate Blasphemy
May 31, 1989
Fit as a Fiddle
June 7, 1989
Empire of the Sun
June 14, 1989
Year of the Locust
June 21, 1989
A State of Decay
June 28, 1989
Terror Island
July 5, 1989
The Spanish Connection
October 4, 1989
The Day of the Technopath
October 11, 1989
No, Prime Minister
October 18, 1989
The Undoing of Edwina
October 25, 1989
Mission Impossible
November 1, 1989
In the Coal Hole
November 8, 1989
The False Confession File
November 15, 1989
Hungarians Not Comrades
November 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.
Twelve Days in November
November 29, 1989
Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
Licence to Kill
December 6, 1989
Privatising Poland
December 13, 1989
Road to Damascus
December 20, 1989
