Season 1 (1981)
Episodes: 29
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Rough Justice
Air Date: 1981-10-01
Portrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil.
Ep.2 Sister Genevieve
Air Date: 1981-10-08
Portrait of a Comprehensive School in the heart of the Falls Road, Belfast.
Ep.3 Hijack
Air Date: 1981-10-15
Story of a Hijack on Independence Day 1977 in New York.
Ep.4 Give Us the Vote
Air Date: 1981-10-22
Test case for inmates of mental hospital to get the vote.
Ep.5 Lol: A Bona Queen of Fabularity
Air Date: 1981-10-29
Life style of Quentin Crisp-esque 'Queen'.
Ep.6 Marathon Man
Air Date: 1981-11-05
Attempt to beat record run from John o' Groats to Land's End.
Ep.7 Rocky Circus
Air Date: 1981-11-12
Gary Glitter stars in Gerry Cottle's Circus.
Ep.8 Gorilla G Gorilla
Air Date: 1981-11-19
Gorilla N'Pongo gives birth to Kumi in Jersey Zoo.
Ep.9 The Harrisons Don't Go to School
Air Date: 1981-11-26
Hereford family educating children at home.
Ep.10 Alison
Air Date: 1981-12-03
Spastic girl's struggle to live a normal life.
Ep.11 Sex, Drugs and the Vicar
Air Date: 1981-12-10
Backstage at the News of the World.
Ep.12 Children's Parties
Air Date: 1981-12-17
An anthology of various children's parties.
Ep.13 The Great Cover-up
Air Date: 1982-01-14
The bald facts revealed: What men will do to counter hair loss.
Ep.14 Brighton or Bust
Air Date: 1982-01-21
The London to Brighton vintage car rally.
Ep.15 The Last Resort
Air Date: 1982-01-28
Glenthorne high security prison for youngsters.
Ep.16 The George Formby Story
Air Date: 1982-02-04
Biopic of renowned comedian and ukulelist.
Ep.17 Burgled
Air Date: 1982-02-11
Burglary - Britain's fastest growing industry.
Ep.18 Bomber and Brendan
Air Date: 1982-02-18
Sheffield's Herol 'Bomber' Graham and Brendan Ingle his trainer in bid for boxing glory.
Ep.19 Mutiny
Air Date: 1982-02-25
1943 Mutiny of British soldiers in Salerno.
Ep.20 Saved in the Nick of Time
Air Date: 1982-03-04
Artefacts saved from demolished buildings.
Ep.21 Birth Reborn
Air Date: 1982-03-11
Michel Odent and 'natural' childbirth at his clinic in Pithiviers France
Ep.22 Hunt Saboteurs
Air Date: 1982-03-18
Cameras follow shock troops of anti-hunt demonstrators disrupting hunt.
Ep.23 Heart Transplant
Air Date: 1982-03-25
Magdi Yacoub and his surgical team at work at Harefield Hospital.
Ep.24 Heart Transplant: 2 - A Fight for Life
Air Date: 1982-04-01
Ep.25 Heart Transplant: 3
Air Date: 1982-04-08
Ep.26 Heart Transplant: 4 - Bruce Anderson, New Heart
Air Date: 1982-04-15
Ep.27 Heart Transplant: 5 - Recovery
Air Date: 1982-04-22
Ep.28 Heart Transplant: 6 - A Matter of Life and Death
Air Date: 1982-04-29