Season 2 (1982)
Episodes: 25
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Roedean
Air Date: 1982-10-07
The leading girls' public school.
Ep.2 Skinheads
Air Date: 1982-10-14
Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.
Ep.3 Rabbits Don't Cry
Air Date: 1982-10-21
Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.
Ep.4 An Emotional Matter
Air Date: 1982-10-28
The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.
Ep.5 Lost in a Crowd
Air Date: 1982-11-04
Problems of loneliness. Five people who are trying to find their own ways to deal with overcome loneliness are in a compartment in a train. They tell their stories to us, but do not communicate with each other, despite their shared problem.
Ep.6 The Cruelty Man
Air Date: 1982-11-11
A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.
Ep.7 Miners
Air Date: 1982-11-25
Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.
Ep.8 Mr. Moonlight
Air Date: 1982-12-02
The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.
Ep.9 The Lads' Night Out
Air Date: 1982-12-09
The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.
Ep.10 How Do I Look?
Air Date: 1982-12-16
Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.
Ep.11 Mister Perks
Air Date: 1983-01-13
Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.
Ep.12 Package Tour
Air Date: 1983-01-20
Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.
Ep.13 Something to Do with Video
Air Date: 1983-01-27
The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.
Ep.14 The Rovers
Air Date: 1983-02-03
Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season
Ep.15 Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
Air Date: 1983-02-10
Children who have to look after their elderly parents.
Ep.16 Freshers
Air Date: 1983-02-17
New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.
Ep.17 English Lesson
Air Date: 1983-02-24
Nine Polish seamen who sought political asylum in the Falklands where they were caught up in the war and their later stateless existence in London.
Ep.18 Female Circumcision
Air Date: 1983-03-03
Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.
Ep.19 A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont
Air Date: 1983-03-10
Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.
Ep.20 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1
Air Date: 1983-03-17
The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.
Ep.21 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2
Air Date: 1983-03-24
Ep.22 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3
Air Date: 1983-03-31
Ep.23 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4
Air Date: 1983-04-07
Ep.24 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5
Air Date: 1983-04-14