Episodes List

Ep.1 Thatcher's 3,000 Days

Air Date: 1988-01-04

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

Ep.2 Arthur Scargill Evermore?

Air Date: 1988-01-11

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

Ep.3 Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister

Air Date: 1988-01-18

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

Ep.4 The Margaret Thatcher Interview

Air Date: 1988-01-25

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

Ep.5 NHS - A Terminal Case?

Air Date: 1988-02-01

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

Ep.6 The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off

Air Date: 1988-02-08

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'.

Ep.7 Violence on Television

Air Date: 1988-02-15

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

Ep.8 Is There No Alternative?

Air Date: 1988-02-22

Ep.9 The IRA: The Long War

Air Date: 1988-02-29

A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.

Ep.10 A Hard Act to Follow

Air Date: 1988-03-07

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

Ep.11 The Underclass of 88

Air Date: 1988-03-14

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

Ep.12 Electricity - A Shock in Store

Air Date: 1988-03-21

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

Ep.13 Church of England - One Foundation?

Air Date: 1988-03-28

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

Ep.14 Charles, Prince of Conscience

Air Date: 1988-04-11

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

Ep.15 Child Abuse: Battering the System

Air Date: 1988-04-18

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.

Ep.16 Israel at 40

Air Date: 1988-04-25

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

Ep.17 In the Shadow of the Killing Fields

Air Date: 1988-05-09

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

Ep.18 Replacing the Hidden Bomb

Air Date: 1988-05-16

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

Ep.19 A Revolution Without Shots

Air Date: 1988-05-23

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

Ep.20 Selling the Nuclear Dream

Air Date: 1988-06-06

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

Ep.21 Northern Ireland: The Long Peace

Air Date: 1988-06-13

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

Ep.22 In Wealth We Trust

Air Date: 1988-06-20

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

Ep.23 The Price of Success?

Air Date: 1988-06-27

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

Ep.24 Can We Afford the Doctor?

Air Date: 1988-07-04

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

Ep.25 Who Is This Man Dukakis?

Air Date: 1988-07-11

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.

Ep.26 Hot Property

Air Date: 1988-07-18

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.

Ep.27 Labour's Agonising Reappraisal

Air Date: 1988-09-05

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

Ep.28 Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?

Air Date: 1988-09-12

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.

Ep.29 Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil

Air Date: 1988-09-19

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

Ep.30 A Class Apart

Air Date: 1988-09-26

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

Ep.31 Inundation of a Nation

Air Date: 1988-10-03

Ep.32 Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct

Air Date: 1988-10-10

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

Ep.33 The SAS

Air Date: 1988-10-17

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

Ep.34 Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution

Air Date: 1988-10-24

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

Ep.35 Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War

Air Date: 1988-10-31

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

Ep.36 The Tories: Friends of the Earth?

Air Date: 1988-11-07

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

Ep.37 Adios General Pinochet?

Air Date: 1988-11-21

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.

Ep.38 Europe: My Way or Theirs?

Air Date: 1988-11-28

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

Ep.39 Council Housing: The Last Frontier

Air Date: 1988-12-05

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

Ep.40 The Shadow of the Swastika

Air Date: 1988-12-12

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.