An in-depth look at news stories. Documentaries that take you behind the scenes giving an insight into people's lives or institutions.
Dispatches (Season 1)
The Plutonium Black Market (Episode 1)
Air date: 1987-10-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
In The Red (Episode 2)
Air date: 1987-11-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
AIDS - The Unheard Voices (Episode 3)
Air date: 1987-11-13
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The program challenges the theory that AIDS is caused by the H.I.V. virus and discusses the social pressures on those diagnosed as H.I.V. positive.
Divided by Law (Episode 4)
Air date: 1987-11-20
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Explains how new D.N.A. testing techniques could help to re-unite divided immigrant families and looks at claims that the government has delayed progress pending on legislation.
Selling the Tunnel (Episode 5)
Air date: 1987-11-27
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: TVS's Business Unit tells the inside story of the Eurotunnel Management Team's battle to persuade the City and the public to back the issue of shares and raise capital.
Gunning for Government (Episode 6)
Air date: 1987-12-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The undercover world of arms dealing is revealed by a defector (Frank Turner) who reveals his involvement with the CIA and British Ministry of Defence.
Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net (Episode 7)
Air date: 1987-12-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 4 1/2 year old Kimberley was starved, dehydrated and beaten and weighed 24Ibs-small for a normal child her age. Her stepfather Nigel Hall was jailed for life for her murder, the mother Pauline Carlile was jailed 12 years for cruelty.
Korea: Poverty Prohibited (Episode 8)
Air date: 1987-12-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.
