About this season
This Week was a weekly current affairs series first produced for ITV in January 1956 by Associated-Rediffusion, running until 1978, when it was replaced by TV Eye. In 1986, the earlier name was revived and This Week continued until Thames lost its franchise at the end of 1992.
Episodes (42)
1. Hungerford - The Lessons
Aired 7 January 1988
2. Back in the Closet
Aired 14 January 1988
3. Tunnel Vision
Aired 21 January 1988
4. Right Wing Medicine
Aired 28 January 1988
5. Ethiopia - The War of the Roads
Aired 4 February 1988
6. Ethiopia - The Emergency is Now Permanent
Aired 11 February 1988
7. Something Foolish with a Pistol
Aired 18 February 1988
8. Falling Through the Net
Aired 25 February 1988
9. Beating the Palestinians
Aired 3 March 1988
10. Brothels, Bribes and Nuclear Waste
Aired 10 March 1988
11. Labour - Getting It Together
Aired 17 March 1988
12. Private Health - Too High a Price?
Aired 24 March 1988
13. Austria and the Jews - The Unhappy Anniversary
Aired 31 March 1988
14. Weekend in Belfast
Aired 7 April 1988
15. Russia's Bleeding Wound
Aired 14 April 1988
16. Lockout
Aired 21 April 1988
17. Death on the Rock
Aired 28 April 1988
18. One Good Turn...
Aired 5 May 1988
19. What Makes Paddy Run?
Aired 12 May 1988
20. Welcome to Roseland
Aired 19 May 1988
21. Letter to Gorbachev
Aired 26 May 1988
22. On the Ropes
Aired 2 June 1988
23. Can't Vote, Won't Vote
Aired 9 June 1988
24. 'Ere We Go Again
Aired 16 June 1988
25. Drugs - Should the Fix Be Legal?
Aired 23 June 1988
26. Hostages - Should We Deal?
Aired 30 June 1988
27. North Sea Oil Rig Disaster
Aired 7 July 1988
28. Breakdown in the Skies
Aired 14 July 1988
29. Kids Cook Quick
Aired 21 July 1988
30. The Silent Epidemic
Aired 15 September 1988
31. The Cocaine General
Aired 22 September 1988
32. Flying Plutonium
Aired 29 September 1988
33. Refugees from Justice
Aired 6 October 1988
34. Hot Time Ahead
Aired 13 October 1988
35. Investor Beware!
Aired 20 October 1988
36. A Better View
Aired 27 October 1988
37. The Baby Snatchers
Aired 3 November 1988
38. No Surrender
Aired 10 November 1988
39. Death from Natural Causes
Aired 24 November 1988
40. End of the Nuclear Dream?
Aired 1 December 1988
41. Criminal Wages
Aired 8 December 1988
42. Boat People Go Home!
Aired 15 December 1988