About this season
Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
Episodes (8)
1. The Plutonium Black Market
Aired 30 October 1987 • 45 min
Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
2. In The Red
Aired 6 November 1987 • 45 min
Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
3. AIDS - The Unheard Voices
Aired 13 November 1987 • 45 min
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.
4. Divided by Law
Aired 20 November 1987 • 45 min
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.
5. Selling the Tunnel
Aired 27 November 1987 • 45 min
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.
6. Gunning for Government
Aired 4 December 1987 • 45 min
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.
7. Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
Aired 11 December 1987 • 45 min
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.
8. Korea: Poverty Prohibited
Aired 18 December 1987 • 45 min
In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.