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 (39)
1. The Plunderers
Aired 3 January 1990 • 45 min
2. When Porton Pays the Piper
Aired 10 January 1990 • 45 min
3. Gamma Alarm
Aired 17 January 1990 • 45 min
4. The Great Leap Backwards
Aired 24 January 1990 • 45 min
5. Miracle Molecule
Aired 31 January 1990 • 45 min
6. Degrees for Sale
Aired 7 February 1990 • 45 min
7. Stalin's Ghost
Aired 14 February 1990 • 45 min
8. Troubled Waters
Aired 21 February 1990 • 45 min
9. Beyond the Rubicon
Aired 28 February 1990 • 45 min
10. A Greater Germany
Aired 7 March 1990 • 45 min
11. Gerry
Aired 14 March 1990 • 45 min
12. Legalise It!
Aired 21 March 1990 • 45 min
13. In the Name of Hunger
Aired 28 March 1990 • 45 min
14. Apartheid's Assassins
Aired 4 April 1990 • 45 min
Over the years many political activists have been murdered in strange circumstances, but security denied that special 'hit squad' units were responsible. Then Captain Dirk Coetzee, ex-commander of one of these units, fled the country and told his story to the ANC, in extensive interviews Coetzee explains the functioning of the special units. The video also reconstructs attacks carried out against Zimbabwean anti-apartheid campaigners.
15. Terms for Peace
Aired 11 April 1990 • 45 min
16. The Children of Fire
Aired 18 April 1990 • 45 min
17. The Russians A Coming
Aired 25 April 1990 • 45 min
18. The Most Neglected Crime
Aired 2 May 1990 • 45 min
19. The Great Green Hype
Aired 9 May 1990 • 45 min
20. Romanian Roulette
Aired 16 May 1990 • 45 min
21. A Tale of Two Cartels
Aired 23 May 1990 • 45 min
22. Dispatches (30/05/1990)
Aired 30 May 1990 • 45 min
23. The Stasi Tapes
Aired 6 June 1990 • 45 min
24. The AIDS Catch
Aired 13 June 1990 • 45 min
25. Eritrea: Fight to the Death
Aired 20 June 1990 • 45 min
26. Game on the Ice
Aired 27 June 1990 • 45 min
27. Guinness - The Inside Story
Aired 26 September 1990 • 45 min
28. Listen to the Children
Aired 3 October 1990 • 45 min
29. Rivers of Fire
Aired 10 October 1990 • 45 min
30. Bad Meat Trail
Aired 17 October 1990 • 45 min
31. The Oregon Formula
Aired 24 October 1990 • 45 min
32. Black and Blue
Aired 31 October 1990 • 45 min
33. Moscow's Mafia Millions
Aired 7 November 1990 • 45 min
34. Kingmaker of Karachi
Aired 14 November 1990 • 45 min
35. Divided She Falls?
Aired 21 November 1990 • 45 min
36. A Good and Faithful Servant
Aired 28 November 1990 • 45 min
37. The Case Against War
Aired 5 December 1990 • 45 min
38. Against the Odds
Aired 12 December 1990 • 45 min
39. The Prozac File
Aired 19 December 1990 • 45 min