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Panorama: 1988

40 episodes · premiered Jan 4, 1988

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  1. Episode 1: Thatcher's 3,000 Days Jan 4, 1988 Mrs. Thatcher has now been in office for 3,167 days - overtaking Asquith as longest serving Prime Minister this century.
  2. Episode 2: Arthur Scargill Evermore? Jan 11, 1988 Later this month Britain's 100,000 miners will vote on future direction of their leadership and in particular on Arthur Scargill.
  3. Episode 3: Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister Jan 18, 1988 As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results.
  4. Episode 4: The Margaret Thatcher Interview Jan 25, 1988 The Prime Minister, Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby.
  5. Episode 5: NHS - A Terminal Case? Feb 1, 1988 Forty years after its birth, National Health Service is in grip of continued crisis.
  6. Episode 6: The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off Feb 8, 1988 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'.
  7. Episode 7: Violence on Television Feb 15, 1988 Violence on Television since Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue.
  8. Episode 8: Is There No Alternative? Feb 22, 1988
  9. Episode 9: The IRA: The Long War Feb 29, 1988 · 58m A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.
  10. Episode 10: A Hard Act to Follow Mar 7, 1988 Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for Republican Presidential nomination.
  11. Episode 11: The Underclass of 88 Mar 14, 1988 The Underclass of 88 In tomorrow's Budget Chancellor is widely expected to announce further tax cuts for better off.
  12. Episode 12: Electricity - A Shock in Store Mar 21, 1988 Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult cancers are mystifying scientists.
  13. Episode 13: Church of England - One Foundation? Mar 28, 1988 In Church of England recent passionate arguments about ordination to priesthood of women or of practising homosexuals are symptoms of a much wider debate.
  14. Episode 14: Charles, Prince of Conscience Apr 11, 1988 Charles, Prince of Conscience Is Prince of Wales sharpening an impression that he is increasingly out of tune with Thatcherit.
  15. Episode 15: Child Abuse: Battering the System Apr 18, 1988 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.
  16. Episode 16: Israel at 40 Apr 25, 1988 Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on growing-problems of troubled nation.
  17. Episode 17: In the Shadow of the Killing Fields May 9, 1988 Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear horror of killing fields may return.
  18. Episode 18: Replacing the Hidden Bomb May 16, 1988 Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.
  19. Episode 19: A Revolution Without Shots May 23, 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'.
  20. Episode 20: Selling the Nuclear Dream Jun 6, 1988 When Government privatises electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have chance to buy a stake in nuclear power.
  21. Episode 21: Northern Ireland: The Long Peace Jun 13, 1988 After 20 years of unrest, there are first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland.
  22. Episode 22: In Wealth We Trust Jun 20, 1988 In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for well-off.
  23. Episode 23: The Price of Success? Jun 27, 1988 Britain's South East is beginning to boom. In a crescent around London, new business parks and housing estates are fast expanding.
  24. Episode 24: Can We Afford the Doctor? Jul 4, 1988 The death of hole-in-the-heart baby, Matthew Collier has provoked most fundamental review of National Health Service for 40 years.
  25. Episode 25: Who Is This Man Dukakis? Jul 11, 1988 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.
  26. Episode 26: Hot Property Jul 18, 1988 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…
  27. Episode 27: Labour's Agonising Reappraisal Sep 5, 1988 At a time when Opposition should have been making capital of Government's difficulties.
  28. Episode 28: Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow? Sep 12, 1988 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.
  29. Episode 29: Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil Sep 19, 1988 In July, 167 men were killed in world's worst ever oil disaster. Jane Corbin talks to crucial eyewitnesses aboard Piper Alpha that nigbt.
  30. Episode 30: A Class Apart Sep 26, 1988 One-hundred-and-eighty children have just begun term at most controversial school in Britain, brand new City Technology College in Solihull.
  31. Episode 31: Inundation of a Nation Oct 3, 1988
  32. Episode 32: Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct Oct 10, 1988 On eve of Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP is preparing for his toughest challenges of year.
  33. Episode 33: The SAS Oct 17, 1988 An investigation into the role of the SAS in Northern Ireland.
  34. Episode 34: Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution Oct 24, 1988 Using latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying genes which help to determine kind of people we are.
  35. Episode 35: Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War Oct 31, 1988 Pakistan has been chief backer of Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against Soviet army.
  36. Episode 36: The Tories: Friends of the Earth? Nov 7, 1988 Mrs Thatcher claims Conservatives are green at heart. The local authorities monitoring Britain's booming waste industry have yet to be convinced.
  37. Episode 37: Adios General Pinochet? Nov 21, 1988 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…
  38. Episode 38: Europe: My Way or Theirs? Nov 28, 1988 On eve of Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on battle for future of Europe after 1992.
  39. Episode 39: Council Housing: The Last Frontier Dec 5, 1988 Council estates are Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised Welfare State.
  40. Episode 40: The Shadow of the Swastika Dec 12, 1988 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.