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An in-depth look at news stories. Documentaries that take you behind the scenes giving an insight into people's lives or institutions.
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- E1 The Plutonium Black MarketNext upOct 30, 1987 · 45 min
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Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
Guest stars: Sadiq Al-Mahdi, Hassan Al-Turabi, Hans Blix
- E2 In The RedNov 6, 1987 · 45 min
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Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
- E3 AIDS - The Unheard VoicesNov 13, 1987 · 45 min
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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.
- E4 Divided by LawNov 20, 1987 · 45 min
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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.
- E5 Selling the TunnelNov 27, 1987 · 45 min
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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.
Guest stars: Robert Maxwell
- E6 Gunning for GovernmentDec 4, 1987 · 45 min
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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.
- E7 Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the NetDec 11, 1987 · 45 min
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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.
- E8 Korea: Poverty ProhibitedDec 18, 1987 · 45 min
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In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.
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