Dispatches — 1989
Jan 04, 19891. Return to Year Zero?
Jan 04, 1989Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.
45m2. Gorbachev's Asylums
Jan 11, 1989Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".
45m3. Cooking the Books
Jan 18, 1989Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.
45m4. The Spy Who Broke the Code
Jan 25, 1989Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.
45m5. Buckets of Money
Feb 01, 1989Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.
45m6. The Copper Seven Story
Feb 08, 1989Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.
45m7. Afghan
Feb 15, 1989A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.
45m8. The Toxic Trail
Feb 22, 1989Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.
45m9. The Case of 'F'
Mar 01, 1989No overview yet.
45m10. The Return of the Death Squads
Mar 08, 1989No overview yet.
45m11. Burma - Dying for Democracy
Mar 15, 1989No overview yet.
45m12. Voices From Long Larten
Mar 22, 1989No overview yet.
45m13. Young, Homeless and Broke
Mar 29, 1989No overview yet.
45m14. Chico
Apr 05, 1989A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
45m15. Carry on Flying
Apr 12, 1989No overview yet.
45m16. The Most Neglected Crime
Apr 19, 1989Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.
45m17. Dispatches (26/04/1989)
Apr 26, 1989No overview yet.
45m18. A Suitable Case for Treatment
May 03, 1989No overview yet.
45m19. The Sins of the Fathers
May 10, 1989No overview yet.
45m20. Not What the Doctor Ordered
May 17, 1989Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health
45m21. Warlord of Kayan
May 24, 1989No overview yet.
45m22. The Ultimate Blasphemy
May 31, 1989No overview yet.
45m23. Fit as a Fiddle
Jun 07, 1989No overview yet.
45m24. Empire of the Sun
Jun 14, 1989No overview yet.
45m25. Year of the Locust
Jun 21, 1989No overview yet.
45m26. A State of Decay
Jun 28, 1989No overview yet.
45m27. Terror Island
Jul 05, 1989No overview yet.
45m28. The Spanish Connection
Oct 04, 1989No overview yet.
45m29. The Day of the Technopath
Oct 11, 1989No overview yet.
45m30. No, Prime Minister
Oct 18, 1989No overview yet.
45m31. The Undoing of Edwina
Oct 25, 1989No overview yet.
45m32. Mission Impossible
Nov 01, 1989No overview yet.
45m33. In the Coal Hole
Nov 08, 1989No overview yet.
45m34. The False Confession File
Nov 15, 1989No overview yet.
45m35. Hungarians Not Comrades
Nov 22, 1989Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.
45m36. Twelve Days in November
Nov 29, 1989Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.
45m37. Licence to Kill
Dec 06, 1989No overview yet.
45m38. Privatising Poland
Dec 13, 1989No overview yet.
45m39. Road to Damascus
Dec 20, 1989No overview yet.
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