40 episodes

Panorama - 1988

First aired Jan 4, 1988Season 36

Browse all 40 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Thatcher's 3,000 Days

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Jan 4, 1988

Mrs. Thatcher has now been in office for 3,167 days - overtaking Asquith as longest serving Prime Minister this century.

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Episode 2

Arthur Scargill Evermore?

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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.

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Episode 3

Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister

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Jan 18, 1988

As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results.

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Episode 4

The Margaret Thatcher Interview

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Jan 25, 1988

The Prime Minister, Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby.

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Episode 5

NHS - A Terminal Case?

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Feb 1, 1988

Forty years after its birth, National Health Service is in grip of continued crisis.

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Episode 6

The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off

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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'.

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Episode 7

Violence on Television

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Feb 15, 1988

Violence on Television since Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue.

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Episode 8

Is There No Alternative?

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Feb 22, 1988

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Episode 9

The IRA: The Long War

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Feb 29, 198858 min

A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.

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Episode 10

A Hard Act to Follow

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Mar 7, 1988

Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for Republican Presidential nomination.

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Episode 11

The Underclass of 88

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Mar 14, 1988

The Underclass of 88 In tomorrow's Budget Chancellor is widely expected to announce further tax cuts for better off.

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Episode 12

Electricity - A Shock in Store

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Mar 21, 1988

Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult cancers are mystifying scientists.

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Episode 13

Church of England - One Foundation?

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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.

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Episode 14

Charles, Prince of Conscience

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Apr 11, 1988

Charles, Prince of Conscience Is Prince of Wales sharpening an impression that he is increasingly out of tune with Thatcherit.

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Episode 15

Child Abuse: Battering the System

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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.

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Episode 16

Israel at 40

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Apr 25, 1988

Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on growing-problems of troubled nation.

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Episode 17

In the Shadow of the Killing Fields

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May 9, 1988

Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear horror of killing fields may return.

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Episode 18

Replacing the Hidden Bomb

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May 16, 1988

Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.

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Episode 19

A Revolution Without Shots

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May 23, 1988

Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'.

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Episode 20

Selling the Nuclear Dream

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Jun 6, 1988

When Government privatises electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have chance to buy a stake in nuclear power.

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Episode 21

Northern Ireland: The Long Peace

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Jun 13, 1988

After 20 years of unrest, there are first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland.

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Episode 22

In Wealth We Trust

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Jun 20, 1988

In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for well-off.

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Episode 23

The Price of Success?

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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.

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Episode 24

Can We Afford the Doctor?

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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.

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Episode 25

Who Is This Man Dukakis?

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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.

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Episode 26

Hot Property

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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 seem unable to cope with buying market.

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Episode 27

Labour's Agonising Reappraisal

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Sep 5, 1988

At a time when Opposition should have been making capital of Government's difficulties.

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Episode 28

Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?

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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.

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Episode 29

Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil

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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.

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Episode 30

A Class Apart

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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.

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Episode 31

Inundation of a Nation

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Oct 3, 1988

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Episode 32

Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct

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Oct 10, 1988

On eve of Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP is preparing for his toughest challenges of year.

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Episode 33

The SAS

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Oct 17, 1988

An investigation into the role of the SAS in Northern Ireland.

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Episode 34

Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution

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Oct 24, 1988

Using latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying genes which help to determine kind of people we are.

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Episode 35

Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War

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Oct 31, 1988

Pakistan has been chief backer of Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against Soviet army.

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Episode 36

The Tories: Friends of the Earth?

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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.

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Episode 37

Adios General Pinochet?

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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 democracy.

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Episode 38

Europe: My Way or Theirs?

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Nov 28, 1988

On eve of Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on battle for future of Europe after 1992.

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Episode 39

Council Housing: The Last Frontier

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Dec 5, 1988

Council estates are Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised Welfare State.

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Episode 40

The Shadow of the Swastika

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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.