Episodes
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1. Thatcher's 3,000 Days
4 Jan 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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2. Arthur Scargill Evermore?
11 Jan 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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3. Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister
18 Jan 1988
As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results.
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4. The Margaret Thatcher Interview
25 Jan 1988
The Prime Minister, Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby.
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5. NHS - A Terminal Case?
1 Feb 1988
Forty years after its birth, National Health Service is in grip of continued crisis.
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6. The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off
8 Feb 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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7. Violence on Television
15 Feb 1988
Violence on Television since Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue.
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8. Is There No Alternative?
22 Feb 1988
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9. The IRA: The Long War
29 Feb 1988 · 58 min
A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.
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10. A Hard Act to Follow
7 Mar 1988
Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for Republican Presidential nomination.
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11. The Underclass of 88
14 Mar 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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12. Electricity - A Shock in Store
21 Mar 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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13. Church of England - One Foundation?
28 Mar 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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14. Charles, Prince of Conscience
11 Apr 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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15. Child Abuse: Battering the System
18 Apr 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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16. Israel at 40
25 Apr 1988
Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on growing-problems of troubled nation.
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17. In the Shadow of the Killing Fields
9 May 1988
Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear horror of killing fields may return.
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18. Replacing the Hidden Bomb
16 May 1988
Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.
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19. A Revolution Without Shots
23 May 1988
Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'.
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20. Selling the Nuclear Dream
6 Jun 1988
When Government privatises electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have chance to buy a stake in nuclear power.
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21. Northern Ireland: The Long Peace
13 Jun 1988
After 20 years of unrest, there are first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland.
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22. In Wealth We Trust
20 Jun 1988
In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for well-off.
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23. The Price of Success?
27 Jun 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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24. Can We Afford the Doctor?
4 Jul 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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25. Who Is This Man Dukakis?
11 Jul 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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26. Hot Property
18 Jul 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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27. Labour's Agonising Reappraisal
5 Sept 1988
At a time when Opposition should have been making capital of Government's difficulties.
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28. Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?
12 Sept 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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29. Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil
19 Sept 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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30. A Class Apart
26 Sept 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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31. Inundation of a Nation
3 Oct 1988
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32. Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct
10 Oct 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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33. The SAS
17 Oct 1988
An investigation into the role of the SAS in Northern Ireland.
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34. Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution
24 Oct 1988
Using latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying genes which help to determine kind of people we are.
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35. Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War
31 Oct 1988
Pakistan has been chief backer of Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against Soviet army.
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36. The Tories: Friends of the Earth?
7 Nov 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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37. Adios General Pinochet?
21 Nov 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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38. Europe: My Way or Theirs?
28 Nov 1988
On eve of Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on battle for future of Europe after 1992.
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39. Council Housing: The Last Frontier
5 Dec 1988
Council estates are Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised Welfare State.
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40. The Shadow of the Swastika
12 Dec 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.
Panorama 1988: quick answers
How many episodes are in Panorama 1988?
1988 of Panorama has 40 episodes, about 1 hours in total.
When did Panorama 1988 come out?
1988 premiered on 4 Jan 1988.