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Dispatches

1987

1987 · 8 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

  1. 1

    1. The Plutonium Black Market

    30 Oct 1987 · 45 min

    Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.

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    2. In The Red

    6 Nov 1987 · 45 min

    Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.

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    3. AIDS - The Unheard Voices

    13 Nov 1987 · 45 min

    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.

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    4. Divided by Law

    20 Nov 1987 · 45 min

    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.

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    5. Selling the Tunnel

    27 Nov 1987 · 45 min

    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.

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    6. Gunning for Government

    4 Dec 1987 · 45 min

    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.

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    7. Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

    11 Dec 1987 · 45 min

    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.

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    8. Korea: Poverty Prohibited

    18 Dec 1987 · 45 min

    In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.

Dispatches 1987: quick answers

How many episodes are in Dispatches 1987?

1987 of Dispatches has 8 episodes, about 6 hours in total.

When did Dispatches 1987 come out?

1987 premiered on 30 Oct 1987.

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