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1990

37 episodes · 1990

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    Triumph Over Tyranny

    Jan 8, 1990

    After fleeing the capital as revolutionary fervour spread, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were captured and returned to Bucharest to face the revolution's summary justice on Christmas Day 1989.

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    Suffering for a Solution

    Jan 15, 199040 min

    David Lomax reports on how patients are suffering as a result of the 1990 ambulance dispute.

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    Sinking Into Squalor

    Jan 22, 1990

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    Bunking Off

    Jan 29, 1990

    Every day this term more than 200,000 pupils will play truant from Britain's schools. In London alone a quarter of all 15-year-olds will be missing from class.

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    The Winter of Perestroika

    Feb 5, 1990

    As crises mount for President Gorbachev, what about the Russians - the people who will ultimately determine the fate of his revolution?

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    The Police: In for Questioning

    Feb 12, 1990

    Britain's police are facing a crisis of public confidence. In the wake of the Guildford Four case, the break up of the West Midlands Crime Squad and the Wapping report, there is a widespread fear that the police bend the rules.

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    Ulster's Regiment - A Question of Loyalty?

    Feb 19, 1990

    August's shooting of a young Catholic, Loughlin Maginn, was the 2,744th murder since the N. Ireland troubles began. But it will be remembered as the killing which triggered off a damaging row between the governments of London and Dublin.

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    The Debriefing of Colonel G

    Feb 26, 1990

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    Who's Afraid of Germany?

    Mar 12, 1990

    East Germans vote next Sunday in their first free elections in over 50 years. But already the hundreds of thousands who have voted with their feet, moving to the west, have settled the issue in favour of 'One Fatherland'.

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    Poll Taxing Their Loyalty

    Mar 19, 1990

    In England and Wales 38 million people are about to receive their first poll tax bills - many will be higher than Government predictions.

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    Concrete v. Countryside

    Mar 26, 1990

    In the 90s, Britain will need new roads, houses and industrial developments if it is to prosper in Europe. But birds, plants and animals are under increasing pressure as the concrete spreads.

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    Falling Through the Net

    Apr 2, 1990

    The very poor in Britain live at the margin. Any crisis, from a house burning down to something as everyday as a child needing new shoes, can push them over the edge. All they can turn to in an emergency is the Government's social fund.

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    House Prices, Home Truths

    Apr 9, 1990

    More than three million people have joined Britain's army of homeowners since Mrs. Thatcher came to power. But for many, high mortgage rates and the slump in property prices have turned the dream of home ownership into a nightmare.

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    The Red Army Revolution

    Apr 23, 1990

    The mighty Red Army that Lenin created to defend the Motherland is coming home from camps across Eastern Europe. But it is returning to an uncertain future.

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    Doctoring the Reforms

    Apr 30, 1990

    18 months ago, the Gov't launched a radical reform of the NHS. It wanted to turn a £20 billion state monolith into an internal market that would offer its 'customers', the patients, a better service, choice, and better value for money.

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    The Crimes of the Comrades

    May 14, 1990

    All over eastern Europe, dark secrets from the past are being unearthed. Many countries face the dilemma of what to do with the former communist dictators and their thugs from state security.

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    The Big Heat

    May 21, 199040 min

    Steve Bradshaw reports on the effects of global warming.

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    Rioting for Rights?

    Jun 4, 1990

    One self-confessed ringleader of the Strangeways riot has claimed to Panorama that the disturbance was originally planned as a protest against the prison regime.

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    Selling Our Schools

    Jun 11, 1990

    As the Government's changes to the education system start to take effect, how well are Britain's schools coping? Roisin McAuley reports on the effects on one typical secondary, Campion School in Leamington, Warwickshire.

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    Selling Socialism

    Jun 18, 1990

    With Westminster rife with pre-election fever and Labour ahead in the opinion polls, the Leader of the Opposition, the Rt Hon Neil Kinnock , MP, gives his first major television interview of the year.

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    A Woman's Work

    Jun 25, 1990

    After a rather difficult political year, the Conservatives are now preparing to fight their fourth election campaign under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. It looks as if it may be the toughest yet for her as well as for her party.

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    Saddam's Secret Arms Ring

    Sep 3, 1990

    How did the west allow Saddam Hussein to build up his terrifying arsenal of weapons? Jane Corbin reveals the scale of Saddam's arms production network in Britain, Germany and America.

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    Saddam's Fifth Column

    Sep 10, 1990

    To many Palestinians, Saddam Hussein is a new saviour. Panorama analyses the Saddam-fever that is sweeping through Jordan and the West Bank into Israel. Robin Denselow reports.

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    Uncle Sam v. Saddam

    Sep 17, 1990

    David Dimbleby and Tom Mangold report from America on the latest developments in the Gulf crisis. Is a compromise still possible? How long will the American people be prepared to support such a massive commitment of American forces?

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    The Gulf in Our Defences

    Sep 24, 199040 min

    Britain's defences were undergoing their most drastic review for over a generation when Iraq provoked the Gulf crisis. Fred Emery reports on the controversy raging inside the Ministry of Defence.

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    Labour's Liverpool Nightmare

    Oct 1, 199040 min

    Reporter Steve Bradshaw investigates the legacy of Militant Tendency in Liverpool.

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    Who Pays for the Party?

    Oct 8, 1990

    Gavin Hewitt has been examining who actually pays for the Conservative Party. Why do individuals and companies give and what do they expect in return?

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    The White Tribe of Africa: Part 1 - Drowning in Blood

    Oct 15, 1990

    An examination of the cause and effect of the savage violence which has been sweeping South Africa, a threat to the peace process which, in Nelson Mandela 's words, could leave the country 'drowning in blood'.

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    The White Tribe of Africa: Part 2 - No Way Back

    Oct 22, 1990

    President F W de Klerk's promise to abolish all race laws and share power with the black majority has set white against white in South Africa. David Dimbleby meets some who are reconciled to change and others who are determined to resist.

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    Sins of the Fathers

    Oct 29, 1990

    In an attempt to make the family a lasting commitment, the Government is changing the law to track down fathers who abandon their families so they can be forced to pay maintenance.

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    The Price of Freedom

    Nov 5, 199061 min

    David Dimbleby in Potsdam presents a debate with representatives from several European countries on their adjustment to the new freedoms one year on from the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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    Mr. Major's Medicine

    Nov 12, 1990

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision to take Britain into the Exchange Rate Mechanism provoked short-lived euphoria. Now the British economy has to conquer inflation and compete in Europe with a fixed rate for the pound.

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    Battle for No.10

    Nov 19, 1990

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    The Cruellest Thing

    Nov 26, 199040 min

    Fred Emery presents a Panorama special about the demise of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, looking at the final week of her premiership.

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    International Aids Day

    Dec 3, 1990

    As the world marks international Aids day, Panorama reports on the relentless spread of the disease into the general population. The authorities are still not encouraging those who think they might have the virus to get tested.

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    Mr Ridley's Europe

    Dec 10, 199040 min

    Anthony Howard accompanies former cabinet minister Nicholas Ridley on a journey around Europe, highlighting his opinions of the European Community in the light of recent political events.

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    Guildford: The Untold Story

    Dec 13, 1990

    The Department of Public Prosecutions is considering whether to prosecute a group of junior Surrey detectives who are alleged to have fabricated the confessions of some of the Guildford Four.