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1988
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Thatcher's 's 1000 Days
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04, 1988
Mrs Thatcher has now been in office for 3,167 days - overtaking Asquith as the longest serving Prime Minister this century. Only four premiers have now served longer terms - Robert .. show full overview
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Arthur Scargill Evermore?
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11, 1988
Later this month Britain's 100,000 miners will vote on the future direction of their leadership and in particular on Arthur Scargill. It's the first opportunity since the bitter .. show full overview
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Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister
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18, 1988
As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results. Now, as Prime Minister of India, he's discovering that the world's largest democracy doesn't .. show full overview
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The Margaret Thatcher Interview
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25, 1988
The Prime Minister, the Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby. At the beginning of this year, Mrs Thatcher became the longest-serving British Prime .. show full overview
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NHS - A Terminal Case?
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01, 1988
Forty years after its birth, the National Health Service is in the grip of continued crisis. Can it be resourced by more money and better management, or is its disease so serious that .. show full overview
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08/02/1988
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08, 1988
The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off With few effective controls and checks the EEC's Common Agricultural Policy has been described as 'the greatest incentive to crime in Western Europe'. In .. show full overview
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15/02/1988
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15, 1988
Violence on Television Since the Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue. The Government is acting on the belief that there is a connection between .. show full overview
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22/02/1988
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22, 1988
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The IRA: The Long War
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29, 1988
A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.
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A Hard Act to Follow
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07, 1988
Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for the Republican Presidential nomination. Their mutual dislike is now a major factor in a bad-tempered campaign. John .. show full overview
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Underclass of 88
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14, 1988
The Underclass of 88 In tomorrow's Budget the Chancellor is widely expected to announce further tax cuts for the better off. But what of Britain's poor? Next month will see the most .. show full overview
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Electricity - a Shock in Store
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21, 1988
Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult cancers are mystifying scientists and causing international .. show full overview
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28/03/1988
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28, 1988
In the Church of England the recent passionate arguments about the ordination to the priesthood of women or of practising homosexuals are symptoms of a much wider debate. Should the .. show full overview
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In the Shadow of the Killing Fields
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09, 1988
Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear that the horror of the killing fields may return. Britain and the West recognise the exiled Khmer Rouge and their allies as .. show full overview
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11/04/1988
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11, 1988
Charles, Prince of Conscience Is the Prince of Wales sharpening an impression that he is increasingly out of tune with Thatcherite Britain? Or is he ahead of the times, exploiting a .. show full overview
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Child Abuse: Battering the System
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18, 1988
Clare is 4, and her mother fears she has been sexually abused by her father. She's just one of 30,000 children on the local authority 'at risk' register - an increase of 22 per cent in a .. show full overview
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Israel at 40
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25, 1988
Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on the growing-problems of the troubled nation which has yet to find peace with its neighbours and within itself. .. show full overview
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Replacing the Hidden Bomb
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16, 1988
Few people know that Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in the Polaris submarines. Even their name was kept secret for 20 years. Now, without consulting .. show full overview
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A Revolution without Shots
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23, 1988
Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform the Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'. But he is facing stiff resistance from bureaucrats and officials. The battle is largely .. show full overview
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Selling the Nuclear Dream
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06, 1988
When the Government privatises the electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have the chance to buy a stake in nuclear power. But while the Government wants to protect the nuclear .. show full overview
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Northern Ireland: the Long Peace
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13, 1988
After 20 years of unrest, there are the first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland. The Anglo-Irish Agreement between London and Dublin has changed the political .. show full overview
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In Wealth We Trust
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20, 1988
In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for the well-off. The Opposition now accuse him of creating a 'loadsamoney' economy - a spendthrift .. show full overview
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The Price of Success?
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27, 1988
Britain's South East is beginning to boom. In a crescent around London, new business parks and housing estates are fast expanding. But as house prices spiral and skill shortages grow, .. show full overview
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Can We Afford the Doctor?
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04, 1988
The death of hole-in-the-heart baby, Matthew Collier , has provoked the most fundamental review of the National Health Service for 40 years. The decisions are ready to be taken and an .. show full overview
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Who Is This Man Dukakis?
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11, 1988
As the son of Greek immigrants is about to be sent forth as the Democratic Party's challenger to recapture the American Presidency, Panorama examines the credentials of Michael Dukakis. .. show full overview
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Hot Property
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18, 1988
The property boom has brought with it a brand new crime - mortgage fraud. It involves estate agents, valuers and solicitors as well as ordinary purchasers, and it's happening both .. show full overview
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Labour's Agonising Reappraisal
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05, 1988
At a time when the Opposition should have been making capital of the Government's difficulties, Labour's leaders have helped create something of a crisis of confidence in themselves. In .. show full overview
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Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?
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12, 1988
By the year 2000, there will be up to 30 per cent more cars on the road. Peter Taylor examines ways of getting out of the jam and interviews Secretary of State The Rt Hon Paul Channon. .. show full overview
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Piper Alpha: the Human Price of Oil
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19, 1988
In July, 167 men were killed in the world's worst ever oil disaster. Jane Corbin talks to crucial eyewitnesses aboard the Piper Alpha that nigbt and examines what mighr have gone wrong. .. show full overview
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A Class Apart
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26, 1988
One-hundred-and-eighty children have just begun term at the most controversial school in Britain, the brand new City Technology College in Solihull. Robin Denselow reports on the .. show full overview
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03/10/1988
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03, 1988
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Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct
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10, 1988
On the eve of the Conservative Party Conference, the Home Secretary the Rt Hon Douglas Hurd , MP is preparing for one of his toughest challenges of the year - his speech in the law and .. show full overview
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Choosing the Future - the Genetic Revolution
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24, 1988
Using the latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying the genes which help to determine the kind of people we are. In an exclusive interview, Nobel Prize winner Dr James Watson , .. show full overview
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Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War
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31, 1988
Pakistan has been the chief backer of the Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against the Soviet army. But what price has Pakistan paid for being a frontline state? Panorama examines .. show full overview
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The Tories: Friends of the Earth?
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14, 1988
Mrs Thatcher claims the Conservatives are green at heart. The local authorities monitoring Britain's booming waste industry have yet to be convinced. Ever since she came to power, .. show full overview
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Adios General Pinochet?
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21, 1988
After 15 years, the people of Chile have voted to get rid of General Pinochet. But his dictatorship continues for the next year-and-a-half as a nation, divided hy hatred, tries to move .. show full overview
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Europe: My Way or Theirs?
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28, 1988
On the eve of the Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on the battle for the future of Europe after 1992. Mrs Thatcher has challenged Britain's European partners not to .. show full overview
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Council Housing: The Last Frontier
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05, 1988
Council estates are the Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised the Welfare State. But the Government has cut back council .. show full overview
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The Shadow of the Swastika
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12, 1988
Half a century after the war, the hunting down of old Nazis has never been more intense. In America, Canada and Israel, Nazis and their collaborators are facing trial. Soon Britain will .. show full overview

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