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Dispatches - 1989 (1989)

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1989 Episodes

1. Return to Year Zero?

January 4th, 198945 min

Documentary report on the risks to the area if the Khmer Rouge regains power in Kampuchea.

2. Gorbachev's Asylums

January 11th, 198945 min

Documentary report about the changes in the Soviet Union's psychiatric system caused by Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost".

3. Cooking the Books

January 18th, 198945 min

Investigation of Thatcher government's alleged misuse of official statistics.

4. The Spy Who Broke the Code

January 25th, 198945 min

Documentary examining the continued significance for the USA and her allies, of John Walker, a US Navy Chief Warrant Officer and Soviet Spy.

5. Buckets of Money

February 1st, 198945 min

Documentary investigation into high pressure shares salesmen. Exposes the 'bucket shops' where share dealers are cheating the small investor.

6. The Copper Seven Story

February 8th, 198945 min

Documentary report abut the legal wrangle in Los Angeles involving G.D. Searle, manufacturers of a contraceptive coil which it was forced to withdraw from the American market.

7. Afghan

February 15th, 198945 min

A four month Afghan report from the eyes and mouth of Jeff Harmon and Alexander Lindsay.

8. The Toxic Trail

February 22nd, 198945 min

Documentary on the legal debate surrounding a mother's wish to have sterilized her 35-year old daughter, who has a mental age of four.

9. The Case of 'F'

March 1st, 198945 min

10. The Return of the Death Squads

March 8th, 198945 min

11. Burma - Dying for Democracy

March 15th, 198945 min

12. Voices From Long Larten

March 22nd, 198945 min

13. Young, Homeless and Broke

March 29th, 198945 min

14. Chico

April 5th, 198945 min

A documentary about the Brazilian Chico Mendes, filmed over several years by Adrian Cowell, about the Brazilian campaigner against deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.

15. Carry on Flying

April 12th, 198945 min

16. The Most Neglected Crime

April 19th, 198945 min

Four out of ten women had received an unwanted obscene phone call, but a police superintendent could not recall one individual being prosecuted for that offence in 23 years.

17. Dispatches (26/04/1989)

April 26th, 198945 min

18. A Suitable Case for Treatment

May 3rd, 198945 min

19. The Sins of the Fathers

May 10th, 198945 min

20. Not What the Doctor Ordered

May 17th, 198945 min

Featuring David Willetts of the Centre for Policy Studies, and a new White Paper on health

21. Warlord of Kayan

May 24th, 198945 min

22. The Ultimate Blasphemy

May 31st, 198945 min

23. Fit as a Fiddle

June 7th, 198945 min

24. Empire of the Sun

June 14th, 198945 min

25. Year of the Locust

June 21st, 198945 min

26. A State of Decay

June 28th, 198945 min

27. Terror Island

July 5th, 198945 min

28. The Spanish Connection

October 4th, 198945 min

29. The Day of the Technopath

October 11th, 198945 min

30. No, Prime Minister

October 18th, 198945 min

31. The Undoing of Edwina

October 25th, 198945 min

32. Mission Impossible

November 1st, 198945 min

33. In the Coal Hole

November 8th, 198945 min

34. The False Confession File

November 15th, 198945 min

35. Hungarians Not Comrades

November 22nd, 198945 min

Documentary profile of the people of Hungary, whose country has been the centre of world attention in 1989 with the return of democratic elections.

36. Twelve Days in November

November 29th, 198945 min

Documentary report from Czechoslovakia on the recent political upheavals over the twelve days since Friday 17th November.

37. Licence to Kill

December 6th, 198945 min

38. Privatising Poland

December 13th, 198945 min

39. Road to Damascus

December 20th, 198945 min

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