
An in-depth look at news stories. Documentaries that take you behind the scenes giving an insight into people's lives or institutions.
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1987-10-30
Aired 1987-10-30
Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
1987-11-06
Aired 1987-11-06
Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
1987-11-13
Aired 1987-11-13
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.
1987-11-20
Aired 1987-11-20
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.
1987-11-27
Aired 1987-11-27
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.
1987-12-04
Aired 1987-12-04
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.
1987-12-11
Aired 1987-12-11
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.
1987-12-18
Aired 1987-12-18
In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.
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