1989

Dispatches

39 Episodes Premiered January 4, 1989

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Episodes

1
EP 1

Return to Year Zero?

Jan 4, 1989

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

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EP 2

Gorbachev's Asylums

Jan 11, 1989

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

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EP 3

Cooking the Books

Jan 18, 1989

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

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EP 4

The Spy Who Broke the Code

Jan 25, 1989

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

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EP 5

Buckets of Money

Feb 1, 1989

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

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EP 6

The Copper Seven Story

Feb 8, 1989

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.

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EP 7

Afghan

Feb 15, 1989

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

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EP 8

The Toxic Trail

Feb 22, 1989

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.

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EP 9

The Case of 'F'

Mar 1, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 10

The Return of the Death Squads

Mar 8, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 11

Burma - Dying for Democracy

Mar 15, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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12
EP 12

Voices From Long Larten

Mar 22, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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13
EP 13

Young, Homeless and Broke

Mar 29, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 14

Chico

Apr 5, 1989

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

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EP 15

Carry on Flying

Apr 12, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 16

The Most Neglected Crime

Apr 19, 1989

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.

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EP 17

Dispatches (26/04/1989)

Apr 26, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 18

A Suitable Case for Treatment

May 3, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 19

The Sins of the Fathers

May 10, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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20
EP 20

Not What the Doctor Ordered

May 17, 1989

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

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EP 21

Warlord of Kayan

May 24, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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22
EP 22

The Ultimate Blasphemy

May 31, 1989

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23
EP 23

Fit as a Fiddle

Jun 7, 1989

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EP 24

Empire of the Sun

Jun 14, 1989

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EP 25

Year of the Locust

Jun 21, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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26
EP 26

A State of Decay

Jun 28, 1989

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EP 27

Terror Island

Jul 5, 1989

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EP 28

The Spanish Connection

Oct 4, 1989

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EP 29

The Day of the Technopath

Oct 11, 1989

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EP 30

No, Prime Minister

Oct 18, 1989

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EP 31

The Undoing of Edwina

Oct 25, 1989

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EP 32

Mission Impossible

Nov 1, 1989

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33
EP 33

In the Coal Hole

Nov 8, 1989

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34
EP 34

The False Confession File

Nov 15, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 35

Hungarians Not Comrades

Nov 22, 1989

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

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EP 36

Twelve Days in November

Nov 29, 1989

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

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EP 37

Licence to Kill

Dec 6, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 38

Privatising Poland

Dec 13, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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EP 39

Road to Damascus

Dec 20, 1989

No overview available for this episode.

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