• Air date: 01 Jan '84 39 episodes
      Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
  • List of Episodes (39)
    • 1. Episode 1

      01 Jan '84
    • 2. Vietnam: Children of the Dust

      09 Jan '84
    • 3. The Illusive Peace (Israel and the PLO)

      23 Jan '84
    • 4. Maggie's Militant Tendency

      30 Jan '84
    • 5. Will the Cap Fit?

      06 Feb '84
    • 6. Hands That Once Picked Cotton

      13 Feb '84
    • 7. The Television Revolution

      20 Feb '84
    • 8. The Electric Shock

      27 Feb '84
    • 9. Bitter Sweet Pill

      05 Mar '84
    • 10. Super Tuesday

      12 Mar '84
    • 11. America's Other Election

      19 Mar '84
    • 12. The Habit the Government Won't Break

      26 Mar '84
    • 13. The Certain Road to Absurdity

      02 Apr '84
    • 14. The Prime Minister

      09 Apr '84
      Robin Day interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.
    • 15. On Course for War

      16 Apr '84
    • 16. The Coal War

      30 Apr '84
      The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant approaches. Led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, many believe that participation in the strike is their only hope of securing a future for the mining industry. In the studio, Scargill and Ned Smith of the National Coal Board discuss the issues surrounding this wave of industrial action.
    • 17. The Bradford Experiment

      14 May '84
      David Lomax reports on the policies Bradford council has devised to meet the needs of the city's Muslim Asian schoolchildren and combat the lack of integration, poor attendance and attainment among that community - while simultaneously trying to not alienate the white majority.
    • 18. The Stolen Children

      21 May '84
    • 19. The President's World

      04 Jun '84
    • 20. A Vote For Europe?

      11 Jun '84
    • 21. Turning The Mersey Tide

      18 Jun '84
    • 22. The Battle Against Heroin

      25 Jun '84
    • 23. The Police Bill: Excessive Force?

      02 Jul '84
    • 24. Living Dangerously

      09 Jul '84
    • 25. Limehouse Blues

      10 Sep '84