Episode 1
Thatcher's 3,000 Days
January 4, 1988
Mrs. Thatcher has now been in office for 3,167 days - overtaking Asquith as longest serving Prime Minister this century.
Episode 2
Arthur Scargill Evermore?
January 11, 1988
Later this month Britain's 100,000 miners will vote on future direction of their leadership and in particular on Arthur Scargill.
Episode 3
Rajiv Gandhi - India's Pilot Prime Minister
January 18, 1988
As an airline pilot, Rajiv Gandhi would press a button, pull a lever and get results.
Episode 4
The Margaret Thatcher Interview
January 25, 1988
The Prime Minister, Right Hon Margaret Thatcher, MP, in a live interview with David Dimbleby.
Episode 5
NHS - A Terminal Case?
February 1, 1988
Forty years after its birth, National Health Service is in grip of continued crisis.
Episode 6
The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off
February 8, 1988
The Two Billion Pound Rip-Off With few effective controls and checks EEC's Common Agricultural Policy has been described as 'greatest incentive to crime in Western Europe'.
Episode 7
Violence on Television
February 15, 1988
Violence on Television since Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue.
Episode 9
The IRA: The Long War
February 29, 1988
A history of the Provisional IRA political and military campaign.
Episode 10
A Hard Act to Follow
March 7, 1988
Vice President George Bush and Senator Bob Dole are battling for Republican Presidential nomination.
Episode 11
The Underclass of 88
March 14, 1988
The Underclass of 88 In tomorrow's Budget Chancellor is widely expected to announce further tax cuts for better off.
Episode 12
Electricity - A Shock in Store
March 21, 1988
Disturbing new evidence of a connection between electricity and small but significant increases in childhood and adult cancers are mystifying scientists.
Episode 13
Church of England - One Foundation?
March 28, 1988
In Church of England recent passionate arguments about ordination to priesthood of women or of practising homosexuals are symptoms of a much wider debate.
Episode 14
Charles, Prince of Conscience
April 11, 1988
Charles, Prince of Conscience Is Prince of Wales sharpening an impression that he is increasingly out of tune with Thatcherit.
Episode 15
Child Abuse: Battering the System
April 18, 1988
Clare is 4, and her mother fears she has been sexually abused by her father. She's just 30,000 children on local authority 'at risk' register.
Episode 16
Israel at 40
April 25, 1988
Next week, as Israel celebrates 40 years of statehood, Panorama reports on growing-problems of troubled nation.
Episode 17
In the Shadow of the Killing Fields
May 9, 1988
Ten years after Pol Pot 's reign of terror, Cambodians fear horror of killing fields may return.
Episode 18
Replacing the Hidden Bomb
May 16, 1988
Few people know Britain has a class of nuclear bombs other than those carried in Polaris submarines.
Episode 19
A Revolution Without Shots
May 23, 1988
Mikhail Gorbachev has called his attempt to reform Soviet Union 'a revolution without shots'.
Episode 20
Selling the Nuclear Dream
June 6, 1988
When Government privatises electricity industry, everyone in Britain will have chance to buy a stake in nuclear power.
Episode 21
Northern Ireland: The Long Peace
June 13, 1988
After 20 years of unrest, there are first signs of a wind of political change in Northern Ireland.
Episode 22
In Wealth We Trust
June 20, 1988
In his last Budget, Chancellor Lawson gave to those who already had. He cut tax for well-off.
Episode 23
The Price of Success?
June 27, 1988
Britain's South East is beginning to boom. In a crescent around London, new business parks and housing estates are fast expanding.
Episode 24
Can We Afford the Doctor?
July 4, 1988
The death of hole-in-the-heart baby, Matthew Collier has provoked most fundamental review of National Health Service for 40 years.
Episode 25
Who Is This Man Dukakis?
July 11, 1988
As son of Greek immigrants is about to be sent forth as Democratic Party's challenger to recapture American Presidency, Panorama examines credentials of Michael Dukakis.
Episode 26
Hot Property
July 18, 1988
It involves estate agents, valuers and solicitors as well as purchasers, and it's happening both because mortgages are so easily available and because bodies set up to monitor house sales seem unable to cope with buying market.
Episode 27
Labour's Agonising Reappraisal
September 5, 1988
At a time when Opposition should have been making capital of Government's difficulties.
Episode 28
Jam Today, Jam Tomorrow?
September 12, 1988
By year 2000, there will be up to 30 per cent more cars on road. Peter Taylor examines ways of getting out of jam and interviews Secretary of State The Rt Hon Paul Channon.
Episode 29
Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil
September 19, 1988
In July, 167 men were killed in world's worst ever oil disaster. Jane Corbin talks to crucial eyewitnesses aboard Piper Alpha that nigbt.
Episode 30
A Class Apart
September 26, 1988
One-hundred-and-eighty children have just begun term at most controversial school in Britain, brand new City Technology College in Solihull.
Episode 32
Violent Britain - The Hurd Instinct
October 10, 1988
On eve of Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP is preparing for his toughest challenges of year.
Episode 34
Choosing the Future - The Genetic Revolution
October 24, 1988
Using latest DNA technology, scientists are identifying genes which help to determine kind of people we are.
Episode 35
Pakistan: Paying for a Holy War
October 31, 1988
Pakistan has been chief backer of Afghan guerrillas in their Holy War against Soviet army.
Episode 36
The Tories: Friends of the Earth?
November 7, 1988
Mrs Thatcher claims Conservatives are green at heart. The local authorities monitoring Britain's booming waste industry have yet to be convinced.
Episode 37
Adios General Pinochet?
November 21, 1988
After 15 years, people of Chile have voted to get rid of General Pinochet. But his dictatorship continues for next year-and-a-half as a nation, divided by hatred, tries to move towards democracy.
Episode 38
Europe: My Way or Theirs?
November 28, 1988
On eve of Summit of Common Market Leaders, Fred Emery reports on battle for future of Europe after 1992.
Episode 39
Council Housing: The Last Frontier
December 5, 1988
Council estates are Conservatives' next political battlefield. Once, council housing, subsidised and secure, symbolised Welfare State.
Episode 40
The Shadow of the Swastika
December 12, 1988
Half a century after war, hunting down of old Nazis has never been more intense. In America, Canada and Israel, Nazis and their collaborators are facing trial.