Dispatches

Episode 01

The Plutonium Black Market

Oct 30, 1987 · 45 min

Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.

Episode 02

In The Red

Nov 6, 1987 · 45 min

Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.

Episode 03

AIDS - The Unheard Voices

Nov 13, 1987 · 45 min

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.

Episode 04

Divided by Law

Nov 20, 1987 · 45 min

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.

Episode 05

Selling the Tunnel

Nov 27, 1987 · 45 min

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.

Episode 06

Gunning for Government

Dec 4, 1987 · 45 min

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.

Episode 07

Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net

Dec 11, 1987 · 45 min

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.

Episode 08

Korea: Poverty Prohibited

Dec 18, 1987 · 45 min

In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.