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Season 14
S14E32 7 août 1978

No Useful Purpose Would Be Served

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Season 14

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E1 26 septembre 1977

The Man Who Talks to Terrorists

E2 3 octobre 1977

The Life and Death of Steve Biko

Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.

E3 10 octobre 1977

No Compromise

E4 17 octobre 1977

The Miami Experiment

E5 24 octobre 1977

The Surgery Is Now Closed

E6 31 octobre 1977

Eastern Promise

E7 7 novembre 1977

The Accident

Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.

E8 14 novembre 1977

The Disputed Land

E9 21 novembre 1977

Got It Taped

E10 28 novembre 1977

In the Name of the Law

Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.

E11 30 janvier 1978

Thatcher Interview

E12 6 février 1978

Cold Facts

People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.

E13 13 février 1978

The Concrete Rings

Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

E14 20 février 1978

Working for a Pittance

An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.

E15 24 mars 1978

Death by Request

One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.

E16 10 avril 1978

There's No Place Like Hulme

Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.

E17 17 avril 1978

The Right's Centre

E18 24 avril 1978

Black to Front

E19 8 mai 1978

In the Public Interest

E20 15 mai 1978

General Grigorenko's New Campaign

E21 22 mai 1978

Take Care, This Place is Unsafe

Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.

E22 5 juin 1978

Smoking - A Double Standard

E23 12 juin 1978

Dishonourable Discharge

E24 19 juin 1978

Wait and See

E25 20 juin 1978

Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea

E26 26 juin 1978

The Happiness Pill?

E27 3 juillet 1978

The Nazi Party

Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.

E28 10 juillet 1978

Prisoner of Terrorism

A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.

E29 17 juillet 1978

Russian Justice

Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

E30 24 juillet 1978

Buying Time

Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.

E31 31 juillet 1978

Liable to Prosecution

E32 7 août 1978

No Useful Purpose Would Be Served

E33 14 août 1978

Power for Sale

E34 21 août 1978

The Invisible Risk

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