Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
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⭐6.7/1012 votes
Quick facts
First Aired
1987
Seasons
40
Episodes
1026
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.7/10
Votes
12
Genre
Documentary, News
Status
Returning Series
Network
Channel 4
Language
EN
Seasons
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S01E01
The Plutonium Black Market
Oct 30, 198745 min
Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
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S01E02
In The Red
Nov 6, 198745 min
Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
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S01E03
AIDS - The Unheard Voices
Nov 13, 198745 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.
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S01E04
Divided by Law
Nov 20, 198745 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.
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S01E05
Selling the Tunnel
Nov 27, 198745 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.
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S01E06
Gunning for Government
Dec 4, 198745 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.
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S01E07
Kimberly Carlile - Falling Through the Net
Dec 11, 198745 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 mo…
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S01E08
Korea: Poverty Prohibited
Dec 18, 198745 min
In the run-up to the Olympics, the Seoul urban poor are forced from their homes to make way for the developers.