Dispatches: 1987
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
The Plutonium Black Market
Oct 30, 1987 · 45 min
Investigating the black market in weapons grade uranium operated from Khartoum.
In The Red
Nov 6, 1987 · 45 min
Investigation of the alleged misuse of funds at three Labour Party Social Clubs in Dundee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 mo
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.