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Season 23 · 38 episodes · Sep 22, 1986

  1. Episode 1

    Getting Away with Murder

    Sep 22, 1986

  2. Episode 2

    Something for Nothing

    Sep 29, 1986

  3. Episode 3

    Mrs. Currie's Sauce

    Oct 6, 1986

  4. Episode 4

    Death is Part of the Process

    Oct 13, 1986

  5. Episode 5

    A Most Unsatisfactory Customer

    Oct 20, 1986

  6. Episode 6

    Episode 6

    Oct 27, 1986

  7. Episode 7

    The Untouchable

    Nov 3, 1986

  8. Episode 8

    Dead End

    Nov 10, 1986

    Asylum seekers face being deported.

  9. Episode 9

    Black Lessons

    Nov 17, 1986

    The Black Church in Britain and its role in national education policy.

  10. Episode 10

    The Midas Touch

    Nov 24, 1986

  11. Episode 11

    A Surprise Witness

    Dec 1, 1986

  12. Episode 12

    What Sid Should Really Know

    Dec 8, 1986

  13. Episode 13

    The Road to Damascus

    Dec 15, 1986

  14. Episode 14

    The State of the Nation: Part 1

    Jan 5, 1987

  15. Episode 15

    The State of the Nation: Part 2

    Jan 12, 1987

  16. Episode 16

    The State of the Nation: Part 3

    Jan 19, 1987

  17. Episode 17

    Keeping Warm in Benidorm

    Jan 26, 1987

  18. Episode 18

    Starting from the Bottom

    Feb 2, 1987

  19. Episode 19

    Burning Questions

    Feb 9, 1987

  20. Episode 20

    Boys on the Blacklist

    Feb 16, 1987

  21. Episode 21

    A Message for the Money Men

    Feb 23, 1987

  22. Episode 22

    Plausible Denial

    Mar 2, 1987

  23. Episode 23

    Finders Keepers

    Mar 9, 1987

    Investigation into the discovery of the AIDS virus and rivalry between research teams in France and the USA.

  24. Episode 24

    The British Connection

    Mar 16, 1987

    The consequences of the British not arresting Mafia leader Francesco di Carlo.

  25. Episode 25

    Bleak House

    Mar 23, 1987

  26. Episode 26

    Westland: Behind Closed Doors

    Mar 30, 1987

  27. Episode 27

    Pray Silence for Judge Pickles

    Apr 6, 1987

  28. Episode 28

    Science Friction

    Apr 13, 1987

  29. Episode 29

    Attention All Shipping

    Apr 27, 1987

  30. Episode 30

    High on the Low Life

    May 11, 1987

  31. Episode 31

    Just Keep Taking the Tablets

    May 18, 1987

  32. Episode 32

    Politics in a Package

    Jun 15, 1987

  33. Episode 33

    Poison on Tap

    Jun 15, 1987

    Investigation into the state of Britain's tap water.

  34. Episode 34

    Tigers by the Tail - An Island at War

    Jun 29, 1987

  35. Episode 35

    Land Battles

    Jul 6, 1987

  36. Episode 36

    An Unhealthy Relationship

    Jul 13, 1987

  37. Episode 37

    Born Survivors: The Thalidomide Generation

    Jul 20, 1987

  38. Episode 38

    U2: Anthem for the Eighties

    Jul 27, 1987

    Documentary on U2 based around a 1987 concert in their home town of Dublin.