Network UK Episodes Episode guide
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The Isle of Dogs
Plans to transform the Isle of Dogs into a 'high technology world centre of finance'
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Cornish Tin Mines
The decline of the tin mining industry in Cornwall
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The Crisis in Liverpool City Council
Liverpools' crisis - a fight between a conservative government and a Labour city council
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Police and Firearms
'The keeping of the peace in Britain may be entering a new era'
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Sex Discrimination Ten Years on
In the 10 years since sex discrimination became illegal, how have things changed?
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'New Realism' and the TUC Conference
A preview of The Trades Union Congress in Blackpool, UK and the mood of 'new realism'
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Settle and Carlisle Railway
British Rail's plan to close the beloved Settle and Carlisle Railway line
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Prison Population
The UK penal policy of imprisonment and the resulting problem of overcrowding in prisons
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Communists
Trouble within the ranks of the British Communist Party
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Lakeland Row
Controversy over plans to develop Braithwaite Fold in Bowness, Lake District, UK
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Miners' Wives
How miners' wives in Britain were changed by the bitter miners' strike of 1984-1985
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Stansted Airport
The expansion of Stansted into a major International Airport
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Tamils
Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and the changing British policy on visas for them
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Tourism in the Industrial North
The tourist boom in the industrial West North of England
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Adopting a Black Child
Should transracial adoption be forbidden?
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Teachers' Strike
The progress of the ongoing teachers' strike
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Liverpool
The clash between Liverpool Council and central government over funding
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Asian Healthcare
How the lack of a knowledge of English is affecting healthcare within the Asian community
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Tyne Ship Repair
The future of the shipbuilding industry in the North of England
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Miners' Strike Ends
'They're going back with their heart in their hand, their chin in their chest'
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Neighbourhood Watch
Using video cassettes, 'the very latest technology' in the fight against crime
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National Council for Civil Liberties
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty". The work and philosophy of the NCCL
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Multicultural Education
'Black children need to be taught about themselves'
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Yorkshire Wool Industry
The wool-textile industry in Yorkshire has had a record year
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Students
The difference between student protests now and in the 1960s
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Margaret Thatcher
A profile of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after the Brighton Bombing
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Rising Tides on the East Coast of Britain
The consequences of rising tides and disappearing beaches along the UK's coastlines
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London Docks
Why the London Docks industry is in decline
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Miners' Strike
How solid is the miners strike as it enters it's 6th month?
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Sheffield
Will industry come to a city with high local business taxes?