Panorama — 1984

01 Episode 1

Jan 1, 1984

02 Vietnam: Children of the Dust

Jan 9, 1984

03 The Illusive Peace (Israel and the PLO)

Jan 23, 1984

04 Maggie's Militant Tendency

Jan 30, 1984

05 Will the Cap Fit?

Feb 6, 1984

06 Hands That Once Picked Cotton

Feb 13, 1984

07 The Television Revolution

Feb 20, 1984

08 The Electric Shock

Feb 27, 1984

09 Bitter Sweet Pill

Mar 5, 1984

10 Super Tuesday

Mar 12, 1984

11 America's Other Election

Mar 19, 1984

12 The Habit the Government Won't Break

Mar 26, 1984

13 The Certain Road to Absurdity

Apr 2, 1984

14 The Prime Minister

Apr 9, 1984

Robin Day interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street.

15 On Course for War

Apr 16, 1984

16 The Coal War

Apr 30, 1984

The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant approaches. Led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, many believe that participation in the strike is their only hope of securing a future for the mining industry. In the studio, Scargill and Ned Smith of the National Coal Board discuss the issues surrounding this wave of industrial action.

17 The Bradford Experiment

May 14, 1984

David Lomax reports on the policies Bradford council has devised to meet the needs of the city's Muslim Asian schoolchildren and combat the lack of integration, poor attendance and attainment among that community - while simultaneously trying to not alienate the white majority.

18 The Stolen Children

May 21, 1984

19 The President's World

Jun 4, 1984

20 A Vote For Europe?

Jun 11, 1984

21 Turning The Mersey Tide

Jun 18, 1984

22 The Battle Against Heroin

Jun 25, 1984

23 The Police Bill: Excessive Force?

Jul 2, 1984

24 Living Dangerously

Jul 9, 1984

25 Limehouse Blues

Sep 10, 1984

26 Is The Coal Face Crumbling?

Sep 17, 1984

Six months into the miners' strike, 'Panorama' speaks to all sides about the ongoing dispute. Representatives of the National Coal Board explain their 'back to work' policy, while those who have already returned to work explain their decision and their feelings about being branded 'scabs'. We also hear from the wives of the miners still on strike, whose fury over strike-breakers matches their determination to win the battle.

27 Prisoners Of Zion

Sep 24, 1984

28 Live from Labour Party Conference

Oct 1, 1984

29 Thatcher Revolution: What Next?

Oct 8, 1984

30 The Battle For Power

Oct 15, 1984

31 Rethinking The Unthinkable

Oct 22, 1984

32 The Sale Of The Century?

Oct 29, 1984

33 Four More Years?

Nov 5, 1984

34 Justice Under Fire

Nov 12, 1984

Profile of recent shoot to kill incidents and supergrass trials. Panorama asks, can terror be defeated by ordinary law of the land and what rules should govern the Sectarian Forces.

35 Spain: The Carrot And The Stick

Nov 19, 1984

36 Scandal Down Under

Nov 26, 1984

37 Wasting Welfare

Dec 3, 1984

38 To the bitter end?

Dec 10, 1984

With the winter of 1984 biting, and a solution to the Miners' Strike no nearer, Panorama spends 10 days filming exclusively with the police and the striking miners themselves in South Yorkshire.

39 O Come All Ye Faithful?

Dec 17, 1984