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Season 2

25 episodes

E1 Roedean

1982-10-0740 min

The leading girls' public school.

E2 Skinheads

1982-10-1440 min

Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.

E3 Rabbits Don't Cry

1982-10-2140 min

Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.

E4 An Emotional Matter

1982-10-2840 min

The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.

E5 Lost in a Crowd

1982-11-0440 min

Problems of loneliness. Five people who are trying to find their own ways to deal with overcome loneliness are in a compartment in a train. They tell their stories to us, but do not communicate with each other, despite their shared problem.

E6 The Cruelty Man

1982-11-1140 min

A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.

E7 Miners

1982-11-2540 min

Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.

E8 Mr. Moonlight

1982-12-0240 min

The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.

E9 The Lads' Night Out

1982-12-0940 min

The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.

E10 How Do I Look?

1982-12-1640 min

Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.

E11 Mister Perks

1983-01-1340 min

Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.

E12 Package Tour

1983-01-2040 min

Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.

E13 Something to Do with Video

1983-01-2740 min

The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.

E14 The Rovers

1983-02-0340 min

Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season

E15 Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

1983-02-1040 min

Children who have to look after their elderly parents.

E16 Freshers

1983-02-1740 min

New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.

E17 English Lesson

1983-02-2440 min

Nine Polish seamen who sought political asylum in the Falklands where they were caught up in the war and their later stateless existence in London.

E18 Female Circumcision

1983-03-0340 min

Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.

E19 A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont

1983-03-1040 min

Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.

E20 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1

1983-03-1740 min

The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.

E21 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2

1983-03-2440 min

E22 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3

1983-03-3140 min

E23 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4

1983-04-0740 min

E24 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5

1983-04-1440 min

E25 A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6

1983-04-2140 min