Season 16

01 Mr. Benn's Secret Service Episode 17th January 1980 Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country's good? 02 Cambodia Year One - The Aid Crisis Episode 214th January 1980 03 Cambodia Year One - Life After Death Episode 321st January 1980 04 The Man Who Bought United Episode 428th January 1980 05 The Steel Papers Episode 54th February 1980 06 Behind the Paper Curtain Episode 611th February 1980 07 The Pulse of America Episode 718th February 1980 08 The Final Harvest Episode 825th February 1980 09 Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy Episode 93rd March 1980 Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud. 10 Follow the Yellow Cake Road Episode 1010th March 1980 11 Decline and Fall Episode 1117th March 1980 12 Alive and Well in the U.S.A. Episode 1224th March 1980 13 Not in the Public Interest Episode 1314th April 1980 14 Spying for Survival Episode 1421st April 1980 15 The Pound in Their Pocket Episode 1528th April 1980 16 The Trial of Stanley Adams Episode 1612th May 1980 17 Britain Over a Barrel Episode 1719th May 1980 18 A Bad Day for Southall Episode 182nd June 1980 19 Mr. Kane's Campaign Episode 199th June 1980 20 Special: What Do You Think of It So Far? Episode 2010th June 1980 A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market. 21 Market Day Episode 2116th June 1980 22 Fly the Flag, Pay the Price Episode 2223rd June 1980 23 Russian Games Episode 2330th June 1980 24 Mr. Stock and the Thursday Gang Episode 247th July 1980 25 Last Stand at Lisburn Episode 2514th July 1980 With communities across Northern Ireland, from the end of the 1960s Lisburn suffered through three decades of political violence, "The Troubles". For Lisburn the first killings came in 1976: in the course of the year, five Catholic residents died as a result of gun and bomb attacks by the Ulster Defence Association and the new Ulster Volunteer Force, loyalist paramilitary groups that subsequently entered their own feud. 26 Vietnam - Prisoner of War Episode 2614th July 1980 27 A Dignified Exit Episode 2728th July 1980 "EXIT" - the society for the right to die with dignity, are publishing a controversial suicide guide for terminally ill people who require a dignified death. 28 The Tirion Programme Episode 284th August 1980 29 Suffer the Children Episode 2911th August 1980 30 The Chart Busters Episode 3018th August 1980 Investigating allegations that the pop music charts are controlled not by consumers, but by manipulative tactics of the big record companies, thus not being a true reflection of popularity at all.