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Season 1988

  • S1988E01 A Gentle Prophet in a Violent World

    • June 18, 1988

    In this edition Joan Bakewell visits the Belfast community grappling with the on-going spate of violence which saw the murder of three IRA members gunned down in Gibraltar.

Season 1990

  • S1990E01 Nelson Mandela in His Own Words

    • March 18, 1990
    • BBC One

    During a visit to Stockholm, a month after his release from prison in February 1990, Nelson Mandela gives an exclusive in-depth interview to Joan Bakewell.

Season 1991

  • S1991E01 Falling Out

    • June 30, 1991
    • BBC One

    In this report, filmed eight years before the ban on homosexuality in the armed forces was lifted, Joan Bakewell meets a gay man and a lesbian whose careers were ended.

Season 1997

  • S1997E01 The Accidental Hero: Oskar Schindler

    • October 20, 1997
    • BBC One

    Joan Bakewell explores the moral ambiguity of Oskar Schindler, the saviour of more than 1,200 people but also a Nazi and notorious black marketeer. Featuring interviews with Thomas Keneally.