British Shipbuilding Industry

'At one time the River Weir launched over half the world's ships'

• 12 mins

Police and the Community

How the miners' strike is developing into a conflict with the police

• 12 mins

West Midlands Clothing Industry

Asian immigrants and the growing clothing industry in the West Midlands

• 13 mins

Sheffield

Will industry come to a city with high local business taxes?

• 13 mins

Miners' Strike

How solid is the miners strike as it enters it's 6th month?

• 14 mins

London Docks

Why the London Docks industry is in decline

• 12 mins

Rising Tides on the East Coast of Britain

The consequences of rising tides and disappearing beaches along the UK's coastlines

• 12 mins

Margaret Thatcher

A profile of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after the Brighton Bombing

• 12 mins

Students

The difference between student protests now and in the 1960s

• 12 mins

Yorkshire Wool Industry

The wool-textile industry in Yorkshire has had a record year

• 11 mins

Multicultural Education

'Black children need to be taught about themselves'

• 12 mins

National Council for Civil Liberties

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty". The work and philosophy of the NCCL

• 11 mins

Neighbourhood Watch

Using video cassettes, 'the very latest technology' in the fight against crime

• 12 mins

Miners' Strike Ends

'They're going back with their heart in their hand, their chin in their chest'

• 12 mins

Tyne Ship Repair

The future of the shipbuilding industry in the North of England

• 12 mins

Asian Healthcare

How the lack of a knowledge of English is affecting healthcare within the Asian community

• 12 mins

Liverpool

The clash between Liverpool Council and central government over funding

• 12 mins

Teachers' Strike

The progress of the ongoing teachers' strike

• 12 mins

Adopting a Black Child

Should transracial adoption be forbidden?

• 11 mins

Tourism in the Industrial North

The tourist boom in the industrial West North of England

• 12 mins

Tamils

Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and the changing British policy on visas for them

• 12 mins

Stansted Airport

The expansion of Stansted into a major International Airport

• 11 mins

Miners' Wives

How miners' wives in Britain were changed by the bitter miners' strike of 1984-1985

• 11 mins

Lakeland Row

Controversy over plans to develop Braithwaite Fold in Bowness, Lake District, UK

• 11 mins

Communists

Trouble within the ranks of the British Communist Party

• 11 mins

Prison Population

The UK penal policy of imprisonment and the resulting problem of overcrowding in prisons

• 11 mins

Settle and Carlisle Railway

British Rail's plan to close the beloved Settle and Carlisle Railway line

• 12 mins

'New Realism' and the TUC Conference

A preview of The Trades Union Congress in Blackpool, UK and the mood of 'new realism'

• 12 mins

Sex Discrimination Ten Years on

In the 10 years since sex discrimination became illegal, how have things changed?

• 12 mins

Police and Firearms

'The keeping of the peace in Britain may be entering a new era'

• 11 mins