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

The Crisis in Liverpool City Council

Liverpools' crisis - a fight between a conservative government and a Labour city council

• 12 mins

Cornish Tin Mines

The decline of the tin mining industry in Cornwall

• 11 mins

The Isle of Dogs

Plans to transform the Isle of Dogs into a 'high technology world centre of finance'

• 11 mins

Channel Tunnel

Plans are announced to link the UK and France by an undersea tunnel

• 12 mins

Ironbridge

'The birthplace of Britain's Industrial Revolution'

• 12 mins

Goths in London

'Death, sex and beauty rolled into one - the Gothic look'

• 12 mins

Liverpool gets a Caretaker Administration

'Can Britain's 6th largest city reverse the downward spiral?'

• 12 mins

The Satanic Verses

The reaction of the British Islamic community in Bradford to 'The Satanic Verses'

• 13 mins

Toxic Waste

Canadian toxic waste being shipped to Britain

• 13 mins

Oil Spill in Mersey Estuary

The consequences of an oil spill in the Mersey

• 13 mins

Trade Unions and Industry

Does the Trade Union Movement in Britain have a future?

• 13 mins