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The Big Story

1993

5 seasons

101 episodes

Documentary

British current affairs series with Dermot Murnaghan tackling a different issue at home or abroad each week.

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Cast

Dermot Murnaghan

Michael Jackson

Alan Ackers

Ernest Allen

Sidney Blayney

Michael Hames

Karl Light

Michael Portillo

Steven Berkoff

Gary Kemp

Martin Kemp

Reggie Kray

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Michael Jackson - Fall of a Megastar
09-09-1993
Ep 2
2.If Only I'd Known
16-09-1993
Radiotherapy following surgery for breast cancer.
Ep 3
3.Olympics 2000 - The Inside Track
23-09-1993
Ep 4
4.The Big Story Special: Child Abuse
28-09-1993
Ep 5
5.No Hiding Place
30-09-1993
The RUC in Northern Ireland.
Ep 6
6.Better Off Dead
07-10-1993
Old people discharged from hospitals.
Ep 7
7.Life for a Life?
14-10-1993
Ep 8
8.Killers at Large
21-10-1993
Prison system's "home leave" policy.
Ep 9
9.Peace Exploded
28-10-1993
Bomb in Frizzell's fish shop.
Ep 10
10.No Means No?
04-11-1993
Date rape.
Ep 11
11.Snapping the Ratbags
11-11-1993
Photographs showing Princess Diana working out at a gym.
Ep 12
12.Why I Forgive My Husband's Killer
18-11-1993
Schizophrenia.
Ep 13
13.Inadmissible Evidence
25-11-1993
George Heron's acquittal.
Ep 14
14.I'm all Right, Ken
02-12-1993
MPs affected by Kenneth Clarke's budget.
Ep 15
15.The Fall Guys
09-12-1993
How two British executives were trapped into dealing with Saddam Hussein.
Ep 16
16.Give Peace a Chance
16-12-1993
Hopes for peace in Northern Ireland.
Ep 17
17.Winners and Losers of 1993
23-12-1993
Ep 18
18.Battle for the North Sea
06-01-1994
Ep 19
19.The Strange Case of Dr. Antinori
13-01-1994
Ep 20
20.The 'Victims' Strike Back
20-01-1994
The abused take revenge against their abusers.
Ep 21
21.The Vicar's Desperate Remedy
27-01-1994
Medicinal use of cannabis.
Ep 22
22.Noses in the Trough
03-02-1994
Waste in government and other authorities.
Ep 23
23.Private Lives
10-02-1994
Scandalous parliamentarians.

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