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Season 2

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Episode 140 min1982-10-07

Roedean

The leading girls' public school.

Episode 240 min1982-10-14

Skinheads

Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.

Episode 340 min1982-10-21

Rabbits Don't Cry

Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.

Episode 440 min1982-10-28

An Emotional Matter

The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.

Episode 540 min1982-11-04

Lost in a Crowd

Problems of loneliness. Five people who are trying to find their own ways to deal with overcome loneliness are in a compartment in a train. They tell their stories to us, but do not communicate with each other, despite their shared problem.

Episode 640 min1982-11-11

The Cruelty Man

A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.

Episode 740 min1982-11-25

Miners

Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.

Episode 840 min1982-12-02

Mr. Moonlight

The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.

Episode 940 min1982-12-09

The Lads' Night Out

The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.

Episode 1040 min1982-12-16

How Do I Look?

Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.

Episode 1140 min1983-01-13

Mister Perks

Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.

Episode 1240 min1983-01-20

Package Tour

Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.

Episode 1340 min1983-01-27

Something to Do with Video

The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.

Episode 1440 min1983-02-03

The Rovers

Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season

Episode 1540 min1983-02-10

Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

Children who have to look after their elderly parents.

Episode 1640 min1983-02-17

Freshers

New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.

Episode 1740 min1983-02-24

English Lesson

Nine Polish seamen who sought political asylum in the Falklands where they were caught up in the war and their later stateless existence in London.

Episode 1840 min1983-03-03

Female Circumcision

Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.

Episode 1940 min1983-03-10

A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont

Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.

Episode 2040 min1983-03-17