Panorama · SEASON 35
Front Line Blues: Policing the Cities
Episode 13 · 1987-04-13

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Britain's inner-city police forces are faced with a crisis. The top priority is no longer fighting crime but stopping public disorder. As the police spend more time on standby to combat civil disturbance, crime is rising unchecked.
Season 35 episodes
1. The President's Star Warriors1987-01-12
2. Citizen Murdoch1987-01-19
3. Living with AIDS1987-01-26
4. Stockton - Never Had It So Good1987-02-09
5. The Kinnock Alternative1987-02-16
6. The Private Wars of Colonel North1987-02-23
7. The Alliance Alternative1987-03-02
8. Your Child - Unfit for Life1987-03-09
9. Austin Rover - Breakthrough or Breakdown?1987-03-16
10. Northern Ireland: The Troubled Peace1987-03-23
11. Brent Schools - Hard Left Rules1987-03-30
12. Chernobyl - 'Nobody Thought it Could Happen'1987-04-06
13. Front Line Blues: Policing the Cities1987-04-13
14. Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?1987-04-27
15. AIDS - The Fight for Control1987-05-11
16. Gorbachev and the Defence of Europe1987-05-18
17. The Party Leaders: David Owen and David Steel1987-05-26
18. The Party Leaders: Neil Kinnock1987-06-01
19. The Party Leaders: Margaret Thatcher1987-06-08
20. Episode 201987-06-15
21. Sailing Too Close to Disaster1987-06-22
22. Fair Play for Britain's Blacks1987-07-06
23. Not in My Backyard1987-07-13
24. Britain's Amateur Justice System: A Jail Lottery?1987-07-20
25. Dying to Win - Drugs in Sport1987-09-21
26. Must Labour Lose?1987-09-28
27. Inner Cities - We Want Them Too1987-10-05
28. Alcohol: More Harm Than Heroin1987-10-12
29. Arms Control - Checking on Cheating1987-10-19
30. Poll Tax - What Price on Your Head?1987-10-26
31. A Class Revolution1987-11-02
32. Adrift in Space1987-11-09
33. Harming or Helping? - The New Abortion Bill1987-11-16
34. The Storm Beyond the Crash1987-11-23
35. The Uncertain Summit1987-11-30
36. Debt: How Deep Are You in?1987-12-07
37. The Troubled Madonna of the Philippines1987-12-14