Panorama · SEASON 37
Gorbachev: Reaping the Whirlwind - The Poisoned Land
Episode 31 · 1989-10-30
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
From the Aral Sea, evidence of a catastrophe that rivals Chernobyl. The planning decisions of the Brezhnev years have left a great many facing disease, deformity and death. As the sea dries up, the ecology of the region disintegrates.
Season 37 episodes
1. How Free Is Britain?1989-01-09
2. President Bush - Challenging the Future1989-01-16
3. Children in Need1989-01-23
4. The Killer Inside1989-01-30
5. Factory Fresh: The Food Revolution1989-02-06
6. Inside the Ayatollah's Iran1989-02-13
7. Will You Still Feed Me?1989-02-20
8. The Tender Trap1989-02-27
9. Death in the Rainforest1989-03-06
10. NHS Plc? - What's in It for Patients?1989-03-13
11. Sent from Heaven - Sold on Earth1989-03-20
12. Disarming the Alliance: The Soviet Peace Offensive1989-04-03
13. The Condor Conspiracy1989-04-10
14. Whose Law Is It Anyway?1989-04-17
15. No Spring in Prague1989-04-24
16. Ten Years' Hard Labour1989-05-08
17. Football - Safe in Their Hands?1989-05-15
18. Punching Judy1989-05-22
19. University Challenge1989-06-05
20. Alaska: Oil on the Rocks1989-06-19
21. Built in Britain, Made Abroad1989-06-26
22. Lady Porter - The Pursuit of Power1989-07-19
23. Getting the Message Across1989-09-04
24. Solidarity - Taking the Reins of Power1989-09-11
25. Happy Families1989-09-18
26. Lockerbie: An Avoidable Tragedy1989-09-25
27. Afghanistan: The Squandered Victory1989-10-02
28. Follow My Leader1989-10-09
29. British Rail: The Ultimate Sell-Off1989-10-16
30. Crack Crisis - Is Britain Next?1989-10-23
31. Gorbachev: Reaping the Whirlwind - The Poisoned Land1989-10-30
32. Gorbachev: Reaping the Whirlwind - Bloody Sunday1989-11-06
33. The Boys on B Wing1989-11-20
34. What Future for Thatcherism?1989-11-27
35. Allies in Arms1989-12-11
