The BEST episodes of BBC Documentaries season 1988
Every episode of BBC Documentaries season 1988, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of BBC Documentaries season 1988!
Documentaries produced by or for the BBC.
#1 - God, The Universe and Everything Else
Season 1988 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1988
In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
#2 - Stafford: A Town That Found its Castle
Season 1988 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/1988
Michael Wood tells a story of how a small Midland town rescued one of the largest castles of medieval England. Yesterday, Stafford Castle was reopened to the public after a ten-year dig in which archaeologists have filled gaps in the castle's 900-year history and in which Stafford has learnt that the past can be an asset.
#3 - The Unleashing of Evil
Season 1988 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/1988
A personal inquiry by Richard Taylor. Thirty-six years ago documentary film-maker Richard Taylor was serving as a military police subaltern in Korea. Near to his tent they were interrogating prisoners - and sometimes they tortured them. That was the start of a lifelong concern about torture. Is it simply something which happens under military dictatorships and communist regimes - or is it closer to ourselves than we like to think? This investigation is not a catalogue of horrors. It asks in a more profound sense what torture does to its victims, and what turns ordinary human beings into torturers. Prompted by a disturbing encounter with a former interrogator from El Salvador 's notorious Treasury Police, he follows a trail that leads to a hard, new world where terrorism, counter-insurgency and torture meet.
#4 - Alan Bennett: Dinner at Noon
Season 1988 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/1988
In the setting of the Crown Hotel in Harrogate, with its leisure breaks and conference facilities, Alan Bennett reflects on the subject of class.