First Tuesday
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From 1983 to 1993
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First Tuesday or This World is a monthly television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on the ITV network and was produced by Yorkshire Television. The subject matter was mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world. It ran from 5 April 1983 to 2 November 1993, with programme being shown on the first Tuesday of the month, hence the title. In 1993, Network First was a part replacement for First Tuesday.
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Season 1Season 112 episodes
- S01E01The Chinese Geordie/A Message from the Falklands/Hostages of War1983-04-05✓
- S01E02Desperate Choice/Rupert Goes to Town/Voices from Moscow1983-05-13✓
- S01E03Episode 31983-06-07
- S01E04Third Avenue/The View From the Roof of Lancashire/From Peking to Poplar1983-07-05
- S01E05A Lottery for Life/Third Avenue1983-08-02
- S01E06The Shadow Boxer/The Real Maria1983-09-06
- S01E07Life in San Quentin/The Hunters of Cadgwith Cove1983-10-04
- S01E08Windscale: The Nuclear Laundry1983-11-01
- S01E09Women Miners/Sunday Mornings and Saturday Nights1983-12-06
- S01E10The Summer Holiday/Goodbye Joey1984-01-03
- S01E11The Town that Builds the Bomb/Survivors of the Kwai/Heavy Metal1984-02-07
- S01E12Families Who Wait/Aunt Annie's Bomb Factory1984-03-06
Season 212 episodes
- S02E01Down and Out in Calke Abbey/Warship Usa/Return to Windscale1984-04-03
- S02E02The Promised Land/Kim Phuc1984-05-01
- S02E03A Place for Stephen/A Safe House1984-06-05
- S02E04The Miners' Strike1984-07-03
- S02E05Blind Faith/Something to Write Home About/Where Did You Get That Woman?1984-08-07
- S02E06The Bard of Stepney1984-09-04
- S02E07Autumn Leaves/The Video Prophet1984-10-02
- S02E08Return to Nagasaki
Season 312 episodes
- S03E01Insult to Injury/Lebanon: A Family at War1985-04-02
- S03E02Yanks Meet Reds1985-05-07
- S03E03Goals Not Dole/The End of the Line?1985-06-04
- S03E04Our First Year/Visiting Day1985-07-02
- S03E05Made in Huddersfield/A Death in the Family1985-08-06
- S03E06Invitation to Disaster/Comrades at Arms1985-09-03
- S03E07An Officer and a Lady1985-10-01
- S03E08'Trevor, It's the Bailiffs'/Akong and the Big Shrine Room
Season 412 episodes
- S04E01Children Who Wait/The Seveso Inheritance1986-04-01
- S04E02Fall Out from Chernobyl1986-05-06
- S04E03The Futures Game1986-06-03
- S04E04The Guildford Time Bomb1986-07-01
- S04E05Twilight in Belize/Good Vibrations1986-08-05
- S04E06Come on in the Waters Fine/Kicked Into Touch1986-09-02
- S04E07When Did You Last See My Father?1986-10-07
- S04E08Death Row: A One Woman Band/Children Who Wait1986-11-04
Season 612 episodes
- S06E01Cambodia: Children of the Killing Fields1988-04-05
- S06E02The Swap1988-05-03
- S06E03A Quiet Scream/Sato: A Child Apart1988-06-07
- S06E04Bridge Across the Foyle/Albania: The Last Outpost1988-07-05
- S06E05Children of the Third Reich/Last Exit: Berlin1988-08-02
- S06E06The Bofors Affair1988-09-06
- S06E07Afghantsi1988-10-04
- S06E08The Apostle and the Prophet/School Is Out1988-11-01
Season 712 episodes
- S07E01The Buggist1989-04-04
- S07E02Four Hours in My Lai1989-05-02
- S07E03Sister Martin's Profession/Last Chance on Death Row1989-06-06
- S07E04Shakespeare - Midsummer Nights Mystery1989-07-04
- S07E05For Queen and Country1989-08-01
- S07E06The Hunting Ground1989-09-05
- S07E07A Well-Founded Fear/Hearts of Oak1989-10-03
- S07E08Guildford Four: Free to Speak1989-11-07
Season 810 episodes
- S08E01Sonia's Baby1990-04-03
- S08E02The Power of Healing: Apply Within1990-05-01
- S08E03Vicious Circles1990-06-05
- S08E04Driven to the Limit/Liquid Cosh1990-07-03
- S08E05Angel Is Missing1990-08-07
- S08E06Murder in Glodwick1990-09-04
- S08E07Swing Under the Swastika1990-10-02
- S08E08Sweetening the Medicine1990-11-06
Season 911 episodes
- S09E01Poisoned Lives1991-02-05
- S09E0221st Century Medicine/Last Chance on Death Row1991-03-05
- S09E03Gitmo: Cold War in Cuba1991-04-02
- S09E04The Secret of Castle Hill1991-05-07
- S09E05The Prime Minister, the Junkie and the Boys on Death Row1991-06-04
- S09E06Britannia Waives the Rules1991-07-02
- S09E07A Picture of Health1991-08-06
- S09E08The Great British Burglary1991-09-03
Season 1012 episodes
- S10E01Cold Blood: The Massacre of East Timor1992-01-07
- S10E02Subway City1992-02-04
- S10E03Suspicion of Abuse1992-03-03
- S10E04Episode 41992-04-07
- S10E05Called to the Bar1992-05-05
- S10E06Tobacco Wars1992-06-02
- S10E07Under Interrogation1992-07-07
- S10E08Episode 81992-08-04
Season 1111 episodes
- S11E01Prisoner on the Run1993-01-05
- S11E02Out of Sight, Out of Mind1993-02-02
- S11E03Bad Trip to Edgewood1993-03-02
- S11E04Ten Years of First Tuesday1993-04-06
- S11E05Riverman/Life Begins at Fourteen1993-05-04
- S11E06Episode 61993-06-01
- S11E07Hidden Hand: The Forgotten Massacre1993-07-06
- S11E08Laogai: Inside China's Gulag1993-08-03
Season 198712 episodes
- S1987E01The Falklands War: The Untold Story1987-04-07
- S1987E02Bitter Harvest/Save Our School1987-05-05
- S1987E03Episode 31987-06-02
- S1987E04Leftover Children1987-07-07
- S1987E05Episode 51987-08-04
- S1987E06Mexico Street Kids/Home to Haddo1987-09-01
- S1987E07The Granny Business1987-10-06
- S1987E08A Home for Laura/Place in the Midnight Sun1987-11-03