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First Tuesday (documentary strand)

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Also known as
  
This World

Related shows
  
Network First

Final episode date
  
2 November 1993

Production company(s)
  
Yorkshire Television

First episode date
  
5 April 1983

Genre
  
Documentary film

Original release
  
5 April 1983 (1983-04-05) – 2 November 1993 (1993-11-02)

Presented by
  
Jonathan Dimbleby, Olivia O'Leary

Awards
  
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Documentary

Nominations
  
British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series

Similar
  
Four Hours in My Lai, On the Record, This Week, The Cook Report, The Book Tower

First tuesday four hours in my lai part one of three


First Tuesday 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 programmes being shown on the first Tuesday of the month, hence the title. In 1993, Network First was a part replacement for First Tuesday.

Contents

Ytv first tuesday thalidomide the drug that came back 1993


Notable programmes

  • The Falklands War - The Untold Story (01/04/1987) [1]
  • Too Close to Home (6 December 1988), about the Armley asbestos disaster
  • Four Hours in My Lai (02/05/1989 - shown in the US Frontline series as Remember My Lai) [2]
  • Sonia's Baby (03/04/1990), narrated by Olivia O'Leary) [3]
  • Swing Under the Swastika (02/10/1990, narrated by Alan Plater) [4]
  • Cold Blood - The Massacre of East Timor (07/01/1992) [5] Amnesty International UK Media Awards Winner, 1992.
  • Katie and Eilish - Siamese Twins (04/08/1992, narrated by Julie Christie - 1993 Peabody Award winner) [6]

    • References

    First Tuesday (documentary strand) Wikipedia
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