Brass Tacks Season 4 Episodes

Episode 1

It Shouldn't Happen to a Pig

This week Brass Tacks takes the lid off Britain's factory farms - animals that have to be given regular doses of drugs to keep them healthy - meat stuffed full of hormones and antibiotics - the risk of transmitting disease to the consumer - just some of the by-products of intensive livestock production. The farmers say the new methods are cheaper and keep food prices down, but what is the real price of your Sunday joint?

Episode 2

A Whole New Ball Game

Episode 3

The Rules of the Game

Episode 4

The BBC Europe Debate

Episode 5

What We Don't Like to See Beside the Seaside

Episode 6

The Maharishi Effect

Episode 7

The Day the Roof Fell In

Episode 8

What Should We Tell the Children?

Episode 9

Every Child a Wanted Child?

Episode 10

To Serve as Member...

Episode 11

We Can't Shout for Emily

Episode 12

The Last Post?

Episode 13

Mr. Hardy's Trip to Wessex

Episode 14

Are the Kids All Right?

With unemployment running at twice the national average, and further redundancies in the shipyards, the age of leisure has come early for many of Sunderland's youngsters. Michael is 16, on the dole, and buying a £300 guitar on HP. His recently-formed group - The Rejected - is receiving encouragement from the local community theatre, which also faces redundancies as government cutbacks begin to bite. What use is Sunderland's £7-million leisure centre and its pedestrian precincts to Michael's generation? Indeed, what will make things all right for these kids?

Episode 15

You Can't Eat the Scenery

Episode 16

Fit to Be Born?

Episode 17

The Worst Road Accident of All?