First Tuesday or This World was a monthly television

Television

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 documentary

Documentary film

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 strand, shown in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 on the ITV

ITV

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 network. 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

Network First

Network First is a wide-ranging documentary strand broadcast on ITV in the U.K. from January 1994 to December 1997, and was a part replacement for First Tuesday...

 was a part replacement for First Tuesday.

Notable programmes

• The Falklands War - The Untold Story (01/04/87)http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/203235
• Four Hours in My Lai (02/05/89 - shown in the US Frontline series as Remember My Lai)http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/427568
• Sonia's Baby (03/04/1990), narrated by Olivia O'Leary
  Olivia O'Leary
  Olivia O'Leary is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter.Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin, she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow...
  
  ) http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/444065
• Swing Under the Swastika
  Jazz in Germany
  An overview of the evolution of Jazz music in Germany reveals that the development of jazz in Germany and its public notice differ from the "motherland" of jazz, the USA, in several respects.- The 20s :...
  
  (02/10/1990, narrated by Alan Plater
  Alan Plater
  Alan Frederick Plater, CBE, FRSL was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s.-Career:...
  
  )http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/445186
• Cold Blood - The Massacre of East Timor
  Santa Cruz massacre
  The Santa Cruz massacre was the shooting of East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, on 12 November 1991, during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor.-Background:...
  
  (07/01/1992)http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/466744
• Katie and Eilish - Siamese Twins (04/08/1992, narrated by Julie Christie
  Julie Christie
  Julie Frances Christie is a British actress. Born in British India to English parents, at the age of six Christie moved to England, where she attended boarding school....
  
   - 1993 Peabody Award
  Peabody Award
  The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...
  
   winner)http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/476182

External links

• First Tuesday at the British Film Institute
  British Film Institute
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