January 27, 1987
One year after the Challenger disaster, Frontline examined the all-too-human side of the space program as seen through the eyes of...Read more
February 3, 1987
Frontline examines the startling implications of what will happen when the big earthquake hits California, detailing the awesome e...Read more
February 10, 1987
A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 1 examines the personal struggles of addicts trying to kick the habi...Read more
February 17, 1987
A two-part special examining efforts to stamp out drugs. Part 1 examines the personal struggles of addicts trying to kick the habi...Read more
February 24, 1987
German scientists were responsible for putting the first American on the moon. Now, 15 years later, government investigators are a...Read more
March 3, 1987
Two million American couples desperately want babies and can’t have them. They are turning to private adoption deals brokered by l...Read more
March 31, 1987
Frontline takes a gritty look at street cops. In Boston’s busiest, most violent police district, they confront the never-ending ca...Read more
April 14, 1987
How could an ordinary citizen be considered a national security risk? Penn Kimball, a university professor, former New York Times ...Read more
April 21, 1987
As the Iran-contra scandal was still unfolding, Frontline correspondent William Greider revealed how the US began supporting the c...Read more
May 5, 1987
‘I could hear the bullets all around me, hitting all around the house. I was forced back by gunfire,’ says Ramona Africa, the only...Read more
May 26, 1987
The day Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos fled the Philippines in 1986, they left with $8.9 million in jewelry, cash, and bonds. But the...Read more
June 2, 1987
The Six Day War was a decisive victory for Israel. But many Israelis feel that something has gone wrong. On the war’s twentieth an...Read more
June 9, 1987
She was from Minnesota. Young, pretty, and fresh. She went to Hollywood in search of a dream and found herself in X-rated movies, ...Read more
June 16, 1987
The black church was once the soul of its community. It was a rallying point and a force for change. Now, as the black middle clas...Read more
June 23, 1987
As corruption scandals rock New York City, the careers of dozens of high officials are being destroyed. Frontline takes an inside ...Read more