''First Tuesday'' is a monthly television

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

strand that was shown in the United Kingdom on the ITV network and produced by

Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...

. The subject matter is 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''.

Notable programmes

* ''The Falklands War - The Untold Story'' (01/04/1987

''Too Close to Home''
(6 December 1988), about the Armley asbestos disaster * ''The Wigan Hold'' (1989, filmed 1988), about wrestling at Riley's Gym, featuring former professional wrestlers and Riley's Gym alumni Tommy Moore and Ernie Riley (son of Billy Riley) * Four Hours in My Lai (02/05/1989 - shown in the US Frontline series as ''Remember My Lai''

* ''Sonia's Baby'' (03/04/1990, narrated by

Olivia O'Leary Olivia O'Leary (born 1949) is an Irish people, Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter. Education Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin (UCD), she worked with the The Nationalist (Carlow), ''Natio ...

* '' Jazz in Germany, Swing Under the Swastika'' (02/10/1990, narrated by

Alan Plater Alan Frederick Plater (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. He is best known for the sitcom ''Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt'' and th ...

* '' Santa Cruz massacre, Cold Blood - The Massacre of East Timor'' (07/01/1992

Amnesty International UK Media Awards Winner, 1992. * ''Katie and Eilish - Siamese Twins'' (04/08/1992, narrated by

Julie Christie Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. Christie's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institu ...

- 1993

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and in ...

winner

* M25, from 1991.

References

External links

First Tuesday
at the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

. ITV documentaries 1983 British television series debuts 1993 British television series endings 1980s British documentary television series 1990s British documentary television series Television series by Yorkshire Television British English-language television shows Television series by ITV Studios {{UK-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub