The third of four intimate documentaries on a nation at the turning point in its history. Striking Out. The summer of 1990 brought a bitter harvest to Poland's new non-communist government - peasants demonstrated and workers went on strike. In his attempt to pull a bankrupt economy into a free market, the prime minister had unleashed the people's fury. It was the opportunity Lech Walesa needed - some say created - to further his political ambitions. To counter him, Solidarity politicians created a new movement in an attempt to rescue the Mazowiecki government. Producer Boleslaw Sulik
Executive producer Paul Watson (Part 4 tomorrow at 8.05pm) 0 PICTURE STORY: page 47