The end of the beginning.

A four part series examining the history of AIDS in the developed world and Africa, with particular reference to its effect on homosexual life in the U.S. and Britain. It traces the spread of the disease to heterosexuals, the role of blood transfusions and the dispute between the U.S.A. and France over the ownership of the HIV test. The action of gay pressure groups against pharmaceutical companies is given in detailed coverage. "Part 4: The End of the Beginning"Realisation in Britain that heterosexuals are at risk from AIDS; the legal question of wilful infection by HIV; Dr. Peter Duesberg claims that AIDS is not caused by HIV; developments in the Gallo-Institut Pasteur wrangle; French scandal of HIV contaminated blood used in transfusions for haemophiliacs - ill will towards the U.S.A. over the Gallo affair caused France to delay introduction of a blood donor test for HIV until a French version of the test was available; state of the epidemic in Thailand, India and the West.