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First aired 01/Jan/1963
United Kingdom
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36 season(s)
1295 episode(s)
World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
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Season 35 · Season 35
Season Overview
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S35E17
Too Close for Comfort - Fear of Flying
S35E16
Small But Perfectly Informed
S35E15
Don't Call Us
S35E14
Death Wish
S35E13
Flood, Sweat and Tears
S35E12
Britain's Most Dangerous Job
S35E11
Fat Profits
S35E10
The Tracks of My Tears
S35E9
Fatal Affection
S35E8
Wish We Weren't Here
S35E7
The Clinton Tapes
S35E6
Our Man in Ibiza
S35E5
The Big E
S35E4
How Safe Is Your Cash?
S35E3
Eat Up Your Genes
S35E2
Viagra - The Hard Sell
S35E1
Bad Air Days
Season 34 · Season 34
Season Overview
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S34E33
Third Party, Liar and Cheat
S34E32
Robocop Strikes Back
S34E31
The Price of Peace
S34E30
That Sinking Feeling
S34E29
Is the Price Right?
S34E28
The Lottery Losers
S34E27
Playing with Fire (II)
Summary
Not to be confused with an earlier episode of the same title, this one is the 3rd in a series exposing the neo-Nazi group Combat 18.
S34E26
When the Heat Is On
S34E25
Beverley's Choice
S34E24
Licence to Kill
S34E23
Beating Violence
S34E22
Broken Dreams
S34E21
In the Eye of the Storm
S34E20
A Question of Justice
S34E19
Doctors Under the Influence
Summary
The risk to patients from alcoholic and drug dependent doctors?
S34E18
Sex, Lies and Audiotape
S34E17
What a Business
S34E16
Profit and Loss
S34E15
A Date with the Executioner
S34E14
Jam Today
S34E13
The Winning Formula
Summary
Formula 1 racing is one of the richest sports in the world, and sponsorship is a major part of that, but it seems to be the government who are performing the U-turns.
S34E12
The Rat's Tale
S34E11
Nowhere to Run
S34E10
Extreme Measures
S34E9
House of Horrors: Part 2
S34E8
House of Horrors: Part 1
S34E7
Conduct Unbecoming
S34E6
Secret Ingredient
S34E5
Domestic Weapons
S34E4
With This Ring
S34E3
How Green Is My Petrol?
S34E2
Against the Odds
Summary
Revisits the former care subjects featured in Who Cares? (1992) and No-One to Turn to (1992) to see how they are faring 5 years later.
S34E1
Credit to the Nation
Summary
After half a century of silence, World in Action tells tonight how Britain benefited from the holocaust.
Season 33 · Season 33
Season Overview
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S33E37
The Meat Factory
S33E36
Winning the Pools
S33E35
Easy Money
Summary
World in Action sets up several entrapment scenarios in order to test how honest people from various different walks of life prove to be. Will they live up to expectations of their trade or class, or will there be some surprising results?
S33E34
B.P.'s Secret Soldiers
S33E33
Jonathan of Arabia: Act II - The Dagger of Deceit
S33E32
Through the Cakehole
S33E31
Profit Before Principle
S33E30
Making a Killing
S33E29
When Mourning Comes
Summary
At the dawn of a new peace process, three grieving relatives talk from the heart about their losses which need never had happened, had it only come sooner.
S33E28
Nowhere to Hide
S33E27
Episode 27
S33E26
Many Unhappy Returns
S33E25
Clamp and Deliver
S33E24
Outbreak
S33E23
In Front of the Children
S33E22
Many Behaving Badly
S33E21
Jailhouse Blues
S33E20
The Safety Catch
S33E19
A Man of Influence
S33E18
The Yard's Yardies
S33E17
Who's Buying the Holy City?
S33E16
Into the Minefield
S33E15
Keep on Trucking?
S33E14
A Question of Class
S33E13
The Chemical Cosh
S33E12
The Young Turks
S33E11
Veil of Fear
S33E10
The Untouchables: Part 2 - Wayne's World
Summary
Donal MacIntyre goes undercover in a gym in order to befriend and expose drug dealer Wayne Hardy.
S33E9
The Untouchables: Part 1
S33E8
The Nation's Teeth
S33E7
Bad Company
S33E6
Tainted Blood
Summary
Examines the sudden increase in hepatitis C. A fairly new disease, originally only drug users who shared needles were contracting it, but now it has spread to non-drug users too.
S33E5
The Unteachables
S33E4
Licence to Steal
S33E3
For King and Country
S33E2
Shadow of the Bomb
S33E1
Peer Pressure: Boys & Girls of the Jury
Season 32 · Season 32
Season Overview
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S32E48
Bobby Moore and Me
S32E47
Troubled Waters
S32E46
Under Pressure
S32E45
Cowboy Country - The Stagecoach Bus Co.
S32E44
Dealing with Terror
Summary
A former militant from each side, both of whom have now laid down their arms, talk openly about their pasts.
S32E43
Recipe for Disaster
S32E42
Neighbours from Hell
S32E41
Her Royal Highness
S32E40
Episode 40
S32E39
The Price of Petrol
S32E38
An Affair of the Heart
S32E37
Fatal Attraction
Summary
Against a stark background and without interruption, save for a few captions, two women talk openly and candidly about what it is like to be living a life HIV positive.
S32E36
The End of the Line?
S32E35
The Republic of Britain
S32E34
Call to Duty
S32E33
The First Casualty
Summary
Professor Richard Lacey has had an orchestrated campaign against him to make him appear insane after he linked human disease with infected meat. But now information is coming to light about CJD and BSE which could offer vindication.
S32E32
Why Dunblane?
S32E31
The Great Name Robbery
S32E30
Crisis in Casualty
S32E29
Debt Row
S32E28
Strange Customs
S32E27
Gerry Adams Interview
S32E26
Terror in Store
S32E25
Leah's Legacy
S32E24
Fighting Back
S32E23
Marks & Spencer - Send in the Clones
S32E22
St. Michael - Has the Halo Slipped?
S32E21
The Lisi File
S32E20
The Shape of Things to Come
S32E19
The Unseen Enemy
S32E18
B.S.E. - The Hidden Epidemic
S32E17
The Informer
S32E16
Too Much, Too Young
S32E15
To Have and to Hold Off
Summary
As more people choose to cohabit without tying the knot, there are fears that the sanctity of marriage could become a thing of history.
S32E14
Unlucky Numbers
S32E13
All Work and No Play
S32E12
A Family at War
Summary
One night in The Orange Tree public house in Winchmore Hill, Enfield, London a fight breaks out, resulting in the stabbing injury of one man and death of another. John Gorman is found guilty, but is his brother Terry the real killer?
S32E11
Down and Out in New York and London
S32E10
Promises on the Line
S32E9
Silent Witness
S32E8
The Legacy Lottery
S32E7
Beyond Reasonable Drought
S32E6
What Killed Stephen?
Summary
Was the previously fit and healthy Stephen Churchill struck down by CJD, the human form of BSE or mad cow disease? At the time of his death, officials and most scientists were in denial about the potential harm to humans.
S32E5
Car Wars
S32E4
Fast and Loose
S32E3
Dealing with the Devil
S32E2
Could It Be You?
S32E1
Safe Sex?
Season 31 · Season 31
Season Overview
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S31E38
Friends in High Places
S31E37
Black and Blue
S31E36
Jonathan of Arabia
S31E35
In the Name of Charity
S31E34
The Nightmare Returns
S31E33
Parents in the Dock
S31E32
Who's Gambling with Your Money?
S31E31
Shot in the Back
S31E30
Prisoners of the Past
S31E29
Sex Off the Streets
S31E28
Victims of Their Success
S31E27
Take the Low Road
Summary
Exposes the easy access to narcotics on the streets in Strathclyde Scotland.
S31E26
The Back Seat Killer
Summary
Examines the safety of rear seated passengers in hatchback cars during an impact.
S31E25
National Health Secret Service
S31E24
Throwaway Children
Summary
Depicts England's street children. It is not only countries in distant parts of the world where children live their lives on the streets. Even in the Western world, there are young people who choose to leave their own families or foster homes to fend for themselves. They are short of money and many are lured into crime, prostitution and begging. Some use drugs as a temporary escape. This documentary portrays sisters Mandy and Debbie, two of London's homeless girls who live on the streets of London.
S31E23
Through the Keyhole
S31E22
Mind Games
S31E21
The Housing Hangover
S31E20
A Shot in the Dark
S31E19
Citizen Cone
S31E18
The Ministry of Bribes
S31E17
Episode 17
S31E16
The Wrong Arm of the Law
S31E15
The Journey
S31E14
A Fatal Prescription
S31E13
The Cure That Killed
S31E12
Open All Hours
S31E11
Retired Hurt
S31E10
Give Us a Break
S31E9
The Man Who Paid the Bill
S31E8
The Peace Maker
Summary
The man credited with doing most to create peace in Ireland, John Hume, talks about his views and his methods.
S31E7
The Bugs That Drugs Cannot Kill
S31E6
People of the Apocalypse
S31E5
One Woman's War
S31E4
Smashed in the Summer
S31E3
Flirting with Danger
S31E2
Dying for a Holiday
S31E1
The Fag Lady
Season 30 · Season 30
Season Overview
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S30E25
Your Baby or Your Job
S30E24
In the Line of Fire
S30E23
The Last Resort
S30E22
Prime Suspect
S30E21
The Tory Tax Bombshell
S30E20
Homicide U.K.
S30E19
A Peculiar Practice
S30E18
Animal Traffic
S30E17
The Mercury Murder Mystery
S30E16
Episode 16
S30E15
Fields of Fire
S30E14
Born in Hope
Summary
Listen in as Kate Potter discusses how to love the unphotoshopped version of yourself and how Ayurveda works in to anti-aging in this episode of Conscious Aging.
S30E13
Dangerous Liaisons
S30E12
The Club That Liked to Say Yes
S30E11
The Road to Safety
S30E10
The Baby Broker
S30E9
Special: The Taking of James Bulger
S30E8
Violence with Violence
Summary
The untold story of how far left anti-racist groups are utilizing their protests as an excuse to mete out similar violence to their fascist enemies.
S30E7
Carving Out a Life
S30E6
Fathers in Fear
S30E5
Doctor Knows Best?
S30E4
No Money to Burn
S30E3
Shoot Out at Sunset
S30E2
Children Having Children
S30E1
The Life of Brian
Season 29 · Season 29
Season Overview
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S29E40
Welcome to Britain
S29E39
Ghostbuster
S29E38
A Lesson for Teacher
S29E37
Dan Eldon's Last Assignment
Summary
Dan Eldon was photographer who's pictures brought to the world's attention the starving in Somalia. Returning later to Somalia, he was murdered by a mob.
S29E36
Car Crazy
Summary
Areas of natural beauty including the peak district and mountain ranges in Scotland are not even safe anymore due to our obsession with the motor car. But don't we have a duty to preserve Britain's nature for future generations?
S29E35
Your Home at Risk
S29E34
The Great Food Challenge
S29E33
Steals on Wheels
S29E32
The Gentleman's Guide to Tax Avoidance
S29E31
Dark Side of the Sun
S29E30
School for Crime
S29E29
Evidence of Execution
S29E28
Murder... on Ward 4
Summary
Focus on the parents of those killed or harmed by nurse Beverl(e)y Allitt, and how her acts of evil have affected their whole lives.
S29E27
B.A.'s Virgin Soldiers
S29E26
The Terror Squad
Summary
Combat 18 is a neo-Nazi organisation. It originated in the United Kingdom, with ties to movements in the United States, and has since spread to other countries.
S29E25
The Forgotten Children
S29E24
The Child Snatchers
S29E23
Britain's Untouchables
S29E22
Call 999!
S29E21
The Poison on Your Plate
S29E20
Dear Bill, Love John
S29E19
Welcome to the Danger Zone
S29E18
The Walking Corpse
S29E17
Don't Bank on Us
S29E16
Three Angry Men
S29E15
Shadows of the Past
S29E14
Special: World in Action - Thirty Years
S29E13
The Black Sea
S29E12
No-One to Turn to
S29E11
Who Cares?
Summary
Does anyone care for care cases once they're actually released from care?
S29E10
The Crack Connection
S29E9
Will I Be Next?
S29E8
Time for Panic
S29E7
Trials of Labour
S29E6
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
S29E5
Gifts from Russia
S29E4
Mummy, You're Killing Me!
S29E3
Death in the Fast Lane
S29E2
Going Bust
S29E1
The Sultan of Sleaze
Season 28 · Season 28
Season Overview
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S28E39
Dennis the Menace
S28E38
Sins of the Fathers
S28E37
The New Age Travellers
S28E36
Private Grief
S28E35
The Job
S28E34
The Monkey Business
Summary
Examinies the trade in monkeys for scientific purposes. The demand for monkeys cannot be met by breeding in captivity so many monkeys are trapped in the wild to be shipped back to the West to laboratories. Looks at the conditions and treatment of a supplier 'Shamrock Farm' in the south-east of England. Includes interviews with Dr. Judith Hampson, a research consultant with the RSPCA; Terry Hill, an investigator for the abolition of vivisection; and Jim Cronin a primatologist.
S28E33
The Muscle Market
S28E32
Lord of the Rings: Part 2
S28E31
Lord of the Rings: Part 1
S28E30
No Fixed Abode: Part 3
S28E29
Girls, Guns and Gangs
S28E28
Time to Kill
S28E27
L.A. Cops
Summary
Ride along with Hollywood Division Cops.
S28E26
The Granada 500
S28E25
An M.P.'s Business
S28E24
The Lost Vote of Martin Thow
S28E23
No Fixed Abode: Part 2
S28E22
No Fixed Abode: Part 1
S28E21
The Dirty War
S28E20
Old Money
S28E19
Calamity at Wheal Jane
S28E18
The Cost of Living
S28E17
Paying the Price
S28E16
Episode 16
S28E15
Trouble with the Neighbours
S28E14
The Last Blockade
S28E13
The Village That Quit: Update
S28E12
The Front Man
S28E11
From Here to Eternity
S28E10
The Repossessed
S28E9
Trawling for the Truth
S28E8
A Woman Apart
S28E7
Fallen Comrade
S28E6
The Most Dangerous Job in the World
S28E5
Sex for Sale
S28E4
A Policeman's Lot
S28E3
That'll Do Nicely
S28E2
Pirates
S28E1
The Price of Beauty
Season 27 · Season 27
Season Overview
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S27E41
Reasonable Adjustment
Summary
Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.
S27E40
Making the News
S27E39
Defending the Realm
Summary
Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.
S27E38
Britain's Secret Slaves
S27E37
What Liverpool Needs...
S27E36
Should the Queen Pay Tax?
S27E35
Marked for Murder
Summary
The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.
S27E34
When Housewives Strike
S27E33
On the Knife Edge
S27E32
The Devil's Advocates
S27E31
Money for Nothing
S27E30
The Ghost Train
Summary
Transferred from prison to prison and left in long-term segregation or solitary confinement, prisoners call this the ghost train. This is the second part of World in Action's investigation into the horrors of life on the inside.
S27E29
The Propaganda War
S27E28
The Hate Factories
Summary
The government claims that people are sent to prison for rehabilitation, but due to the brutality of some of the officers, the prisoners prefer to refer to them as "hate factories".
S27E27
Curse of the Superdrug
S27E26
Chariots of Fire
S27E25
Secret of Sebha
S27E24
Beat the Taxman
S27E23
The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story
Summary
Following the release of the alleged 'Birmingham Six' pub bombers after 16 years, World in Action speaks to each of the men, and looks back at the flawed police investigation that led to their wrongful imprisonment.
S27E22
World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job
S27E21
After the Storm
S27E20
Mafia Russian Style
S27E19
Under the Curfew
S27E18
How Safe Are Our Children?
S27E17
Waiting for the Land War
S27E16
The Child Killers of Brazil
S27E15
Episode 15
S27E14
A Time to Choose
S27E13
A Life of Pain
S27E12
Twenty Years Hard Labour
S27E11
Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant
S27E10
Turning a Blind Eye
S27E9
The Tarzan Factor
S27E8
The Lessons of Piper Alpha
S27E7
Nurse Pink's Prescription
S27E6
Mission to Baghdad
S27E5
The Go-Between
S27E4
The Allergy Business
S27E3
Strike It Lucky
S27E2
Blowing the Whistle
S27E1
Inside Saddam's Stronghold
Summary
Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Season 26 · Season 26
Season Overview
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S26E38
In Bed with the General
S26E37
An Explosion of Guilt
Summary
While the Birmingham Six languish in prison, an anonymous man tells World in Action he was actually the person responsible for the bomb.
S26E36
No Way Out
Summary
A young couple are caught between the Chinese and British governments, who both want them for different reasons, They have a new baby, which has brought a moment of happiness, but otherwise life appears bleak, when you have No Way Out.
S26E35
Heartbreakers
S26E34
Dark at the End of the Tunnel
S26E33
Arms and the Men
S26E32
Pin Down
S26E31
The New Nazis
S26E30
Growing Up in Smoke
S26E29
Any Change for Tracy?
S26E28
Man's Best Friend
S26E27
Better Safe Than Sorry
S26E26
A Safer Habit
S26E25
Sting and the Indians
S26E24
Can You Live Without Your Car?: Part 2
S26E23
Can You Live Without Your Car?: Part 1
S26E22
Mortgage Misery
S26E21
Freedom and Focsan
S26E20
A Bug in the Beef
S26E19
The Reconstruction of Mr. Dubcek
S26E18
A Force to Be Reckoned With
S26E17
Trying to Save Sarah
S26E16
Who's Not Paying the Poll Tax?
S26E15
Send for the Sisters
S26E14
M.P.s for Hire
S26E13
Return of the Rebel
S26E12
Toxic Trail
S26E11
Dead End for Danny: Part 2
S26E10
Dead End for Danny: Part 1
S26E9
Unlocking the Door
S26E8
Last Brick in the Wall
S26E7
One Thousand Nights in Beirut
Summary
Investigates why Britain is so unsuccessful compared to other nations in negotiating the release of our hostages, most specifically at this time, Brian Keenan, John McCarthy, and Terry Waite.
S26E6
A Question of Conviction
S26E5
The Terror After Tiananmen
S26E4
Primo and the Princess
S26E3
Hard to Swallow
S26E2
Playing with Fire
Summary
A look at the actions of the Animal Liberation Front and whether it could be classed as a terrorist organization?
S26E1
The Right to Rape
Summary
A public survey into rapes within marriage, currently not illegal under English law.
Season 25 · Season 25
Season Overview
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S25E41
Price of Liberation - The Agony of Lebanon
S25E40
Flight Into the Unknown
Summary
Investigates air safety and follows the maintenance procedure of a 20 year old Boeing 737.
S25E39
Blood on His Hands
Summary
Makes the claim that Palestinian Ahmed Djibril is a suspect for the Pan Am flight 103 explosion over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, and tests Frankfurt Airport's security six months after the disaster.
S25E38
Behind the Wall - Risley Remand Centre
S25E37
Three Minute Warning
Summary
A three minute test can now indicate dangerous amounts of cholesterol in a person's body and cholesterol dissolving drugs can be supplied. However some doctors here argue that its time for the government to change the nation's eating habits.
S25E36
The Killing Zone
S25E35
If Disaster Strikes
S25E34
British Settlers on the West Bank
S25E33
Jaguar - Racing for Survival
S25E32
Ismael's War
S25E31
Spongers
S25E30
Episode 30
S25E29
Private World of Mr. Browne
Summary
Conservative MP John Browne is trying to restrict journalistic intrusions into MP's lives, this programme reveals he has undeclared business interests of his own.
S25E28
Hillsborough Football Disaster
S25E27
Murder Capital, U.S.A.
S25E26
Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection
S25E25
A Sickness in the Air
S25E24
The Lottery of Life
S25E23
A Home for Mandy
S25E22
Mandy Is Missing
S25E21
Costing a Bomb
S25E20
Disposable Risk
S25E19
The Race to St. Paul's
S25E18
Secrets of the Diamond Ring
S25E17
Bending the Rules
S25E16
Disaster
S25E15
Nine Out of Ten Women
S25E14
Doing the Honours
S25E13
Down Under and Dying
S25E12
A Trip Round Acid House
S25E11
How Green Is My Valley
S25E10
Wouldn't You Like to Know
S25E9
A Myriad of Swords- Triads Part 2
S25E8
The Triangle of Terror-Triads Part 1
S25E7
The Last Days of a God King
S25E6
The Price of a Life
S25E5
A Dream Betrayed
S25E4
For a Few Pennies More
S25E3
Dr. Chiswick's Dilemma
S25E2
Here's to a Happy Future
S25E1
A Death in the Family
Season 24 · Season 24
Season Overview
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S24E40
A Very British Mercenary
S24E39
Bhopal - Tragedy Without End
Summary
3 1/2 years after a poisonous gas cloud enveloped the city killing many citizens, an examination of the plight of the surviving citizens.
S24E38
No Porsche for Derek B
S24E37
The Secret of the Safer Cigarette
Summary
Did US tobacco companies discover, test and then decide not to market a safer cigarette? A World in Action investigation.
S24E36
The Violent World of Nicholas Hoogstraten
Summary
An exposure of the bullying and intimidation of the notoriously ruthless landlord.
S24E35
Death of a Funny Man
Summary
The murder of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al Ali in London and the connection between a double agent spying on the PLO.
S24E34
TV-am Dispute
S24E33
Bitter Sweets
S24E32
The Sex Slaves of Europe
S24E31
Help Yourselves
S24E30
Doctor Beale's Diagnosis
Summary
Exploring the theory of a link between redundancy and developing bad health.
S24E29
The Hanging Debate
S24E28
The Trial of Theresa
S24E27
Heartbreak Hotels
Summary
Homeless families living in hostels and hotels in London
S24E26
Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 2
S24E25
Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 1
S24E24
Faith, Hope and Charity
S24E23
The Detox
S24E22
The Taming of the Beeb
S24E21
Tall Stories
S24E20
Yesterday's Heroes
S24E19
Political Vetting of Job Applicants
S24E18
The Secret Life of Ned Walsh
S24E17
Cameras in the Commons
S24E16
Sun, Sand and Secrets
S24E15
Dirty Money
S24E14
Still Crazy After All These Years?
Summary
A follow up to what became of the angry young men featured in 1968.
S24E13
Teachers in Trouble: Discipline in Schools
Summary
The problem of violence in British schools.
S24E12
Suffer Little Children
S24E11
Eastenders
S24E10
The Black Mist
S24E9
The Secret in the Circles
S24E8
A Dangerous Prescription
S24E7
The Planning Game
S24E6
Your Life in Tired Hands
S24E5
The People the World Forgot: Boat People in Hong Kong
Summary
The plight of Vietnamese boat people in the camps of Hong Kong.
S24E4
They Are Under Starters Orders
S24E3
The Wrong Stuff
S24E2
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Diamonds
Summary
About how billions of pounds' worth of gem diamonds were stripped from South West Africa (Namibia) over a 20-year period by the world's largest diamond mining company.
S24E1
Fighting for Jennifer
Season 23 · Season 23
Season Overview
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S23E38
U2: Anthem for the Eighties
Summary
Documentary on U2 based around a 1987 concert in their home town of Dublin.
S23E37
Born Survivors: The Thalidomide Generation
S23E36
An Unhealthy Relationship
S23E35
Land Battles
S23E34
Tigers by the Tail - An Island at War
S23E33
Poison on Tap
Summary
Investigation into the state of Britain's tap water.
S23E32
Politics in a Package
S23E31
Just Keep Taking the Tablets
S23E30
High on the Low Life
S23E29
Attention All Shipping
S23E28
Science Friction
S23E27
Pray Silence for Judge Pickles
S23E26
Westland: Behind Closed Doors
S23E25
Bleak House
S23E24
The British Connection
Summary
The consequences of the British not arresting Mafia leader Francesco di Carlo.
S23E23
Finders Keepers
Summary
Investigation into the discovery of the AIDS virus and rivalry between research teams in France and the USA.
S23E22
Plausible Denial
S23E21
A Message for the Money Men
S23E20
Boys on the Blacklist
S23E19
Burning Questions
S23E18
Starting from the Bottom
S23E17
Keeping Warm in Benidorm
S23E16
The State of the Nation: Part 3
S23E15
The State of the Nation: Part 2
S23E14
The State of the Nation: Part 1
S23E13
The Road to Damascus
S23E12
What Sid Should Really Know
S23E11
A Surprise Witness
S23E10
The Midas Touch
S23E9
Black Lessons
Summary
The Black Church in Britain and its role in national education policy.
S23E8
Dead End
Summary
Asylum seekers face being deported.
S23E7
The Untouchable
S23E6
Episode 6
S23E5
A Most Unsatisfactory Customer
S23E4
Death is Part of the Process
S23E3
Mrs. Currie's Sauce
S23E2
Something for Nothing
S23E1
Getting Away with Murder
Season 22 · Season 22
Season Overview
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S22E38
Behind Closed Doors
S22E37
The Man Who is Blackmailing Britain
S22E36
The Wirecutters
S22E35
The Road to Mexico
S22E34
South Africa - Uncensored
S22E33
Taking on Gaddafi
S22E32
Without Due Care
S22E31
In Human Hands
Summary
In the light of the Chernobyl accident checks out safety procedures at the Dounreay Power Station.
S22E30
Practically Impossible
S22E29
The Face Lifters
S22E28
No Place Like Home
S22E27
The Threatened Generation
S22E26
The Hardliner
S22E25
The President's Private War
S22E24
Inside Ponting's Whitehall
S22E23
Bradwell Says No
S22E22
The Selling of Telecom
S22E21
On Yer Bike
Summary
Two unemployed young men take the Thatcher's government's advice.
S22E20
The One That Got Away
S22E19
As the Dust Settles
S22E18
A Widow's Crusade
S22E17
Live from Westminster
S22E16
Doctor, There's Something in My Soup
S22E15
The Westland Affair
S22E14
The Honourable Member for the Unemployed
Summary
Harry Morgan and Matthew Parris previously met in World in Action's "For the Benefit of Mr. Parris", and unexpectedly became friends. This time, they swap rôles, with Harry acting as a Member of Parliament.
S22E13
The Trouble with Derek
S22E12
Too Late for Lisa
S22E11
An Element of Risk (II)
Summary
Not to be confused with the earlier edition with the same title; this one is about the risk of accidents in the workplace.
S22E10
Children at War
S22E9
Designed for Living
Summary
Can housing design affect crime levels?
S22E8
Shades of Blue
S22E7
Whites Only
S22E6
In the Interests of Justice
Summary
Extended edition investigating the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six.
S22E5
The Last Days of Juliet Lima
Summary
A surprise fire has broken out on the normally safe Boeing 737, but what were the causes and how could this have been allowed to happen?
S22E4
The Front Line
S22E3
The Great Food Scandal
S22E2
Mr. Kinnock Spells It Out
S22E1
The Bishop and the Minister
Season 21 · Season 21
Season Overview
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S21E40
Bad Blood
Summary
Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.
S21E39
Disunited Nations
S21E38
A Song for Africa
Summary
Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.
S21E37
Hit and Run
S21E36
The Dream of John Delorean
S21E35
Britain's Cocaine Colony
S21E34
Raising the Belgrano
S21E33
The Betrayal of Bhopal
S21E32
First Strike
S21E31
Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown
S21E30
Children of the Loom
S21E29
The Baby Makers
S21E28
Not for Love or Money
S21E27
The Swan and the Plough
S21E26
Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor
S21E25
Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration
S21E24
Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse
S21E23
Death of an English Rose
Summary
Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.
S21E22
A Conflict in Customs
S21E21
Taking the Medicine
S21E20
The Knock on the Door
S21E19
Going Dutch
S21E18
Father and Son
S21E17
Civil Unrest
S21E16
The Miners and the Microchip
S21E15
Taken on Trust
S21E14
Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years
S21E13
Tried, Untested
S21E12
Softly, Softly, Strike Force
Summary
The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.
S21E11
Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror
S21E10
Kidnapped
S21E8
The Politics of Starvation
S21E7
Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming
S21E6
Plans for Coal
Summary
Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.
S21E5
Apartheid's Back Yard
S21E4
The Coal War
Summary
With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.
S21E3
Football's Mr. Fix-It
S21E2
An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell
S21E1
Clap Trap
Summary
Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan is interested in entering politics, but with no experience in public speaking, would love to fall into that claptrap.
Season 20 · Season 20
Season Overview
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S20E36
Business in Oman
S20E35
The Spy Who Never Was
Summary
Special report, based on an extensive interview with M15 and M16 investigator Peter Wright, on the case against the former head of M15 Roger Hollis.
S20E34
Solidarity on Trial
S20E33
On the Scrap Heap
S20E32
Drilling for Gold
S20E31
Your Starter for Life
S20E30
On the Rocks
S20E29
South Africa's Other Leader
S20E28
Robbing the Rich
S20E27
Caught in the Crossfire
S20E26
For the Love of Boxing
S20E25
Women on the Line
S20E24
Looking After Their Own
S20E23
The Food Factor
S20E22
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
S20E21
The City That Says No
Summary
Documentary report which examines the arguments of Liverpool City Council which have been put to the government for planned spending which exceeds the set budget for the year as laid down by central government.
S20E20
Tell Me More
S20E19
The Press Gang
Summary
Examines the press's attitude towards public figures. The Sun newspaper had written that an American Psychiatrist had declared Tony Benn insane. This investigation shows that the psychiatrist had been misquoted.
S20E18
Gross Misconduct
S20E17
The Decade of Delay
S20E16
Countdown to a Coronary
S20E15
Special: Here We Stand - A Protestant View of Ulster
S20E14
From Rags to Riches
S20E13
The Sinking of Scott Lithgow
S20E12
For the Benefit of Mr. Parris
S20E11
The Honourable Member for Belfast West
S20E10
After Doomsday
Summary
Are the dangers of a nuclear attack being exaggerated in order to keep people in a permanent state of fear?
S20E9
Fit for Work
S20E8
Sea of Despair
Summary
Investigates piracy and rape claims by Thai fishermen against the Vietnamese boat people.
S20E7
Devil's Advocate
Summary
Gus MacDonald recalls 200 previously unemployed Manchester youth in 1 hour live special "Devil's Advocate". Guests include radio/TV personality Terry Christian and Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr.
S20E6
The Grenada Factor
S20E5
In No Man's Land
S20E4
A Serious Medical Emergency
S20E3
A Farewell to Arms Control
S20E2
Tea - A Bitter Taste
S20E1
Watching the Waste Go By
Season 19 · Season 19
Season Overview
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S19E35
A Widow's Story
Summary
A direct follow-up to Weekend at War (1982) reuniting with Elaine Evans, who had previously been shown awaiting news of her husband Ken, away fighting in the Falklands. Sadly, she has now learnt of his death.
S19E34
Colonel Rauff's Refuge
Summary
Comedian Jack Whitehall hosts the third show in the revived series, introducing a line-up of fabulous acts from around the globe. There is a special performance by the legendary Lionel Richie, The Script play their hit Superheroes, Hollywood actress and former Bond girl Gemma Arterton gives an exclusive preview of the West End musical Made in Dagenham, and there is plenty of comedy and some incredible speciality acts from around the world.
S19E33
The Race Against Reagan
S19E32
The Trails of Hoffman
S19E31
The Man Who Left His Tribe
S19E30
Krugerrand Cricket
S19E29
A Law Unto Themselves
S19E28
Your Home in Their Hands
S19E27
The System Builder
Summary
Investigates the building practices of one of the UK's largest house builders 'Barrett Homes' and whether their quickly built timber frame system houses are suffering quality issues.
S19E26
The Heroin Barons
S19E25
The Election 500
S19E24
Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 2
S19E23
Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 1
S19E22
The Battle for the Atlantic
S19E21
An Offence Against the Person
S19E20
Harvest Gold
S19E19
Michael Foot and the Darlington Election
S19E18
Operation Hit & Win
Summary
In the USA, the FBI have decided to start investigating the IRA.
S19E17
What the Papers Pay
S19E16
Arms to Argentina
S19E15
People Without a Land
S19E14
Rich Law, Poor Law
S19E13
The Peace War
S19E12
A Difficult Prisoner
S19E11
Too Cold to Live
S19E10
The Power Brokers
S19E9
When the Cheering Stops
S19E8
Voices from the Underground
S19E7
The Silicon Spies
S19E6
The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 2
S19E5
The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 1
S19E4
An Adverse Reaction
Summary
The plight of the small minority of children damaged by vaccination against diphtheria, polio, and whooping cough, and the efforts of their parents to obtain adequate compensation. Plus Kenneth Clarke denies signing a letter of agreement.
S19E3
Losing Out to London
S19E2
DeLorean - The Inside Story
S19E1
The Mystery of Flight 163
Season 18 · Season 18
Season Overview
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S18E48
Israel's Other War
S18E47
Streets Apart
S18E46
The Health Service
Summary
The health service today began 5 days' intensive strike action, leaving only emergency services running, in pursuit of a 12% pay rise. This is the most severe disruption the NHS has ever seen, and a massive backlog results. Studio discussion.
S18E45
Cleaning Up the Yard
Summary
Operation Countryman was supposed to be the biggest ever investigation into corruption in Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police, so why did it result in such minor results?
S18E44
Learning to Lose
S18E43
Prisoner's Medicine
S18E42
Operation Peace for Galilee
S18E41
A Small Town Tragedy
Summary
Victims of asbestos related illnesses in Blooming Dale Illinois question why they have yet to receive the awarded compensation from the original supplier, Cape Industries.
S18E40
Operation Quicksilver
Summary
Looks at the intense lobbying and scheming going on behind the scenes by other manufacturers trying to prevent Nissan building a car plant in the UK.
S18E39
Britain's Other Islanders
Summary
In 1971, the British shipped all the inhabitants from Diego Garcia, having purchased the Chagos Archipelago in 1965, so that is could be used as an allied military base with the US. But now people are beginning to question this treatment.
S18E38
Home or Husband
S18E37
Paying for the War
S18E34
Weekend at War
S18E33
Falklands 100
S18E32
The Real British Disease
Summary
Examines why young people are not leaving learning Establishments with the skills being demanded by industry.
S18E29
The Falklands and the British Task Force
S18E28
The Spoils of Peace
S18E27
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 4
S18E26
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 3
S18E25
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 2
S18E24
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 1
S18E23
Britain on the Brink
S18E22
Irish Lessons
S18E21
Home Help
S18E20
In the Name of the Lord
S18E19
The Worried Men
S18E18
Caution to the Wind
S18E17
The I.R.A.'s Arms Cash
S18E16
A Bankrupt Game
Summary
An investigation into football clubs' financial problems and the looming crisis, with a focus on Bristol City Football Club.
S18E15
The Tobacco War
S18E14
Private Darkin's Army
Summary
Documentary about a soldier, Private Darkin, who committed suicide after facing bullying in the Army. The filming took place at Blackdown Barracks, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, and included a Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) platoon in training called Delhi Platoon. This contributor , David Kinsey, was a Private soldier in training and in that platoon and the programme includes what became a punch line 'Eyes front Di Pietro' shouted by the drill Sergeant, Colin Egan.
S18E13
Deals on Wheels
Summary
Investigates why same model cars are cheaper on the continent.
S18E12
Divided We Stand
S18E11
The Price of Britain's Bomb
S18E10
Taste of Power
S18E9
A Statistic - A Reminder
S18E8
Families at War
S18E7
Bleeding to Death
S18E6
The Preacher and the Peacemaker
S18E5
Dust to Dust
S18E4
Living with Poverty
S18E3
Two Out of 30,000
S18E2
The Disarmament Man
S18E1
The Discarded People
Season 17 · Season 17
Season Overview
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S17E41
A Picture of Health
S17E40
Waiting for Justice
S17E39
When Night Comes to Kandahar
Summary
Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.
S17E38
The Agony of Angola
S17E37
Toxteth Revisited
Summary
Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.
S17E36
A Conflict of Evidence
S17E35
A Dangerous Age
S17E34
Guns to the Right
S17E33
The Silent Epidemic
Summary
Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.
S17E32
Kevin at the Crossroads
Summary
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
S17E31
Tories for Turning
S17E30
To Russia with Love
S17E29
Do Mind If I Smoke?
Summary
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
S17E28
Home and Away
S17E27
The Shape of Wars to Come
S17E26
More Than Just a Few Perks
Summary
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
S17E25
Comrades at Arms
S17E24
The Curse of the Klan
Summary
Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.
S17E23
The Men from Argentina
S17E22
The Fight for the Centre
S17E21
These Children Are Mine
Summary
Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.
S17E20
The State of the Nation
Summary
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
S17E19
Off the Rails
Summary
A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signalling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.
S17E18
The State of Britain - In for a Penny
S17E17
Killing for a Cure
Summary
A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.
S17E16
The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
S17E15
The Social Democrats
S17E14
The White House General
S17E13
Michael Foot
S17E12
The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
S17E11
The Blood Business
S17E10
No Room at the Inn
S17E9
The Hunt for the Ripper
Summary
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
S17E8
The Rossminster Affair
S17E7
The H-Block Fuse
Summary
Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.
S17E6
Death on the Dole
S17E5
The Party's Over
S17E4
Choosing Labour's Leader
S17E3
Creating Criminals
S17E2
South Africa's Bombshell
S17E1
The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
Season 16 · Season 16
Season Overview
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S16E30
The Chart Busters
Summary
Investigating allegations that the pop music charts are controlled not by consumers, but by manipulative tactics of the big record companies, thus not being a true reflection of popularity at all.
S16E29
Suffer the Children
S16E28
The Tirion Programme
S16E27
A Dignified Exit
Summary
"EXIT" - the society for the right to die with dignity, are publishing a controversial suicide guide for terminally ill people who require a dignified death.
S16E26
Vietnam - Prisoner of War
S16E25
Last Stand at Lisburn
Summary
With communities across Northern Ireland, from the end of the 1960s Lisburn suffered through three decades of political violence, "The Troubles". For Lisburn the first killings came in 1976: in the course of the year, five Catholic residents died as a result of gun and bomb attacks by the Ulster Defence Association and the new Ulster Volunteer Force, loyalist paramilitary groups that subsequently entered their own feud.
S16E24
Mr. Stock and the Thursday Gang
S16E23
Russian Games
S16E22
Fly the Flag, Pay the Price
S16E21
Market Day
S16E20
Special: What Do You Think of It So Far?
Summary
A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market.
S16E19
Mr. Kane's Campaign
S16E18
A Bad Day for Southall
S16E17
Britain Over a Barrel
S16E16
The Trial of Stanley Adams
S16E15
The Pound in Their Pocket
S16E14
Spying for Survival
S16E13
Not in the Public Interest
S16E12
Alive and Well in the U.S.A.
S16E11
Decline and Fall
S16E10
Follow the Yellow Cake Road
S16E9
Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy
Summary
Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud.
S16E8
The Final Harvest
S16E7
The Pulse of America
S16E6
Behind the Paper Curtain
S16E5
The Steel Papers
S16E4
The Man Who Bought United
S16E3
Cambodia Year One - Life After Death
S16E2
Cambodia Year One - The Aid Crisis
S16E1
Mr. Benn's Secret Service
Summary
Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country's good?
Season 15 · Season 15
Season Overview
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S15E36
On Site - National Health Cuts
S15E35
On Site - Trade Union Power
S15E34
On Site - Capital Punishment
S15E33
The Other Professionals
Summary
The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.
S15E32
Gay Pride
S15E31
No More School
Summary
Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.
S15E30
Episode 30
S15E29
Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine
S15E28
The Luck of the Irish
S15E27
Paying the Market Price
S15E26
Armchair Inferno
Summary
Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.
S15E25
The Shattered Lives
Summary
Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
S15E24
Nuclear Nightmare
S15E23
Speke Out
Summary
The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
S15E22
Banged Up
Summary
A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.
S15E21
A Tale of Two Cities
Summary
A comparison between the steel towns of Corby and Longwy France, as Corby becomes threatened with the loss of 6000 jobs as British Steel struggles with dwindling order books and losses.
S15E20
Episode 20
S15E19
Strangers in Their Own Land
S15E18
The Shutdown
Summary
A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors in peace time. Now facing closure and 750 redundancies.
S15E17
Episode 17
S15E16
The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
Summary
In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.
S15E15
The Reckoning
Summary
After doing a similar study in the USA, Prof. Harvey Brenner of Baltimore University is invited to do a similar study in the UK, on the relationship between death rates with living and job circumstances.
S15E14
No Tears-But Fight
Summary
Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
S15E13
A Report from Siege City
Summary
Bernard Nossiter, financial reporter on the Washington Post, gives his view on the economic crisis as he visits striking lorry drivers in the city of Hull.
S15E12
Episode 12
S15E11
...And a Prosperous New Year
Summary
With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?
S15E10
It's Already Been Too Long
Summary
A comparison between the American and British Equal Opportunities Commission, and what they have achieved in new employment opportunities for women in what were considered traditionally male jobs.
S15E9
The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)
S15E8
Inside Europe - The Summit
S15E7
Episode 7
S15E6
Kids United
S15E5
The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
Summary
Will Josef Mengele ever be caught? A year later, in 1979, while swimming at he coastal resort of Bertioga, Brazil, he suffered a stroke and drowned. Mengele was buried in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, under the name "Wolfgang Gerhard", whose identification he had been using since 1971.
S15E4
Mr Heath at the Miners' Club
S15E3
Episode 3
S15E2
Trapped Inside the Wrong Body
S15E1
Paraguay - The Last Refuge
Season 14 · Season 14
Season Overview
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S14E34
The Invisible Risk
S14E33
Power for Sale
S14E32
No Useful Purpose Would Be Served
S14E31
Liable to Prosecution
S14E30
Buying Time
Summary
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.
S14E29
Russian Justice
Summary
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
S14E28
Prisoner of Terrorism
Summary
A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.
S14E27
The Nazi Party
Summary
Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.
S14E26
The Happiness Pill?
S14E25
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea
S14E24
Wait and See
S14E23
Dishonourable Discharge
S14E22
Smoking - A Double Standard
S14E21
Take Care, This Place is Unsafe
Summary
Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.
S14E20
General Grigorenko's New Campaign
S14E19
In the Public Interest
S14E18
Black to Front
S14E17
The Right's Centre
S14E16
There's No Place Like Hulme
Summary
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
S14E15
Death by Request
Summary
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
S14E14
Working for a Pittance
Summary
An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.
S14E13
The Concrete Rings
Summary
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
S14E12
Cold Facts
Summary
People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.
S14E11
Thatcher Interview
S14E10
In the Name of the Law
Summary
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.
S14E9
Got It Taped
S14E8
The Disputed Land
S14E7
The Accident
Summary
Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.
S14E6
Eastern Promise
S14E5
The Surgery Is Now Closed
S14E4
The Miami Experiment
S14E3
No Compromise
S14E2
The Life and Death of Steve Biko
Summary
Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.
S14E1
The Man Who Talks to Terrorists
Season 13 · Season 13
Season Overview
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S13E40
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 3
S13E39
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 2
S13E38
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 1
S13E37
Jack's Last Stand
S13E36
The Very Public Death of Enrico Sidoli
Summary
In July of the previous year Enrico was beaten up in a London swimming pool by three youths and held under water, he died days later of injuries. Apart from one girl, nobody there appears to have noticed anything.
S13E35
Starting on the Dole
Summary
With the continuing rise in youth unemployment, follows two Liverpool teenagers as they look for work and examines the validity of government job creation schemes.
S13E34
My Years with Amin
S13E33
Without Limit of Time
S13E32
Casualties of the Cuts
Summary
Looking at two hospitals that may have to close down, and another who's budget is not coping with the demand of an increasing population.
S13E31
The Man Who Went Too Far
Summary
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
S13E30
What Mr. Paisley Didn't Know
S13E29
All Work and Low Pay
S13E28
The Prison Children
Summary
It is against the law in the UK to put children into prison, so how did 4000 under 17-year-olds come to spend time behind bars?
S13E27
The Plane Makers
S13E26
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics: Part 2
S13E25
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics: Part 1
S13E24
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Them and Us
S13E23
From Death Row-To Downing St
S13E22
Do You Take This Man?
Summary
A report on the growing number of Asian girls in the UK who are rejecting the traditional arranged marriage to someone they do not know.
S13E21
Equal Pay Today-Or Tomorrow
S13E19
The Police Tapes
S13E18
The Road to Amsterdam
S13E17
Waiting for Merlyn
Summary
An investigation into the Home Secretary's decision to declare two men as a threat to British Security and his moves to have them deported
S13E16
The Militants
Summary
Investigates why the Labour Party is allowing a group within to produce a newspaper like 'The Militant'.
S13E15
Episode 15
S13E14
Doctor's Orders
Summary
Doctors complain that they are being put under pressure by both patients and pharmaceutical companies to prescribe certain drugs.
S13E13
Mr Opie Brings Bad News
S13E12
Made in Hong Kong - Child Labour
S13E11
The Lawbreakers
S13E10
The Long Arm of the Dina
S13E9
The National Party
Summary
Following the racial violence in Blackburn, looks at the rise of the extreme right wing.
S13E8
The Killing of Uganda
S13E7
Living Dangerously
Summary
The effects of the chemical Dioxin after a factory explosion in Italy.
S13E6
Yesterday's Truants
Summary
Follow up programme to one five years previous to find out what happened to some persistent school truants.
S13E5
Campaigning by Numbers
S13E4
Mr Cork Examines the Books
Summary
An ordinary accountant is given the theoretical task of being Chancellor of the Exchequer and giving his take on the situation.
S13E3
A School of Thought
Summary
Examination of revolutionary and experimental new teaching methods.
S13E2
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Delta's Dilemma
S13E1
Unemployment - Who Cares?
Summary
Unemployment has now risen to the notable 1 million mark and this investigation shows the detrimental effect it can have on those people who loose their job.
Season 12 · Season 12
Season Overview
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S12E42
Coup D'etat
S12E41
The Plutonium Economy
S12E40
A Question of Standards
S12E39
Run for Your Life
Summary
MPs are put on a fitness program.
S12E38
Mutiny on the Motorway
S12E37
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It
S12E36
A Question for Europe
S12E35
A Calculated Risk
S12E34
Proposition 15
S12E33
The Trials of Popovic
S12E32
The Dark Societies
S12E31
Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea
S12E30
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72
Summary
A new invention for containers is followed on its obstacle course from drawing to finished product, showing the difficulties that inventors have in trying to get their ideas off the ground.
S12E29
Out of Mind
Summary
Investigates concerns that there are those in mental institutions that should not be in there and should be given a chance to live in society.
S12E28
When in Rome...
Summary
Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.
S12E27
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half
S12E26
The Threat of Nuclear War
S12E25
In Labour
Summary
The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.
S12E24
The Boss File
S12E23
1936-1976 a Change of Life
S12E22
The Republic of Rhodesia
Summary
The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.
S12E21
Episode 21
S12E20
Episode 20
S12E19
Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done
Summary
Investigates why the government (after declaring no more hand outs to private companies) had given Chrysler Cars payments of grants and loans of over a hundred million pounds to keep them in Britain.
S12E18
Cut Off
Summary
The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.
S12E17
How to Sell an Airforce Part Two
S12E16
How to Sell an Airforce Part One
Summary
Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.
S12E15
Episode 15
S12E14
Blood Money Part Two
S12E13
Blood Money Part One
Summary
Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.
S12E12
An Element of Risk
Summary
Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.
S12E11
Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two
S12E10
Scotland: A Political Journey Part One
S12E9
Popular Power
S12E8
The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud
S12E7
The Luddenden Experiment
Summary
With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.
S12E6
The Guinea Pig Soldiers
Summary
Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.
S12E5
Jobless in Batley
Summary
A once thriving town, now in decline as the industrial base continues to shrink, asks where the jobs are coming from for the increasingly unemployed of Batley.
S12E4
Democracy in Bulk
S12E3
Conversations with the Craigs
S12E2
The Roche Affair
S12E1
The Reluctant Bride
Season 11 · Season 11
Season Overview
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S11E40
The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 3
Summary
Investigation into wars waged by the Central Intelligence Agency together with American presidents, and the their longterm consequences.
S11E39
The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 2
Summary
An investigation into the ways the Central Intelligence Agency has sought to bring down entire governments in countries Iran, Guyana, and Cuba.
S11E38
The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 1
Summary
An investigation into whether the American Central Intelligence Agency has become too big.
S11E37
Coming Out in Newport Pagnell
S11E36
Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 2
S11E35
Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 1
S11E34
Sex & Violence
S11E33
Here is the News
Summary
Follows the launching of a new newspaper called 'The Scottish Daily News' and how it came together.
S11E32
Nuclear Power-For Peace or War?
Summary
Investigates if the west should give into Third World Countries demands for nuclear power for electricity.
S11E31
Politics Is an Honourable Profession?
S11E30
The Tip of the Iceberg
Summary
Investigates the illegal dumping of hazardous and toxic waste materials.
S11E29
The Dundee Dossier
S11E28
Down with the Rates
Summary
With most local authorities increasing their rates this year, a look at Liverpool Council who have baulked the trend and have reduced theirs.
S11E27
Tea: Too High a Price to Pay?
S11E26
Tea - The Deadly Cost
S11E25
The Blood and Guts Shift
Summary
24 hours spent at the casualty department of a Liverpool Hospital, as it struggles on its budget to treat the wounded from increasing alcohol fuelled violence at the weekend.
S11E24
Mr. Wilson's First Anniversary
S11E23
The Siege of Phnom Penh
S11E22
A Rebel's Dilemma
S11E21
Wanted: A Home of Their Own
S11E20
Why I Want to Be Leader
Summary
Behind the scenes with Mrs. Thatcher as she prepares to run for leadership of the Conservative party, meeting members of the public and spending rare time with her family.
S11E19
No Smoke Without Fire
S11E18
Reverend Parker Says Goodbye
S11E17
The Morning After the Year Before
Summary
Follow up to what happened to people featured a year ago who were coping with power cuts and oil shortages.
S11E16
Mr Grimshaw
S11E15
Round Up of the Year
S11E14
Trouble Afoot
S11E13
Who Runs Ulster?
S11E12
The Trials in Zanzibar
S11E11
Misery Magic
Summary
Investigates the cosmetic company 'Holiday Magic' who is alleged to have involved vulnerable immigrants into a pyramid selling scheme
S11E10
On the Trail of the Torturers
S11E9
The Low Road
Summary
A report on the Scottish men who seek a new life in London but find themselves living rough on the streets.
S11E8
Birth of a Nation
S11E7
Killer Dust: A Standard Mistake
S11E6
The Granada 500
S11E5
After the Hurricane
S11E4
It Won't Change My Life
S11E3
The Special Unit
S11E2
John Conteh
S11E1
An Accident at Sea
Summary
Looks into the loss of the ship Burtonia and whether coastguards acted quickly enough to her distress signal.
Season 10 · Season 10
Season Overview
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S10E38
The Group
S10E37
The Old Country
Summary
A visit to a remote region of Equador where some people are claimed to be over a 100 and still physically active. As a Catholic country World in Action checks the baptism records.
S10E36
Episode 36
S10E35
Cancer Gas
Summary
Investigation into Vinyl Chloride Monomer gas, widely used in the PVC industry and maybe a reason for increased rates of liver cancer for those who work with it.
S10E34
The Leader of the Opposition
S10E33
The Selling of the Maharishi
Summary
With the promise of solving the world's problems through meditation, The Maharishi is now a global business worth millions of dollars.
S10E32
The Hefferon Affair
S10E31
The Day the Torture Stopped
S10E30
The Ben Hunter Way
S10E29
Business in Gozo
S10E28
MP's Interests
S10E27
Death in the Family
S10E26
Harold Wilson at No.10
S10E25
The Strange Story of Kevin Kavanagh
S10E24
A Bad Week for the Speculators
S10E23
The Trials of PC. Williams
S10E22
The Others
S10E21
A Political Journey: Part 3
S10E20
A Political Journey: Part 2
S10E19
A Political Journey: Part 1
S10E18
Flying Pickets
S10E17
Mr & Mrs Olley Learn the Facts of Life
S10E16
Centre Point
S10E15
Hotting Up & Slowing Down
S10E14
The Morning After
Summary
Follows a group of people from different walks of life as they cope with the power cuts, resulting in 'the 3 day week' and spiralling vehicle fuel prices from oil shortages.
S10E13
The Year of the Torturer
S10E12
Chile: The Reckoning
S10E11
Drug Squad
S10E10
An Accidental Death
S10E9
HM's Opposition
S10E8
The Squeeze Pt.2
S10E7
The Squeeze
S10E6
A Threat to the State
S10E5
Tomorrow's Women: Conservative
S10E4
Tomorrow's Women: Labour
S10E3
The Cost of a Cup of Tea
S10E2
Something to Beef About.
S10E1
A Question of Intelligence
Season 9 · Season 9
Season Overview
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S9E40
A Message from the Underground
S9E39
Secrets
S9E38
Dr. Burnham Does It Again
S9E37
Like It or Lump It
Summary
The principals of 'lump labour' appear to be the main cause of a dispute with unions, causing the delay in the building of a much needed Islington public housing project.
S9E36
Frank's Bank
S9E35
Who Goes Home?
S9E32
Dr. Hammer goes to Moscow
S9E31
Trial 1001
Summary
Trade Unions are illegal in Spain, this looks at the mounting court cases as people continue to defy the law.
S9E30
A Small Case of Blackmail
S9E29
A Place in the Country
S9E28
South Vietnam: A Question of Torture
S9E27
The Rise & Fall of John Poulson
S9E26
The Bormann Business
S9E25
The Watergate Caper
S9E24
The Protestant Succession No.2
S9E23
The Coal Enquiries
S9E22
Episode 22
S9E21
Conversations with a Gay Liberal
Summary
Sam Green, a psychiatric nurse, has been elected to Durham council despite being open about his homosexuality. Are attitudes to homosexuals changing?
S9E20
Last Tangle in Paris
S9E19
Ready Willing and Disabled
S9E18
The Get Rich Quick Guide
S9E17
How Safe Are American Nuclear Reactors?
S9E16
The Cut Price Society of Sidney Carter
S9E15
The Angry Brigade
Summary
Meeting the young anarchists involved in a guerrilla bombing campaign.
S9E14
A Day in the Life of Kevin Donnellon
Summary
World in Action spends a day with thalidomide victim, 10 year old Kevin Donnellon.
S9E13
On Site
Summary
An investigation into how the appalling accident record on construction sites can be improved.
S9E12
The Case of Leopold Tresser - Master Spy
S9E11
Wales for Sale
S9E10
Police for Sale
S9E9
The Stripping of the Appalachia
S9E8
Canadian Indians
S9E7
Hotels
S9E6
Is the Press Biased Against the Labour Party? Wilson Verses Rees-Mogg
S9E5
The Children of Vorenezh
S9E4
The Colenso Diamond
S9E3
A Question of Torture
S9E2
A Matter of Discretion
S9E1
See for Yourself!
Summary
A London shop steward opposed to immigration is invited to visit Uganda, and see why Asians there have to leave for their own safety and find a new home.
Season 8 · Season 8
Season Overview
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S8E37
Eh! What?
Summary
Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.
S8E36
Caught in the Act
S8E35
Episode 35
S8E34
Episode 34
S8E33
How to Steal a Party
S8E32
In Search of Gusty Spence
Summary
An interview with the Irish Protestant who denies the murder for which he was convicted, and is being held by the Ulster Volunteer Force who kidnapped him while he was on parole.
S8E31
Dust-Up at Northfleet
S8E30
How to Make Enemies & Influence People
S8E29
The Docks Dispute
S8E28
The Protestant Succession
S8E27
The Siege of Kontum
Summary
World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.
S8E26
The Runcorn Experiment
S8E25
Conversations with a Single Parent
S8E24
Liberty Belles
S8E23
Containers
Summary
Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.
S8E22
The Rule of Law
S8E21
Out of the Melting Pot
S8E20
Het Dorp
S8E19
The Lump
Summary
A look at the reasons behind the continuing bad relations between building workers and management, which lead to a strike at a Birmingham construction site.
S8E18
Waiting for the Package
Summary
Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.
S8E17
War in the Air
S8E16
Episode 16
S8E15
The Thirty Million Power Game
S8E14
Working the Land
S8E13
Episode 13
S8E12
Year of the Killing
Summary
Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.
S8E11
The Backseat Generals
S8E10
Episode 10
S8E9
The Most Widely Used Drug in the World.
Summary
Aspirins are used for a multitude of different complaints, or even just taken as a daily habit. But, do they have harmful side effects of which people are unaware?
S8E8
Does an M.P. Have the Right?
S8E7
Episode 7
S8E6
Episode 6
S8E5
Episode 5
S8E4
Death of a revolutionary
Summary
The aftermath of the shooting dead of Black Panther George Jackson while allegedly trying to escape from prison. His friends, colleagues and family mourn and seek justice for what they say was a murder.
S8E3
Episode 3
S8E2
The Sounds of the Clyde
S8E1
The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly
Season 7 · Season 7
Season Overview
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S7E43
The Man from No. 10
S7E42
End of a Journey
S7E41
Major Khaled's War
S7E40
Episode 40
S7E39
The Dust at Acre Mill
S7E38
A Woman's Place
S7E37
Anthony Mascarenhas
S7E36
Conversations with a Working Man
Summary
Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.
S7E35
Death Is Afraid of Us
Summary
Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
S7E34
A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
S7E33
The Tanzam Railway
S7E32
Going Private
Summary
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
S7E31
The Sailors' Jail
S7E30
The Salvation Army
S7E29
South of the Border
Summary
Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
S7E28
The Year Britain Stopped Growing
Summary
Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
S7E27
As It Was in the Beginning...
Summary
Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
S7E26
The Man Who Stole Uganda
Summary
A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
S7E25
The Truants
Summary
World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
S7E24
Ford: The Inside Story
S7E23
Lucky
Summary
Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.
S7E22
Square One
Summary
With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
S7E21
The Breaking Point
S7E20
The Monday Club
S7E19
The Village That Quit
Summary
A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
S7E18
The Dutschke Affair
S7E17
Round One
S7E16
American Radio
Summary
A personal view by Denis Mitchell.
S7E15
The Dumping Grounds
Summary
The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.
S7E14
Oh! Birmingham
S7E13
The Law Shop
S7E12
The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman
Summary
Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.
S7E11
The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
S7E10
The Final Harvest
S7E9
The Mountain People
Summary
America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
S7E8
Goodbye Mr. Smith?
S7E7
S.A.L.T.
S7E6
A Business Arrangement
S7E5
They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else
Summary
There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.
S7E4
Pigs?
Summary
Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
S7E3
The Man Who Made Biafra
S7E2
The Quiet Mutiny
Summary
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
S7E1
Everybody's Children
Summary
School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
Season 6 · Season 6
Season Overview
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S6E38
Act of God
S6E37
Vic Feather
S6E36
Quentin Crisp
Summary
World In Action interview filmed in Quentin's room in a London boarding house.
S6E35
America Talking
S6E34
This House Would Disrupt the SA Cricket Tour
S6E33
Are You Alright Jackie?
Summary
A look at the lives of two schoolgirls, both named Jackie, and their juxtaposition with two representatives from the Women's Liberation Front.
S6E32
Ian Paisley
S6E31
Black Mood
S6E30
Seymour
Summary
Follows Seymour as he reconnects with life after being released from prison.
S6E29
The State of Denmark
Summary
On the abolishment of censorship in Denmark, infamous morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse goes on an inspection of the state.
S6E28
A Case for Benign Neglect?
S6E27
Trouble Down the East End
S6E26
Shalom
S6E25
St. Mungo's People
S6E24
Conspiracy
S6E23
Your Services No Longer Required
S6E22
One Down,100,000 to Go
S6E21
A Bit Apprehensive
S6E20
Cold Comfort
Summary
An investigation into the elderly dying from cold in Winter and the effects of hypothermia which can show no obvious symptoms.
S6E19
The 22 Year Itch
S6E18
Frontline Africa
Summary
The guerrilla fight for independence of the people of Portuguese Guinea.
S6E17
Last Week in Biafra
Summary
Christmas 1969 and a reminder of the last terrible year in Biafra which was blighted by war and the consequent famine and starvation.
S6E16
Nancekuke Dossier
Summary
Investigates why the UK is still manufacturing nerve gas.
S6E15
Wednesday's Children
Summary
A report on Muscular Dystrophy and examines what is available and what can be done for those suffering.
S6E14
Where Crime Is a Habit
Summary
A look at the work of the New York Police Dept. and the vigilantes groups that have come about to also tackle crime.
S6E13
The Breadline
Summary
Lower income workers discuss how they manage to cope on poor wages, amongst politicians and trade union leaders.
S6E12
A Welcome in the Hillsides
S6E11
Five Days in Washington
S6E10
Ken Petty, Alas No Longer with Us
Summary
Looks at the alternative life styles of young people who have dropped out of society.
S6E9
The Life and Death of James Griffiths
Summary
Reconstruction of Glasgow gunman James Griffiths running amok and the final shoot out with the police.
S6E8
Unknown Soldier
S6E7
State of the Lion
S6E6
Put to the Test
Summary
An observation of the Southwark mobile screening unit for detecting breast and other cancers.
S6E5
The Secret Life of Sam the Plumber
S6E4
Castro
Summary
Following Fidel Castro as he governs the country of Cuba from Jeeps and tents, spending many hours integrating himself with the ordinary people.
S6E3
Crack of the Whip
Summary
Portrait of the Catholic working class and the riots in Ulster, when the barricades were going up in the streets of Derry.
S6E2
No Surrender
Summary
Portrait of the Protestant working class and the vigilantes in Northern Ireland at the height of the Ulster riots in 1969.
S6E1
Untried, Inside
Season 5 · Season 5
Season Overview
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S5E34
The Leftovers
Summary
Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.
S5E33
Two Men in Two Tin Huts
Summary
Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.
S5E32
A modest proposal
S5E31
Inside Out
Summary
A revolutionary new look at how mental patients should be treated, allowing them out into the wider world, and distancing as much as possible from Victorian lunatic asylums.
S5E30
The Owners and the Owned
Summary
Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.
S5E29
The Six Day War - Day 666
S5E28
The Men Left Behind
S5E27
A Case to Answer
Summary
Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.
S5E26
Where People Don't Matter
Summary
The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.
S5E25
Home for a Revolution
S5E24
A War on Ice
S5E23
Living in the Red
S5E22
Like Other Men
Summary
Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.
S5E21
Death of a Student
Summary
The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.
S5E20
A New School of Thought
S5E19
All Change at Newry!
S5E18
Next Year in Peking
S5E17
The Making of a Prime Minister
S5E16
Sorry, Nothing Doing
Summary
Update on the subjects of three notable previous films in the series, the gypsies of An Outlaw's Life (1968), the large family of The Born Losers (1967), and the elderly ladies of Ward F.13 (1968).
S5E15
First Class Delivery
Summary
The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.
S5E14
The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom
Summary
A profile of Laos, considered the most unproductive country in the world but rich and financially stable through its passing of opium products and dodgy gold.
S5E13
The Trail of the Vanishing Voters
Summary
World in Action tries to trace the overseas voters in Britain who have supposedly voted for The People's National Congress Party in Guyana's election.
S5E12
A Buyer's Market
Summary
The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.
S5E11
An Outbreak of Peace?
Summary
With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.
S5E10
Nasser's Fortified Ditch
S5E9
A City Stumbles
Summary
A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.
S5E8
Special: Vietnam
S5E7
Backs to the Wall
Summary
A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.
S5E6
A Score to Settle
Summary
Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.
S5E5
New Drugs, Same Needle
Summary
The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.
S5E4
Episode 4
S5E3
February's Children
Summary
An investigation into 7 children (expelled from Kenya) who have to live on their own in the UK as their parents cannot join them due to new laws.
S5E2
Spies for Hire
S5E1
Give Us the Works
Summary
An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.
Season 4 · Season 4
Season Overview
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S4E51
Jeremy Thorpe
S4E50
Election of Fear
Summary
The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.
S4E49
The Guinea Pigs
Summary
Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.
S4E48
Robert Kennedy
S4E47
Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' and Scratchin'
Summary
Following the poor peoples' protest and demonstration for better conditions, in Washington DC.
S4E46
Ward F.13
Summary
An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.
S4E45
Stage for a Revolution
Summary
The Berlin demonstration of May 1st and the events that led up to it.
S4E44
The Star Spangled War
Summary
GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.
S4E43
Below the Belt
Summary
An observation of the prospects of children born with Spina Bifida, which results in below the waist paralysis.
S4E42
The Flame in Spain
S4E41
Wake Up and Work Together
S4E40
Horoscope
Summary
With interest in astrology increasing, predictions from astrologer Ingrid Lind are put to the test.
S4E39
Listen, Whitey
Summary
The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.
S4E38
A Group of Terrorists Attacked...
Summary
The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.
S4E37
Episode 37
S4E36
The Demonstration
Summary
Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.
S4E35
Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah
S4E34
No Entry
Summary
The plight of Asians trying to escape from Kenya and the difficulties some are having, despite having British Passports, in entering the UK under looming new immigration rules.
S4E33
Cold War, Warm Water
S4E32
Caught for a Baby
S4E31
Death by Instalments
Summary
Examining a proposed parliamentary bill that will enable drug addicts to use free walk in centres to get heroin and cocaine.
S4E30
The Twelve Year Engagement
Summary
Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.
S4E29
Episode 29
S4E28
Merchants of War
Summary
Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.
S4E27
Alas Poor Hippies, Love is Dead
Summary
The evolution of American hippies, their scene, drugs, pan-handling and other pastimes.
S4E26
The Long Bridge
Summary
Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan, used by refugees in the previous May
S4E25
An Outlaw's Life
Summary
An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.
S4E24
India on the Edge
Summary
A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.
S4E23
The End of a Revolution
Summary
Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.
S4E22
Mothers in Action
Summary
A group trying change society's attitude to unmarried mothers.
S4E21
East of Aden
S4E20
You Can't Find Uncle Tom
S4E19
Wanted: Kind English Lady
Summary
A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.
S4E18
King of Kings
Summary
The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.
S4E17
We Know What We Saw!
Summary
Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO sightings in the United States of America are analyzed by experts in various fields.
S4E16
Island Under Arms
S4E15
The Breathalyser
Summary
A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.
S4E14
Smith's Back Door
Summary
Sanction busting in Rhodesia.
S4E13
The O'Rahilly File
Summary
After the government successfully suppressed pirate radio stations, a follow-up to a previous episode in 1964 with Radio Caroline's crew and its director Ronan O'Rahilly
S4E12
The Born Losers
Summary
The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.
S4E11
The Militants
Summary
An investigation into the development of the Barbican Complex in London. Strikes and industrial action have stopped work on the building site for nearly a year.
S4E10
Hell No! We Won't Go
S4E9
The Professional Dreamers
S4E8
Colonels' Democracy
S4E7
Scientology for Sale
S4E6
The Third World
Summary
A profile of Stokely Carmichael, a black campaigner against the West's dominance of the world, during his visit to Britain.
S4E5
Mick Jagger
Summary
Mick Jagger gives a press conference after his recent conditional discharge for drug use. He then joins a discussion with eminent people on what is expected of famous icons by society, and how much of this is their responsibility.
S4E4
Defender of the Faith
S4E3
A Duel in the Sun
S4E2
Some Grains of Truth
Summary
Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.
S4E1
A Girl Called Sharon
Summary
A look at the Royal Marsden's Hospital work in the treatment of Leukaemia and how Sharon's parents Bill and Annette Norris battle against the limited knowledge and treatments available for those who suffer from this condition.
Season 3 · Season 3
Season Overview
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S3E35
Drugs
S3E34
The Tory Leadership
S3E33
Jerry Builders
S3E32
The £.S.D. of MPH
S3E31
Dukes
S3E30
The Other World
S3E26
Water
Summary
A look at the water crisis and how the drought will affect the summer.
S3E25
Seventy Up
Summary
Companion piece to Seven Up! (1964), this time featuring the elderly looking back rather than the young looking forward. The average age of these women and men is 79.
S3E24
The Middle East
Summary
Observations of the tensions growing between Arab and Israeli.
S3E21
The BBC
S3E18
The Night Drivers
Summary
Investigates the transport and haulage industry and the dark practices that can leave drivers tired, open to hijack and dangerous vehicles on our roads.
S3E17
Malcolm X
Summary
Various black Americans give their views on Malcolm X, and an actor recreates some of his speeches.
S3E15
The English Disease
Summary
Investigates if there is a link between bronchitis and road pollution.
S3E14
Highlights of 1964
S3E13
Ballroom Dancing
S3E12
Labour Party Conference 1964
S3E11
Sunday Laws
Summary
An investigation into Britain's age old Sunday trading laws and their effect on shops and similar businesses.
S3E10
State of the Unions: Unions and the Motor Car
Summary
A comparison of the industrial relations in the car making industries of the UK & the US.
S3E9
Smethwick and Racial Tension
S3E8
Air Safety
S3E7
Vietnam
S3E6
How to Loose at the Olympics After Really Trying
Summary
An investigation into the poor training facilities available to Olympic contenders.
S3E5
Eyes
Summary
Investigation on how a bacterial infection got into a Birmingham Eye Hospital and caused several cases of blindness.
S3E4
Canada
Summary
French-Canadian unrest at the Queen's visit.
S3E3
U.S. Elections
S3E2
The Flip Side
Summary
Various recording agents speak out on the pop music business, and whether the UK singles chart is a fair representation of vinyl sales.
S3E1
The Story of the Sun
Summary
The launch of The Sun newspaper.
Season 2 · Season 2
Season Overview
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S2E36
U.S. in U.K.
S2E35
John Bloom
Summary
The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.
S2E34
Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People
Summary
A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.
S2E33
Typhoid in Aberdeen
Summary
A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.
S2E32
Lord Beaverbrook
S2E31
The Face on the Cover
S2E30
How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat
Summary
A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.
S2E29
Radio Pirates
Summary
Unique access to the new form of radio which is competing on a not strictly legal level with the BBC - the pirate stations. Those on the outside both for and against also have their say.
S2E27
The Williams Family
Summary
Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.
S2E26
The Great Train Robbery
Summary
Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery
S2E25
Concorde
Summary
Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.
S2E24
Cyprus
Summary
The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
S2E23
The Power of the Nanny
S2E22
Smuggling
S2E21
The Thin Red Line
Summary
A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.
S2E20
Lakonia - The Facts
S2E19
Alistair Cooke Reports
S2E18
Truth About Spain
Summary
An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.
S2E17
Cooke on America
S2E16
The Cost of Dying
Summary
Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.
S2E15
President Lyndon Johnson
S2E14
Dallas
Summary
A visit to the city of Dallas in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, focusing on the varying reactions and conditions of the people there.
S2E13
The British Way of Death
S2E12
Increasing Traffic
S2E11
The Shadows
S2E10
The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home
S2E9
Power
S2E8
Repairs
S2E7
Living in the Slums
Summary
A look at conditions in Stepney, London.
S2E6
Blackpool Conference
S2E5
Oxfam
S2E4
M.R.A
S2E3
Dick Gregory
S2E2
Lord Denning
S2E1
The Guns
Season 1 · Season 1
Season Overview
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S1E24
Ivanov
S1E23
Election Costs
S1E22
Don't Take the Risk
S1E21
Litter
Summary
A look at the country's increasing litter problem.
S1E20
Stanley Matthews
S1E19
Charities
S1E18
The Greek Royal Family
S1E17
The Petrol Business
Summary
An investigation into the UK petrol supply business and techniques used amongst rival firms to win customers.
S1E16
The Der Speigel Affair
S1E15
The Volunteers
Summary
The valuable contributions young volunteers make.
S1E14
The Airlines
S1E13
Migrants
Summary
The plight of southern based Italians having to move to the North of Italy for work.
S1E12
Typhoid in Zermatt
S1E11
The Gambling Business
S1E10
Harold Wilson
S1E9
Tibet
Summary
A look at the first years of China's occupation of Tibet.
S1E8
The Fashion Houses
S1E7
Supermarkets
Summary
An investigation into supermarket practices and their effect on a neighbourhood.
S1E6
Lord Hailsham
S1E4
East Germany
S1E3
Congo Conflict
S1E2
Atomic Arms Race
S1E1
Beat the Clock on Defence Spending
Summary
Military budget over spending is presented as a game show.
Season 0 · Specials
Season Overview
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S0E1
The World In Action Years
Cast
Main cast members.
Keith Floyd
Tony Benn
Mick Jagger
Pierre Balmain
Harold Wilson
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Rudolf Augstein
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Ernst Kramer
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Henri Nannen
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Stanley Matthews
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Alfred Denning
Dick Gregory
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Alec Douglas-Home
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Alistair Cooke
Manuel Fraga
Jean Shrimpton
Barry Goldwater
Crew
Creators, directors, writers, and production crew.
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Ernest Vincze
Director of Photography
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Allan Segal
Director
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Andre Singer
Director
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Baz Taylor
Director
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Brian Blake
Director
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Brian Moser
Director
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Carol Wilks
Director
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Charles Denton
Director
Charles Sturridge
Director
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Charles Tremayne
Director, Producer
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Chris Malone
Director
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David Boulton
Director
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