
World in Action
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.
Seasons
1. Beat the Clock on Defence Spending
Air Date: 1963-01-01
Military budget over spending is presented as a game show.
2. Atomic Arms Race
Air Date: 1963-01-07
3. Congo Conflict
Air Date: 1963-01-14
4. East Germany
Air Date: 1963-01-21
6. Lord Hailsham
Air Date: 1963-02-11
7. Supermarkets
Air Date: 1963-02-18
An investigation into supermarket practices and their effect on a neighbourhood.
8. The Fashion Houses
Air Date: 1963-02-25
9. Tibet
Air Date: 1963-03-11
A look at the first years of China's occupation of Tibet.
10. Harold Wilson
Air Date: 1963-03-25
11. The Gambling Business
Air Date: 1963-03-25
12. Typhoid in Zermatt
Air Date: 1963-04-01
13. Migrants
Air Date: 1963-04-08
The plight of southern based Italians having to move to the North of Italy for work.
14. The Airlines
Air Date: 1963-04-08
15. The Volunteers
Air Date: 1963-04-14
The valuable contributions young volunteers make.
16. The Der Speigel Affair
Air Date: 1963-04-24
17. The Petrol Business
Air Date: 1963-04-29
An investigation into the UK petrol supply business and techniques used amongst rival firms to win customers.
18. The Greek Royal Family
Air Date: 1963-05-06
19. Charities
Air Date: 1963-05-13
20. Stanley Matthews
Air Date: 1963-05-27
21. Litter
Air Date: 1963-06-03
A look at the country's increasing litter problem.
22. Don't Take the Risk
Air Date: 1963-06-10
23. Election Costs
Air Date: 1963-06-24
24. Ivanov
Air Date: 1963-07-01
1. The Guns
Air Date: 1963-09-11
2. Lord Denning
Air Date: 1963-09-16
3. Dick Gregory
Air Date: 1963-09-29
4. M.R.A
Air Date: 1963-09-30
5. Oxfam
Air Date: 1963-10-10
6. Blackpool Conference
Air Date: 1963-10-14
7. Living in the Slums
Air Date: 1963-10-22
A look at conditions in Stepney, London.
8. Repairs
Air Date: 1963-10-29
9. Power
Air Date: 1963-11-05
10. The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home
Air Date: 1963-11-12
11. The Shadows
Air Date: 1963-11-19
12. Increasing Traffic
Air Date: 1963-11-26
13. The British Way of Death
Air Date: 1963-12-03
14. Dallas
Air Date: 1963-12-03
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.
15. President Lyndon Johnson
Air Date: 1963-12-10
16. The Cost of Dying
Air Date: 1963-12-17
Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.
17. Cooke on America
Air Date: 1963-12-31
18. Truth About Spain
Air Date: 1964-01-07
An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.
19. Alistair Cooke Reports
Air Date: 1964-01-21
20. Lakonia - The Facts
Air Date: 1964-01-14
21. The Thin Red Line
Air Date: 1964-01-21
A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.
22. Smuggling
Air Date: 1964-02-04
23. The Power of the Nanny
Air Date: 1964-02-11
24. Cyprus
Air Date: 1964-02-18
The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
25. Concorde
Air Date: 1964-02-25
Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.
26. The Great Train Robbery
Air Date: 1964-03-26
Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery
27. The Williams Family
Air Date: 1964-03-28
Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.
29. Radio Pirates
Air Date: 1964-05-12
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.
30. How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat
Air Date: 1964-05-19
A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.
31. The Face on the Cover
Air Date: 1964-05-26
32. Lord Beaverbrook
Air Date: 1964-06-09
33. Typhoid in Aberdeen
Air Date: 1964-06-16
A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.
34. Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People
Air Date: 1964-06-30
A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.
35. John Bloom
Air Date: 1964-07-21
The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.
36. U.S. in U.K.
Air Date: 1964-07-28
1. The Story of the Sun
Air Date: 1964-09-15
The launch of The Sun newspaper.
2. The Flip Side
Air Date: 1964-09-22
Various recording agents speak out on the pop music business, and whether the UK singles chart is a fair representation of vinyl sales.
3. U.S. Elections
Air Date: 1964-09-29
4. Canada
Air Date: 1964-10-06
French-Canadian unrest at the Queen's visit.
5. Eyes
Air Date: 1964-10-20
Investigation on how a bacterial infection got into a Birmingham Eye Hospital and caused several cases of blindness.
6. How to Loose at the Olympics After Really Trying
Air Date: 1964-10-27
An investigation into the poor training facilities available to Olympic contenders.
7. Vietnam
Air Date: 1964-11-03
8. Air Safety
Air Date: 1964-11-10
9. Smethwick and Racial Tension
Air Date: 1964-11-17
10. State of the Unions: Unions and the Motor Car
Air Date: 1964-12-01
A comparison of the industrial relations in the car making industries of the UK & the US.
11. Sunday Laws
Air Date: 1964-12-08
An investigation into Britain's age old Sunday trading laws and their effect on shops and similar businesses.
12. Labour Party Conference 1964
Air Date: 1964-12-15
13. Ballroom Dancing
Air Date: 1964-12-22
14. Highlights of 1964
Air Date: 1964-12-29
15. The English Disease
Air Date: 1965-02-09
Investigates if there is a link between bronchitis and road pollution.
17. Malcolm X
Air Date: 1965-02-23
Various black Americans give their views on Malcolm X, and an actor recreates some of his speeches.
18. The Night Drivers
Air Date: 1965-03-02
Investigates the transport and haulage industry and the dark practices that can leave drivers tired, open to hijack and dangerous vehicles on our roads.
21. The BBC
Air Date: 1965-03-20
24. The Middle East
Air Date: 1965-04-20
Observations of the tensions growing between Arab and Israeli.
25. Seventy Up
Air Date: 1965-04-27
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.
26. Water
Air Date: 1965-06-01
A look at the water crisis and how the drought will affect the summer.
30. The Other World
Air Date: 1965-06-29
31. Dukes
Air Date: 1965-07-06
32. The £.S.D. of MPH
Air Date: 1965-07-13
33. Jerry Builders
Air Date: 1965-07-20
34. The Tory Leadership
Air Date: 1965-07-22
35. Drugs
Air Date: 1965-08-03
1. A Girl Called Sharon
Air Date: 1967-07-03
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.
2. Some Grains of Truth
Air Date: 1967-07-10
Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.
3. A Duel in the Sun
Air Date: 1967-07-17
4. Defender of the Faith
Air Date: 1967-07-24
5. Mick Jagger
Air Date: 1967-07-31
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.
6. The Third World
Air Date: 1967-08-07
A profile of Stokely Carmichael, a black campaigner against the West's dominance of the world, during his visit to Britain.
7. Scientology for Sale
Air Date: 1967-08-14
8. Colonels' Democracy
Air Date: 1967-08-21
9. The Professional Dreamers
Air Date: 1967-08-28
10. Hell No! We Won't Go
Air Date: 1967-09-04
11. The Militants
Air Date: 1967-09-11
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.
12. The Born Losers
Air Date: 1967-09-18
The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.
13. The O'Rahilly File
Air Date: 1967-09-25
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
14. Smith's Back Door
Air Date: 1967-10-02
Sanction busting in Rhodesia.
15. The Breathalyser
Air Date: 1967-10-09
A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.
16. Island Under Arms
Air Date: 1967-10-16
17. We Know What We Saw!
Air Date: 1967-10-20
Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO sightings in the United States of America are analyzed by experts in various fields.
18. King of Kings
Air Date: 1967-10-23
The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.
19. Wanted: Kind English Lady
Air Date: 1967-11-06
A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.
20. You Can't Find Uncle Tom
Air Date: 1967-11-13
21. East of Aden
Air Date: 1967-11-20
22. Mothers in Action
Air Date: 1967-12-04
A group trying change society's attitude to unmarried mothers.
23. The End of a Revolution
Air Date: 1967-12-11
Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.
24. India on the Edge
Air Date: 1967-12-18
A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.
25. An Outlaw's Life
Air Date: 1968-01-01
An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.
26. The Long Bridge
Air Date: 1968-01-08
Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan, used by refugees in the previous May
27. Alas Poor Hippies, Love is Dead
Air Date: 1968-01-15
The evolution of American hippies, their scene, drugs, pan-handling and other pastimes.
28. Merchants of War
Air Date: 1968-01-22
Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.
29. Episode 29
Air Date: 1968-01-29
30. The Twelve Year Engagement
Air Date: 1968-02-05
Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.
31. Death by Instalments
Air Date: 1968-02-12
Examining a proposed parliamentary bill that will enable drug addicts to use free walk in centres to get heroin and cocaine.
32. Caught for a Baby
Air Date: 1968-02-19
33. Cold War, Warm Water
Air Date: 1968-02-26
34. No Entry
Air Date: 1968-03-04
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.
35. Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah
Air Date: 1968-03-11
36. The Demonstration
Air Date: 1968-03-18
Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.
37. Episode 37
Air Date: 1968-03-25
38. A Group of Terrorists Attacked...
Air Date: 1968-04-01
The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.
39. Listen, Whitey
Air Date: 1968-04-08
The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.
40. Horoscope
Air Date: 1968-04-09
With interest in astrology increasing, predictions from astrologer Ingrid Lind are put to the test.
41. Wake Up and Work Together
Air Date: 1968-04-15
42. The Flame in Spain
Air Date: 1968-04-29
43. Below the Belt
Air Date: 1968-04-22
An observation of the prospects of children born with Spina Bifida, which results in below the waist paralysis.
44. The Star Spangled War
Air Date: 1968-05-06
GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.
45. Stage for a Revolution
Air Date: 1968-05-13
The Berlin demonstration of May 1st and the events that led up to it.
46. Ward F.13
Air Date: 1968-05-20
An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.
47. Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' and Scratchin'
Air Date: 1968-05-27
Following the poor peoples' protest and demonstration for better conditions, in Washington DC.
48. Robert Kennedy
Air Date: 1968-06-10
49. The Guinea Pigs
Air Date: 1968-06-17
Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.
50. Election of Fear
Air Date: 1968-06-24
The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.
51. Jeremy Thorpe
Air Date: 1968-07-01
1. Give Us the Works
Air Date: 1968-09-10
An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.
2. Spies for Hire
Air Date: 1968-09-16
3. February's Children
Air Date: 1968-09-23
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.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 1968-09-30
5. New Drugs, Same Needle
Air Date: 1968-10-07
The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.
6. A Score to Settle
Air Date: 1968-10-14
Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.
7. Backs to the Wall
Air Date: 1968-10-21
A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.
8. Special: Vietnam
Air Date: 1968-10-27
9. A City Stumbles
Air Date: 1968-11-04
A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.
10. Nasser's Fortified Ditch
Air Date: 1968-11-11
11. An Outbreak of Peace?
Air Date: 1968-11-18
With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.
12. A Buyer's Market
Air Date: 1968-11-25
The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.
13. The Trail of the Vanishing Voters
Air Date: 1968-12-09
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.
14. The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom
Air Date: 1968-12-16
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.
15. First Class Delivery
Air Date: 1968-12-23
The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.
16. Sorry, Nothing Doing
Air Date: 1968-12-30
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).
17. The Making of a Prime Minister
Air Date: 1969-01-06
18. Next Year in Peking
Air Date: 1969-01-13
19. All Change at Newry!
Air Date: 1969-01-20
20. A New School of Thought
Air Date: 1969-01-27
21. Death of a Student
Air Date: 1969-02-03
The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.
22. Like Other Men
Air Date: 1969-02-10
Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.
23. Living in the Red
Air Date: 1969-02-17
24. A War on Ice
Air Date: 1969-02-24
25. Home for a Revolution
Air Date: 1969-03-03
26. Where People Don't Matter
Air Date: 1969-03-10
The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.
27. A Case to Answer
Air Date: 1969-03-17
Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.
28. The Men Left Behind
Air Date: 1969-03-24
29. The Six Day War - Day 666
Air Date: 1969-03-31
30. The Owners and the Owned
Air Date: 1969-04-14
Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.
31. Inside Out
Air Date: 1969-04-21
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.
32. A modest proposal
Air Date: 1969-05-05
33. Two Men in Two Tin Huts
Air Date: 1969-05-12
Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.
34. The Leftovers
Air Date: 1969-05-19
Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.
1. Untried, Inside
Air Date: 1969-09-08
2. No Surrender
Air Date: 1969-09-15
Portrait of the Protestant working class and the vigilantes in Northern Ireland at the height of the Ulster riots in 1969.
3. Crack of the Whip
Air Date: 1969-09-22
Portrait of the Catholic working class and the riots in Ulster, when the barricades were going up in the streets of Derry.
4. Castro
Air Date: 1969-09-29
Following Fidel Castro as he governs the country of Cuba from Jeeps and tents, spending many hours integrating himself with the ordinary people.
5. The Secret Life of Sam the Plumber
Air Date: 1969-10-06
6. Put to the Test
Air Date: 1969-10-13
An observation of the Southwark mobile screening unit for detecting breast and other cancers.
7. State of the Lion
Air Date: 1969-10-20
8. Unknown Soldier
Air Date: 1969-10-27
9. The Life and Death of James Griffiths
Air Date: 1969-11-03
Reconstruction of Glasgow gunman James Griffiths running amok and the final shoot out with the police.
10. Ken Petty, Alas No Longer with Us
Air Date: 1969-11-10
Looks at the alternative life styles of young people who have dropped out of society.
11. Five Days in Washington
Air Date: 1969-11-17
12. A Welcome in the Hillsides
Air Date: 1969-11-24
13. The Breadline
Air Date: 1969-12-01
Lower income workers discuss how they manage to cope on poor wages, amongst politicians and trade union leaders.
14. Where Crime Is a Habit
Air Date: 1969-12-08
A look at the work of the New York Police Dept. and the vigilantes groups that have come about to also tackle crime.
15. Wednesday's Children
Air Date: 1969-12-15
A report on Muscular Dystrophy and examines what is available and what can be done for those suffering.
16. Nancekuke Dossier
Air Date: 1969-12-22
Investigates why the UK is still manufacturing nerve gas.
17. Last Week in Biafra
Air Date: 1969-12-29
Christmas 1969 and a reminder of the last terrible year in Biafra which was blighted by war and the consequent famine and starvation.
18. Frontline Africa
Air Date: 1970-01-05
The guerrilla fight for independence of the people of Portuguese Guinea.
19. The 22 Year Itch
Air Date: 1970-01-12
20. Cold Comfort
Air Date: 1970-01-19
An investigation into the elderly dying from cold in Winter and the effects of hypothermia which can show no obvious symptoms.
21. A Bit Apprehensive
Air Date: 1970-01-26
22. One Down,100,000 to Go
Air Date: 1970-02-02
23. Your Services No Longer Required
Air Date: 1970-02-09
24. Conspiracy
Air Date: 1970-02-16
25. St. Mungo's People
Air Date: 1970-02-23
26. Shalom
Air Date: 1970-03-02
27. Trouble Down the East End
Air Date: 1970-03-09
28. A Case for Benign Neglect?
Air Date: 1970-03-16
29. The State of Denmark
Air Date: 1970-03-23
On the abolishment of censorship in Denmark, infamous morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse goes on an inspection of the state.
30. Seymour
Air Date: 1970-04-06
Follows Seymour as he reconnects with life after being released from prison.
31. Black Mood
Air Date: 1970-04-13
32. Ian Paisley
Air Date: 1970-04-20
33. Are You Alright Jackie?
Air Date: 1970-04-27
A look at the lives of two schoolgirls, both named Jackie, and their juxtaposition with two representatives from the Women's Liberation Front.
34. This House Would Disrupt the SA Cricket Tour
Air Date: 1970-05-04
35. America Talking
Air Date: 1970-05-11
36. Quentin Crisp
Air Date: 1970-07-06
World In Action interview filmed in Quentin's room in a London boarding house.
37. Vic Feather
Air Date: 1970-07-13
38. Act of God
Air Date: 1970-07-20
1. Everybody's Children
Air Date: 1970-09-21
School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
2. The Quiet Mutiny
Air Date: 1970-09-28
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
3. The Man Who Made Biafra
Air Date: 1970-10-05
4. Pigs?
Air Date: 1970-10-12
Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
5. They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else
Air Date: 1970-10-19
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.
6. A Business Arrangement
Air Date: 1970-10-26
7. S.A.L.T.
Air Date: 1970-11-02
8. Goodbye Mr. Smith?
Air Date: 1970-11-09
9. The Mountain People
Air Date: 1970-11-16
America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
10. The Final Harvest
Air Date: 1970-11-23
11. The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
Air Date: 1970-11-24
12. The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman
Air Date: 1970-11-30
Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.
13. The Law Shop
Air Date: 1970-12-07
14. Oh! Birmingham
Air Date: 1970-12-14
15. The Dumping Grounds
Air Date: 1970-12-21
The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.
16. American Radio
Air Date: 1971-01-04
A personal view by Denis Mitchell.
17. Round One
Air Date: 1971-01-11
18. The Dutschke Affair
Air Date: 1971-01-18
19. The Village That Quit
Air Date: 1971-01-25
A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
20. The Monday Club
Air Date: 1971-02-01
21. The Breaking Point
Air Date: 1971-02-08
22. Square One
Air Date: 1971-02-15
With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
23. Lucky
Air Date: 1971-02-22
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.
24. Ford: The Inside Story
Air Date: 1971-03-01
25. The Truants
Air Date: 1971-03-08
World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
26. The Man Who Stole Uganda
Air Date: 1971-03-15
A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
27. As It Was in the Beginning...
Air Date: 1971-03-22
Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
28. The Year Britain Stopped Growing
Air Date: 1971-03-29
Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
29. South of the Border
Air Date: 1971-04-05
Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
30. The Salvation Army
Air Date: 1971-04-19
31. The Sailors' Jail
Air Date: 1971-04-26
32. Going Private
Air Date: 1971-05-03
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
33. The Tanzam Railway
Air Date: 1971-05-10
34. A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
Air Date: 1971-05-17
35. Death Is Afraid of Us
Air Date: 1971-05-24
Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
36. Conversations with a Working Man
Air Date: 1971-06-07
Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.
37. Anthony Mascarenhas
Air Date: 1971-06-14
38. A Woman's Place
Air Date: 1971-06-21
39. The Dust at Acre Mill
Air Date: 1971-06-28
40. Episode 40
Air Date: 1971-07-05
41. Major Khaled's War
Air Date: 1971-07-12
42. End of a Journey
Air Date: 1971-07-19
43. The Man from No. 10
Air Date: 1971-08-03
1. The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly
Air Date: 1971-09-06
2. The Sounds of the Clyde
Air Date: 1971-09-13
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 1971-09-20
4. Death of a revolutionary
Air Date: 1971-09-27
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.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 1971-10-04
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 1971-10-11
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 1971-10-18
8. Does an M.P. Have the Right?
Air Date: 1971-10-25
9. The Most Widely Used Drug in the World.
Air Date: 1971-11-15
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?
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 1971-11-22
11. The Backseat Generals
Air Date: 1971-11-29
12. Year of the Killing
Air Date: 1971-11-21
Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.
13. Episode 13
Air Date: 1971-11-29
14. Working the Land
Air Date: 1972-01-10
15. The Thirty Million Power Game
Air Date: 1972-01-17
16. Episode 16
Air Date: 1972-01-24
17. War in the Air
Air Date: 1972-03-13
18. Waiting for the Package
Air Date: 1972-03-20
Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.
19. The Lump
Air Date: 1972-03-27
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.
20. Het Dorp
Air Date: 1972-04-10
21. Out of the Melting Pot
Air Date: 1972-04-17
22. The Rule of Law
Air Date: 1972-04-24
23. Containers
Air Date: 1972-05-01
Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.
24. Liberty Belles
Air Date: 1972-05-08
25. Conversations with a Single Parent
Air Date: 1972-05-15
26. The Runcorn Experiment
Air Date: 1972-05-22
27. The Siege of Kontum
Air Date: 1972-06-05
World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.
28. The Protestant Succession
Air Date: 1972-06-12
29. The Docks Dispute
Air Date: 1972-06-19
30. How to Make Enemies & Influence People
Air Date: 1972-06-26
31. Dust-Up at Northfleet
Air Date: 1972-07-03
32. In Search of Gusty Spence
Air Date: 1972-07-10
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.
33. How to Steal a Party
Air Date: 1972-07-17
34. Episode 34
Air Date: 1972-07-24
35. Episode 35
Air Date: 1972-07-31
36. Caught in the Act
Air Date: 1972-08-07
37. Eh! What?
Air Date: 1972-08-14
Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.
1. See for Yourself!
Air Date: 1972-09-11
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.
2. A Matter of Discretion
Air Date: 1972-09-18
3. A Question of Torture
Air Date: 1972-09-25
4. The Colenso Diamond
Air Date: 1972-10-02
5. The Children of Vorenezh
Air Date: 1972-10-09
6. Is the Press Biased Against the Labour Party? Wilson Verses Rees-Mogg
Air Date: 1972-10-16
7. Hotels
Air Date: 1972-10-23
8. Canadian Indians
Air Date: 1972-10-30
9. The Stripping of the Appalachia
Air Date: 1972-11-06
10. Police for Sale
Air Date: 1972-11-08
11. Wales for Sale
Air Date: 1972-11-13
12. The Case of Leopold Tresser - Master Spy
Air Date: 1972-11-20
13. On Site
Air Date: 1972-11-27
An investigation into how the appalling accident record on construction sites can be improved.
14. A Day in the Life of Kevin Donnellon
Air Date: 1972-12-04
World in Action spends a day with thalidomide victim, 10 year old Kevin Donnellon.
15. The Angry Brigade
Air Date: 1972-12-07
Meeting the young anarchists involved in a guerrilla bombing campaign.
16. The Cut Price Society of Sidney Carter
Air Date: 1973-01-15
17. How Safe Are American Nuclear Reactors?
Air Date: 1973-01-22
18. The Get Rich Quick Guide
Air Date: 1973-01-29
19. Ready Willing and Disabled
Air Date: 1973-02-19
20. Last Tangle in Paris
Air Date: 1973-02-26
21. Conversations with a Gay Liberal
Air Date: 1973-03-05
Sam Green, a psychiatric nurse, has been elected to Durham council despite being open about his homosexuality. Are attitudes to homosexuals changing?
22. Episode 22
Air Date: 1973-03-12
23. The Coal Enquiries
Air Date: 1973-03-19
24. The Protestant Succession No.2
Air Date: 1973-03-26
25. The Watergate Caper
Air Date: 1973-04-02
26. The Bormann Business
Air Date: 1973-04-14
27. The Rise & Fall of John Poulson
Air Date: 1973-04-30
28. South Vietnam: A Question of Torture
Air Date: 1973-05-07
29. A Place in the Country
Air Date: 1973-05-14
30. A Small Case of Blackmail
Air Date: 1973-05-21
31. Trial 1001
Air Date: 1973-06-04
Trade Unions are illegal in Spain, this looks at the mounting court cases as people continue to defy the law.
32. Dr. Hammer goes to Moscow
Air Date: 1973-06-18
35. Who Goes Home?
Air Date: 1973-06-25
36. Frank's Bank
Air Date: 1973-07-02
37. Like It or Lump It
Air Date: 1973-07-09
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.
38. Dr. Burnham Does It Again
Air Date: 1973-07-23
39. Secrets
Air Date: 1973-07-30
40. A Message from the Underground
Air Date: 1973-08-06
1. A Question of Intelligence
Air Date: 1973-09-10
2. Something to Beef About.
Air Date: 1973-09-17
3. The Cost of a Cup of Tea
Air Date: 1973-09-24
4. Tomorrow's Women: Labour
Air Date: 1973-10-01
5. Tomorrow's Women: Conservative
Air Date: 1973-10-08
6. A Threat to the State
Air Date: 1973-10-15
7. The Squeeze
Air Date: 1973-10-22
8. The Squeeze Pt.2
Air Date: 1973-10-29
9. HM's Opposition
Air Date: 1973-11-05
10. An Accidental Death
Air Date: 1973-11-19
11. Drug Squad
Air Date: 1973-11-26
12. Chile: The Reckoning
Air Date: 1973-12-03
13. The Year of the Torturer
Air Date: 1973-12-10
14. The Morning After
Air Date: 1974-01-07
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.
15. Hotting Up & Slowing Down
Air Date: 1974-01-14
16. Centre Point
Air Date: 1974-01-21
17. Mr & Mrs Olley Learn the Facts of Life
Air Date: 1974-01-28
18. Flying Pickets
Air Date: 1974-02-04
19. A Political Journey: Part 1
Air Date: 1974-02-11
20. A Political Journey: Part 2
Air Date: 1974-02-18
21. A Political Journey: Part 3
Air Date: 1974-02-25
22. The Others
Air Date: 1974-03-04
23. The Trials of PC. Williams
Air Date: 1974-03-11
24. A Bad Week for the Speculators
Air Date: 1974-03-18
25. The Strange Story of Kevin Kavanagh
Air Date: 1974-04-01
26. Harold Wilson at No.10
Air Date: 1974-04-08
27. Death in the Family
Air Date: 1974-04-22
28. MP's Interests
Air Date: 1974-04-29
29. Business in Gozo
Air Date: 1974-05-06
30. The Ben Hunter Way
Air Date: 1974-05-13
31. The Day the Torture Stopped
Air Date: 1974-05-20
32. The Hefferon Affair
Air Date: 1974-06-03
33. The Selling of the Maharishi
Air Date: 1974-06-10
With the promise of solving the world's problems through meditation, The Maharishi is now a global business worth millions of dollars.
34. The Leader of the Opposition
Air Date: 1974-06-17
35. Cancer Gas
Air Date: 1974-06-24
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.
36. Episode 36
Air Date: 1974-07-01
37. The Old Country
Air Date: 1974-07-08
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.
38. The Group
Air Date: 1974-07-15
1. An Accident at Sea
Air Date: 1974-09-02
Looks into the loss of the ship Burtonia and whether coastguards acted quickly enough to her distress signal.
2. John Conteh
Air Date: 1974-09-09
3. The Special Unit
Air Date: 1974-09-16
4. It Won't Change My Life
Air Date: 1974-09-23
5. After the Hurricane
Air Date: 1974-09-30
6. The Granada 500
Air Date: 1974-10-07
7. Killer Dust: A Standard Mistake
Air Date: 1974-10-14
8. Birth of a Nation
Air Date: 1974-10-21
9. The Low Road
Air Date: 1974-10-28
A report on the Scottish men who seek a new life in London but find themselves living rough on the streets.
10. On the Trail of the Torturers
Air Date: 1974-11-04
11. Misery Magic
Air Date: 1974-11-11
Investigates the cosmetic company 'Holiday Magic' who is alleged to have involved vulnerable immigrants into a pyramid selling scheme
12. The Trials in Zanzibar
Air Date: 1974-11-18
13. Who Runs Ulster?
Air Date: 1974-11-25
14. Trouble Afoot
Air Date: 1974-12-02
15. Round Up of the Year
Air Date: 1974-12-09
16. Mr Grimshaw
Air Date: 1975-01-06
17. The Morning After the Year Before
Air Date: 1975-01-06
Follow up to what happened to people featured a year ago who were coping with power cuts and oil shortages.
18. Reverend Parker Says Goodbye
Air Date: 1975-01-13
19. No Smoke Without Fire
Air Date: 1975-01-20
20. Why I Want to Be Leader
Air Date: 1975-02-03
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.
21. Wanted: A Home of Their Own
Air Date: 1975-02-10
22. A Rebel's Dilemma
Air Date: 1975-02-17
23. The Siege of Phnom Penh
Air Date: 1975-02-24
24. Mr. Wilson's First Anniversary
Air Date: 1975-03-03
25. The Blood and Guts Shift
Air Date: 1975-03-10
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.
26. Tea - The Deadly Cost
Air Date: 1975-03-17
27. Tea: Too High a Price to Pay?
Air Date: 1975-03-24
28. Down with the Rates
Air Date: 1975-04-07
With most local authorities increasing their rates this year, a look at Liverpool Council who have baulked the trend and have reduced theirs.
29. The Dundee Dossier
Air Date: 1975-04-14
30. The Tip of the Iceberg
Air Date: 1975-04-21
Investigates the illegal dumping of hazardous and toxic waste materials.
31. Politics Is an Honourable Profession?
Air Date: 1975-04-22
32. Nuclear Power-For Peace or War?
Air Date: 1975-04-28
Investigates if the west should give into Third World Countries demands for nuclear power for electricity.
33. Here is the News
Air Date: 1975-05-05
Follows the launching of a new newspaper called 'The Scottish Daily News' and how it came together.
34. Sex & Violence
Air Date: 1975-05-12
35. Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 1
Air Date: 1975-05-27
36. Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 2
Air Date: 1975-06-03
37. Coming Out in Newport Pagnell
Air Date: 1975-06-09
38. The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 1
Air Date: 1975-06-16
An investigation into whether the American Central Intelligence Agency has become too big.
39. The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 2
Air Date: 1975-06-23
An investigation into the ways the Central Intelligence Agency has sought to bring down entire governments in countries Iran, Guyana, and Cuba.
40. The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 3
Air Date: 1975-06-30
Investigation into wars waged by the Central Intelligence Agency together with American presidents, and the their longterm consequences.
1. The Reluctant Bride
Air Date: 1975-09-08
2. The Roche Affair
Air Date: 1975-09-15
3. Conversations with the Craigs
Air Date: 1975-09-22
4. Democracy in Bulk
Air Date: 1975-09-29
5. Jobless in Batley
Air Date: 1975-10-06
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.
6. The Guinea Pig Soldiers
Air Date: 1975-10-13
Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.
7. The Luddenden Experiment
Air Date: 1975-10-20
With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.
8. The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud
Air Date: 1975-10-27
9. Popular Power
Air Date: 1975-11-03
10. Scotland: A Political Journey Part One
Air Date: 1975-11-10
11. Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two
Air Date: 1975-11-17
12. An Element of Risk
Air Date: 1975-11-24
Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.
13. Blood Money Part One
Air Date: 1975-12-01
Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.
14. Blood Money Part Two
Air Date: 1975-12-08
15. Episode 15
Air Date: 1976-01-12
16. How to Sell an Airforce Part One
Air Date: 1976-01-19
Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.
17. How to Sell an Airforce Part Two
Air Date: 1976-01-26
18. Cut Off
Air Date: 1976-02-02
The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.
19. Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done
Air Date: 1976-02-09
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.
20. Episode 20
Air Date: 1976-02-16
21. Episode 21
Air Date: 1976-02-23
22. The Republic of Rhodesia
Air Date: 1976-03-01
The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.
23. 1936-1976 a Change of Life
Air Date: 1976-03-08
24. The Boss File
Air Date: 1976-03-15
25. In Labour
Air Date: 1976-03-22
The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.
26. The Threat of Nuclear War
Air Date: 1976-03-29
27. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half
Air Date: 1976-04-05
28. When in Rome...
Air Date: 1976-04-12
Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.
29. Out of Mind
Air Date: 1976-04-26
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.
30. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72
Air Date: 1976-05-03
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.
31. Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea
Air Date: 1976-05-10
32. The Dark Societies
Air Date: 1976-05-17
33. The Trials of Popovic
Air Date: 1976-05-24
34. Proposition 15
Air Date: 1976-06-07
35. A Calculated Risk
Air Date: 1976-06-14
36. A Question for Europe
Air Date: 1976-06-21
37. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It
Air Date: 1976-06-28
38. Mutiny on the Motorway
Air Date: 1976-07-05
39. Run for Your Life
Air Date: 1976-07-12
MPs are put on a fitness program.
40. A Question of Standards
Air Date: 1976-07-19
41. The Plutonium Economy
Air Date: 1976-07-26
42. Coup D'etat
Air Date: 1976-08-02
1. Unemployment - Who Cares?
Air Date: 1976-09-27
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.
2. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Delta's Dilemma
Air Date: 1976-10-04
3. A School of Thought
Air Date: 1976-10-11
Examination of revolutionary and experimental new teaching methods.
4. Mr Cork Examines the Books
Air Date: 1976-10-18
An ordinary accountant is given the theoretical task of being Chancellor of the Exchequer and giving his take on the situation.
5. Campaigning by Numbers
Air Date: 1976-10-25
6. Yesterday's Truants
Air Date: 1976-11-01
Follow up programme to one five years previous to find out what happened to some persistent school truants.
7. Living Dangerously
Air Date: 1976-11-08
The effects of the chemical Dioxin after a factory explosion in Italy.
8. The Killing of Uganda
Air Date: 1976-11-15
9. The National Party
Air Date: 1976-11-22
Following the racial violence in Blackburn, looks at the rise of the extreme right wing.
10. The Long Arm of the Dina
Air Date: 1976-11-29
11. The Lawbreakers
Air Date: 1976-12-06
12. Made in Hong Kong - Child Labour
Air Date: 1976-12-13
13. Mr Opie Brings Bad News
Air Date: 1977-01-10
14. Doctor's Orders
Air Date: 1977-01-17
Doctors complain that they are being put under pressure by both patients and pharmaceutical companies to prescribe certain drugs.
15. Episode 15
Air Date: 1977-01-24
16. The Militants
Air Date: 1977-01-31
Investigates why the Labour Party is allowing a group within to produce a newspaper like 'The Militant'.
17. Waiting for Merlyn
Air Date: 1977-02-07
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
18. The Road to Amsterdam
Air Date: 1977-02-14
19. The Police Tapes
Air Date: 1977-02-21
21. Equal Pay Today-Or Tomorrow
Air Date: 1977-02-28
22. Do You Take This Man?
Air Date: 1977-03-07
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.
23. From Death Row-To Downing St
Air Date: 1977-03-14
24. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Them and Us
Air Date: 1977-03-21
25. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics: Part 1
Air Date: 1977-03-28
26. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics: Part 2
Air Date: 1977-04-04
27. The Plane Makers
Air Date: 1977-04-18
28. The Prison Children
Air Date: 1977-04-25
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?
29. All Work and Low Pay
Air Date: 1977-05-02
30. What Mr. Paisley Didn't Know
Air Date: 1977-05-16
31. The Man Who Went Too Far
Air Date: 1977-05-23
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
32. Casualties of the Cuts
Air Date: 1977-05-30
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.
33. Without Limit of Time
Air Date: 1977-06-13
34. My Years with Amin
Air Date: 1977-06-20
35. Starting on the Dole
Air Date: 1977-06-27
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.
36. The Very Public Death of Enrico Sidoli
Air Date: 1977-07-04
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.
37. Jack's Last Stand
Air Date: 1977-07-11
38. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 1
Air Date: 1977-07-18
39. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 2
Air Date: 1977-07-25
40. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 3
Air Date: 1977-08-01
1. The Man Who Talks to Terrorists
Air Date: 1977-09-26
2. The Life and Death of Steve Biko
Air Date: 1977-10-03
Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.
3. No Compromise
Air Date: 1977-10-10
4. The Miami Experiment
Air Date: 1977-10-17
5. The Surgery Is Now Closed
Air Date: 1977-10-24
6. Eastern Promise
Air Date: 1977-10-31
7. The Accident
Air Date: 1977-11-07
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.
8. The Disputed Land
Air Date: 1977-11-14
9. Got It Taped
Air Date: 1977-11-21
10. In the Name of the Law
Air Date: 1977-11-28
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.
11. Thatcher Interview
Air Date: 1978-01-30
12. Cold Facts
Air Date: 1978-02-06
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.
13. The Concrete Rings
Air Date: 1978-02-13
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
14. Working for a Pittance
Air Date: 1978-02-20
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.
15. Death by Request
Air Date: 1978-03-24
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
16. There's No Place Like Hulme
Air Date: 1978-04-10
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
17. The Right's Centre
Air Date: 1978-04-17
18. Black to Front
Air Date: 1978-04-24
19. In the Public Interest
Air Date: 1978-05-08
20. General Grigorenko's New Campaign
Air Date: 1978-05-15
21. Take Care, This Place is Unsafe
Air Date: 1978-05-22
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.
22. Smoking - A Double Standard
Air Date: 1978-06-05
23. Dishonourable Discharge
Air Date: 1978-06-12
24. Wait and See
Air Date: 1978-06-19
25. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea
Air Date: 1978-06-20
26. The Happiness Pill?
Air Date: 1978-06-26
27. The Nazi Party
Air Date: 1978-07-03
Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.
28. Prisoner of Terrorism
Air Date: 1978-07-10
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.
29. Russian Justice
Air Date: 1978-07-17
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
30. Buying Time
Air Date: 1978-07-24
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.
31. Liable to Prosecution
Air Date: 1978-07-31
32. No Useful Purpose Would Be Served
Air Date: 1978-08-07
33. Power for Sale
Air Date: 1978-08-14
34. The Invisible Risk
Air Date: 1978-08-21
1. Paraguay - The Last Refuge
Air Date: 1978-10-09
2. Trapped Inside the Wrong Body
Air Date: 1978-10-16
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 1978-10-23
4. Mr Heath at the Miners' Club
Air Date: 1978-10-30
5. The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
Air Date: 1978-11-06
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.
6. Kids United
Air Date: 1978-11-27
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 1978-11-28
8. Inside Europe - The Summit
Air Date: 1978-12-04
9. The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)
Air Date: 1978-12-11
10. It's Already Been Too Long
Air Date: 1978-12-18
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.
11. ...And a Prosperous New Year
Air Date: 1979-01-08
With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?
12. Episode 12
Air Date: 1979-01-15
13. A Report from Siege City
Air Date: 1979-01-22
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.
14. No Tears-But Fight
Air Date: 1979-01-29
Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
15. The Reckoning
Air Date: 1979-02-05
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.
16. The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
Air Date: 1979-02-12
In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.
17. Episode 17
Air Date: 1979-02-19
18. The Shutdown
Air Date: 1979-02-26
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.
19. Strangers in Their Own Land
Air Date: 1979-03-05
20. Episode 20
Air Date: 1979-03-12
21. A Tale of Two Cities
Air Date: 1979-03-26
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.
22. Banged Up
Air Date: 1979-04-02
A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.
23. Speke Out
Air Date: 1979-04-23
The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
24. Nuclear Nightmare
Air Date: 1979-05-07
25. The Shattered Lives
Air Date: 1979-05-14
Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
26. Armchair Inferno
Air Date: 1979-05-21
Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.
27. Paying the Market Price
Air Date: 1979-06-04
28. The Luck of the Irish
Air Date: 1979-06-11
29. Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine
Air Date: 1979-06-13
30. Episode 30
Air Date: 1979-06-18
31. No More School
Air Date: 1979-06-25
Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.
32. Gay Pride
Air Date: 1979-07-02
33. The Other Professionals
Air Date: 1979-07-12
The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.
34. On Site - Capital Punishment
Air Date: 1979-07-16
35. On Site - Trade Union Power
Air Date: 1979-07-30
36. On Site - National Health Cuts
Air Date: 1979-08-06
1. Mr. Benn's Secret Service
Air Date: 1980-01-07
Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country's good?
2. Cambodia Year One - The Aid Crisis
Air Date: 1980-01-14
3. Cambodia Year One - Life After Death
Air Date: 1980-01-21
4. The Man Who Bought United
Air Date: 1980-01-28
5. The Steel Papers
Air Date: 1980-02-04
6. Behind the Paper Curtain
Air Date: 1980-02-11
7. The Pulse of America
Air Date: 1980-02-18
8. The Final Harvest
Air Date: 1980-02-25
9. Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy
Air Date: 1980-03-03
Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud.
10. Follow the Yellow Cake Road
Air Date: 1980-03-10
11. Decline and Fall
Air Date: 1980-03-17
12. Alive and Well in the U.S.A.
Air Date: 1980-03-24
13. Not in the Public Interest
Air Date: 1980-04-14
14. Spying for Survival
Air Date: 1980-04-21
15. The Pound in Their Pocket
Air Date: 1980-04-28
16. The Trial of Stanley Adams
Air Date: 1980-05-12
17. Britain Over a Barrel
Air Date: 1980-05-19
18. A Bad Day for Southall
Air Date: 1980-06-02
19. Mr. Kane's Campaign
Air Date: 1980-06-09
20. Special: What Do You Think of It So Far?
Air Date: 1980-06-10
A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market.
21. Market Day
Air Date: 1980-06-16
22. Fly the Flag, Pay the Price
Air Date: 1980-06-23
23. Russian Games
Air Date: 1980-06-30
24. Mr. Stock and the Thursday Gang
Air Date: 1980-07-07
25. Last Stand at Lisburn
Air Date: 1980-07-14
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.
26. Vietnam - Prisoner of War
Air Date: 1980-07-14
27. A Dignified Exit
Air Date: 1980-07-28
"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.
28. The Tirion Programme
Air Date: 1980-08-04
29. Suffer the Children
Air Date: 1980-08-11
30. The Chart Busters
Air Date: 1980-08-18
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.
1. The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
Air Date: 1980-10-13
2. South Africa's Bombshell
Air Date: 1980-10-20
3. Creating Criminals
Air Date: 1980-10-27
4. Choosing Labour's Leader
Air Date: 1980-11-03
5. The Party's Over
Air Date: 1980-11-10
6. Death on the Dole
Air Date: 1980-11-17
7. The H-Block Fuse
Air Date: 1980-11-24
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.
8. The Rossminster Affair
Air Date: 1980-12-01
9. The Hunt for the Ripper
Air Date: 1980-12-08
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
10. No Room at the Inn
Air Date: 1980-12-15
11. The Blood Business
Air Date: 1980-12-22
12. The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
Air Date: 1981-01-05
13. Michael Foot
Air Date: 1981-01-19
14. The White House General
Air Date: 1981-01-26
15. The Social Democrats
Air Date: 1981-02-02
16. The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
Air Date: 1981-02-09
17. Killing for a Cure
Air Date: 1981-02-16
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.
18. The State of Britain - In for a Penny
Air Date: 1981-02-23
19. Off the Rails
Air Date: 1981-03-02
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.
20. The State of the Nation
Air Date: 1981-03-09
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
21. These Children Are Mine
Air Date: 1981-03-16
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.
22. The Fight for the Centre
Air Date: 1981-03-23
23. The Men from Argentina
Air Date: 1981-03-30
24. The Curse of the Klan
Air Date: 1981-04-06
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.
25. Comrades at Arms
Air Date: 1981-04-13
26. More Than Just a Few Perks
Air Date: 1981-04-27
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
27. The Shape of Wars to Come
Air Date: 1981-05-11
28. Home and Away
Air Date: 1981-05-18
29. Do Mind If I Smoke?
Air Date: 1981-06-01
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
30. To Russia with Love
Air Date: 1981-06-08
31. Tories for Turning
Air Date: 1981-06-15
32. Kevin at the Crossroads
Air Date: 1981-06-22
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
33. The Silent Epidemic
Air Date: 1981-06-29
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.
34. Guns to the Right
Air Date: 1981-07-06
35. A Dangerous Age
Air Date: 1981-07-13
36. A Conflict of Evidence
Air Date: 1981-07-20
37. Toxteth Revisited
Air Date: 1981-07-27
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.
38. The Agony of Angola
Air Date: 1981-08-03
39. When Night Comes to Kandahar
Air Date: 1981-08-17
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.
40. Waiting for Justice
Air Date: 1981-08-10
41. A Picture of Health
Air Date: 1981-08-24
1. The Discarded People
Air Date: 1981-10-19
2. The Disarmament Man
Air Date: 1981-10-26
3. Two Out of 30,000
Air Date: 1981-11-02
4. Living with Poverty
Air Date: 1981-11-09
5. Dust to Dust
Air Date: 1981-11-16
6. The Preacher and the Peacemaker
Air Date: 1981-11-23
7. Bleeding to Death
Air Date: 1981-11-30
8. Families at War
Air Date: 1981-12-07
9. A Statistic - A Reminder
Air Date: 1981-12-14
10. Taste of Power
Air Date: 1982-01-04
11. The Price of Britain's Bomb
Air Date: 1982-01-11
12. Divided We Stand
Air Date: 1982-01-18
13. Deals on Wheels
Air Date: 1982-01-25
Investigates why same model cars are cheaper on the continent.
14. Private Darkin's Army
Air Date: 1982-02-01
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.
15. The Tobacco War
Air Date: 1982-02-08
16. A Bankrupt Game
Air Date: 1982-02-15
An investigation into football clubs' financial problems and the looming crisis, with a focus on Bristol City Football Club.
17. The I.R.A.'s Arms Cash
Air Date: 1982-02-22
18. Caution to the Wind
Air Date: 1982-03-01
19. The Worried Men
Air Date: 1982-03-08
20. In the Name of the Lord
Air Date: 1982-03-15
21. Home Help
Air Date: 1982-03-22
22. Irish Lessons
Air Date: 1982-03-29
23. Britain on the Brink
Air Date: 1982-04-05
24. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 1
Air Date: 1982-04-13
25. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 2
Air Date: 1982-04-14
26. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 3
Air Date: 1982-04-15
27. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 4
Air Date: 1982-04-16
28. The Spoils of Peace
Air Date: 1982-04-19
29. The Falklands and the British Task Force
Air Date: 1982-04-26
32. The Real British Disease
Air Date: 1982-05-10
Examines why young people are not leaving learning Establishments with the skills being demanded by industry.
33. Falklands 100
Air Date: 1982-05-17
34. Weekend at War
Air Date: 1982-05-24
37. Paying for the War
Air Date: 1982-06-07
38. Home or Husband
Air Date: 1982-06-14
39. Britain's Other Islanders
Air Date: 1982-06-21
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.
40. Operation Quicksilver
Air Date: 1982-06-28
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.
41. A Small Town Tragedy
Air Date: 1982-07-05
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.
42. Operation Peace for Galilee
Air Date: 1982-07-12
43. Prisoner's Medicine
Air Date: 1982-07-19
44. Learning to Lose
Air Date: 1982-07-26
45. Cleaning Up the Yard
Air Date: 1982-08-02
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?
46. The Health Service
Air Date: 1982-08-09
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.
47. Streets Apart
Air Date: 1982-08-16
48. Israel's Other War
Air Date: 1982-08-23
1. The Mystery of Flight 163
Air Date: 1982-10-25
2. DeLorean - The Inside Story
Air Date: 1982-11-01
3. Losing Out to London
Air Date: 1982-11-08
4. An Adverse Reaction
Air Date: 1982-11-15
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.
5. The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 1
Air Date: 1982-11-22
6. The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 2
Air Date: 1982-11-29
7. The Silicon Spies
Air Date: 1982-12-06
8. Voices from the Underground
Air Date: 1982-12-13
9. When the Cheering Stops
Air Date: 1982-12-20
10. The Power Brokers
Air Date: 1983-01-10
11. Too Cold to Live
Air Date: 1983-01-17
12. A Difficult Prisoner
Air Date: 1983-01-24
13. The Peace War
Air Date: 1983-01-31
14. Rich Law, Poor Law
Air Date: 1983-02-07
15. People Without a Land
Air Date: 1983-02-21
16. Arms to Argentina
Air Date: 1983-03-07
17. What the Papers Pay
Air Date: 1983-03-14
18. Operation Hit & Win
Air Date: 1983-03-21
In the USA, the FBI have decided to start investigating the IRA.
19. Michael Foot and the Darlington Election
Air Date: 1983-03-28
20. Harvest Gold
Air Date: 1983-04-11
21. An Offence Against the Person
Air Date: 1983-04-18
22. The Battle for the Atlantic
Air Date: 1983-05-09
23. Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 1
Air Date: 1983-05-23
24. Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 2
Air Date: 1983-05-30
25. The Election 500
Air Date: 1983-06-06
26. The Heroin Barons
Air Date: 1983-06-13
27. The System Builder
Air Date: 1983-06-20
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.
28. Your Home in Their Hands
Air Date: 1983-06-27
29. A Law Unto Themselves
Air Date: 1983-07-04
30. Krugerrand Cricket
Air Date: 1983-07-11
31. The Man Who Left His Tribe
Air Date: 1983-07-18
32. The Trails of Hoffman
Air Date: 1983-07-25
33. The Race Against Reagan
Air Date: 1983-08-01
34. Colonel Rauff's Refuge
Air Date: 1983-08-08
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.
35. A Widow's Story
Air Date: 1983-08-15
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.
1. Watching the Waste Go By
Air Date: 1983-10-10
2. Tea - A Bitter Taste
Air Date: 1983-10-17
3. A Farewell to Arms Control
Air Date: 1983-10-24
4. A Serious Medical Emergency
Air Date: 1983-10-31
5. In No Man's Land
Air Date: 1983-11-07
6. The Grenada Factor
Air Date: 1983-11-14
7. Devil's Advocate
Air Date: 1983-11-21
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.
8. Sea of Despair
Air Date: 1983-11-28
Investigates piracy and rape claims by Thai fishermen against the Vietnamese boat people.
9. Fit for Work
Air Date: 1983-12-05
10. After Doomsday
Air Date: 1983-12-12
Are the dangers of a nuclear attack being exaggerated in order to keep people in a permanent state of fear?
11. The Honourable Member for Belfast West
Air Date: 1983-12-19
12. For the Benefit of Mr. Parris
Air Date: 1984-01-23
13. The Sinking of Scott Lithgow
Air Date: 1984-01-30
14. From Rags to Riches
Air Date: 1984-02-06
15. Special: Here We Stand - A Protestant View of Ulster
Air Date: 1984-02-09
16. Countdown to a Coronary
Air Date: 1984-02-13
17. The Decade of Delay
Air Date: 1984-02-20
18. Gross Misconduct
Air Date: 1984-02-27
19. The Press Gang
Air Date: 1984-03-05
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.
20. Tell Me More
Air Date: 1984-03-12
21. The City That Says No
Air Date: 1984-03-19
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.
22. The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Air Date: 1984-03-26
23. The Food Factor
Air Date: 1984-04-02
24. Looking After Their Own
Air Date: 1984-04-09
25. Women on the Line
Air Date: 1984-04-16
26. For the Love of Boxing
Air Date: 1984-04-30
27. Caught in the Crossfire
Air Date: 1984-05-14
28. Robbing the Rich
Air Date: 1984-05-21
29. South Africa's Other Leader
Air Date: 1984-06-04
30. On the Rocks
Air Date: 1984-06-11
31. Your Starter for Life
Air Date: 1984-06-18
32. Drilling for Gold
Air Date: 1984-06-25
33. On the Scrap Heap
Air Date: 1984-07-02
34. Solidarity on Trial
Air Date: 1984-07-09
35. The Spy Who Never Was
Air Date: 1984-07-16
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.
36. Business in Oman
Air Date: 1984-07-23
1. Clap Trap
Air Date: 1984-09-24
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.
2. An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell
Air Date: 1984-10-01
3. Football's Mr. Fix-It
Air Date: 1984-10-08
4. The Coal War
Air Date: 1984-10-15
With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.
5. Apartheid's Back Yard
Air Date: 1984-10-22
6. Plans for Coal
Air Date: 1984-10-29
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.
7. Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming
Air Date: 1984-11-05
8. The Politics of Starvation
Air Date: 1984-11-12
10. Kidnapped
Air Date: 1984-11-19
11. Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror
Air Date: 1984-12-03
12. Softly, Softly, Strike Force
Air Date: 1984-12-10
The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.
13. Tried, Untested
Air Date: 1984-12-17
14. Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years
Air Date: 1984-12-27
15. Taken on Trust
Air Date: 1985-01-07
16. The Miners and the Microchip
Air Date: 1985-01-14
17. Civil Unrest
Air Date: 1985-01-21
18. Father and Son
Air Date: 1985-01-28
19. Going Dutch
Air Date: 1985-02-04
20. The Knock on the Door
Air Date: 1985-02-11
21. Taking the Medicine
Air Date: 1985-02-18
22. A Conflict in Customs
Air Date: 1985-02-25
23. Death of an English Rose
Air Date: 1985-03-04
Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.
24. Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse
Air Date: 1985-03-11
25. Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration
Air Date: 1985-03-18
26. Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor
Air Date: 1985-03-25
27. The Swan and the Plough
Air Date: 1985-04-01
28. Not for Love or Money
Air Date: 1985-04-15
29. The Baby Makers
Air Date: 1985-04-22
30. Children of the Loom
Air Date: 1985-04-29
31. Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown
Air Date: 1985-05-13
32. First Strike
Air Date: 1985-05-20
33. The Betrayal of Bhopal
Air Date: 1985-06-03
34. Raising the Belgrano
Air Date: 1985-06-10
35. Britain's Cocaine Colony
Air Date: 1985-06-17
36. The Dream of John Delorean
Air Date: 1985-06-24
37. Hit and Run
Air Date: 1985-07-01
38. A Song for Africa
Air Date: 1985-07-08
Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.
39. Disunited Nations
Air Date: 1985-07-15
40. Bad Blood
Air Date: 1985-07-22
Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.
1. The Bishop and the Minister
Air Date: 1985-09-23
2. Mr. Kinnock Spells It Out
Air Date: 1985-09-30
3. The Great Food Scandal
Air Date: 1985-10-07
4. The Front Line
Air Date: 1985-10-14
5. The Last Days of Juliet Lima
Air Date: 1985-10-21
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?
6. In the Interests of Justice
Air Date: 1985-10-28
Extended edition investigating the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six.
7. Whites Only
Air Date: 1985-11-04
8. Shades of Blue
Air Date: 1985-11-11
9. Designed for Living
Air Date: 1985-11-18
Can housing design affect crime levels?
10. Children at War
Air Date: 1985-11-25
11. An Element of Risk (II)
Air Date: 1985-12-02
Not to be confused with the earlier edition with the same title; this one is about the risk of accidents in the workplace.
12. Too Late for Lisa
Air Date: 1985-12-09
13. The Trouble with Derek
Air Date: 1985-12-16
14. The Honourable Member for the Unemployed
Air Date: 1986-01-06
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.
15. The Westland Affair
Air Date: 1986-01-13
16. Doctor, There's Something in My Soup
Air Date: 1986-01-20
17. Live from Westminster
Air Date: 1986-01-27
18. A Widow's Crusade
Air Date: 1986-02-03
19. As the Dust Settles
Air Date: 1986-02-10
20. The One That Got Away
Air Date: 1986-02-17
21. On Yer Bike
Air Date: 1986-02-24
Two unemployed young men take the Thatcher's government's advice.
22. The Selling of Telecom
Air Date: 1986-03-03
23. Bradwell Says No
Air Date: 1986-03-10
24. Inside Ponting's Whitehall
Air Date: 1986-03-17
25. The President's Private War
Air Date: 1986-03-24
26. The Hardliner
Air Date: 1986-04-07
27. The Threatened Generation
Air Date: 1986-04-14
28. No Place Like Home
Air Date: 1986-04-28
29. The Face Lifters
Air Date: 1986-05-12
30. Practically Impossible
Air Date: 1986-05-19
31. In Human Hands
Air Date: 1986-06-02
In the light of the Chernobyl accident checks out safety procedures at the Dounreay Power Station.
32. Without Due Care
Air Date: 1986-06-09
33. Taking on Gaddafi
Air Date: 1986-06-16
34. South Africa - Uncensored
Air Date: 1986-06-23
35. The Road to Mexico
Air Date: 1986-06-30
36. The Wirecutters
Air Date: 1986-07-07
37. The Man Who is Blackmailing Britain
Air Date: 1986-07-14
38. Behind Closed Doors
Air Date: 1986-07-21
1. Getting Away with Murder
Air Date: 1986-09-22
2. Something for Nothing
Air Date: 1986-09-29
3. Mrs. Currie's Sauce
Air Date: 1986-10-06
4. Death is Part of the Process
Air Date: 1986-10-13
5. A Most Unsatisfactory Customer
Air Date: 1986-10-20
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 1986-10-27
7. The Untouchable
Air Date: 1986-11-03
8. Dead End
Air Date: 1986-11-10
Asylum seekers face being deported.
9. Black Lessons
Air Date: 1986-11-17
The Black Church in Britain and its role in national education policy.
10. The Midas Touch
Air Date: 1986-11-24
11. A Surprise Witness
Air Date: 1986-12-01
12. What Sid Should Really Know
Air Date: 1986-12-08
13. The Road to Damascus
Air Date: 1986-12-15
14. The State of the Nation: Part 1
Air Date: 1987-01-05
15. The State of the Nation: Part 2
Air Date: 1987-01-12
16. The State of the Nation: Part 3
Air Date: 1987-01-19
17. Keeping Warm in Benidorm
Air Date: 1987-01-26
18. Starting from the Bottom
Air Date: 1987-02-02
19. Burning Questions
Air Date: 1987-02-09
20. Boys on the Blacklist
Air Date: 1987-02-16
21. A Message for the Money Men
Air Date: 1987-02-23
22. Plausible Denial
Air Date: 1987-03-02
23. Finders Keepers
Air Date: 1987-03-09
Investigation into the discovery of the AIDS virus and rivalry between research teams in France and the USA.
24. The British Connection
Air Date: 1987-03-16
The consequences of the British not arresting Mafia leader Francesco di Carlo.
25. Bleak House
Air Date: 1987-03-23
26. Westland: Behind Closed Doors
Air Date: 1987-03-30
27. Pray Silence for Judge Pickles
Air Date: 1987-04-06
28. Science Friction
Air Date: 1987-04-13
29. Attention All Shipping
Air Date: 1987-04-27
30. High on the Low Life
Air Date: 1987-05-11
31. Just Keep Taking the Tablets
Air Date: 1987-05-18
32. Politics in a Package
Air Date: 1987-06-15
33. Poison on Tap
Air Date: 1987-06-15
Investigation into the state of Britain's tap water.
34. Tigers by the Tail - An Island at War
Air Date: 1987-06-29
35. Land Battles
Air Date: 1987-07-06
36. An Unhealthy Relationship
Air Date: 1987-07-13
37. Born Survivors: The Thalidomide Generation
Air Date: 1987-07-20
38. U2: Anthem for the Eighties
Air Date: 1987-07-27
Documentary on U2 based around a 1987 concert in their home town of Dublin.
1. Fighting for Jennifer
Air Date: 1987-09-21
2. The Strange Case of the Disappearing Diamonds
Air Date: 1987-09-28
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.
3. The Wrong Stuff
Air Date: 1987-10-05
4. They Are Under Starters Orders
Air Date: 1987-10-12
5. The People the World Forgot: Boat People in Hong Kong
Air Date: 1987-10-19
The plight of Vietnamese boat people in the camps of Hong Kong.
6. Your Life in Tired Hands
Air Date: 1987-10-26
7. The Planning Game
Air Date: 1987-11-02
8. A Dangerous Prescription
Air Date: 1987-11-09
9. The Secret in the Circles
Air Date: 1987-11-16
10. The Black Mist
Air Date: 1987-11-23
11. Eastenders
Air Date: 1987-11-30
12. Suffer Little Children
Air Date: 1987-12-07
13. Teachers in Trouble: Discipline in Schools
Air Date: 1987-12-14
The problem of violence in British schools.
14. Still Crazy After All These Years?
Air Date: 1988-01-04
A follow up to what became of the angry young men featured in 1968.
15. Dirty Money
Air Date: 1988-01-11
16. Sun, Sand and Secrets
Air Date: 1988-01-18
17. Cameras in the Commons
Air Date: 1988-01-25
18. The Secret Life of Ned Walsh
Air Date: 1988-02-01
19. Political Vetting of Job Applicants
Air Date: 1988-02-08
20. Yesterday's Heroes
Air Date: 1988-02-15
21. Tall Stories
Air Date: 1988-02-22
22. The Taming of the Beeb
Air Date: 1988-02-29
23. The Detox
Air Date: 1988-03-07
24. Faith, Hope and Charity
Air Date: 1988-03-14
25. Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 1
Air Date: 1988-03-21
26. Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 2
Air Date: 1988-03-28
27. Heartbreak Hotels
Air Date: 1988-04-04
Homeless families living in hostels and hotels in London
28. The Trial of Theresa
Air Date: 1988-04-18
29. The Hanging Debate
Air Date: 1988-04-25
30. Doctor Beale's Diagnosis
Air Date: 1988-05-09
Exploring the theory of a link between redundancy and developing bad health.
31. Help Yourselves
Air Date: 1988-05-16
32. The Sex Slaves of Europe
Air Date: 1988-05-23
33. Bitter Sweets
Air Date: 1988-06-06
34. TV-am Dispute
Air Date: 1988-06-13
35. Death of a Funny Man
Air Date: 1988-06-20
The murder of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al Ali in London and the connection between a double agent spying on the PLO.
36. The Violent World of Nicholas Hoogstraten
Air Date: 1988-06-27
An exposure of the bullying and intimidation of the notoriously ruthless landlord.
37. The Secret of the Safer Cigarette
Air Date: 1988-07-04
Did US tobacco companies discover, test and then decide not to market a safer cigarette? A World in Action investigation.
38. No Porsche for Derek B
Air Date: 1988-07-11
39. Bhopal - Tragedy Without End
Air Date: 1988-07-18
3 1/2 years after a poisonous gas cloud enveloped the city killing many citizens, an examination of the plight of the surviving citizens.
40. A Very British Mercenary
Air Date: 1988-07-25
1. A Death in the Family
Air Date: 1988-09-19
2. Here's to a Happy Future
Air Date: 1988-09-26
3. Dr. Chiswick's Dilemma
Air Date: 1988-10-03
4. For a Few Pennies More
Air Date: 1988-10-10
5. A Dream Betrayed
Air Date: 1988-10-17
6. The Price of a Life
Air Date: 1988-10-24
7. The Last Days of a God King
Air Date: 1988-10-31
8. The Triangle of Terror-Triads Part 1
Air Date: 1988-11-07
9. A Myriad of Swords- Triads Part 2
Air Date: 1988-11-14
10. Wouldn't You Like to Know
Air Date: 1988-11-21
11. How Green Is My Valley
Air Date: 1988-11-28
12. A Trip Round Acid House
Air Date: 1988-12-05
13. Down Under and Dying
Air Date: 1988-12-12
14. Doing the Honours
Air Date: 1988-12-19
15. Nine Out of Ten Women
Air Date: 1989-01-09
16. Disaster
Air Date: 1989-01-16
17. Bending the Rules
Air Date: 1989-01-23
18. Secrets of the Diamond Ring
Air Date: 1989-01-30
19. The Race to St. Paul's
Air Date: 1989-02-06
20. Disposable Risk
Air Date: 1989-02-13
21. Costing a Bomb
Air Date: 1989-02-20
22. Mandy Is Missing
Air Date: 1989-02-27
23. A Home for Mandy
Air Date: 1989-03-06
24. The Lottery of Life
Air Date: 1989-03-13
25. A Sickness in the Air
Air Date: 1989-03-20
26. Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection
Air Date: 1989-04-03
27. Murder Capital, U.S.A.
Air Date: 1989-04-10
28. Hillsborough Football Disaster
Air Date: 1989-04-17
29. Private World of Mr. Browne
Air Date: 1989-04-24
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.
30. Episode 30
Air Date: 1989-05-01
31. Spongers
Air Date: 1989-05-15
32. Ismael's War
Air Date: 1989-05-22
33. Jaguar - Racing for Survival
Air Date: 1989-06-05
34. British Settlers on the West Bank
Air Date: 1989-06-12
35. If Disaster Strikes
Air Date: 1989-06-19
36. The Killing Zone
Air Date: 1989-06-26
37. Three Minute Warning
Air Date: 1989-07-03
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.
38. Behind the Wall - Risley Remand Centre
Air Date: 1989-07-10
39. Blood on His Hands
Air Date: 1989-07-17
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.
40. Flight Into the Unknown
Air Date: 1989-07-24
Investigates air safety and follows the maintenance procedure of a 20 year old Boeing 737.
41. Price of Liberation - The Agony of Lebanon
Air Date: 1989-07-31
1. The Right to Rape
Air Date: 1989-09-25
A public survey into rapes within marriage, currently not illegal under English law.
2. Playing with Fire
Air Date: 1989-10-02
A look at the actions of the Animal Liberation Front and whether it could be classed as a terrorist organization?
3. Hard to Swallow
Air Date: 1989-10-09
4. Primo and the Princess
Air Date: 1989-10-16
5. The Terror After Tiananmen
Air Date: 1989-10-23
6. A Question of Conviction
Air Date: 1989-10-30
7. One Thousand Nights in Beirut
Air Date: 1989-11-06
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.
8. Last Brick in the Wall
Air Date: 1989-11-13
9. Unlocking the Door
Air Date: 1989-11-20
10. Dead End for Danny: Part 1
Air Date: 1989-11-27
11. Dead End for Danny: Part 2
Air Date: 1989-12-04
12. Toxic Trail
Air Date: 1989-12-11
13. Return of the Rebel
Air Date: 1990-01-08
14. M.P.s for Hire
Air Date: 1990-01-15
15. Send for the Sisters
Air Date: 1990-01-22
16. Who's Not Paying the Poll Tax?
Air Date: 1990-01-29
17. Trying to Save Sarah
Air Date: 1990-02-05
18. A Force to Be Reckoned With
Air Date: 1990-02-12
19. The Reconstruction of Mr. Dubcek
Air Date: 1990-02-19
20. A Bug in the Beef
Air Date: 1990-02-26
21. Freedom and Focsan
Air Date: 1990-03-05
22. Mortgage Misery
Air Date: 1990-03-12
23. Can You Live Without Your Car?: Part 1
Air Date: 1990-03-19
24. Can You Live Without Your Car?: Part 2
Air Date: 1990-03-26
25. Sting and the Indians
Air Date: 1990-04-02
26. A Safer Habit
Air Date: 1990-04-09
27. Better Safe Than Sorry
Air Date: 1990-04-23
28. Man's Best Friend
Air Date: 1990-04-30
29. Any Change for Tracy?
Air Date: 1990-05-14
30. Growing Up in Smoke
Air Date: 1990-05-21
31. The New Nazis
Air Date: 1990-06-04
32. Pin Down
Air Date: 1990-06-11
33. Arms and the Men
Air Date: 1990-06-18
34. Dark at the End of the Tunnel
Air Date: 1990-07-02
35. Heartbreakers
Air Date: 1990-07-09
36. No Way Out
Air Date: 1990-07-16
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.
37. An Explosion of Guilt
Air Date: 1990-07-23
While the Birmingham Six languish in prison, an anonymous man tells World in Action he was actually the person responsible for the bomb.
38. In Bed with the General
Air Date: 1990-07-30
1. Inside Saddam's Stronghold
Air Date: 1990-09-24
Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.
2. Blowing the Whistle
Air Date: 1990-10-01
3. Strike It Lucky
Air Date: 1990-10-08
4. The Allergy Business
Air Date: 1990-10-15
5. The Go-Between
Air Date: 1990-10-22
6. Mission to Baghdad
Air Date: 1990-10-29
7. Nurse Pink's Prescription
Air Date: 1990-11-05
8. The Lessons of Piper Alpha
Air Date: 1990-11-12
9. The Tarzan Factor
Air Date: 1990-11-19
10. Turning a Blind Eye
Air Date: 1990-12-03
11. Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant
Air Date: 1990-12-10
12. Twenty Years Hard Labour
Air Date: 1990-12-17
13. A Life of Pain
Air Date: 1991-01-07
14. A Time to Choose
Air Date: 1991-01-14
15. Episode 15
Air Date: 1991-01-21
16. The Child Killers of Brazil
Air Date: 1991-01-28
17. Waiting for the Land War
Air Date: 1991-02-04
18. How Safe Are Our Children?
Air Date: 1991-02-11
19. Under the Curfew
Air Date: 1991-02-18
20. Mafia Russian Style
Air Date: 1991-02-25
21. After the Storm
Air Date: 1991-03-04
22. World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job
Air Date: 1991-03-11
23. The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story
Air Date: 1991-03-18
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.
24. Beat the Taxman
Air Date: 1991-03-19
25. Secret of Sebha
Air Date: 1991-03-25
26. Chariots of Fire
Air Date: 1991-04-08
27. Curse of the Superdrug
Air Date: 1991-04-15
28. The Hate Factories
Air Date: 1991-04-22
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".
29. The Propaganda War
Air Date: 1991-04-23
30. The Ghost Train
Air Date: 1991-04-29
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.
31. Money for Nothing
Air Date: 1991-05-13
32. The Devil's Advocates
Air Date: 1991-05-20
33. On the Knife Edge
Air Date: 1991-06-03
34. When Housewives Strike
Air Date: 1991-06-10
35. Marked for Murder
Air Date: 1991-06-17
The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.
36. Should the Queen Pay Tax?
Air Date: 1991-06-24
37. What Liverpool Needs...
Air Date: 1991-07-01
38. Britain's Secret Slaves
Air Date: 1991-07-08
39. Defending the Realm
Air Date: 1991-07-15
Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.
40. Making the News
Air Date: 1991-07-22
41. Reasonable Adjustment
Air Date: 1991-07-29
Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.
1. The Price of Beauty
Air Date: 1991-09-23
2. Pirates
Air Date: 1991-09-30
3. That'll Do Nicely
Air Date: 1991-10-07
4. A Policeman's Lot
Air Date: 1991-10-14
5. Sex for Sale
Air Date: 1991-10-21
6. The Most Dangerous Job in the World
Air Date: 1991-10-28
7. Fallen Comrade
Air Date: 1991-11-04
8. A Woman Apart
Air Date: 1991-11-11
9. Trawling for the Truth
Air Date: 1991-11-18
10. The Repossessed
Air Date: 1991-11-25
11. From Here to Eternity
Air Date: 1991-12-02
12. The Front Man
Air Date: 1991-12-09
13. The Village That Quit: Update
Air Date: 1992-01-06
14. The Last Blockade
Air Date: 1992-01-13
15. Trouble with the Neighbours
Air Date: 1992-01-20
16. Episode 16
Air Date: 1992-01-27
17. Paying the Price
Air Date: 1992-02-03
18. The Cost of Living
Air Date: 1992-02-10
19. Calamity at Wheal Jane
Air Date: 1992-02-17
20. Old Money
Air Date: 1992-02-24
21. The Dirty War
Air Date: 1992-03-02
22. No Fixed Abode: Part 1
Air Date: 1992-03-09
23. No Fixed Abode: Part 2
Air Date: 1992-03-16
24. The Lost Vote of Martin Thow
Air Date: 1992-03-23
25. An M.P.'s Business
Air Date: 1992-03-30
26. The Granada 500
Air Date: 1992-04-06
27. L.A. Cops
Air Date: 1992-04-13
Ride along with Hollywood Division Cops.
28. Time to Kill
Air Date: 1992-04-27
29. Girls, Guns and Gangs
Air Date: 1992-05-11
30. No Fixed Abode: Part 3
Air Date: 1992-05-18
31. Lord of the Rings: Part 1
Air Date: 1992-06-01
32. Lord of the Rings: Part 2
Air Date: 1992-06-08
33. The Muscle Market
Air Date: 1992-06-15
34. The Monkey Business
Air Date: 1992-06-22
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.
35. The Job
Air Date: 1992-06-29
36. Private Grief
Air Date: 1992-07-06
37. The New Age Travellers
Air Date: 1992-07-13
38. Sins of the Fathers
Air Date: 1992-07-20
39. Dennis the Menace
Air Date: 1992-07-27
1. The Sultan of Sleaze
Air Date: 1992-09-21
2. Going Bust
Air Date: 1992-09-28
3. Death in the Fast Lane
Air Date: 1992-10-05
4. Mummy, You're Killing Me!
Air Date: 1992-10-12
5. Gifts from Russia
Air Date: 1992-10-19
6. Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Air Date: 1992-10-26
7. Trials of Labour
Air Date: 1992-11-02
8. Time for Panic
Air Date: 1992-11-09
9. Will I Be Next?
Air Date: 1992-11-16
10. The Crack Connection
Air Date: 1992-11-23
11. Who Cares?
Air Date: 1992-11-30
Does anyone care for care cases once they're actually released from care?
12. No-One to Turn to
Air Date: 1992-12-07
13. The Black Sea
Air Date: 1993-01-11
14. Special: World in Action - Thirty Years
Air Date: 1993-01-12
15. Shadows of the Past
Air Date: 1993-01-18
16. Three Angry Men
Air Date: 1993-01-25
17. Don't Bank on Us
Air Date: 1993-02-01
18. The Walking Corpse
Air Date: 1993-02-08
19. Welcome to the Danger Zone
Air Date: 1993-02-15
20. Dear Bill, Love John
Air Date: 1993-02-22
21. The Poison on Your Plate
Air Date: 1993-03-08
22. Call 999!
Air Date: 1993-03-15
23. Britain's Untouchables
Air Date: 1993-03-22
24. The Child Snatchers
Air Date: 1993-03-29
25. The Forgotten Children
Air Date: 1993-04-05
26. The Terror Squad
Air Date: 1993-04-19
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.
27. B.A.'s Virgin Soldiers
Air Date: 1993-04-26
28. Murder... on Ward 4
Air Date: 1993-05-17
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.
29. Evidence of Execution
Air Date: 1993-05-24
30. School for Crime
Air Date: 1993-06-07
31. Dark Side of the Sun
Air Date: 1993-06-14
32. The Gentleman's Guide to Tax Avoidance
Air Date: 1993-06-21
33. Steals on Wheels
Air Date: 1993-06-28
34. The Great Food Challenge
Air Date: 1993-07-12
35. Your Home at Risk
Air Date: 1993-07-19
36. Car Crazy
Air Date: 1993-07-26
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?
37. Dan Eldon's Last Assignment
Air Date: 1993-08-02
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.
38. A Lesson for Teacher
Air Date: 1993-08-09
39. Ghostbuster
Air Date: 1993-08-16
40. Welcome to Britain
Air Date: 1993-08-23
1. The Life of Brian
Air Date: 1993-09-27
2. Children Having Children
Air Date: 1993-10-04
3. Shoot Out at Sunset
Air Date: 1993-10-11
4. No Money to Burn
Air Date: 1993-10-18
5. Doctor Knows Best?
Air Date: 1993-10-25
6. Fathers in Fear
Air Date: 1993-11-01
7. Carving Out a Life
Air Date: 1993-11-08
8. Violence with Violence
Air Date: 1993-11-15
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.
9. Special: The Taking of James Bulger
Air Date: 1993-11-24
10. The Baby Broker
Air Date: 1993-11-29
11. The Road to Safety
Air Date: 1993-12-06
12. The Club That Liked to Say Yes
Air Date: 1993-12-13
13. Dangerous Liaisons
Air Date: 1993-12-20
14. Born in Hope
Air Date: 1994-01-10
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.
15. Fields of Fire
Air Date: 1994-01-17
16. Episode 16
Air Date: 1994-01-24
17. The Mercury Murder Mystery
Air Date: 1994-01-31
18. Animal Traffic
Air Date: 1994-02-07
19. A Peculiar Practice
Air Date: 1994-02-14
20. Homicide U.K.
Air Date: 1994-02-21
21. The Tory Tax Bombshell
Air Date: 1994-02-28
22. Prime Suspect
Air Date: 1994-03-07
23. The Last Resort
Air Date: 1994-03-14
24. In the Line of Fire
Air Date: 1994-03-21
25. Your Baby or Your Job
Air Date: 1994-03-28
1. The Fag Lady
Air Date: 1994-07-11
2. Dying for a Holiday
Air Date: 1994-07-18
3. Flirting with Danger
Air Date: 1994-07-25
4. Smashed in the Summer
Air Date: 1994-08-01
5. One Woman's War
Air Date: 1994-08-08
6. People of the Apocalypse
Air Date: 1994-08-15
7. The Bugs That Drugs Cannot Kill
Air Date: 1994-08-22
8. The Peace Maker
Air Date: 1994-09-05
The man credited with doing most to create peace in Ireland, John Hume, talks about his views and his methods.
9. The Man Who Paid the Bill
Air Date: 1994-09-12
10. Give Us a Break
Air Date: 1994-09-19
11. Retired Hurt
Air Date: 1994-09-26
12. Open All Hours
Air Date: 1994-10-03
13. The Cure That Killed
Air Date: 1994-10-10
14. A Fatal Prescription
Air Date: 1994-10-17
15. The Journey
Air Date: 1994-10-24
16. The Wrong Arm of the Law
Air Date: 1994-10-31
17. Episode 17
Air Date: 1994-11-07
18. The Ministry of Bribes
Air Date: 1994-11-14
19. Citizen Cone
Air Date: 1994-11-21
20. A Shot in the Dark
Air Date: 1994-11-28
21. The Housing Hangover
Air Date: 1994-12-05
22. Mind Games
Air Date: 1994-12-12
23. Through the Keyhole
Air Date: 1995-01-09
24. Throwaway Children
Air Date: 1995-01-16
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.
25. National Health Secret Service
Air Date: 1995-01-23
26. The Back Seat Killer
Air Date: 1995-01-30
Examines the safety of rear seated passengers in hatchback cars during an impact.
27. Take the Low Road
Air Date: 1995-02-06
Exposes the easy access to narcotics on the streets in Strathclyde Scotland.
28. Victims of Their Success
Air Date: 1995-02-13
29. Sex Off the Streets
Air Date: 1995-02-20
30. Prisoners of the Past
Air Date: 1995-02-27
31. Shot in the Back
Air Date: 1995-03-06
32. Who's Gambling with Your Money?
Air Date: 1995-03-13
33. Parents in the Dock
Air Date: 1995-03-20
34. The Nightmare Returns
Air Date: 1995-03-27
35. In the Name of Charity
Air Date: 1995-04-03
36. Jonathan of Arabia
Air Date: 1995-04-10
37. Black and Blue
Air Date: 1995-04-24
38. Friends in High Places
Air Date: 1995-05-01
1. Safe Sex?
Air Date: 1995-07-10
2. Could It Be You?
Air Date: 1995-07-17
3. Dealing with the Devil
Air Date: 1995-07-24
4. Fast and Loose
Air Date: 1995-07-31
5. Car Wars
Air Date: 1995-08-07
6. What Killed Stephen?
Air Date: 1995-08-14
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.
7. Beyond Reasonable Drought
Air Date: 1995-08-21
8. The Legacy Lottery
Air Date: 1995-09-04
9. Silent Witness
Air Date: 1995-09-11
10. Promises on the Line
Air Date: 1995-09-18
11. Down and Out in New York and London
Air Date: 1995-09-25
12. A Family at War
Air Date: 1995-10-02
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?
13. All Work and No Play
Air Date: 1995-10-09
14. Unlucky Numbers
Air Date: 1995-10-16
15. To Have and to Hold Off
Air Date: 1995-10-23
As more people choose to cohabit without tying the knot, there are fears that the sanctity of marriage could become a thing of history.
16. Too Much, Too Young
Air Date: 1995-10-30
17. The Informer
Air Date: 1995-11-06
18. B.S.E. - The Hidden Epidemic
Air Date: 1995-11-13
19. The Unseen Enemy
Air Date: 1995-11-27
20. The Shape of Things to Come
Air Date: 1995-12-04
21. The Lisi File
Air Date: 1995-12-11
22. St. Michael - Has the Halo Slipped?
Air Date: 1996-01-08
23. Marks & Spencer - Send in the Clones
Air Date: 1996-01-15
24. Fighting Back
Air Date: 1996-01-22
25. Leah's Legacy
Air Date: 1996-01-29
26. Terror in Store
Air Date: 1996-02-05
27. Gerry Adams Interview
Air Date: 1996-02-12
28. Strange Customs
Air Date: 1996-02-19
29. Debt Row
Air Date: 1996-02-26
30. Crisis in Casualty
Air Date: 1996-03-04
31. The Great Name Robbery
Air Date: 1996-03-11
32. Why Dunblane?
Air Date: 1996-03-18
33. The First Casualty
Air Date: 1996-03-25
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.
34. Call to Duty
Air Date: 1996-04-01
35. The Republic of Britain
Air Date: 1996-04-08
36. The End of the Line?
Air Date: 1996-04-15
37. Fatal Attraction
Air Date: 1996-04-22
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.
38. An Affair of the Heart
Air Date: 1996-04-29
39. The Price of Petrol
Air Date: 1996-05-13
40. Episode 40
Air Date: 1996-05-27
41. Her Royal Highness
Air Date: 1996-06-03
42. Neighbours from Hell
Air Date: 1996-06-10
43. Recipe for Disaster
Air Date: 1996-06-17
44. Dealing with Terror
Air Date: 1996-06-24
A former militant from each side, both of whom have now laid down their arms, talk openly about their pasts.
45. Cowboy Country - The Stagecoach Bus Co.
Air Date: 1996-07-01
46. Under Pressure
Air Date: 1996-07-08
47. Troubled Waters
Air Date: 1996-07-15
48. Bobby Moore and Me
Air Date: 1996-07-22
1. Peer Pressure: Boys & Girls of the Jury
Air Date: 1996-09-02
2. Shadow of the Bomb
Air Date: 1996-09-09
3. For King and Country
Air Date: 1996-09-16
4. Licence to Steal
Air Date: 1996-09-23
5. The Unteachables
Air Date: 1996-09-30
6. Tainted Blood
Air Date: 1996-10-07
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.
7. Bad Company
Air Date: 1996-10-14
8. The Nation's Teeth
Air Date: 1996-10-21
9. The Untouchables: Part 1
Air Date: 1996-10-28
10. The Untouchables: Part 2 - Wayne's World
Air Date: 1996-11-04
Donal MacIntyre goes undercover in a gym in order to befriend and expose drug dealer Wayne Hardy.
11. Veil of Fear
Air Date: 1996-11-11
12. The Young Turks
Air Date: 1996-11-18
13. The Chemical Cosh
Air Date: 1996-11-25
14. A Question of Class
Air Date: 1996-12-02
15. Keep on Trucking?
Air Date: 1997-01-13
16. Into the Minefield
Air Date: 1997-01-20
17. Who's Buying the Holy City?
Air Date: 1997-01-27
18. The Yard's Yardies
Air Date: 1997-02-03
19. A Man of Influence
Air Date: 1997-02-10
20. The Safety Catch
Air Date: 1997-02-17
21. Jailhouse Blues
Air Date: 1997-02-24
22. Many Behaving Badly
Air Date: 1997-03-03
23. In Front of the Children
Air Date: 1997-03-10
24. Outbreak
Air Date: 1997-03-17
25. Clamp and Deliver
Air Date: 1997-03-24
26. Many Unhappy Returns
Air Date: 1997-04-07
27. Episode 27
Air Date: 1997-04-14
28. Nowhere to Hide
Air Date: 1997-05-12
29. When Mourning Comes
Air Date: 1997-05-19
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.
30. Making a Killing
Air Date: 1997-06-02
31. Profit Before Principle
Air Date: 1997-06-09
32. Through the Cakehole
Air Date: 1997-06-16
33. Jonathan of Arabia: Act II - The Dagger of Deceit
Air Date: 1997-06-23
34. B.P.'s Secret Soldiers
Air Date: 1997-06-30
35. Easy Money
Air Date: 1997-07-07
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?
36. Winning the Pools
Air Date: 1997-07-14
37. The Meat Factory
Air Date: 1997-07-21
1. Credit to the Nation
Air Date: 1997-09-08
After half a century of silence, World in Action tells tonight how Britain benefited from the holocaust.
2. Against the Odds
Air Date: 1997-09-15
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.
3. How Green Is My Petrol?
Air Date: 1997-09-22
4. With This Ring
Air Date: 1997-09-29
5. Domestic Weapons
Air Date: 1997-10-06
6. Secret Ingredient
Air Date: 1997-10-13
7. Conduct Unbecoming
Air Date: 1997-10-20
8. House of Horrors: Part 1
Air Date: 1997-10-27
9. House of Horrors: Part 2
Air Date: 1997-11-03
10. Extreme Measures
Air Date: 1997-11-10
11. Nowhere to Run
Air Date: 1997-11-17
12. The Rat's Tale
Air Date: 1997-11-24
13. The Winning Formula
Air Date: 1997-12-01
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.
14. Jam Today
Air Date: 1998-01-05
15. A Date with the Executioner
Air Date: 1998-01-12
16. Profit and Loss
Air Date: 1998-01-19
17. What a Business
Air Date: 1998-01-26
18. Sex, Lies and Audiotape
Air Date: 1998-02-02
19. Doctors Under the Influence
Air Date: 1998-02-09
The risk to patients from alcoholic and drug dependent doctors?
20. A Question of Justice
Air Date: 1998-02-16
21. In the Eye of the Storm
Air Date: 1998-02-23
22. Broken Dreams
Air Date: 1998-03-02
23. Beating Violence
Air Date: 1998-03-09
24. Licence to Kill
Air Date: 1998-03-16
25. Beverley's Choice
Air Date: 1998-03-23
26. When the Heat Is On
Air Date: 1998-03-30
27. Playing with Fire (II)
Air Date: 1998-04-06
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.
28. The Lottery Losers
Air Date: 1998-04-20
29. Is the Price Right?
Air Date: 1998-04-27
30. That Sinking Feeling
Air Date: 1998-05-11
31. The Price of Peace
Air Date: 1998-05-18
32. Robocop Strikes Back
Air Date: 1998-06-01
33. Third Party, Liar and Cheat
Air Date: 1998-06-08
1. Bad Air Days
Air Date: 1998-07-27
2. Viagra - The Hard Sell
Air Date: 1998-08-03
3. Eat Up Your Genes
Air Date: 1998-08-10
4. How Safe Is Your Cash?
Air Date: 1998-08-17
5. The Big E
Air Date: 1998-08-24
6. Our Man in Ibiza
Air Date: 1998-09-14
7. The Clinton Tapes
Air Date: 1998-09-21
8. Wish We Weren't Here
Air Date: 1998-09-28
9. Fatal Affection
Air Date: 1998-10-05

10. The Tracks of My Tears
Air Date: 1998-10-12
11. Fat Profits
Air Date: 1998-10-19
12. Britain's Most Dangerous Job
Air Date: 1998-10-26
13. Flood, Sweat and Tears
Air Date: 1998-11-02
14. Death Wish
Air Date: 1998-11-09
15. Don't Call Us
Air Date: 1998-11-16
16. Small But Perfectly Informed
Air Date: 1998-11-23
17. Too Close for Comfort - Fear of Flying
Air Date: 1998-11-30
18. Britain on the Booze
Air Date: 1998-12-07
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Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
1963-01-01
Episodes
1294 (35 seasons)
Status
Ended
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Granada Television

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