Original title
World in Action
Released
1/1/1963
Origin country
GB
Genre
Documentary, News
Production companies
ITV, Granada Television
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
35
Number of episodes
1294
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.
Military budget over spending is presented as a game show.
An investigation into supermarket practices and their effect on a neighbourhood.
A look at the first years of China's occupation of Tibet.
The plight of southern based Italians having to move to the North of Italy for work.
The valuable contributions young volunteers make.
An investigation into the UK petrol supply business and techniques used amongst rival firms to win customers.
A look at the country's increasing litter problem.
A look at conditions in Stepney, London.
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.
Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.
An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.
A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.
The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.
Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery
Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.
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.
A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.
A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.
A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.
The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.
The launch of The Sun newspaper.
Various recording agents speak out on the pop music business, and whether the UK singles chart is a fair representation of vinyl sales.
French-Canadian unrest at the Queen's visit.
Investigation on how a bacterial infection got into a Birmingham Eye Hospital and caused several cases of blindness.
An investigation into the poor training facilities available to Olympic contenders.
A comparison of the industrial relations in the car making industries of the UK & the US.
An investigation into Britain's age old Sunday trading laws and their effect on shops and similar businesses.
Investigates if there is a link between bronchitis and road pollution.
Various black Americans give their views on Malcolm X, and an actor recreates some of his speeches.
Investigates the transport and haulage industry and the dark practices that can leave drivers tired, open to hijack and dangerous vehicles on our roads.
Observations of the tensions growing between Arab and Israeli.
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.
A look at the water crisis and how the drought will affect the summer.
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.
Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.
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.
A profile of Stokely Carmichael, a black campaigner against the West's dominance of the world, during his visit to Britain.
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.
The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.
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
Sanction busting in Rhodesia.
A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.
Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO sightings in the United States of America are analyzed by experts in various fields.
The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.
A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.
A group trying change society's attitude to unmarried mothers.
Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.
A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.
An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.
Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan, used by refugees in the previous May
The evolution of American hippies, their scene, drugs, pan-handling and other pastimes.
Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.
Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.
Examining a proposed parliamentary bill that will enable drug addicts to use free walk in centres to get heroin and cocaine.
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.
Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.
The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.
The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.
With interest in astrology increasing, predictions from astrologer Ingrid Lind are put to the test.
An observation of the prospects of children born with Spina Bifida, which results in below the waist paralysis.
GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.
The Berlin demonstration of May 1st and the events that led up to it.
An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.
Following the poor peoples' protest and demonstration for better conditions, in Washington DC.
Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.
The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.
An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.
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.
The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.
Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.
A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.
A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.
With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.
The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.
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.
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.
The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.
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).
The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.
Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.
The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.
Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.
Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.
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.
Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.
Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.
Portrait of the Protestant working class and the vigilantes in Northern Ireland at the height of the Ulster riots in 1969.
Portrait of the Catholic working class and the riots in Ulster, when the barricades were going up in the streets of Derry.
Following Fidel Castro as he governs the country of Cuba from Jeeps and tents, spending many hours integrating himself with the ordinary people.
An observation of the Southwark mobile screening unit for detecting breast and other cancers.
Reconstruction of Glasgow gunman James Griffiths running amok and the final shoot out with the police.
Looks at the alternative life styles of young people who have dropped out of society.
Lower income workers discuss how they manage to cope on poor wages, amongst politicians and trade union leaders.
A look at the work of the New York Police Dept. and the vigilantes groups that have come about to also tackle crime.
A report on Muscular Dystrophy and examines what is available and what can be done for those suffering.
Investigates why the UK is still manufacturing nerve gas.
Christmas 1969 and a reminder of the last terrible year in Biafra which was blighted by war and the consequent famine and starvation.
The guerrilla fight for independence of the people of Portuguese Guinea.
An investigation into the elderly dying from cold in Winter and the effects of hypothermia which can show no obvious symptoms.
On the abolishment of censorship in Denmark, infamous morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse goes on an inspection of the state.
Follows Seymour as he reconnects with life after being released from prison.
A look at the lives of two schoolgirls, both named Jackie, and their juxtaposition with two representatives from the Women's Liberation Front.
World In Action interview filmed in Quentin's room in a London boarding house.
School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
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.
America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.
The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.
A personal view by Denis Mitchell.
A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
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.
World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.
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.
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?
Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.
Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.
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.
Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.
World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.
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.
Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.
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.
An investigation into how the appalling accident record on construction sites can be improved.
World in Action spends a day with thalidomide victim, 10 year old Kevin Donnellon.
Meeting the young anarchists involved in a guerrilla bombing campaign.
Sam Green, a psychiatric nurse, has been elected to Durham council despite being open about his homosexuality. Are attitudes to homosexuals changing?
Trade Unions are illegal in Spain, this looks at the mounting court cases as people continue to defy the law.
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.
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.
With the promise of solving the world's problems through meditation, The Maharishi is now a global business worth millions of dollars.
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.
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.
Looks into the loss of the ship Burtonia and whether coastguards acted quickly enough to her distress signal.
A report on the Scottish men who seek a new life in London but find themselves living rough on the streets.
Investigates the cosmetic company 'Holiday Magic' who is alleged to have involved vulnerable immigrants into a pyramid selling scheme
Follow up to what happened to people featured a year ago who were coping with power cuts and oil shortages.
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.
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.
With most local authorities increasing their rates this year, a look at Liverpool Council who have baulked the trend and have reduced theirs.
Investigates the illegal dumping of hazardous and toxic waste materials.
Investigates if the west should give into Third World Countries demands for nuclear power for electricity.
Follows the launching of a new newspaper called 'The Scottish Daily News' and how it came together.
An investigation into whether the American Central Intelligence Agency has become too big.
An investigation into the ways the Central Intelligence Agency has sought to bring down entire governments in countries Iran, Guyana, and Cuba.
Investigation into wars waged by the Central Intelligence Agency together with American presidents, and the their longterm consequences.
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.
Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.
With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.
Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.
Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.
Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.
The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.
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.
The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.
The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.
Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.
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.
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.
MPs are put on a fitness program.
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.
Examination of revolutionary and experimental new teaching methods.
An ordinary accountant is given the theoretical task of being Chancellor of the Exchequer and giving his take on the situation.
Follow up programme to one five years previous to find out what happened to some persistent school truants.
The effects of the chemical Dioxin after a factory explosion in Italy.
Following the racial violence in Blackburn, looks at the rise of the extreme right wing.
Doctors complain that they are being put under pressure by both patients and pharmaceutical companies to prescribe certain drugs.
Investigates why the Labour Party is allowing a group within to produce a newspaper like 'The Militant'.
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
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.
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?
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
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.
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.
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.
Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.
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.
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.
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.
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
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.
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
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.
Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.
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.
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.
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.
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.
With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?
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.
Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
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.
In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.
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.
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.
A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.
The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.
Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.
The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.
Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country's good?
Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud.
A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
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.
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.
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
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.
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.
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
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.
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.
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.
Investigates why same model cars are cheaper on the continent.
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.
An investigation into football clubs' financial problems and the looming crisis, with a focus on Bristol City Football Club.
Examines why young people are not leaving learning Establishments with the skills being demanded by industry.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
In the USA, the FBI have decided to start investigating the IRA.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Investigates piracy and rape claims by Thai fishermen against the Vietnamese boat people.
Are the dangers of a nuclear attack being exaggerated in order to keep people in a permanent state of fear?
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.
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.
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.
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.
With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.
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.
The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.
Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.
Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.
Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.
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?
Extended edition investigating the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six.
Can housing design affect crime levels?
Not to be confused with the earlier edition with the same title; this one is about the risk of accidents in the workplace.
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.
Two unemployed young men take the Thatcher's government's advice.
In the light of the Chernobyl accident checks out safety procedures at the Dounreay Power Station.
Asylum seekers face being deported.
The Black Church in Britain and its role in national education policy.
Investigation into the discovery of the AIDS virus and rivalry between research teams in France and the USA.
The consequences of the British not arresting Mafia leader Francesco di Carlo.
Investigation into the state of Britain's tap water.
Documentary on U2 based around a 1987 concert in their home town of Dublin.
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.
The plight of Vietnamese boat people in the camps of Hong Kong.
The problem of violence in British schools.
A follow up to what became of the angry young men featured in 1968.
Homeless families living in hostels and hotels in London
Exploring the theory of a link between redundancy and developing bad health.
The murder of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al Ali in London and the connection between a double agent spying on the PLO.
An exposure of the bullying and intimidation of the notoriously ruthless landlord.
Did US tobacco companies discover, test and then decide not to market a safer cigarette? A World in Action investigation.
3 1/2 years after a poisonous gas cloud enveloped the city killing many citizens, an examination of the plight of the surviving citizens.
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.
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.
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.
Investigates air safety and follows the maintenance procedure of a 20 year old Boeing 737.
A public survey into rapes within marriage, currently not illegal under English law.
A look at the actions of the Animal Liberation Front and whether it could be classed as a terrorist organization?
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.
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.
While the Birmingham Six languish in prison, an anonymous man tells World in Action he was actually the person responsible for the bomb.
Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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.
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".
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.
The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.
Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.
Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.
Ride along with Hollywood Division Cops.
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.
Does anyone care for care cases once they're actually released from care?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
The man credited with doing most to create peace in Ireland, John Hume, talks about his views and his methods.
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.
Examines the safety of rear seated passengers in hatchback cars during an impact.
Exposes the easy access to narcotics on the streets in Strathclyde Scotland.
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.
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?
As more people choose to cohabit without tying the knot, there are fears that the sanctity of marriage could become a thing of history.
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.
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.
A former militant from each side, both of whom have now laid down their arms, talk openly about their pasts.
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.
Donal MacIntyre goes undercover in a gym in order to befriend and expose drug dealer Wayne Hardy.
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.
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?
After half a century of silence, World in Action tells tonight how Britain benefited from the holocaust.
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.
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.
The risk to patients from alcoholic and drug dependent doctors?
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.
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