World in Action
Season 14
197734 episodes
Episodes
- E1
The Man Who Talks to Terrorists
1977-09-26
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E2
The Life and Death of Steve Biko
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.
- E3
No Compromise
1977-10-10
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E4
The Miami Experiment
1977-10-17
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E5
The Surgery Is Now Closed
1977-10-24
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E6
Eastern Promise
1977-10-31
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E7
The Accident
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.
- E8
The Disputed Land
1977-11-14
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E9
Got It Taped
1977-11-21
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E10
In the Name of the Law
1977-11-28
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.
- E11
Thatcher Interview
1978-01-30
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E12
Cold Facts
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.
- E13
The Concrete Rings
1978-02-13
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
- E14
Working for a Pittance
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.
- E15
Death by Request
1978-03-24
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
- E16
There's No Place Like Hulme
1978-04-10
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
- E17
The Right's Centre
1978-04-17
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E18
Black to Front
1978-04-24
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E19
In the Public Interest
1978-05-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E20
General Grigorenko's New Campaign
1978-05-15
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E21
Take Care, This Place is Unsafe
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.
- E22
Smoking - A Double Standard
1978-06-05
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E23
Dishonourable Discharge
1978-06-12
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E24
Wait and See
1978-06-19
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E25
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea
1978-06-20
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E26
The Happiness Pill?
1978-06-26
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E27
The Nazi Party
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.
- E28
Prisoner of Terrorism
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.
- E29
Russian Justice
1978-07-17
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
- E30
Buying Time
1978-07-24
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.
- E31
Liable to Prosecution
1978-07-31
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E32
No Useful Purpose Would Be Served
1978-08-07
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E33
Power for Sale
1978-08-14
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E34
The Invisible Risk
1978-08-21
No episode synopsis available yet.