World in Action
Season 15
197836 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Paraguay - The Last Refuge
1978-10-09
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E2
Trapped Inside the Wrong Body
1978-10-16
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E3
Episode 3
1978-10-23
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E4
Mr Heath at the Miners' Club
1978-10-30
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E5
The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
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.
- E6
Kids United
1978-11-27
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E7
Episode 7
1978-11-28
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E8
Inside Europe - The Summit
1978-12-04
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E9
The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)
1978-12-11
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E10
It's Already Been Too Long
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.
- E11
...And a Prosperous New Year
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?
- E12
Episode 12
1979-01-15
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E13
A Report from Siege City
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.
- E14
No Tears-But Fight
1979-01-29
Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
- E15
The Reckoning
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.
- E16
The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
1979-02-12
In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.
- E17
Episode 17
1979-02-19
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E18
The Shutdown
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.
- E19
Strangers in Their Own Land
1979-03-05
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E20
Episode 20
1979-03-12
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E21
A Tale of Two Cities
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.
- E22
Banged Up
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.
- E23
Speke Out
1979-04-23
The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
- E24
Nuclear Nightmare
1979-05-07
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E25
The Shattered Lives
1979-05-14
Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
- E26
Armchair Inferno
1979-05-21
Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.
- E27
Paying the Market Price
1979-06-04
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E28
The Luck of the Irish
1979-06-11
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E29
Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine
1979-06-13
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E30
Episode 30
1979-06-18
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E31
No More School
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.
- E32
Gay Pride
1979-07-02
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E33
The Other Professionals
1979-07-12
The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.
- E34
On Site - Capital Punishment
1979-07-16
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E35
On Site - Trade Union Power
1979-07-30
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E36
On Site - National Health Cuts
1979-08-06
No episode synopsis available yet.