World in Action
Season 17
198041 episodes
Episodes
- E1
The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
1980-10-13
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E2
South Africa's Bombshell
1980-10-20
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E3
Creating Criminals
1980-10-27
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E4
Choosing Labour's Leader
1980-11-03
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E5
The Party's Over
1980-11-10
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E6
Death on the Dole
1980-11-17
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E7
The H-Block Fuse
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.
- E8
The Rossminster Affair
1980-12-01
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E9
The Hunt for the Ripper
1980-12-08
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
- E10
No Room at the Inn
1980-12-15
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E11
The Blood Business
1980-12-22
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E12
The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
1981-01-05
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E13
Michael Foot
1981-01-19
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E14
The White House General
1981-01-26
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E15
The Social Democrats
1981-02-02
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E16
The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
1981-02-09
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E17
Killing for a Cure
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.
- E18
The State of Britain - In for a Penny
1981-02-23
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E19
Off the Rails
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.
- E20
The State of the Nation
1981-03-09
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
- E21
These Children Are Mine
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.
- E22
The Fight for the Centre
1981-03-23
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E23
The Men from Argentina
1981-03-30
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E24
The Curse of the Klan
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.
- E25
Comrades at Arms
1981-04-13
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E26
More Than Just a Few Perks
1981-04-27
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
- E27
The Shape of Wars to Come
1981-05-11
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E28
Home and Away
1981-05-18
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E29
Do Mind If I Smoke?
1981-06-01
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
- E30
To Russia with Love
1981-06-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E31
Tories for Turning
1981-06-15
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E32
Kevin at the Crossroads
1981-06-22
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
- E33
The Silent Epidemic
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.
- E34
Guns to the Right
1981-07-06
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E35
A Dangerous Age
1981-07-13
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E36
A Conflict of Evidence
1981-07-20
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E37
Toxteth Revisited
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.
- E38
The Agony of Angola
1981-08-03
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E39
When Night Comes to Kandahar
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.
- E40
Waiting for Justice
1981-08-10
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E41
A Picture of Health
1981-08-24
No episode synopsis available yet.