World in Action

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. 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.

8. Birth of a Nation

Air Date: 1974-10-21

12. The Trials in Zanzibar

Air Date: 1974-11-18

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.

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.

11. The Lawbreakers

Air Date: 1976-12-06

17. Episode 17

Air Date: 1977-02-07