World in Action

Season 14

34 episodes · premiered Sep 26, 1977

Where to watch World in Action

  1. E1 The Man Who Talks to Terrorists

    Sep 26, 1977

  2. E2 The Life and Death of Steve Biko

    Oct 3, 1977

    Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.

  3. E3 No Compromise

    Oct 10, 1977

  4. E4 The Miami Experiment

    Oct 17, 1977

  5. E5 The Surgery Is Now Closed

    Oct 24, 1977

  6. E6 Eastern Promise

    Oct 31, 1977

  7. E7 The Accident

    Nov 7, 1977

    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.

  8. E8 The Disputed Land

    Nov 14, 1977

  9. E9 Got It Taped

    Nov 21, 1977

  10. E10 In the Name of the Law

    Nov 28, 1977

    Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.

  11. E11 Thatcher Interview

    Jan 30, 1978

  12. E12 Cold Facts

    Feb 6, 1978

    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.

  13. E13 The Concrete Rings

    Feb 13, 1978

    Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

  14. E14 Working for a Pittance

    Feb 20, 1978

    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.

  15. E15 Death by Request

    Mar 24, 1978

    One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.

  16. E16 There's No Place Like Hulme

    Apr 10, 1978

    Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.

  17. E17 The Right's Centre

    Apr 17, 1978

  18. E18 Black to Front

    Apr 24, 1978

  19. E19 In the Public Interest

    May 8, 1978

  20. E20 General Grigorenko's New Campaign

    May 15, 1978

  21. E21 Take Care, This Place is Unsafe

    May 22, 1978

    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.

  22. E22 Smoking - A Double Standard

    Jun 5, 1978

  23. E23 Dishonourable Discharge

    Jun 12, 1978

  24. E24 Wait and See

    Jun 19, 1978

  25. E25 Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea

    Jun 20, 1978

  26. E26 The Happiness Pill?

    Jun 26, 1978

  27. E27 The Nazi Party

    Jul 3, 1978

    Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.

  28. E28 Prisoner of Terrorism

    Jul 10, 1978

    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.

  29. E29 Russian Justice

    Jul 17, 1978

    Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

  30. E30 Buying Time

    Jul 24, 1978

    Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.

  31. E31 Liable to Prosecution

    Jul 31, 1978

  32. E32 No Useful Purpose Would Be Served

    Aug 7, 1978

  33. E33 Power for Sale

    Aug 14, 1978

  34. E34 The Invisible Risk

    Aug 21, 1978