Season 15

World in ActionSeason 15

1978
36 Episodes

Episodes

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S15E01

Paraguay - The Last Refuge

09 Oct 1978
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S15E02

Trapped Inside the Wrong Body

16 Oct 1978
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S15E03

Episode 3

23 Oct 1978
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S15E04

Mr Heath at the Miners' Club

30 Oct 1978
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S15E05

The Hunt for Doctor Mengele

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.

06 Nov 1978
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S15E06

Kids United

27 Nov 1978
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S15E07

Episode 7

28 Nov 1978
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S15E08

Inside Europe - The Summit

04 Dec 1978
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S15E09

The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)

11 Dec 1978
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S15E10

It's Already Been Too Long

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.

18 Dec 1978
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S15E11

...And a Prosperous New Year

With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?

08 Jan 1979
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S15E12

Episode 12

15 Jan 1979
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S15E13

A Report from Siege City

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.

22 Jan 1979
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S15E14

No Tears-But Fight

Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.

29 Jan 1979
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S15E15

The Reckoning

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.

05 Feb 1979
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S15E16

The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan

In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.

12 Feb 1979
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Episode 17

19 Feb 1979
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S15E18

The Shutdown

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.

26 Feb 1979
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S15E19

Strangers in Their Own Land

05 Mar 1979
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Episode 20

12 Mar 1979
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S15E21

A Tale of Two Cities

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.

26 Mar 1979
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S15E22

Banged Up

A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.

02 Apr 1979
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S15E23

Speke Out

The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.

23 Apr 1979
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S15E24

Nuclear Nightmare

07 May 1979
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S15E25

The Shattered Lives

Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.

14 May 1979
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S15E26

Armchair Inferno

Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.

21 May 1979
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S15E27

Paying the Market Price

04 Jun 1979
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S15E28

The Luck of the Irish

11 Jun 1979
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S15E29

Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine

13 Jun 1979
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S15E30

Episode 30

18 Jun 1979
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S15E31

No More School

Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.

25 Jun 1979
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S15E32

Gay Pride

02 Jul 1979
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S15E33

The Other Professionals

The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.

12 Jul 1979
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S15E34

On Site - Capital Punishment

16 Jul 1979
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On Site - Trade Union Power

30 Jul 1979
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S15E36

On Site - National Health Cuts

06 Aug 1979