World in Action – Season 17
Episodes
The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
South Africa's Bombshell
Creating Criminals
Choosing Labour's Leader
The Party's Over
Death on the Dole
The H-Block Fuse
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.
The Rossminster Affair
The Hunt for the Ripper
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
No Room at the Inn
The Blood Business
The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
Michael Foot
The White House General
The Social Democrats
The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
Killing for a Cure
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.
The State of Britain - In for a Penny
Off the Rails
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.
The State of the Nation
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
These Children Are Mine
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.
The Fight for the Centre
The Men from Argentina
The Curse of the Klan
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.
Comrades at Arms
More Than Just a Few Perks
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
The Shape of Wars to Come
Home and Away
Do Mind If I Smoke?
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
To Russia with Love
Tories for Turning
Kevin at the Crossroads
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
The Silent Epidemic
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.
Guns to the Right
A Dangerous Age
A Conflict of Evidence
Toxteth Revisited
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.
The Agony of Angola
When Night Comes to Kandahar
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.