World in Action – Season 2
Episodes
The Guns
Lord Denning
Dick Gregory
M.R.A
Oxfam
Blackpool Conference
Living in the Slums
A look at conditions in Stepney, London.
Repairs
Power
The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home
The Shadows
Increasing Traffic
The British Way of Death
Dallas
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.
President Lyndon Johnson
The Cost of Dying
Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.
Cooke on America
Truth About Spain
An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.
Alistair Cooke Reports
Lakonia - The Facts
The Thin Red Line
A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.
Smuggling
The Power of the Nanny
Cyprus
The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Concorde
Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.
The Great Train Robbery
Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery
The Williams Family
Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.
Radio Pirates
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.
How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat
A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.
The Face on the Cover
Lord Beaverbrook
Typhoid in Aberdeen
A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.
Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People
A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.
John Bloom
The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.