World in Action – Season 21
Episodes
Clap Trap
Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan is interested in entering politics, but with no experience in public speaking, would love to fall into that claptrap.
An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell
Football's Mr. Fix-It
The Coal War
With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.
Apartheid's Back Yard
Plans for Coal
Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.
Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming
The Politics of Starvation
Kidnapped
Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror
Softly, Softly, Strike Force
The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.
Tried, Untested
Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years
Taken on Trust
The Miners and the Microchip
Civil Unrest
Father and Son
Going Dutch
The Knock on the Door
Taking the Medicine
A Conflict in Customs
Death of an English Rose
Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.
Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse
Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration
Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor
The Swan and the Plough
Not for Love or Money
The Baby Makers
Children of the Loom
Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown
First Strike
The Betrayal of Bhopal
Raising the Belgrano
Britain's Cocaine Colony
The Dream of John Delorean
Hit and Run
A Song for Africa
Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.
Disunited Nations
Bad Blood
Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.