Season 27

World in ActionSeason 27

1990
41 Episodes

Episodes

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S27E01

Inside Saddam's Stronghold

Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.

24 Sept 1990
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S27E02

Blowing the Whistle

01 Oct 1990
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S27E03

Strike It Lucky

08 Oct 1990
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S27E04

The Allergy Business

15 Oct 1990
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S27E05

The Go-Between

22 Oct 1990
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S27E06

Mission to Baghdad

29 Oct 1990
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S27E07

Nurse Pink's Prescription

05 Nov 1990
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S27E08

The Lessons of Piper Alpha

12 Nov 1990
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S27E09

The Tarzan Factor

19 Nov 1990
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S27E10

Turning a Blind Eye

03 Dec 1990
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S27E11

Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant

10 Dec 1990
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S27E12

Twenty Years Hard Labour

17 Dec 1990
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S27E13

A Life of Pain

07 Jan 1991
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S27E14

A Time to Choose

14 Jan 1991
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S27E15

Episode 15

21 Jan 1991
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S27E16

The Child Killers of Brazil

28 Jan 1991
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S27E17

Waiting for the Land War

04 Feb 1991
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S27E18

How Safe Are Our Children?

11 Feb 1991
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S27E19

Under the Curfew

18 Feb 1991
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S27E20

Mafia Russian Style

25 Feb 1991
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S27E21

After the Storm

04 Mar 1991
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S27E22

World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job

11 Mar 1991
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S27E23

The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story

Following the release of the alleged 'Birmingham Six' pub bombers after 16 years, World in Action speaks to each of the men, and looks back at the flawed police investigation that led to their wrongful imprisonment.

18 Mar 1991
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S27E24

Beat the Taxman

19 Mar 1991
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S27E25

Secret of Sebha

25 Mar 1991
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S27E26

Chariots of Fire

08 Apr 1991
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S27E27

Curse of the Superdrug

15 Apr 1991
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S27E28

The Hate Factories

The government claims that people are sent to prison for rehabilitation, but due to the brutality of some of the officers, the prisoners prefer to refer to them as "hate factories".

22 Apr 1991
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S27E29

The Propaganda War

23 Apr 1991
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S27E30

The Ghost Train

Transferred from prison to prison and left in long-term segregation or solitary confinement, prisoners call this the ghost train. This is the second part of World in Action's investigation into the horrors of life on the inside.

29 Apr 1991
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S27E31

Money for Nothing

13 May 1991
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S27E32

The Devil's Advocates

20 May 1991
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S27E33

On the Knife Edge

03 Jun 1991
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S27E34

When Housewives Strike

10 Jun 1991
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S27E35

Marked for Murder

The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.

17 Jun 1991
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S27E36

Should the Queen Pay Tax?

24 Jun 1991
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S27E37

What Liverpool Needs...

01 Jul 1991
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S27E38

Britain's Secret Slaves

08 Jul 1991
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S27E39

Defending the Realm

Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.

15 Jul 1991
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S27E40

Making the News

22 Jul 1991
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S27E41

Reasonable Adjustment

Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.

29 Jul 1991