World in Action
Season 14
197734 episodes
Episode 1
The Man Who Talks to Terrorists
Sep 26, 1977
Episode 2
The Life and Death of Steve Biko
Oct 3, 1977
Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.
Episode 3
No Compromise
Oct 10, 1977
Episode 4
The Miami Experiment
Oct 17, 1977
Episode 5
The Surgery Is Now Closed
Oct 24, 1977
Episode 6
Eastern Promise
Oct 31, 1977
Episode 7
The Accident
Nov 7, 1977
Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.
Episode 8
The Disputed Land
Nov 14, 1977
Episode 9
Got It Taped
Nov 21, 1977
Episode 10
In the Name of the Law
Nov 28, 1977
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.
Episode 11
Thatcher Interview
Jan 30, 1978
Episode 12
Cold Facts
Feb 6, 1978
People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.
Episode 13
The Concrete Rings
Feb 13, 1978
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
Episode 14
Working for a Pittance
Feb 20, 1978
An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.
Episode 15
Death by Request
Mar 24, 1978
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
Episode 16
There's No Place Like Hulme
Apr 10, 1978
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
Episode 17
The Right's Centre
Apr 17, 1978
Episode 18
Black to Front
Apr 24, 1978
Episode 19
In the Public Interest
May 8, 1978
Episode 20
General Grigorenko's New Campaign
May 15, 1978
Episode 21
Take Care, This Place is Unsafe
May 22, 1978
Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.
Episode 22
Smoking - A Double Standard
Jun 5, 1978
Episode 23
Dishonourable Discharge
Jun 12, 1978
Episode 24
Wait and See
Jun 19, 1978
Episode 25
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea
Jun 20, 1978
Episode 26
The Happiness Pill?
Jun 26, 1978
Episode 27
The Nazi Party
Jul 3, 1978
Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.
Episode 28
Prisoner of Terrorism
Jul 10, 1978
A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.
Episode 29
Russian Justice
Jul 17, 1978
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
Episode 30
Buying Time
Jul 24, 1978
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.
Episode 31
Liable to Prosecution
Jul 31, 1978
Episode 32
No Useful Purpose Would Be Served
Aug 7, 1978
Episode 33
Power for Sale
Aug 14, 1978
Episode 34
The Invisible Risk
Aug 21, 1978