World in Action
Season 15
197836 episodes
Episode 1
Paraguay - The Last Refuge
Oct 9, 1978
Episode 2
Trapped Inside the Wrong Body
Oct 16, 1978
Episode 3
Episode 3
Oct 23, 1978
Episode 4
Mr Heath at the Miners' Club
Oct 30, 1978
Episode 5
The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
Nov 6, 1978
Will Josef Mengele ever be caught? A year later, in 1979, while swimming at he coastal resort of Bertioga, Brazil, he suffered a stroke and drowned. Mengele was buried in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, under the name "Wolfgang Gerhard", whose identification he had been using since 1971.
Episode 6
Kids United
Nov 27, 1978
Episode 7
Episode 7
Nov 28, 1978
Episode 8
Inside Europe - The Summit
Dec 4, 1978
Episode 9
The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)
Dec 11, 1978
Episode 10
It's Already Been Too Long
Dec 18, 1978
A comparison between the American and British Equal Opportunities Commission, and what they have achieved in new employment opportunities for women in what were considered traditionally male jobs.
Episode 11
...And a Prosperous New Year
Jan 8, 1979
With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?
Episode 12
Episode 12
Jan 15, 1979
Episode 13
A Report from Siege City
Jan 22, 1979
Bernard Nossiter, financial reporter on the Washington Post, gives his view on the economic crisis as he visits striking lorry drivers in the city of Hull.
Episode 14
No Tears-But Fight
Jan 29, 1979
Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
Episode 15
The Reckoning
Feb 5, 1979
After doing a similar study in the USA, Prof. Harvey Brenner of Baltimore University is invited to do a similar study in the UK, on the relationship between death rates with living and job circumstances.
Episode 16
The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
Feb 12, 1979
In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.
Episode 17
Episode 17
Feb 19, 1979
Episode 18
The Shutdown
Feb 26, 1979
A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors in peace time. Now facing closure and 750 redundancies.
Episode 19
Strangers in Their Own Land
Mar 5, 1979
Episode 20
Episode 20
Mar 12, 1979
Episode 21
A Tale of Two Cities
Mar 26, 1979
A comparison between the steel towns of Corby and Longwy France, as Corby becomes threatened with the loss of 6000 jobs as British Steel struggles with dwindling order books and losses.
Episode 22
Banged Up
Apr 2, 1979
A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.
Episode 23
Speke Out
Apr 23, 1979
The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
Episode 24
Nuclear Nightmare
May 7, 1979
Episode 25
The Shattered Lives
May 14, 1979
Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
Episode 26
Armchair Inferno
May 21, 1979
Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.
Episode 27
Paying the Market Price
Jun 4, 1979
Episode 28
The Luck of the Irish
Jun 11, 1979
Episode 29
Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine
Jun 13, 1979
Episode 30
Episode 30
Jun 18, 1979
Episode 31
No More School
Jun 25, 1979
Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.
Episode 32
Gay Pride
Jul 2, 1979
Episode 33
The Other Professionals
Jul 12, 1979
The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.
Episode 34
On Site - Capital Punishment
Jul 16, 1979
Episode 35
On Site - Trade Union Power
Jul 30, 1979
Episode 36
On Site - National Health Cuts
Aug 6, 1979