World in Action
Season 17
198041 episodes
Episode 1
The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
Oct 13, 1980
Episode 2
South Africa's Bombshell
Oct 20, 1980
Episode 3
Creating Criminals
Oct 27, 1980
Episode 4
Choosing Labour's Leader
Nov 3, 1980
Episode 5
The Party's Over
Nov 10, 1980
Episode 6
Death on the Dole
Nov 17, 1980
Episode 7
The H-Block Fuse
Nov 24, 1980
Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.
Episode 8
The Rossminster Affair
Dec 1, 1980
Episode 9
The Hunt for the Ripper
Dec 8, 1980
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
Episode 10
No Room at the Inn
Dec 15, 1980
Episode 11
The Blood Business
Dec 22, 1980
Episode 12
The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
Jan 5, 1981
Episode 13
Michael Foot
Jan 19, 1981
Episode 14
The White House General
Jan 26, 1981
Episode 15
The Social Democrats
Feb 2, 1981
Episode 16
The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
Feb 9, 1981
Episode 17
Killing for a Cure
Feb 16, 1981
A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.
Episode 18
The State of Britain - In for a Penny
Feb 23, 1981
Episode 19
Off the Rails
Mar 2, 1981
A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signalling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.
Episode 20
The State of the Nation
Mar 9, 1981
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
Episode 21
These Children Are Mine
Mar 16, 1981
Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.
Episode 22
The Fight for the Centre
Mar 23, 1981
Episode 23
The Men from Argentina
Mar 30, 1981
Episode 24
The Curse of the Klan
Apr 6, 1981
Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.
Episode 25
Comrades at Arms
Apr 13, 1981
Episode 26
More Than Just a Few Perks
Apr 27, 1981
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
Episode 27
The Shape of Wars to Come
May 11, 1981
Episode 28
Home and Away
May 18, 1981
Episode 29
Do Mind If I Smoke?
Jun 1, 1981
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
Episode 30
To Russia with Love
Jun 8, 1981
Episode 31
Tories for Turning
Jun 15, 1981
Episode 32
Kevin at the Crossroads
Jun 22, 1981
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
Episode 33
The Silent Epidemic
Jun 29, 1981
Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.
Episode 34
Guns to the Right
Jul 6, 1981
Episode 35
A Dangerous Age
Jul 13, 1981
Episode 36
A Conflict of Evidence
Jul 20, 1981
Episode 37
Toxteth Revisited
Jul 27, 1981
Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.
Episode 38
The Agony of Angola
Aug 3, 1981
Episode 39
When Night Comes to Kandahar
Aug 17, 1981
Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.
Episode 40
Waiting for Justice
Aug 10, 1981
Episode 41
A Picture of Health
Aug 24, 1981