World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
World in Action (Season 12)
The Reluctant Bride (Episode 1)
Air date: 1975-09-08
The Roche Affair (Episode 2)
Air date: 1975-09-15
Conversations with the Craigs (Episode 3)
Air date: 1975-09-22
Democracy in Bulk (Episode 4)
Air date: 1975-09-29
Jobless in Batley (Episode 5)
Air date: 1975-10-06
Overview: A once thriving town, now in decline as the industrial base continues to shrink, asks where the jobs are coming from for the increasingly unemployed of Batley.
The Guinea Pig Soldiers (Episode 6)
Air date: 1975-10-13
Overview: Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.
The Luddenden Experiment (Episode 7)
Air date: 1975-10-20
Overview: With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.
The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud (Episode 8)
Air date: 1975-10-27
Popular Power (Episode 9)
Air date: 1975-11-03
Scotland: A Political Journey Part One (Episode 10)
Air date: 1975-11-10
Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two (Episode 11)
Air date: 1975-11-17
An Element of Risk (Episode 12)
Air date: 1975-11-24
Overview: Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.
Blood Money Part One (Episode 13)
Air date: 1975-12-01
Overview: Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.
Blood Money Part Two (Episode 14)
Air date: 1975-12-08
Episode 15 (Episode 15)
Air date: 1976-01-12
How to Sell an Airforce Part One (Episode 16)
Air date: 1976-01-19
Overview: Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.
How to Sell an Airforce Part Two (Episode 17)
Air date: 1976-01-26
Cut Off (Episode 18)
Air date: 1976-02-02
Overview: The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.
Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done (Episode 19)
Air date: 1976-02-09
Overview: Investigates why the government (after declaring no more hand outs to private companies) had given Chrysler Cars payments of grants and loans of over a hundred million pounds to keep them in Britain.
Episode 20 (Episode 20)
Air date: 1976-02-16
Episode 21 (Episode 21)
Air date: 1976-02-23
The Republic of Rhodesia (Episode 22)
Air date: 1976-03-01
Overview: The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.
1936-1976 a Change of Life (Episode 23)
Air date: 1976-03-08
The Boss File (Episode 24)
Air date: 1976-03-15
In Labour (Episode 25)
Air date: 1976-03-22
Overview: The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.
The Threat of Nuclear War (Episode 26)
Air date: 1976-03-29
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half (Episode 27)
Air date: 1976-04-05
When in Rome... (Episode 28)
Air date: 1976-04-12
Overview: Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.
Out of Mind (Episode 29)
Air date: 1976-04-26
Overview: Investigates concerns that there are those in mental institutions that should not be in there and should be given a chance to live in society.
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72 (Episode 30)
Air date: 1976-05-03
Overview: A new invention for containers is followed on its obstacle course from drawing to finished product, showing the difficulties that inventors have in trying to get their ideas off the ground.
Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea (Episode 31)
Air date: 1976-05-10
The Dark Societies (Episode 32)
Air date: 1976-05-17
The Trials of Popovic (Episode 33)
Air date: 1976-05-24
Proposition 15 (Episode 34)
Air date: 1976-06-07
A Calculated Risk (Episode 35)
Air date: 1976-06-14
A Question for Europe (Episode 36)
Air date: 1976-06-21
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It (Episode 37)
Air date: 1976-06-28
Mutiny on the Motorway (Episode 38)
Air date: 1976-07-05
Run for Your Life (Episode 39)
Air date: 1976-07-12
Overview: MPs are put on a fitness program.
A Question of Standards (Episode 40)
Air date: 1976-07-19
The Plutonium Economy (Episode 41)
Air date: 1976-07-26
Coup D'etat (Episode 42)
Air date: 1976-08-02
