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 2)
The Guns (Episode 1)
Air date: 1963-09-11
Lord Denning (Episode 2)
Air date: 1963-09-16
Dick Gregory (Episode 3)
Air date: 1963-09-29
M.R.A (Episode 4)
Air date: 1963-09-30
Oxfam (Episode 5)
Air date: 1963-10-10
Blackpool Conference (Episode 6)
Air date: 1963-10-14
Living in the Slums (Episode 7)
Air date: 1963-10-22
Overview: A look at conditions in Stepney, London.
Repairs (Episode 8)
Air date: 1963-10-29
Power (Episode 9)
Air date: 1963-11-05
The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home (Episode 10)
Air date: 1963-11-12
The Shadows (Episode 11)
Air date: 1963-11-19
Increasing Traffic (Episode 12)
Air date: 1963-11-26
The British Way of Death (Episode 13)
Air date: 1963-12-03
Dallas (Episode 14)
Air date: 1963-12-03
Overview: A visit to the city of Dallas in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, focusing on the varying reactions and conditions of the people there.
President Lyndon Johnson (Episode 15)
Air date: 1963-12-10
The Cost of Dying (Episode 16)
Air date: 1963-12-17
Overview: Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.
Cooke on America (Episode 17)
Air date: 1963-12-31
Truth About Spain (Episode 18)
Air date: 1964-01-07
Overview: An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.
Alistair Cooke Reports (Episode 19)
Air date: 1964-01-21
Lakonia - The Facts (Episode 20)
Air date: 1964-01-14
The Thin Red Line (Episode 21)
Air date: 1964-01-21
Overview: A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.
Smuggling (Episode 22)
Air date: 1964-02-04
The Power of the Nanny (Episode 23)
Air date: 1964-02-11
Cyprus (Episode 24)
Air date: 1964-02-18
Overview: The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Concorde (Episode 25)
Air date: 1964-02-25
Overview: Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.
The Great Train Robbery (Episode 26)
Air date: 1964-03-26
Overview: Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery
The Williams Family (Episode 27)
Air date: 1964-03-28
Overview: Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.
Radio Pirates (Episode 28)
Air date: 1964-05-12
Overview: Unique access to the new form of radio which is competing on a not strictly legal level with the BBC - the pirate stations. Those on the outside both for and against also have their say.
How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat (Episode 29)
Air date: 1964-05-19
Overview: A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.
The Face on the Cover (Episode 30)
Air date: 1964-05-26
Lord Beaverbrook (Episode 31)
Air date: 1964-06-09
Typhoid in Aberdeen (Episode 32)
Air date: 1964-06-16
Overview: A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.
Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People (Episode 33)
Air date: 1964-06-30
Overview: A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.
John Bloom (Episode 34)
Air date: 1964-07-21
Overview: The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.
U.S. in U.K. (Episode 35)
Air date: 1964-07-28
