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 33)
Peer Pressure: Boys & Girls of the Jury (Episode 1)
Air date: 1996-09-02
Shadow of the Bomb (Episode 2)
Air date: 1996-09-09
For King and Country (Episode 3)
Air date: 1996-09-16
Licence to Steal (Episode 4)
Air date: 1996-09-23
The Unteachables (Episode 5)
Air date: 1996-09-30
Tainted Blood (Episode 6)
Air date: 1996-10-07
Overview: Examines the sudden increase in hepatitis C. A fairly new disease, originally only drug users who shared needles were contracting it, but now it has spread to non-drug users too.
Bad Company (Episode 7)
Air date: 1996-10-14
The Nation's Teeth (Episode 8)
Air date: 1996-10-21
The Untouchables: Part 1 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1996-10-28
The Untouchables: Part 2 - Wayne's World (Episode 10)
Air date: 1996-11-04
Overview: Donal MacIntyre goes undercover in a gym in order to befriend and expose drug dealer Wayne Hardy.
Veil of Fear (Episode 11)
Air date: 1996-11-11
The Young Turks (Episode 12)
Air date: 1996-11-18
The Chemical Cosh (Episode 13)
Air date: 1996-11-25
A Question of Class (Episode 14)
Air date: 1996-12-02
Keep on Trucking? (Episode 15)
Air date: 1997-01-13
Into the Minefield (Episode 16)
Air date: 1997-01-20
Who's Buying the Holy City? (Episode 17)
Air date: 1997-01-27
The Yard's Yardies (Episode 18)
Air date: 1997-02-03
A Man of Influence (Episode 19)
Air date: 1997-02-10
The Safety Catch (Episode 20)
Air date: 1997-02-17
Jailhouse Blues (Episode 21)
Air date: 1997-02-24
Many Behaving Badly (Episode 22)
Air date: 1997-03-03
In Front of the Children (Episode 23)
Air date: 1997-03-10
Outbreak (Episode 24)
Air date: 1997-03-17
Clamp and Deliver (Episode 25)
Air date: 1997-03-24
Many Unhappy Returns (Episode 26)
Air date: 1997-04-07
Episode 27 (Episode 27)
Air date: 1997-04-14
Nowhere to Hide (Episode 28)
Air date: 1997-05-12
When Mourning Comes (Episode 29)
Air date: 1997-05-19
Overview: At the dawn of a new peace process, three grieving relatives talk from the heart about their losses which need never had happened, had it only come sooner.
Making a Killing (Episode 30)
Air date: 1997-06-02
Profit Before Principle (Episode 31)
Air date: 1997-06-09
Through the Cakehole (Episode 32)
Air date: 1997-06-16
Jonathan of Arabia: Act II - The Dagger of Deceit (Episode 33)
Air date: 1997-06-23
B.P.'s Secret Soldiers (Episode 34)
Air date: 1997-06-30
Easy Money (Episode 35)
Air date: 1997-07-07
Overview: World in Action sets up several entrapment scenarios in order to test how honest people from various different walks of life prove to be. Will they live up to expectations of their trade or class, or will there be some surprising results?
Winning the Pools (Episode 36)
Air date: 1997-07-14
The Meat Factory (Episode 37)
Air date: 1997-07-21
