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 8)
The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly (Episode 1)
Air date: 1971-09-06
The Sounds of the Clyde (Episode 2)
Air date: 1971-09-13
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1971-09-20
Death of a revolutionary (Episode 4)
Air date: 1971-09-27
Overview: The aftermath of the shooting dead of Black Panther George Jackson while allegedly trying to escape from prison. His friends, colleagues and family mourn and seek justice for what they say was a murder.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1971-10-04
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1971-10-11
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 1971-10-18
Does an M.P. Have the Right? (Episode 8)
Air date: 1971-10-25
The Most Widely Used Drug in the World. (Episode 9)
Air date: 1971-11-15
Overview: Aspirins are used for a multitude of different complaints, or even just taken as a daily habit. But, do they have harmful side effects of which people are unaware?
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 1971-11-22
The Backseat Generals (Episode 11)
Air date: 1971-11-29
Year of the Killing (Episode 12)
Air date: 1971-11-21
Overview: Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.
Episode 13 (Episode 13)
Air date: 1971-11-29
Working the Land (Episode 14)
Air date: 1972-01-10
The Thirty Million Power Game (Episode 15)
Air date: 1972-01-17
Episode 16 (Episode 16)
Air date: 1972-01-24
War in the Air (Episode 17)
Air date: 1972-03-13
Waiting for the Package (Episode 18)
Air date: 1972-03-20
Overview: Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.
The Lump (Episode 19)
Air date: 1972-03-27
Overview: A look at the reasons behind the continuing bad relations between building workers and management, which lead to a strike at a Birmingham construction site.
Het Dorp (Episode 20)
Air date: 1972-04-10
Out of the Melting Pot (Episode 21)
Air date: 1972-04-17
The Rule of Law (Episode 22)
Air date: 1972-04-24
Containers (Episode 23)
Air date: 1972-05-01
Overview: Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.
Liberty Belles (Episode 24)
Air date: 1972-05-08
Conversations with a Single Parent (Episode 25)
Air date: 1972-05-15
The Runcorn Experiment (Episode 26)
Air date: 1972-05-22
The Siege of Kontum (Episode 27)
Air date: 1972-06-05
Overview: World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.
The Protestant Succession (Episode 28)
Air date: 1972-06-12
The Docks Dispute (Episode 29)
Air date: 1972-06-19
How to Make Enemies & Influence People (Episode 30)
Air date: 1972-06-26
Dust-Up at Northfleet (Episode 31)
Air date: 1972-07-03
In Search of Gusty Spence (Episode 32)
Air date: 1972-07-10
Overview: An interview with the Irish Protestant who denies the murder for which he was convicted, and is being held by the Ulster Volunteer Force who kidnapped him while he was on parole.
How to Steal a Party (Episode 33)
Air date: 1972-07-17
Episode 34 (Episode 34)
Air date: 1972-07-24
Episode 35 (Episode 35)
Air date: 1972-07-31
Caught in the Act (Episode 36)
Air date: 1972-08-07
Eh! What? (Episode 37)
Air date: 1972-08-14
Overview: Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.
