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 34)
Credit to the Nation (Episode 1)
Air date: 1997-09-08
Overview: After half a century of silence, World in Action tells tonight how Britain benefited from the holocaust.
Against the Odds (Episode 2)
Air date: 1997-09-15
Overview: Revisits the former care subjects featured in Who Cares? (1992) and No-One to Turn to (1992) to see how they are faring 5 years later.
How Green Is My Petrol? (Episode 3)
Air date: 1997-09-22
With This Ring (Episode 4)
Air date: 1997-09-29
Domestic Weapons (Episode 5)
Air date: 1997-10-06
Secret Ingredient (Episode 6)
Air date: 1997-10-13
Conduct Unbecoming (Episode 7)
Air date: 1997-10-20
House of Horrors: Part 1 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1997-10-27
House of Horrors: Part 2 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1997-11-03
Extreme Measures (Episode 10)
Air date: 1997-11-10
Nowhere to Run (Episode 11)
Air date: 1997-11-17
The Rat's Tale (Episode 12)
Air date: 1997-11-24
The Winning Formula (Episode 13)
Air date: 1997-12-01
Overview: Formula 1 racing is one of the richest sports in the world, and sponsorship is a major part of that, but it seems to be the government who are performing the U-turns.
Jam Today (Episode 14)
Air date: 1998-01-05
A Date with the Executioner (Episode 15)
Air date: 1998-01-12
Profit and Loss (Episode 16)
Air date: 1998-01-19
What a Business (Episode 17)
Air date: 1998-01-26
Sex, Lies and Audiotape (Episode 18)
Air date: 1998-02-02
Doctors Under the Influence (Episode 19)
Air date: 1998-02-09
Overview: The risk to patients from alcoholic and drug dependent doctors?
A Question of Justice (Episode 20)
Air date: 1998-02-16
In the Eye of the Storm (Episode 21)
Air date: 1998-02-23
Broken Dreams (Episode 22)
Air date: 1998-03-02
Beating Violence (Episode 23)
Air date: 1998-03-09
Licence to Kill (Episode 24)
Air date: 1998-03-16
Beverley's Choice (Episode 25)
Air date: 1998-03-23
When the Heat Is On (Episode 26)
Air date: 1998-03-30
Playing with Fire (II) (Episode 27)
Air date: 1998-04-06
Overview: Not to be confused with an earlier episode of the same title, this one is the 3rd in a series exposing the neo-Nazi group Combat 18.
The Lottery Losers (Episode 28)
Air date: 1998-04-20
Is the Price Right? (Episode 29)
Air date: 1998-04-27
That Sinking Feeling (Episode 30)
Air date: 1998-05-11
The Price of Peace (Episode 31)
Air date: 1998-05-18
Robocop Strikes Back (Episode 32)
Air date: 1998-06-01
Third Party, Liar and Cheat (Episode 33)
Air date: 1998-06-08
