All Seasons

Season 1

• S01E01 Beat the Clock on Defence Spending

  • January 1, 1963
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  Military budget over spending is presented as a game show.

• S01E02 Atomic Arms Race

  • January 7, 1963
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• S01E03 Congo Conflict

  • January 14, 1963
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• S01E04 East Germany

  • January 21, 1963
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• S01E06 Lord Hailsham

  • February 9, 1963
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• S01E07 Supermarkets

  • February 11, 1963
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  An investigation into supermarket practices and their effect on a neighbourhood.

• S01E08 The Fashion Houses

  • February 18, 1963
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• S01E09 Tibet

  • February 25, 1963
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  A look at the first years of China's occupation of Tibet.

• S01E11 The Gambling Business

  • March 4, 1963
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• S01E12 Typhoid in Zermatt

  • March 11, 1963
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• S01E13 Migrants

  • March 18, 1963
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  The plight of southern based Italians having to move to the North of Italy for work.

• S01E14 The Airlines

  • March 25, 1963
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• S01E15 The Volunteers

  • April 1, 1963
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  The valuable contributions young volunteers make.

• S01E16 The Der Speigel Affair

  • April 8, 1963
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• S01E17 The Petrol Business

  • April 15, 1963
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  An investigation into the UK petrol supply business and techniques used amongst rival firms to win customers.

• S01E18 The Greek Royal Family

  • April 22, 1963
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• S01E19 Charities

  • April 29, 1963
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• S01E20 Stanley Matthews

  • May 6, 1963
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• S01E21 Litter

  • May 13, 1963
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  A look at the country's increasing litter problem.

• S01E22 Don't Take the Risk

  • May 20, 1963
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• S01E24 Ivanov

  • June 3, 1963
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Season 2

• S02E01 The Guns

  • September 12, 1963
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• S02E02 Lord Denning

  • September 16, 1963
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• S02E03 Dick Gregory

  • September 29, 1963
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• S02E04 M.R.A

  • September 30, 1963
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• S02E05 Oxfam

  • October 10, 1963
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• S02E06 Blackpool Conference

  • October 14, 1963
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• S02E07 Living in the Slums

  • October 22, 1963
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  A look at conditions in Stepney, London.

• S02E08 Repairs

  • October 29, 1963
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• S02E09 Power

  • November 5, 1963
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• S02E10 The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home

  • November 12, 1963
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• S02E11 The Shadows

  • November 19, 1963
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• S02E12 Increasing Traffic

  • November 26, 1963
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• S02E13 Dallas

  • December 3, 1963
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  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.

• S02E14 President Lyndon Johnson

  • December 10, 1963
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• S02E15 The Cost of Dying

  • December 17, 1963
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  Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.

• S02E16 The British Way of Death

  • December 23, 1963
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• S02E17 Cooke on America

  • December 31, 1963
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• S02E18 Truth About Spain

  • January 7, 1964
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• S02E19 Lakonia - The Facts

  • January 14, 1964
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• S02E20 Alistair Cooke Reports

  • January 21, 1964
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• S02E21 The Thin Red Line

  • January 21, 1964
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  A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.

• S02E22 Smuggling

  • February 4, 1964
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• S02E23 The Power of the Nanny

  • February 11, 1964
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• S02E24 Cyprus

  • February 18, 1964
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  The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.

• S02E25 Concorde

  • February 25, 1964
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  Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.

• S02E26 Great Train Robbery

  • March 26, 1964
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  Reconstruction of the recent night,mail train robbery.

• S02E27 The William Family

  • March 28, 1964
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  Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.

• S02E28 Seven Up

  • May 5, 1964
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  Seven year old children from various backgrounds are interviewed on their hopes and aspirations for the future. It is hoped to follow them up in the year 2000 and see how things turned out.

• S02E29 Radio Pirates

  • May 12, 1964
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  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.

• S02E30 How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat

  • May 19, 1964
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  A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.

• S02E31 Lord Beaverbrook

  • June 9, 1964
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• S02E32 Typhoid in Aberdeen

  • June 16, 1964
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  A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.

• S02E33 Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People

  • June 30, 1964
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• S02E34 John Bloom

  • July 21, 1964
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  The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.

• S02E35 How to Loose at the Olympics After Really Trying

  • October 27, 1964
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  An investigation into the poor training facilities available to Olympic contenders.

• S02E36 U.S. in U.K.

  • December 31, 1964
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Season 3

• S03E01 The Story of the Sun

  • September 15, 1964
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  The launch of The Sun newspaper.

• S03E02 The Flip Side

  • September 22, 1964
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• S03E03 U.S. Elections

  • September 29, 1964
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• S03E04 Canada

  • October 6, 1964
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  French-Canadian unrest at the Queen's visit.

• S03E05 Vietnam

  • November 3, 1964
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• S03E06 Air Safety

  • November 10, 1964
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• S03E07 Smethwick and Racial Tension

  • November 19, 1964
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• S03E08 State of the Unions: Unions and the Motor Car

  • December 1, 1964
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  A comparison of the industrial relations in the car making industries of the UK & the US.

• S03E09 Sunday Laws

  • December 8, 1964
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  An investigation into Britain's age old Sunday trading laws and their effect on shops and similar businesses.

• S03E10 Labour Party Conference 1964

  • December 15, 1964
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• S03E11 Eyes

  • December 20, 1964
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  Investigation on how a bacterial infection got into a Birmingham Eye Hospital and caused several cases of blindness.

• S03E12 Ballroom Dancing

  • December 22, 1964
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• S03E13 Highlights of 1964

  • December 29, 1964
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• S03E14 The English Disease

  • February 9, 1965
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  Investigates if there is a link between bronchitis and road pollution.

• S03E15 Malcolm X

  • February 23, 1965
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  Various black Americans give their views on Malcolm X, and an actor recreates some of his speeches.

• S03E16 The Night Drivers

  • March 2, 1965
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  Investigates the transport and haulage industry and the dark practices that can leave drivers tired, open to hijack and dangerous vehicles on our roads.

• S03E17 The BBC

  • March 20, 1965
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• S03E18 The Middle East

  • April 2, 1965
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  Observations of the tensions growing between Arab and Israeli.

• S03E19 Water

  • June 1, 1965
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  A look at the water crisis and how the drought will affect the summer.

• S03E20 The Other World

  • June 29, 1965
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• S03E21 Dukes

  • July 6, 1965
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• S03E22 The £.S.D. of MPH

  • July 13, 1965
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• S03E23 Jerry Builders

  • July 20, 1965
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• S03E24 The Tory Leadership

  • July 22, 1965
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• S03E25 Drugs

  • August 3, 1965
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Season 4

• S04E01 A Girl Called Sharon

  • July 3, 1967
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  A look at the Royal Marsden's Hospital work in the treatment of Leukaemia and its effects on patient Sharon Morris and her family.

• S04E02 Some Grains of Truth

  • July 10, 1967
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  Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.

• S04E03 A Duel in the Sun

  • July 17, 1967
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• S04E04 Defender of the Faith

  • July 24, 1967
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• S04E05 Mick Jagger

  • July 31, 1967
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  Mick Jagger gives a press conference after his recent conditional discharge for drug use. He then joins a discussion with eminent people on what is expected of famous icons by society, and how much of this is their responsibility.

• S04E06 The Third World

  • August 7, 1967
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  A profile of Stokely Carmichael, a black campaigner against the West's dominance of the world, during his visit to Britain.

• S04E07 Colonels' Democracy

  • August 21, 1967
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• S04E08 Scientology for Sale

  • August 14, 1967
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• S04E09 The Professional Dreamers

  • August 18, 1967
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• S04E10 Hell No! We Won't Go

  • September 4, 1967
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• S04E11 The Militants

  • September 11, 1967
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  An investigation into the development of the Barbican Complex in London. Strikes and industrial action have stopped work on the building site for nearly a year.

• S04E12 Born Losers

  • September 18, 1967
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  The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.

• S04E13 The O'Rahilly File

  • September 23, 1967
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  Ronan O'Rahilly talks to WIA about his pirate radio ship, Radio Caroline, and why he rebels against the established laws of society.

• S04E14 Smith's Back Door

  • October 2, 1967
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  Sanction busting in Rhodesia.

• S04E15 The Breathalyser

  • October 9, 1967
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  A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.

• S04E16 Island Under Arms

  • October 16, 1967
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• S04E17 King of Kings

  • October 23, 1967
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  The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.

• S04E18 Wanted: Kind English Lady

  • November 6, 1967
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  A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.

• S04E19 You Can't Find Uncle Tom

  • November 13, 1967
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• S04E20 East of Aden

  • November 27, 1967
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• S04E21 Mothers in Action

  • December 4, 1967
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• S04E22 The End Of a Revolution

  • December 11, 1967
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  Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.

• S04E23 India on the Edge

  • December 18, 1967
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  A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.

• S04E24 UFO: We Know What We Saw

  • December 31, 1967
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• S04E25 The Long Bridge

  • January 8, 1968
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  Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan,used by refugees in the previous May.

• S04E26 Alas Poor Hippies, Love Is Dead

  • January 15, 1968
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  The evolution of American hippies, their scene, drugs, pan-handling and other pastimes.

• S04E27 Merchants of War

  • January 22, 1968
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  Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.

• S04E28 An Outlaw's Life

  • January 31, 1968
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  An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.

• S04E29 The Twelve Year Engagement

  • February 5, 1968
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  Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.

• S04E30 Death by Instalments

  • February 12, 1968
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  Examining a proposed parliamentary bill that will enable drug addicts to use free,walk in centres to get heroin and cocaine.

• S04E31 Caught for a Baby

  • February 19, 1968
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• S04E32 Cold War, Warm Water

  • December 31, 1968
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• S04E33 No Entry

  • March 4, 1968
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  The plight of Asians trying to escape from Kenya and the difficulties some are having, despite having British Passports, in entering the UK under looming new immigration rules.

• S04E34 Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah

  • March 11, 1968
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• S04E35 The Demonstration

  • March 18, 1968
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  Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.

• S04E36 A Group Of Terrorists Attacked...

  • April 2, 1968
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  The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.

• S04E37 Listen, Whitey

  • April 8, 1968
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  The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.

• S04E38 Horoscope

  • April 9, 1968
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  With interest in astrology increasing,predictions from astrologer Ingrid Lind are put to the test.

• S04E39 Wake Up and Work Together

  • April 15, 1968
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• S04E40 The Flame in Spain

  • April 29, 1968
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• S04E41 Below the Belt

  • April 22, 1968
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  An observation of the prospects of children born with Spina Bifida, which results in below the waist paralysis.

• S04E42 The Star Spangled War

  • May 6, 1968
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  GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.

• S04E43 Stage for a Revolution

  • May 13, 1968
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  The Berlin demonstration of May 1st and the events that led up to it.

• S04E44 Ward F.13

  • May 20, 1968
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  An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.

• S04E45 Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' and Scratchin'

  • May 27, 1968
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  Following the poor peoples' protest and demonstration for better conditions, in Washington DC.

• S04E46 Robert Kennedy

  • June 10, 1968
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• S04E47 The Guinea Pigs

  • June 17, 1968
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  Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.

• S04E48 Election of Fear

  • June 24, 1968
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  The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.

• S04E49 Jeremy Thorpe

  • July 1, 1968
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• S04E50 The Bottom of the List

  • July 8, 1968
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• S04E51 Mother's Little Helpers

  • July 15, 1968
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  Asks the question, are depressed housewives becoming addicted to the new breed of tranquilizers?

• S04E52 One Way to Change the World

  • July 22, 1968
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  Cubans talk about living life under Communism and the effects on them from sanctions and blockades.

• S04E53 Take It Easy

  • July 29, 1968
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  The growing political anger and unrest in Czechoslovakia and the implications.

• S04E54 Look Out We're Twelve

  • August 19, 1968
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  'Microboppers' are a group of children in America mentally advanced well beyond their 12 years of age - and something the world has never seen. A look at their achievements and implications for the future.

• S04E55 So Long Gene, Hello Hubert

  • August 31, 1968
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• S04E56 The Shrinking World of L. Ron Hubbard

  • September 7, 1968
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  This Scientology exposé features an interview with L. Ron Hubbard aboard a Sea Org vessel, and also presents stock footage and commentary on Scientologists.

Season 5

• S05E01 Give Us the Works

  • September 10, 1968
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  An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.

• S05E02 Spies for Hire

  • September 16, 1968
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• S05E03 February's Children

  • September 23, 1968
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  An investigation into 7 children (expelled from Kenya) who have to live on their own in the UK as their parents cannot join them due to new laws.

• S05E04 New Drugs, Same Needle

  • October 7, 1968
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  The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.

• S05E05 A Score to Settle

  • October 14, 1968
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  Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.

• S05E06 Backs to the Wall

  • October 21, 1968
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  A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.

• S05E07 Special: Vietnam

  • October 27, 1968
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• S05E08 A City Stumbles

  • November 3, 1968
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  A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.

• S05E09 Nasser's Fortified Ditch

  • November 11, 1968
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• S05E10 An Outbreak of Peace

  • November 18, 1968
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  With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.

• S05E11 The Trail of the Vanishing Voters

  • December 9, 1968
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  World in Action tries to trace the overseas voters in Britain who have supposedly voted for The People's National Congress Party in Guyana's election.

• S05E12 A Buyer's Market

  • December 12, 1968
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  The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.

• S05E13 The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom

  • December 16, 1968
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  A profile of Laos, considered the most unproductive country in the world but rich and financially stable through its passing of opium products and dodgy gold.

• S05E14 First Class Delivery

  • December 23, 1968
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  The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.

• S05E15 The Making of a Prime Minister

  • January 6, 1969
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• S05E16 Next Year in Peking

  • January 13, 1969
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• S05E17 All Change at Newry

  • January 20, 1969
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• S05E18 A New School of Thought

  • January 27, 1969
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• S05E19 Death of a Student

  • February 3, 1969
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  The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.

• S05E20 Like Other Men

  • February 10, 1969
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  Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.

• S05E21 Livng in the Red

  • February 17, 1969
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• S05E22 A War on Ice

  • February 24, 1969
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• S05E23 Home for a Revolution

  • March 3, 1969
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• S05E24 Where People Don't Matter

  • March 10, 1969
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  The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.

• S05E25 A Case to Answer

  • March 17, 1969
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  Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.

• S05E26 The Men Left Behind

  • March 24, 1969
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• S05E27 The Six Day War - Day 666

  • March 31, 1969
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• S05E28 The Owners and the Owned

  • April 14, 1969
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  Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.

• S05E29 Inside Out

  • April 21, 1969
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  A revolutionary new look at how mental patients should be treated, allowing them out into the wider world, and distancing as much as possible from Victorian lunatic asylums.

• S05E30 A Modest Proposal

  • May 5, 1969
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• S05E31 Two Men in Two Tin Huts

  • May 12, 1969
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  Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.

• S05E32 The Leftovers

  • May 19, 1969
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  Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.

Season 6

• S06E01 Untried, Inside

  • September 8, 1969
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• S06E02 No Surrender

  • September 15, 1969
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  Portrait of the Protestant working class and the vigilantes in Northern Ireland at the height of the Ulster riots in 1969.

• S06E03 Crack of the Whip

  • September 22, 1969
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  Portrait of the Catholic working class and the riots in Ulster, when the barricades were going up in the streets of Derry.

• S06E04 Castro

  • September 29, 1969
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  Following Fidel Castro as he governs the country of Cuba from Jeeps and tents, spending many hours integrating himself with the ordinary people.

• S06E05 Put to the Test

  • October 13, 1969
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  An observation of the Southwark mobile screening unit for detecting breast and other cancers.

• S06E06 State of the Lion

  • October 20, 1969
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• S06E07 The Life and Death of James Griffiths

  • November 3, 1969
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  Reconstruction of Glasgow gunman James Griffiths running amok and the final shoot out with the police.

• S06E08 Ken Petty, Alas No Longer with Us

  • November 10, 1969
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  Looks at the alternative life styles of young people who have dropped out of society.

• S06E09 A Welcome in the Hillsides

  • November 24, 1969
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• S06E10 The Breadline

  • December 1, 1969
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  Lower income workers discuss how they manage to cope on poor wages, amongst politicians and trade union leaders.

• S06E11 Where Crime Is a Habit

  • December 8, 1969
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  A look at the work of the New York Police Dept. and the vigilantes groups that have come about to also tackle crime.

• S06E12 Wednesday's Children

  • December 15, 1969
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  A report on Muscular Dystrophy and examines what is available and what can be done for those suffering.

• S06E13 Nancekuke Dossier

  • December 22, 1969
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  Investigates why the UK is still manufacturing nerve gas.

• S06E14 Last Week in Biafra

  • December 29, 1969
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  Christmas 1969 and a reminder of the last terrible year in Biafra which was blighted by war and the consequent famine and starvation.

• S06E15 Frontline Africa

  • January 6, 1970
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  The guerrilla fight for independence of the people of Portuguese Guinea.

• S06E16 The 22 Year Itch

  • January 12, 1970
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• S06E17 Cold Comfort

  • January 19, 1970
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  An investigation into how many elderly die from cold in winter because they cannot afford to heat their home.

• S06E18 A Bit Apprehensive

  • January 26, 1970
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• S06E19 One Down,100,000 to Go

  • February 2, 1970
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• S06E20 Your Services No Longer Required

  • February 9, 1970
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• S06E21 Conspiracy

  • February 16, 1970
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• S06E22 St. Mungo's People

  • February 23, 1970
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• S06E23 Shalom

  • March 2, 1970
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• S06E24 Trouble Down the East End

  • March 9, 1970
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• S06E25 A Case of Benign Neglect

  • March 16, 1970
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• S06E26 The State of Denmark

  • March 23, 1970
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  On the abolishment of censorship in Denmark, infamous morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse goes on an inspection of the state.

• S06E27 Seymour

  • April 6, 1970
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• S06E28 Black Mood

  • April 13, 1970
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• S06E29 Ian Paisley

  • April 21, 1970
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• S06E30 Are You Alright Jackie?

  • April 28, 1970
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  A look at the lives of two schoolgirls, both named Jackie, and their juxtaposition with two representatives from the Women's Liberation Front.

• S06E31 This House Would Disrupt the SA Cricket Tour

  • May 4, 1970
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• S06E32 America Talking

  • May 11, 1970
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• S06E33 Quentin Crisp

  • July 6, 1970
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  A look at the life of Quentin Crisp, a homosexual trying to live an openly gay lifestyle in the intolerant pre second world war years and who refuses to compromise his lifestyle and alternative fashion.

Season 7

• S07E01 Everybody's Children

  • September 21, 1970
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  I believe this is about school children at school doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general

• S07E02 The Quiet Mutiny

  • September 28, 1970
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  Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.

• S07E03 The Man Who Made Biafra

  • August 6, 1970
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• S07E04 Pigs?

  • August 12, 1970
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  Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.

• S07E05 They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else

  • October 19, 1970
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  There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.

• S07E06 A Business Arrangement

  • October 19, 1970
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• S07E07 S.A.L.T.

  • November 2, 1970
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• S07E08 Goodbye Mr. Smith?

  • November 9, 1970
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• S07E09 The Mountain People

  • November 16, 1970
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  America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.

• S07E10 The Final Harvest

  • November 23, 1970
  • ITV1

• S07E11 The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet

  • November 24, 1970
  • ITV1

• S07E12 The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman

  • November 30, 1970
  • ITV1

  Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman,who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.

• S07E13 The Law Shop

  • December 7, 1970
  • ITV1

• S07E14 Oh! Birmingham

  • December 14, 1970
  • ITV1

• S07E15 The Dumping Grounds

  • December 21, 1970
  • ITV1

  The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.

• S07E16 American Radio

  • January 4, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E17 Round One

  • January 11, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E18 The Dutschke Affair

  • January 18, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E19 The Village That Quit

  • January 25, 1971
  • ITV1

  A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.

• S07E20 The Monday Club

  • February 1, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E21 The Breaking Point

  • February 8, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E22 Square One

  • February 15, 1971
  • ITV1

  With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?

• S07E23 Lucky

  • February 22, 1971
  • ITV1

  Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.

• S07E24 Ford: The Inside Story

  • March 1, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E25 The Truants

  • March 8, 1971
  • ITV1

  World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.

• S07E26 The Man Who Stole Uganda

  • April 5, 1971
  • ITV1

  A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?

• S07E27 As It Was in the Beginning...

  • March 22, 1971
  • ITV1

  Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.

• S07E28 The Year Britain Stopped Growing

  • March 29, 1971
  • ITV1

  Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.

• S07E29 South of the Border

  • April 5, 1971
  • ITV1

  Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.

• S07E30 The Salvation Army

  • April 19, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E31 Sailors' Jail

  • April 26, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E32 Going Private

  • May 3, 1971
  • ITV1

  Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.

• S07E33 The Tanzam Railway

  • May 10, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E34 A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford

  • May 17, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E35 Death Is Afraid of Us

  • May 24, 1971
  • ITV1

  Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.

• S07E36 Conversations with a Working Man

  • June 6, 1971
  • ITV1

  Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.

• S07E37 Anthony Mascarenhas

  • June 14, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E38 A Woman's Place

  • June 21, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E39 The Dust at Acre Mill

  • June 28, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E40 Major Khaled's War

  • July 12, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E41 End of a Journey

  • July 5, 1971
  • ITV1

• S07E42 The Man from No. 10

  • August 3, 1971
  • ITV1

Season 8

• S08E01 The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly

  • September 6, 1971
  • ITV1

• S08E02 Sounds of the Clyde

  • September 13, 1971
  • ITV1

• S08E03 Death Of a Revolutionary

  • September 27, 1971
  • ITV1

  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.

• S08E04 Does an M.P. Have the Right?

  • October 25, 1971
  • ITV1

• S08E05 The Most Widely Used Drug In The World

  • November 5, 1971
  • ITV1

  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?

• S08E06 Year of the Killing

  • November 21, 1971
  • ITV1

  Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.

• S08E07 The Backseat Generals

  • November 29, 1971
  • ITV1

• S08E08 Working the Land

  • January 10, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E09 The Thirty Million Power Game

  • January 17, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E10 War in the Air

  • March 13, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E11 Waiting for the Package

  • March 20, 1972
  • ITV1

  Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.

• S08E12 The Lump

  • March 27, 1972
  • ITV1

  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.

• S08E13 Het Dorp

  • April 10, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E14 Out of the Melting Pot

  • April 17, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E15 The Rule of Law

  • April 24, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E16 Containers

  • May 1, 1972
  • ITV1

  Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.

• S08E17 Liberty Belles

  • May 8, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E18 Conversations with a SIngle Parent

  • May 16, 1971
  • ITV1

• S08E19 The Runcorn Experiment

  • May 22, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E20 The Siege Of Kontum

  • June 5, 1972
  • ITV1

  World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.

• S08E21 The Protestant Succession

  • July 12, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E22 The Docks Dispute

  • June 19, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E23 How to Make Enemies & Influence People

  • June 26, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E24 Dust-Up at Northfleet

  • July 3, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E25 In Search of Gusty Spence

  • July 10, 1972
  • ITV1

  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.

• S08E26 How to Steal a Party

  • July 17, 1972
  • ITV1

• S08E27 Caught in the Act

  • ITV1

• S08E28 Eh! What?

  • August 14, 1972
  • ITV1

  Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.

Season 9

• S09E01 See for Yourself

  • September 11, 1972
  • ITV1

  A London shop steward opposed to immigration is invited to visit Uganda, and see why Asians there have to leave for their own safety and find a new home.

• S09E02 A Matter of Discretion

  • September 18, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E03 A Question of Torture

  • September 25, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E04 The Colenso Diamond

  • October 2, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E05 The Children of Vorenezh

  • October 9, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E06 Wilson verses Rees-Mogg

  • October 16, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E07 Hotels

  • October 23, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E08 Canadian Indians

  • October 30, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E09 The Stripping of the Appalachia

  • November 6, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E10 Police for Sale

  • November 8, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E11 Wales for Sale

  • November 13, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E12 The Case of Leopold Tresser - Master Spy

  • November 20, 1972
  • ITV1

• S09E13 On Site

  • November 27, 1972
  • ITV1

  An investigation into how the appalling accident record on construction sites can be improved.

• S09E14 A Day in the Life of Kevin Donnellon

  • December 4, 1972
  • ITV1

  World in Action spends a day with thalidomide victim, 10 year old Kevin Donnellon.

• S09E15 The Angry Brigade

  • December 7, 1972
  • ITV1

  Meeting the young anarchists involved in a guerrilla bombing campaign.

• S09E16 The Cut Price Society of Sidney Carter

  • January 15, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E17 How Safe Are American Nuclear Reactors?

  • January 22, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E18 The Get Rich Quick Guide

  • January 29, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E19 Ready Willing and Disabled

  • February 19, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E20 Last Tangle in Paris

  • February 26, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E21 Conversations with a Gay Liberal

  • March 5, 1973
  • ITV1

  Sam Green, a psychiatric nurse, has been elected to Durham council despite being open about his homosexuality. Are attitudes to homosexuals changing?

• S09E22 The Coal Enqiries

  • March 19, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E23 The Protestant Succession No.2

  • March 26, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E24 The Watergate Caper

  • April 2, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E25 The Bormann Business

  • April 14, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E26 The Rise & Fall of John Poulson

  • April 30, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E27 South Vietnam: A Question of Torture

  • May 7, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E28 A Place in the Country

  • May 14, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E29 A Small Case of Blackmail

  • May 21, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E30 Trial 1001

  • June 4, 1973
  • ITV1

  Trade Unions are illegal in Spain,this looks at the mounting court cases as people continue to defy the law.

• S09E31 Dr. Hammer Goes to Moscow

  • June 18, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E32 Who Goes Home?

  • June 25, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E33 Frank's Bank

  • July 2, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E34 Like It or Lump It

  • July 9, 1973
  • ITV1

  The principals of 'lump labour' appear to be the main cause of a dispute with unions,causing the delay in the building of a much needed Islington public housing project.

• S09E35 Dr. Burnham Does It Again

  • July 23, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E36 Secrets

  • July 30, 1973
  • ITV1

• S09E37 A Message from the Underground

  • August 6, 1973
  • ITV1

Season 10

• S10E01 A Question of Intelligence

  • September 10, 1973

• S10E02 Something to Beef About

  • September 17, 1973

• S10E03 The Cost of a Cup of Tea

  • September 24, 1973

• S10E04 Tomorrow's Women: Labour

  • October 1, 1973

• S10E05 Tomorrow's Women: Conservative

  • October 8, 1973

• S10E06 A Threat to the State

  • October 15, 1973

• S10E07 The Squeeze (Part 1)

  • October 22, 1973

• S10E08 The Squeeze (Part 2)

  • October 29, 1973

• S10E09 HM's Opposition

  • November 5, 1973

• S10E10 An Accidental Death

  • November 19, 1973

• S10E11 Drug Squad

  • November 26, 1973

• S10E12 Chile: The Reckoning

  • December 3, 1973

• S10E13 The Year of the Torturer

  • December 11, 1973

• S10E14 The Morning After

  • January 7, 1974

  Follows a group of people from different walks of life as they cope with the power cuts, resulting in 'the 3 day week' and spiraling vehicle fuel prices from oil shortages.

• S10E15 Hotting Up & Slowing Down

  • January 14, 1974

• S10E16 Centre Point

  • January 21, 1974

• S10E17 Mr & Mrs Olley Learn the Facts of Life

  • January 28, 1974

• S10E18 Flying Pickets

  • February 4, 1974

• S10E19 A Political Journey (Part 1)

  • February 11, 1974

• S10E20 A Political Journey (Part 2)

  • February 18, 1974

• S10E21 A Political Journey (Part 3)

  • February 25, 1974

• S10E22 The Others

  • March 4, 1974

• S10E23 The Trials of PC Williams

  • March 11, 1974

• S10E24 A Bad Week for the Speculators

  • March 18, 1974

• S10E25 The Strange Story of Kevin Kavanagh

  • April 1, 1974

• S10E26 Harold Wilson at No.10

  • April 8, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E27 Death in the Family

  • April 22, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E28 MP's Interests

  • April 29, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E29 Business in Gozo

  • May 6, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E30 The Ben Hunter Way

  • May 13, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E31 The Day the Torture Stopped

  • May 20, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E32 The Hefferon Affair

  • June 3, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E33 The Selling of the Maharishi

  • June 10, 1974
  • ITV1

  With the promise of solving the world's problems through meditation, The Maharishi is now a global business worth millions of dollars.

• S10E34 The Leader of the Opposition

  • June 17, 1974
  • ITV1

• S10E35 Cancer Gas

  • June 24, 1974
  • ITV1

  Investigation into Vinyl Chloride Monomer gas, widely used in the PVC industry and maybe a reason for increased rates of liver cancer for those who work with it.

• S10E36 The Old Country

  • July 8, 1974
  • ITV1

  A visit to a remote region of Equador where some people are claimed to be over a 100 and still physically active. As a Catholic country World in Action checks the baptism records.

• S10E37 The Group

  • July 15, 1974
  • ITV1

Season 11

• S11E01 An Accident at Sea

  • September 2, 1974
  • ITV1

  Looks into the loss of the ship Burtonia and whether coastguards acted quickly enough to her distress signal.

• S11E02 John Conteh

  • September 9, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E03 The Special Unit

  • September 16, 1974
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• S11E04 It Won't Change My Life

  • September 23, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E05 After the Hurricane

  • September 30, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E06 The Granada 500

  • October 7, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E07 Killer Dust: A Standard Mistake

  • October 14, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E08 Birth of a Nation

  • October 21, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E09 The Low Road

  • October 28, 1974
  • ITV1

  A report on the Scottish men who seek a new life in London but find themselves living rough on the streets.

• S11E10 On the Trail of the Torturers

  • November 4, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E11 Misery Magic

  • November 11, 1974
  • ITV1

  Investigates the cosmetic company 'Holiday Magic' who is alleged to have involved vulnerable immigrants into a pyramid selling scheme.

• S11E12 The Trials in Zanzibar

  • November 18, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E13 Who Runs Ulster?

  • November 25, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E14 Trouble Afoot

  • December 2, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E15 Round Up of the Year

  • December 9, 1974
  • ITV1

• S11E16 Mr Grimshaw

  • January 6, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E17 The Morning After the Year Before

  • January 6, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E18 Reverend Parker Says Goodbye

  • January 13, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E19 No Smoke Without Fire

  • January 20, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E20 Why I Want To Be Leader

  • February 3, 1975
  • ITV1

  Behind the scenes with Mrs. Thatcher as she prepares to run for leadership of the Conservative party, meeting members of the public and spending rare time with her family.

• S11E21 Wanted: A Home of Their Own

  • February 10, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E22 A Rebel's Dilemma

  • February 17, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E23 The Siege of Phnom Penh

  • February 24, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E24 Mr. Wilson's First Anniversary

  • March 3, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E25 The Blood and Guts Shift

  • March 10, 1975
  • ITV1

  24 hours spent at the casualty department of a Liverpool Hospital, as it struggles on its budget to treat the wounded from increasing alcohol fueled violence at the weekend.

• S11E25 The Blood and Guts Shift

  • March 10, 1975
  • ITV1

  24 hours spent at the casualty department of a Liverpool Hospital, as it struggles on its budget to treat the wounded from increasing alcohol fueled violence at the weekend.

• S11E26 Tea - The Deadly Cost

  • March 17, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E27 Tea: Too High a Price to Pay?

  • March 24, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E28 Down with the Rates

  • April 7, 1975
  • ITV1

  With most local authorities increasing their rates this year, a look at Liverpool Council who have baulked the trend and have reduced theirs.

• S11E29 The Dundee Dossier

  • April 14, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E30 The Tip of the Iceberg

  • April 21, 1975
  • ITV1

  Investigates the illegal dumping of hazardous and toxic waste materials.

• S11E31 Politics Is an Honourable Profession?

  • April 22, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E32 Nuclear Power-For Peace or War?

  • April 28, 1975
  • ITV1

  Investigates if the west should give into Third World Countries demands for nuclear power for electricity.

• S11E33 Here is the News

  • May 5, 1975
  • ITV1

  Follows the launching of a new newspaper called 'The Scottish Daily News' and how it came together.

• S11E34 Sex & Violence

  • May 12, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E35 Special: A Bus Round the Market (Part 1)

  • May 27, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E36 Special: A Bus Round the Market (Part 2)

  • June 3, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E37 Coming Out in Newport Pagnell

  • June 9, 1975
  • ITV1

• S11E38 The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A. (Part 1)

  • June 16, 1975
  • ITV1

  An investigation into whether the American Central Intelligence Agency has become too big.

• S11E39 The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A. (Part 2)

  • June 23, 1975
  • ITV1

  An investigation into the ways the Central Intelligence Agency has sought to bring down entire governments in countries Iran, Guyana, and Cuba.

• S11E40 The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A. (Part 3)

  • June 30, 1975
  • ITV1

  Investigation into wars waged by the Central Intelligence Agency together with American presidents, and the their longterm consequences.

Season 12

• S12E01 The Reluctant Bride

  • September 8, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E02 The Roche Affair

  • September 15, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E03 Conversations with the Craigs

  • September 22, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E04 Democracy in Bulk

  • September 29, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E05 Jobless in Batley

  • October 6, 1975
  • ITV1

  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.

• S12E06 The Guinea Pig Soldiers

  • October 13, 1975
  • ITV1

  Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.

• S12E07 The Luddenden Experiment

  • October 20, 1975
  • ITV1

  With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households,a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.

• S12E08 The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud

  • October 27, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E09 Popular Power

  • November 3, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E10 Scotland: A Political Journey (Part 1)

  • November 10, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E11 Scotland: A Political Journey (Part 2)

  • November 17, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E12 An Element of Risk

  • November 24, 1975
  • ITV1

• S12E13 Blood Money (Part 1)

  • December 1, 1975

  Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with hemophilia.

• S12E14 Blood Money (Part 2)

  • December 8, 1975

• S12E15 How to Sell an Airforce (Part 1)

  • January 19, 1976
  • ITV1

  Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.

• S12E16 How to Sell an Airforce (Part 2)

  • January 26, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E17 Cut Off

  • February 2, 1976
  • ITV1

  The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.

• S12E18 Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done

  • February 9, 1976
  • ITV1

  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.

• S12E19 The Republic of Rhodesia

  • March 1, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E20 1936-1976: A Change of Life

  • March 8, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E21 The Boss File

  • March 15, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E22 In Labour

  • March 22, 1976
  • ITV1

  The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.

• S12E23 The Threat of Nuclear War

  • March 29, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E24 Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half

  • April 5, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E25 When in Rome...

  • April 12, 1976
  • ITV1

  Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.

• S12E26 Out of Mind

  • April 26, 1976
  • ITV1

  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.

• S12E27 Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72

  • May 3, 1976
  • ITV1

  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.

• S12E28 Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea

  • May 10, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E29 The Dark Societies

  • May 17, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E30 The Trials of Popovic

  • May 24, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E31 Proposition 15

  • June 7, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E32 A Calculated Risk

  • June 14, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E33 A Question for Europe

  • June 21, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E34 Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Somebody Has to Do It

  • June 28, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E35 Mutiny on the Motorway

  • July 5, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E36 Run for Your Life

  • July 12, 1976
  • ITV1

  MPs are put on a fitness program.

• S12E37 A Question of Standards

  • July 19, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E38 The Plutonium Economy

  • July 26, 1976
  • ITV1

• S12E39 Coup D'etat

  • August 2, 1976
  • ITV1

Season 13

• S13E01 Unemployment - Who Cares?

  • September 27, 1976
  • ITV1

  Unemployment has now risen to the notable 1 million mark and this investigation shows the detrimental effect it can have on those people who loose their job.

• S13E02 Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Delta's Dilemma

  • October 4, 1976
  • ITV1

• S13E03 A School of Thought

  • October 11, 1976
  • ITV1

  Examination of revolutionary and experimental new teaching methods.

• S13E04 Mr Cork Examines the Books

  • October 18, 1976
  • ITV1

  An ordinary accountant is given the theoretical task of being Chancellor of the Exchequer and giving his take on the situation.

• S13E05 Campaigning by Numbers

  • October 25, 1976
  • ITV1

• S13E06 Yesterday's Truants

  • November 1, 1976
  • ITV1

  Follow up programme to one five years previous to find out what happened to some persistent school truants.

• S13E07 Living Dangerously

  • November 8, 1976
  • ITV1

  The effects of the chemical Dioxin after a factory explosion in Italy.

• S13E08 The Killing of Uganda

  • November 15, 1976
  • ITV1

• S13E09 The National Party

  • November 22, 1976
  • ITV1

  Following the racial violence in Blackburn,looks at the rise of the extreme right wing.

• S13E10 The Long Arm of the Dina

  • November 29, 1976
  • ITV1

• S13E11 The Lawbreakers

  • December 6, 1976
  • ITV1

• S13E12 Made in Hong Kong - Child Labour

  • December 13, 1976
  • ITV1

• S13E13 Mr Opie Brings Bad News

  • January 10, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E14 Doctor's Orders

  • January 17, 1977
  • ITV1

  Doctors complain that they are being put under pressure by both patients and pharmaceutical companies to prescribe certain drugs.

• S13E15 The Militants

  • January 31, 1977
  • ITV1

  Investigates why the Labour Party is allowing a group within to produce a newspaper like 'The Militant'.

• S13E16 Waiting for Merlyn

  • February 7, 1977
  • ITV1

  An investigation into the Home Secretary's decision to declare two men as a threat to British Security and his moves to have them deported.

• S13E17 The Road to Amsterdam

  • February 14, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E18 The Police Tapes

  • February 21, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E19 Equal Pay Today-Or Tomorrow

  • February 28, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E20 Do You Take This Man?

  • March 7, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E21 From Death Row-To Downing St

  • March 14, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E22 Nuts & Bolts of the Economy - Them and Us

  • March 21, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E23 Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics (Part 1)

  • March 28, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E24 Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics (Part 2)

  • April 4, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E25 The Plane Makers

  • April 18, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E26 The Prison Children

  • April 25, 1977
  • ITV1

  It is against the law in the UK to put children into prison, so how did 4000 under 17-year-olds come to spend time behind bars?

• S13E27 All Work and Low Pay

  • May 2, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E28 What Mr. Paisley Didn't Know

  • May 16, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E29 The Man Who Went Too Far

  • May 23, 1977
  • ITV1

  Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

• S13E30 Casualties of the Cuts

  • May 30, 1977
  • ITV1

  Looking at two hospitals that may have to close down,and another who's budget is not coping with the demand of an increasing population.

• S13E31 Without Limit of Time

  • June 13, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E32 My Years with Amin

  • June 20, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E33 Starting on the Dole

  • May 27, 1977
  • ITV1

  With the continuing rise in youth unemployment, follows two Liverpool teenagers as they look for work and examines the validity of government job creation schemes.

• S13E34 The Very Public Death of Enrico Sidoli

  • July 4, 1977
  • ITV1

  In July of the previous year Enrico was beaten up in a London swimming pool by three youths and held under water,he died days later of injuries. Apart from one girl, nobody there appears to have noticed anything.

• S13E35 Jack's Last Stand

  • July 11, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E36 Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 1)

  • July 18, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E37 Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 2)

  • July 25, 1977
  • ITV1

• S13E38 Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 3)

  • August 1, 1977
  • ITV1

Season 14

• S14E01 The Man Who Talks to Terrorists

  • September 26, 1977
  • ITV1

• S14E02 The Life and Death Of Steve Biko

  • October 3, 1977
  • ITV1

  Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.

• S14E03 No Compromise

  • October 10, 1977
  • ITV1

• S14E04 The Miami Experiment

  • October 17, 1977
  • ITV1

• S14E05 They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else

  • October 19, 1970
  • ITV1

  Through the eyes of disabled people, professionals and politicians, World In Action looks at the implications of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, the pioneering 1970 legislation that transformed lives. It was dubbed “a Magna Carta for disabled people” at the time. The Act made local authorities responsible for the first time in law for assessing and meeting needs for social care in the community, the adaptation of homes and the right to access education. It was the cornerstone for future disability rights legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

• S14E06 The Surgery Is Now Closed

  • October 24, 1977
  • ITV1

• S14E07 Eastern Promise

  • October 31, 1977
  • ITV1

• S14E08 The Accident

  • November 7, 1977
  • ITV1

  Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains.where many people died.

• S14E09 The Disputed Land

  • November 14, 1977
  • ITV1

• S14E10 Got It Taped

  • November 21, 1977
  • ITV1

• S14E11 In the Name of the Law

  • November 28, 1977
  • ITV1

  Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.

• S14E12 Death by Request

  • January 24, 1978
  • ITV1

  One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.

• S14E13 Thatcher Interview

  • January 30, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E14 Cold Facts

  • February 6, 1978
  • ITV1

  People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.

• S14E15 The Concrete Rings

  • February 13, 1978
  • ITV1

  Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

• S14E16 Working for a Pittance

  • February 20, 1978
  • ITV1

  An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.

• S14E17 There's No Place Like Hulme

  • April 10, 1978
  • ITV1

  Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.

• S14E18 The Right's Centre

  • April 17, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E19 Black to Front

  • April 24, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E20 In the Public Interest

  • May 8, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E21 General Grigorenko's New Campaign

  • May 15, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E22 Take Care, This Place is Unsafe

  • May 22, 1978
  • ITV1

  Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.

• S14E23 Smoking - A Double Standard

  • June 5, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E24 Dishonourable Discharge

  • June 12, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E25 Wait and See

  • June 19, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E26 Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea

  • June 20, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E27 The Happiness Pill?

  • June 26, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E28 The Nazi Party

  • July 3, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E29 Prisoner of Terrorism

  • July 10, 1978
  • ITV1

  A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler

• S14E30 Russian Justice

  • July 17, 1978
  • ITV1

  Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

• S14E31 Buying Time

  • July 24, 1978
  • ITV1

  Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.

• S14E32 Liable to Prosecution

  • July 31, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E33 No Useful Purpose Would Be Served

  • August 7, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E34 Power for Sale

  • August 14, 1978
  • ITV1

• S14E35 The Invisible Risk

  • August 21, 1978
  • ITV1

Season 15

• S15E01 Paraguay - The Last Refuge

  • October 9, 1978
  • ITV1

• S15E02 Trapped Inside the Wrong Body

  • October 16, 1978
  • ITV1

• S15E03 Mr Heath at the Miners' Club

  • October 30, 1978
  • ITV1

• S15E04 The Hunt For Doctor Mengele

  • November 20, 1978
  • ITV1

  A WIA investigation into claims that Paraguay is a refuge for Nazi criminals. Dr. Mengele is remembered for his vile experiments carried out on inmates in concentration camps and WIA traces several of his hideouts in Paraguay and talks to people who have met him there.

• S15E05 Kids United

  • November 27, 1978
  • ITV1

• S15E06 Inside Europe - The Summit

  • December 4, 1978
  • ITV1

• S15E07 The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)

  • December 11, 1978
  • ITV1

• S15E08 It's Already Been Too Long

  • December 18, 1978
  • ITV1

  A comparison between the American and British Equal Opportunities Commission, and what they have achieved in new employment opportunities for women in what were considered traditionally male jobs.

• S15E09 ...And a Prosperous New Year

  • January 8, 1979
  • ITV1

  With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?

• S15E10 A Report from Siege City

  • January 22, 1979
  • ITV1

  Bernard Nossiter, financial reporter on the Washington Post, gives his view on the economic crisis as he visits striking lorry drivers in the city of Hull.

• S15E11 No Tears-But Fight

  • January 29, 1979
  • ITV1

  Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.

• S15E12 The Reckoning

  • February 5, 1979
  • ITV1

  After doing a similar study in the USA,Prof.Harvey Brenner of Baltimore University is invited to do a similar study in the UK, on the relationship between death rates with living and job circumstances.

• S15E13 The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan

  • February 12, 1979
  • ITV1

  In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.

• S15E14 The Shutdown

  • February 26, 1979
  • ITV1

  A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors in peace time. Now facing closure and 750 redundancies.

• S15E15 Strangers in Their Own Land

  • March 5, 1979
  • ITV1

• S15E16 A Tale of Two Cities

  • March 26, 1979
  • ITV1

  A comparison between the steel towns of Corby and Longwy France, as Corby becomes threatened with the loss of 6000 jobs as British Steel struggles with dwindling order books and losses.

• S15E17 Banged Up

  • April 2, 1979
  • ITV1

  A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.

• S15E18 Nuclear Nightmare

  • April 9, 1979
  • ITV1

• S15E19 Speke Out

  • April 23, 1979
  • ITV1

  The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.

• S15E20 The Shattered Lives

  • May 14, 1979
  • ITV1

  Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.

• S15E21 Armchair Inferno

  • May 21, 1979
  • ITV1

  Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.

• S15E22 Paying the Market Price

  • June 4, 1979
  • ITV1

• S15E23 The Luck of the Irish

  • June 11, 1979
  • ITV1

• S15E24 Inside Amin's Terror Machine

  • June 13, 1979
  • ITV1

  On 25 January 1971, Idi Amin overthrew the president of Uganda, Dr. Milton Obote. A reign of terror, violence and murder began that lasted more than eight years. In a special report by the World In Action team, the full extent of the horror of Amin's regime is revealed for the first time on 1970's television.

• S15E25 No More School

  • June 25, 1979
  • ITV1

  Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.

• S15E26 Gay Pride

  • July 2, 1979
  • ITV1

• S15E27 The Other Professionals

  • July 12, 1976
  • ITV1

  The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.

• S15E28 On Site - Capital Punishment

  • July 16, 1976
  • ITV1

• S15E29 On Site - Trade Union Power

  • July 30, 1976
  • ITV1

• S15E30 On Site - National Health Cuts

  • August 6, 1976
  • ITV1

• S15E31 Special: The Last White Christmas

  • December 18, 1976
  • ITV1

Season 16

• S16E01 Mr. Benn's Secret Service

  • January 7, 1980
  • ITV1

  Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country's good?

• S16E02 Cambodia Year One - Aid Crisis

  • January 14, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E03 Cambodia Year One - Life After Death

  • January 21, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E04 The Man Who Bought United

  • January 28, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E05 The Steel Papers

  • February 4, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E06 Behind the Paper Curtain

  • February 11, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E07 The Pulse of America

  • February 18, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E08 The Final Harvest

  • February 25, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E09 Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy

  • March 3, 1980
  • ITV1

  Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud.

• S16E10 Follow the Yellow Cake Road

  • March 10, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E11 Decline and Fall

  • March 17, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E12 Alive and Well in the U.S.A.

  • March 24, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E13 Not in the Public Interest

  • April 14, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E14 Spying for Survival

  • April 21, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E15 The Pound in Their Pocket

  • April 28, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E16 The Trial of Stanley Adams

  • May 12, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E17 Britain Over a Barrel

  • May 19, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E18 A Bad Day for Southall

  • June 2, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E19 Mr. Kane's Campaign

  • June 9, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E20 Special: What Do You Think of It So Far?

  • June 10, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E21 Market Day

  • June 16, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E22 Fly the Flag, Pay the Price

  • June 23, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E23 Russian Games

  • June 30, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E24 Mr. Stock and the Thursday Gang

  • July 7, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E25 Last Stand in Lisburn

  • July 14, 1980
  • ITV1

  With communities across Northern Ireland, from the end of the 1960s Lisburn suffered through three decades of political violence, "The Troubles". For Lisburn the first killings came in 1976: in the course of the year, five Catholic residents died as a result of gun and bomb attacks by the Ulster Defence Association and the new Ulster Volunteer Force, loyalist paramilitary groups that subsequently entered their own feud.

• S16E26 Vietnam - Prisoner of War

  • July 14, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E27 A Dignified Exit

  • July 28, 1980
  • ITV1

  "EXIT" - the society for the right to die with dignity, are publishing a controversial suicide guide for terminally ill people who require a dignified death.

• S16E28 The Tirion Programme

  • August 4, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E29 Suffer the Children

  • August 11, 1980
  • ITV1

• S16E30 The Chart Busters

  • August 18, 1980
  • ITV1

  Investigating allegations that the pop music charts are controlled not by consumers, but by manipulative tactics of the big record companies, thus not being a true reflection of popularity at all.

Season 17

• S17E01 The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier

  • October 13, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E02 South Africa's Bombshell

  • October 20, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E03 Creating Criminals

  • October 27, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E04 Choosing Labour's Leader

  • November 3, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E05 The Party's Over

  • November 10, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E06 Death on the Dole

  • November 17, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E07 The H-Block Fuse

  • November 24, 1980
  • ITV1

  Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.

• S17E08 The Rossminster Affair

  • December 1, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E09 The Hunt for the Ripper

  • December 8, 1980
  • ITV1

  The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.

• S17E10 No Room at the Inn

  • December 15, 1980
  • ITV1

• S17E11 The Blood Business

  • December 22, 1980
  • ITV1

  World In Action investigates the need for a complete overhaul of the Blood Transfusion Service

• S17E12 The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales

  • January 5, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E13 Michael Foot

  • January 19, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E14 The White House General

  • January 26, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E15 The Social Democrats

  • February 2, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E16 The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes

  • February 9, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E17 Killing For a Cure

  • February 16, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E18 The State of Britain - In for a Penny

  • February 23, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E19 Off the Rails

  • March 2, 1981
  • ITV1

  A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signaling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.

• S17E20 The State of the Nation

  • March 9, 1981
  • ITV1

  Journalists reenact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.

• S17E21 These Children Are Mine

  • March 16, 1981
  • ITV1

  Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.

• S17E22 The Fight for the Centre

  • March 23, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E23 The Men from Argentina

  • March 30, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E24 The Curse Of The Klan

  • April 6, 1981
  • ITV1

  Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.

• S17E25 Comrades at Arms

  • April 13, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E26 More Than Just a Few Perks

  • April 27, 1981
  • ITV1

  A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.

• S17E27 The Shape of Wars to Come

  • May 11, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E28 Home and Away

  • May 18, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E29 Do Mind If I Smoke?

  • June 1, 1981
  • ITV1

  An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.

• S17E30 To Russia with Love

  • June 8, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E31 Tories for Turning

  • June 15, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E32 Kevin at the Crossroads

  • June 22, 1981
  • ITV1

  Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.

• S17E33 The Silent Epidemic

  • June 29, 1981
  • ITV1

  Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.

• S17E34 Guns to the Right

  • July 6, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E35 A Dangerous Age

  • July 13, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E36 A Conflict of Evidence

  • July 20, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E37 Toxteth Revisited

  • July 27, 1981
  • ITV1

  Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.

• S17E38 The Agony of Angola

  • August 3, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E39 Waiting for Justice

  • August 10, 1981
  • ITV1

• S17E40 When Night Comes to Kandahar

  • August 17, 1981
  • ITV1

  Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.

• S17E41 A Picture of Health

  • August 24, 1981
  • ITV1

Season 18

• S18E01 The Discarded People

  • October 19, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E02 The Disarmament Man

  • October 26, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E03 Two Out of 30,000

  • November 2, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E04 Living with Poverty

  • November 9, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E05 Dust to Dust

  • November 16, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E06 The Preacher and the Peacemaker

  • November 23, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E07 Bleeding to Death

  • November 30, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E08 Families at War

  • December 7, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E09 A Statistic - A Reminder

  • December 14, 1981
  • ITV1

• S18E10 Taste of Power

  • January 4, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E11 The Price of Britain's Bomb

  • January 11, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E12 Divided We Stand

  • January 18, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E13 Deals on Wheels

  • January 25, 1982
  • ITV1

  Investigates why same model cars are cheaper on the continent.

• S18E14 Private Darkin's Army

  • February 1, 1982
  • ITV1

  Documentary about a soldier, Private Darkin, who committed suicide after facing bullying in the Army. The filming took place at Blackdown Barracks, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, and included a Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) platoon in training called Delhi Platoon. This contributor , David Kinsey, was a Private soldier in training and in that platoon and the programme includes what became a punch line 'Eyes front Di Pietro' shouted by the drill Sergeant, Colin Egan.

• S18E15 The Tobacco War

  • February 8, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E16 A Bankrupt Game

  • February 15, 1982
  • ITV1

  An investigation into football clubs' financial problems and the looming crisis,with a focus on Bristol City Football Club.

• S18E17 The I.R.A.'s Arms Cash

  • February 22, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E18 Caution to the Wind

  • March 1, 1982
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• S18E19 The Worried Men

  • March 8, 1982
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• S18E20 In the Name of the Lord

  • March 15, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E21 Home Help

  • March 22, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E22 Irish Lessons

  • March 29, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E23 Britain on the Brink

  • April 5, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E24 Special: The Falklands 100 (Part 1)

  • April 13, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E25 Special: The Falklands 100 (Part 2)

  • April 14, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E26 Special: The Falklands 100 (Part 3)

  • April 15, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E27 Special: The Falklands 100 (Part 4)

  • April 16, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E28 The Spoils of Peace

  • April 19, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E29 The Falklands and the British Task Force

  • April 26, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E30 The Real British Disease

  • May 10, 1982
  • ITV1

  Examines why young people are not leaving learning Establishments with the skills being demanded by industry.

• S18E31 Falklands 100

  • May 17, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E32 Weekend at War

  • May 24, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E33 Paying for the War

  • June 7, 1982
  • ITV1

  What is the true cost of the Falklands War, both financially and individually? A two-man discussion with filmed inserts.

• S18E34 Home or Husband

  • June 14, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E35 Britain's Other Islanders

  • June 21, 1982
  • ITV1

  Edgar Allan Poe was depressive, poetic, and described by fellow writers as, "palpably insane." His work is widely celebrated across the world. But what about the man holding the pen? This video explores the dark and melancholy life of Edgar Allan Poe.

• S18E36 Operation Quicksilver

  • June 28, 1982
  • ITV1

  Looks at the intense lobbying and scheming going on behind the scenes by other manufacturers trying to prevent Nissan building a car plant in the UK.

• S18E37 A Small Town Tragedy

  • July 5, 1982
  • ITV1

  Victims of asbestos related illnesses in Blooming Dale Illinois question why they have yet to receive the awarded compensation from the original supplier, Cape Industries.

• S18E38 Operation Peace for Galilee

  • July 12, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E39 Prisoner's Medicine

  • July 19, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E40 Learning to Lose

  • July 26, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E41 Cleaning Up the Yard

  • August 2, 1982
  • ITV1

  Operation Countryman was supposed to be the biggest ever investigation into corruption in Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police, so why did it result in such minor results?

• S18E42 The Health Service

  • August 9, 1982
  • ITV1

  The health service today began 5 days' intensive strike action, leaving only emergency services running, in pursuit of a 12% pay rise. This is the most severe disruption the NHS has ever seen, and a massive backlog results.

• S18E43 Streets Apart

  • August 16, 1982
  • ITV1

• S18E44 Israel's Other War

  • August 23, 1982
  • ITV1

Season 19

• S19E01 The Mystery of Flight 163

  • October 25, 1982

• S19E02 DeLorean - The Inside Story

  • November 1, 1982

• S19E03 Losing Out to London

  • November 8, 1982

• S19E04 An Adverse Reaction

  • November 15, 1982

• S19E05 The Betrayal of British Industry (Part 1)

  • November 22, 1982

• S19E06 The Betrayal of British Industry (Part 2)

  • November 29, 1982

• S19E07 The Silicon Spies

  • December 6, 1982

• S19E08 Voices from the Underground

  • December 13, 1982

• S19E09 When the Cheering Stops

  • December 20, 1982

• S19E10 The Power Brokers

  • January 10, 1983

• S19E11 Too Cold to Live

  • January 17, 1983

• S19E12 A Difficult Prisoner

  • January 24, 1983

• S19E13 The Peace War

  • January 31, 1983

• S19E14 Rich Law, Poor Law

  • February 7, 1983

• S19E15 People Without a Land

  • February 21, 1983
  • ITV1

• S19E16 Arms to Argentina

  • March 7, 1983

• S19E17 What the Papers Pay

  • March 14, 1983

• S19E18 Operation Hit & Win

  • March 21, 1983

  In the USA, the FBI have decided to start investigating the IRA.

• S19E19 Michael Foot and the Darlington Election

  • March 28, 1983

• S19E20 Harvest Gold

  • April 11, 1983

• S19E21 An Offence Against the Person

  • April 18, 1983

• S19E22 The Battle for the Atlantic

  • May 9, 1983

• S19E23 Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail (Part 1)

  • May 23, 1983

• S19E24 Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail (Part 2)

  • May 30, 1983

• S19E25 The Election 500

  • June 6, 1983

• S19E26 The Heroin Barons

  • June 13, 1983

• S19E27 The System Builder

  • June 20, 1983

  Investigates the building practices of one of the UK's largest house builders 'Barrett Homes' and whether their quickly built timber frame system houses are suffering quality issues.

• S19E28 Your Home in Their Hands

  • June 27, 1983

• S19E29 A Law Unto Themselves

  • July 4, 1983

• S19E30 Krugerrand Cricket

  • July 11, 1983

• S19E31 The Man Who Left His Tribe

  • July 18, 1983

• S19E32 The Trails of Hoffman

  • July 25, 1983

• S19E33 The Race Against Reagan

  • August 1, 1983

• S19E34 Colonel Rauff's Refuge

  • August 8, 1983
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  Comedian Jack Whitehall hosts the third show in the revived series, introducing a line-up of fabulous acts from around the globe. There is a special performance by the legendary Lionel Richie, The Script play their hit Superheroes, Hollywood actress and former Bond girl Gemma Arterton gives an exclusive preview of the West End musical Made in Dagenham, and there is plenty of comedy and some incredible speciality acts from around the world.

• S19E35 A Widow's Story

  • August 15, 1983
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Season 20

• S20E01 Watching the Waste Go By

  • October 10, 1983
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• S20E02 Tea - A Bitter Taste

  • October 17, 1983
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• S20E03 A Farewell to Arms Control

  • October 24, 1983
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• S20E04 A Serious Medical Emergency

  • October 31, 1983
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• S20E05 In No Man's Land

  • November 7, 1983
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• S20E06 The Grenada Factor

  • November 14, 1983
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• S20E07 Devil's Advocate

  • November 21, 1983
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  Gus MacDonald recalls 200 previously unemployed Manchester youth in 1 hour live special "Devil's Advocate". Guests include radio/TV personality Terry Christian and Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr.

• S20E08 Sea of Despair

  • November 28, 1983
  • ITV1

  Investigates piracy and rape claims by Thai fishermen against the Vietnamese boat people.

• S20E09 Fit for Work

  • December 5, 1983
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• S20E10 After Doomsday

  • December 12, 1983
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  Are the dangers of a nuclear attack being exaggerated in order to keep people in a permanent state of fear?

• S20E11 The Honourable Member for Belfast West

  • December 19, 1983
  • ITV1

• S20E12 For the Benefit of Mr. Parris

  • January 23, 1984
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• S20E13 The Sinking of Scott Lithgow

  • January 30, 1984
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• S20E14 Rags to Riches

  • February 6, 1984
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• S20E15 Special: Here We Stand - A Protestant View of Ulster

  • February 9, 1984
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• S20E16 Countdown to a Coronary

  • February 13, 1984
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• S20E17 The Decade of Delay

  • February 20, 1984
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• S20E18 Gross Misconduct

  • February 27, 1984
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• S20E19 The Press Gang

  • March 5, 1984
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  Examines the press's attitude towards public figures. The Sun newspaper had written that an American Psychiatrist had declared Tony Benn insane. This investigation shows that the psychiatrist had been misquoted.

• S20E20 Tell Me More

  • March 12, 1984
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• S20E21 The City That Says No

  • March 19, 1984
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  Documentary report which examines the arguments of Liverpool City Council which have been put to the government for planned spending which exceeds the set budget for the year as laid down by central government.

• S20E22 The Black Sheep of Whitehall

  • March 26, 1984
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• S20E23 The Food Factor

  • April 2, 1984
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• S20E24 Looking After Their Own

  • April 9, 1984
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• S20E25 Women on the Line

  • April 16, 1984
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• S20E26 For the Love of Boxing

  • April 30, 1984
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• S20E27 Caught in the Crossfire

  • May 14, 1984
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• S20E28 Robbing the Rich

  • May 21, 1984
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• S20E29 South Africa's Other Leader

  • June 4, 1984
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• S20E30 On the Rocks

  • June 11, 1984
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• S20E31 Your Starter for Life

  • June 18, 1984
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• S20E32 Drilling for Gold

  • June 25, 1984
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• S20E33 On the Scrap Heap

  • July 2, 1984
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• S20E34 The Spy Who Never Was

  • July 16, 1984
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  Special report, based on an extensive interview with M15 and M16 investigator Peter Wright, on the case against the former head of M15 Roger Hollis.

• S20E35 Business in Oman

  • July 23, 1984
  • ITV1

Season 21

• S21E01 Clap Trap

  • September 24, 1984
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  Following the publication of his book, "Our Masters' Voices: The Language and Body Language of Politics", in 1984, Max Atkinson showed how he could coach someone with no previous public speaking experience through to getting a standing ovation.

• S21E02 An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell

  • October 1, 1984
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• S21E03 Football's Mr. Fix-It

  • October 8, 1984
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• S21E04 The Coal War

  • October 15, 1984
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  With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.

• S21E05 Apartheid's Back Yard

  • October 22, 1984
  • ITV1

• S21E06 Plans for Coal

  • October 29, 1984
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  Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.

• S21E07 Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming

  • November 5, 1984
  • ITV1

• S21E08 The Politics of Starvation

  • November 12, 1984
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• S21E09 Kidnapped

  • November 19, 1984
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• S21E10 Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror

  • December 3, 1984
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• S21E11 Softly, Softly, Strike Force

  • December 10, 1984
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  The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.

• S21E12 Tried, Untested

  • December 17, 1984
  • ITV1

• S21E13 Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years

  • December 27, 1984
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  A series of clips showing the diverse range of subjects covered so far.

• S21E14 Taken on Trust

  • January 7, 1985
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• S21E15 The Miners and the Microchip

  • January 14, 1985
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• S21E16 Civil Unrest

  • January 21, 1985
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• S21E17 Father and Son

  • January 28, 1985
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• S21E18 Going Dutch

  • February 4, 1985
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• S21E19 The Knock on the Door

  • February 11, 1985
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• S21E20 Taking the Medicine

  • February 18, 1985
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• S21E21 A Conflict in Customs

  • February 25, 1985
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• S21E22 Death of an English Rose

  • March 4, 1985
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  Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.

• S21E23 Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse

  • March 11, 1985
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• S21E24 Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration

  • March 18, 1985
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• S21E25 Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor

  • March 25, 1985
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• S21E26 The Swan and the Plough

  • April 1, 1985
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• S21E27 Not for Love or Money

  • April 15, 1985
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• S21E28 The Baby Makers

  • April 22, 1985
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• S21E29 Children of the Loom

  • April 29, 1985
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• S21E30 Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown

  • May 13, 1985
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• S21E31 First Strike

  • May 20, 1985
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• S21E32 The Betrayal of Bhopal

  • June 3, 1985
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• S21E33 Raising the Belgrano

  • June 10, 1985
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• S21E34 Britain's Cocaine Colony

  • June 17, 1985
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• S21E35 The Dream of John Delorean

  • June 24, 1985
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• S21E36 Hit and Run

  • July 1, 1985
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• S21E37 A Song for Africa

  • July 8, 1985
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  Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.

• S21E38 Disunited Nations

  • July 15, 1985
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• S21E39 Bad Blood

  • July 22, 1985
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  Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.

Season 22

• S22E01 The Bishop and the Minister

  • September 23, 1985
  • ITV1

• S22E02 Mr. Kinnock Spells It Out

  • September 30, 1985
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• S22E03 The Great Food Scandal

  • October 7, 1985
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• S22E04 The Front Line

  • October 14, 1985
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• S22E05 The Last Days of Juliet Lima

  • September 21, 1985
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  A surprise fire has broken out on the normally safe Boeing 737, but what were the causes and how could this have been allowed to happen?

• S22E06 In the Interests of Justice

  • October 28, 1985
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  Extended edition investigating the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six.

• S22E07 Whites Only

  • November 4, 1985
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• S22E08 Shades of Blue

  • November 11, 1985
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• S22E09 Designed for Living

  • November 18, 1985
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  Can housing design affect crime levels?

• S22E10 Children at War

  • November 25, 1985
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• S22E11 Too Late for Lisa

  • December 9, 1985
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• S22E12 The Trouble with Derek

  • December 16, 1985
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• S22E13 The Honourable Member for the Unemployed

  • January 6, 1986
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  Harry Morgan and Matthew Parris previously met in World in Action's "For the Benefit of Mr. Parris", and unexpectedly became friends. This time, they swap rôles, with Harry acting as a Member of Parliament.

• S22E14 The Westland Affair

  • January 13, 1986
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• S22E15 Doctor, There's Something in My Soup

  • January 20, 1986
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• S22E16 Live from Westminster

  • January 27, 1986
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• S22E17 The Widow's Crusade

  • February 3, 1986
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• S22E18 As the Dust Settles

  • February 10, 1986
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• S22E19 The One That Got Away

  • February 17, 1986
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• S22E20 On Yer Bike

  • February 24, 1986
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  Two young men from the North of England follow the Conservative MP Norman Tebbit's advice to get 'on yer bike' and travel 300 miles south to look for work in High Wycombe.

• S22E21 The Selling of Telecom

  • March 3, 1986
  • ITV1

• S22E22 Bradwell Says No

  • March 10, 1986
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• S22E23 Inside Ponting's Whitehall

  • March 17, 1986
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• S22E24 The President's Private War

  • March 24, 1986
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• S22E25 The Hardliner

  • April 7, 1986
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• S22E26 The Threatened Generation

  • April 14, 1986
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• S22E27 No Place Like Home

  • April 28, 1986
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• S22E28 The Face Lifters

  • May 12, 1986
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• S22E29 Practically Impossible

  • May 19, 1986
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• S22E30 In Human Hands

  • June 2, 1986
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  In the light of the Chernobyl accident checks out safety procedures at the Dounreay Power Station.

• S22E31 Without Due Care

  • June 9, 1986
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• S22E32 Taking on Gaddafi

  • June 16, 1986
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• S22E33 South Africa - Uncensored

  • June 23, 1986
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• S22E34 The Road to Mexico

  • June 30, 1986
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• S22E35 The Wirecutters

  • July 7, 1986
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• S22E36 The Man Who is Blackmailing Britain

  • July 14, 1986
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• S22E37 Behind Closed Doors

  • July 21, 1986
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Season 23

• S23E01 Getting Away with Murder

  • September 22, 1986
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• S23E02 Something for Nothing

  • September 29, 1986
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• S23E03 Mrs. Currie's Sauce

  • October 6, 1986
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• S23E04 Death is Part of the Process

  • October 13, 1986
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• S23E05 A Most Unsatisfactory Customer

  • October 20, 1986
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• S23E06 The Untouchable

  • November 3, 1986
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• S23E07 Dead End

  • November 10, 1986
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  Asylum seekers face being deported.

• S23E08 Black Lessons

  • November 17, 1986
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  The Black Church in Britain and its role in national education policy.

• S23E09 The Midas Touch

  • November 24, 1986
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• S23E10 A Surprise Witness

  • December 1, 1986
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• S23E11 What Sid Should Really Know

  • December 8, 1986
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• S23E12 The Road to Damascus

  • December 15, 1986
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• S23E13 The State of the Nation (Part 1)

  • January 5, 1987
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• S23E14 The State of the Nation (Part 2)

  • January 12, 1987
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• S23E15 The State of the Nation (Part 3)

  • January 19, 1987
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• S23E16 Keeping Warm in Benidorm

  • January 26, 1987
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• S23E17 Starting from the Bottom

  • February 2, 1987
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• S23E18 Burning Questions

  • February 9, 1987
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• S23E19 Boys on the Blacklist

  • February 16, 1987
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• S23E20 A Message for the Money Men

  • February 23, 1987
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• S23E21 Plausible Denial

  • March 2, 1987
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