World in Action

Jan 1, 1963

Military budget over spending is presented as a game show.

Jan 7, 1963

Jan 14, 1963

Jan 21, 1963

Feb 11, 1963

Feb 18, 1963

An investigation into supermarket practices and their effect on a neighbourhood.

Feb 25, 1963

Mar 11, 1963

A look at the first years of China's occupation of Tibet.

Mar 25, 1963

Mar 25, 1963

Apr 1, 1963

Apr 8, 1963

The plight of southern based Italians having to move to the North of Italy for work.

Apr 8, 1963

Apr 14, 1963

The valuable contributions young volunteers make.

Apr 24, 1963

Apr 29, 1963

An investigation into the UK petrol supply business and techniques used amongst rival firms to win customers.

May 6, 1963

May 13, 1963

May 27, 1963

Jun 3, 1963

A look at the country's increasing litter problem.

Jun 10, 1963

Jun 24, 1963

Jul 1, 1963

Sep 11, 1963

Sep 16, 1963

Sep 29, 1963

Sep 30, 1963

Oct 10, 1963

Oct 14, 1963

Oct 22, 1963

A look at conditions in Stepney, London.

Oct 29, 1963

Nov 5, 1963

Nov 12, 1963

Nov 19, 1963

Nov 26, 1963

Dec 3, 1963

Dec 3, 1963

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.

Dec 10, 1963

Dec 17, 1963

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

Dec 31, 1963

Jan 7, 1964

An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.

Jan 21, 1964

Jan 14, 1964

Jan 21, 1964

A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.

Feb 4, 1964

Feb 11, 1964

Feb 18, 1964

The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.

Feb 25, 1964

Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.

Mar 26, 1964

Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery

Mar 28, 1964

Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.

May 12, 1964

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.

May 19, 1964

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

May 26, 1964

Jun 9, 1964

Jun 16, 1964

A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.

Jun 30, 1964

A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.

Jul 21, 1964

The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.

Jul 28, 1964

Sep 15, 1964

The launch of The Sun newspaper.

Sep 22, 1964

Various recording agents speak out on the pop music business, and whether the UK singles chart is a fair representation of vinyl sales.

Sep 29, 1964

Oct 6, 1964

French-Canadian unrest at the Queen's visit.

Oct 20, 1964

Investigation on how a bacterial infection got into a Birmingham Eye Hospital and caused several cases of blindness.

Oct 27, 1964

An investigation into the poor training facilities available to Olympic contenders.

Nov 3, 1964

Nov 10, 1964

Nov 17, 1964

Dec 1, 1964

A comparison of the industrial relations in the car making industries of the UK & the US.

Dec 8, 1964

An investigation into Britain's age old Sunday trading laws and their effect on shops and similar businesses.

Dec 15, 1964

Dec 22, 1964

Dec 29, 1964

Feb 9, 1965

Investigates if there is a link between bronchitis and road pollution.

Feb 23, 1965

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

Mar 2, 1965

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

Mar 20, 1965

Apr 20, 1965

Observations of the tensions growing between Arab and Israeli.

Apr 27, 1965

Companion piece to Seven Up! (1964), this time featuring the elderly looking back rather than the young looking forward. The average age of these women and men is 79.

Jun 1, 1965

A look at the water crisis and how the drought will affect the summer.

Jun 29, 1965

Jul 6, 1965

Jul 13, 1965

Jul 20, 1965

Jul 22, 1965

Aug 3, 1965

Jul 3, 1967

A look at the Royal Marsden's Hospital work in the treatment of Leukaemia and how Sharon's parents Bill and Annette Norris battle against the limited knowledge and treatments available for those who suffer from this condition.

Jul 10, 1967

Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.

Jul 17, 1967

Jul 24, 1967

Jul 31, 1967

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.

Aug 7, 1967

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

Aug 14, 1967

Aug 21, 1967

Aug 28, 1967

Sep 4, 1967

Sep 11, 1967

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.

Sep 18, 1967

The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.

Sep 25, 1967

After the government successfully suppressed pirate radio stations, a follow-up to a previous episode in 1964 with Radio Caroline's crew and its director Ronan O'Rahilly

Oct 2, 1967

Sanction busting in Rhodesia.

Oct 9, 1967

A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.

Oct 16, 1967

Oct 20, 1967

Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO sightings in the United States of America are analyzed by experts in various fields.

Oct 23, 1967

The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.

Nov 6, 1967

A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.

Nov 13, 1967

Nov 20, 1967

Dec 4, 1967

A group trying change society's attitude to unmarried mothers.

Dec 11, 1967

Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.

Dec 18, 1967

A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.

Jan 1, 1968

An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.

Jan 8, 1968

Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan, used by refugees in the previous May

Jan 15, 1968

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

Jan 22, 1968

Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.

Jan 29, 1968

Feb 5, 1968

Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.

Feb 12, 1968

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

Feb 19, 1968

Feb 26, 1968

Mar 4, 1968

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.

Mar 11, 1968

Mar 18, 1968

Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.

Mar 25, 1968

Apr 1, 1968

The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.

Apr 8, 1968

The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.

Apr 9, 1968

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

Apr 15, 1968

Apr 29, 1968

Apr 22, 1968

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

May 6, 1968

GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.

May 13, 1968

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

May 20, 1968

An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.

May 27, 1968

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

Jun 10, 1968

Jun 17, 1968

Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.

Jun 24, 1968

The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.

Jul 1, 1968

Sep 10, 1968

An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.

Sep 16, 1968

Sep 23, 1968

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.

Sep 30, 1968

Oct 7, 1968

The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.

Oct 14, 1968

Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.

Oct 21, 1968

A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.

Oct 27, 1968

Nov 4, 1968

A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.

Nov 11, 1968

Nov 18, 1968

With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.

Nov 25, 1968

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

Dec 9, 1968

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.

Dec 16, 1968

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.

Dec 23, 1968

The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.

Dec 30, 1968

Update on the subjects of three notable previous films in the series, the gypsies of An Outlaw's Life (1968), the large family of The Born Losers (1967), and the elderly ladies of Ward F.13 (1968).

Jan 6, 1969

Jan 13, 1969

Jan 20, 1969

Jan 27, 1969

Feb 3, 1969

The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.

Feb 10, 1969

Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.

Feb 17, 1969

Feb 24, 1969

Mar 3, 1969

Mar 10, 1969

The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.

Mar 17, 1969

Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.

Mar 24, 1969

Mar 31, 1969

Apr 14, 1969

Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.

Apr 21, 1969

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.

May 5, 1969

May 12, 1969

Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.

May 19, 1969

Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.

Sep 8, 1969

Sep 15, 1969

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

Sep 22, 1969

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

Sep 29, 1969

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

Oct 6, 1969

Oct 13, 1969

An observation of the Southwark mobile screening unit for detecting breast and other cancers.

Oct 20, 1969

Oct 27, 1969

Nov 3, 1969

Reconstruction of Glasgow gunman James Griffiths running amok and the final shoot out with the police.

Nov 10, 1969

Looks at the alternative life styles of young people who have dropped out of society.

Nov 17, 1969

Nov 24, 1969

Dec 1, 1969

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

Dec 8, 1969

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

Dec 15, 1969

A report on Muscular Dystrophy and examines what is available and what can be done for those suffering.

Dec 22, 1969

Investigates why the UK is still manufacturing nerve gas.

Dec 29, 1969

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

Jan 5, 1970

The guerrilla fight for independence of the people of Portuguese Guinea.

Jan 12, 1970

Jan 19, 1970

An investigation into the elderly dying from cold in Winter and the effects of hypothermia which can show no obvious symptoms.

Jan 26, 1970

Feb 2, 1970

Feb 9, 1970

Feb 16, 1970

Feb 23, 1970

Mar 2, 1970

Mar 9, 1970

Mar 16, 1970

Mar 23, 1970

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

Apr 6, 1970

Follows Seymour as he reconnects with life after being released from prison.

Apr 13, 1970

Apr 20, 1970

Apr 27, 1970

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

May 4, 1970

May 11, 1970

Jul 6, 1970

World In Action interview filmed in Quentin's room in a London boarding house.

Jul 13, 1970

Jul 20, 1970

Sep 21, 1970

School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general

Sep 28, 1970

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

Oct 5, 1970

Oct 12, 1970

Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.

Oct 19, 1970

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.

Oct 26, 1970

Nov 2, 1970

Nov 9, 1970

Nov 16, 1970

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

Nov 23, 1970

Nov 24, 1970

Nov 30, 1970

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

Dec 7, 1970

Dec 14, 1970

Dec 21, 1970

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

Jan 4, 1971

A personal view by Denis Mitchell.

Jan 11, 1971

Jan 18, 1971

Jan 25, 1971

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

Feb 1, 1971

Feb 8, 1971

Feb 15, 1971

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

Feb 22, 1971

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.

Mar 1, 1971

Mar 8, 1971

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

Mar 15, 1971

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

Mar 22, 1971

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

Mar 29, 1971

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

Apr 5, 1971

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

Apr 19, 1971

Apr 26, 1971

May 3, 1971

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

May 10, 1971

May 17, 1971

May 24, 1971

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

Jun 7, 1971

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

Jun 14, 1971

Jun 21, 1971

Jun 28, 1971

Jul 5, 1971

Jul 12, 1971

Jul 19, 1971

Aug 3, 1971

Sep 6, 1971

Sep 13, 1971

Sep 20, 1971

Sep 27, 1971

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.

Oct 4, 1971

Oct 11, 1971

Oct 18, 1971

Oct 25, 1971

Nov 15, 1971

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?

Nov 22, 1971

Nov 29, 1971

Nov 21, 1971

Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.

Nov 29, 1971

Jan 10, 1972

Jan 17, 1972

Jan 24, 1972

Mar 13, 1972

Mar 20, 1972

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

Mar 27, 1972

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.

Apr 10, 1972

Apr 17, 1972

Apr 24, 1972

May 1, 1972

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

May 8, 1972

May 15, 1972

May 22, 1972

Jun 5, 1972

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

Jun 12, 1972

Jun 19, 1972

Jun 26, 1972

Jul 3, 1972

Jul 10, 1972

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.

Jul 17, 1972

Jul 24, 1972

Jul 31, 1972

Aug 7, 1972

Aug 14, 1972

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

Sep 11, 1972

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.

Sep 18, 1972

Sep 25, 1972

Oct 2, 1972

Oct 9, 1972

Oct 16, 1972

Oct 23, 1972

Oct 30, 1972

Nov 6, 1972

Nov 8, 1972

Nov 13, 1972

Nov 20, 1972

Nov 27, 1972

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

Dec 4, 1972

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

Dec 7, 1972

Meeting the young anarchists involved in a guerrilla bombing campaign.

Jan 15, 1973

Jan 22, 1973

Jan 29, 1973

Feb 19, 1973

Feb 26, 1973

Mar 5, 1973

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

Mar 12, 1973

Mar 19, 1973

Mar 26, 1973

Apr 2, 1973

Apr 14, 1973

Apr 30, 1973

May 7, 1973

May 14, 1973

May 21, 1973

Jun 4, 1973

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

Jun 18, 1973

Jun 25, 1973

Jul 2, 1973

Jul 9, 1973

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.

Jul 23, 1973

Jul 30, 1973

Aug 6, 1973

Sep 10, 1973

Sep 17, 1973

Sep 24, 1973

Oct 1, 1973

Oct 8, 1973

Oct 15, 1973

Oct 22, 1973

Oct 29, 1973

Nov 5, 1973

Nov 19, 1973

Nov 26, 1973

Dec 3, 1973

Dec 10, 1973

Jan 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 spiralling vehicle fuel prices from oil shortages.

Jan 14, 1974

Jan 21, 1974

Jan 28, 1974

Feb 4, 1974

Feb 11, 1974

Feb 18, 1974

Feb 25, 1974

Mar 4, 1974

Mar 11, 1974

Mar 18, 1974

Apr 1, 1974

Apr 8, 1974

Apr 22, 1974

Apr 29, 1974

May 6, 1974

May 13, 1974

May 20, 1974

Jun 3, 1974

Jun 10, 1974

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

Jun 17, 1974

Jun 24, 1974

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.

Jul 1, 1974

Jul 8, 1974

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.

Jul 15, 1974

Sep 2, 1974

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

Sep 9, 1974

Sep 16, 1974

Sep 23, 1974

Sep 30, 1974

Oct 7, 1974

Oct 14, 1974

Oct 21, 1974

Oct 28, 1974

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

Nov 4, 1974

Nov 11, 1974

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

Nov 18, 1974

Nov 25, 1974

Dec 2, 1974

Dec 9, 1974

Jan 6, 1975

Jan 6, 1975

Follow up to what happened to people featured a year ago who were coping with power cuts and oil shortages.

Jan 13, 1975

Jan 20, 1975

Feb 3, 1975

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.

Feb 10, 1975

Feb 17, 1975

Feb 24, 1975

Mar 3, 1975

Mar 10, 1975

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

Mar 17, 1975

Mar 24, 1975

Apr 7, 1975

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

Apr 14, 1975

Apr 21, 1975

Investigates the illegal dumping of hazardous and toxic waste materials.

Apr 22, 1975

Apr 28, 1975

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

May 5, 1975

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

May 12, 1975

May 27, 1975

Jun 3, 1975

Jun 9, 1975

Jun 16, 1975

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

Jun 23, 1975

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

Jun 30, 1975

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

Sep 8, 1975

Sep 15, 1975

Sep 22, 1975

Sep 29, 1975

Oct 6, 1975

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.

Oct 13, 1975

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

Oct 20, 1975

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

Oct 27, 1975

Nov 3, 1975

Nov 10, 1975

Nov 17, 1975

Nov 24, 1975

Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.

Dec 1, 1975

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

Dec 8, 1975

Jan 12, 1976

Jan 19, 1976

Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.

Jan 26, 1976

Feb 2, 1976

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

Feb 9, 1976

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.

Feb 16, 1976

Feb 23, 1976

Mar 1, 1976

The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.

Mar 8, 1976

Mar 15, 1976

Mar 22, 1976

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

Mar 29, 1976

Apr 5, 1976

Apr 12, 1976

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

Apr 26, 1976

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.

May 3, 1976

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.

May 10, 1976

May 17, 1976

May 24, 1976

Jun 7, 1976

Jun 14, 1976

Jun 21, 1976

Jun 28, 1976

Jul 5, 1976

Jul 12, 1976

MPs are put on a fitness program.

Jul 19, 1976

Jul 26, 1976

Aug 2, 1976

Sep 27, 1976

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.

Oct 4, 1976

Oct 11, 1976

Examination of revolutionary and experimental new teaching methods.

Oct 18, 1976

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

Oct 25, 1976

Nov 1, 1976

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

Nov 8, 1976

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

Nov 15, 1976

Nov 22, 1976

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

Nov 29, 1976

Dec 6, 1976

Dec 13, 1976

Jan 10, 1977

Jan 17, 1977

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

Jan 24, 1977

Jan 31, 1977

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

Feb 7, 1977

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

Feb 14, 1977

Feb 21, 1977

Feb 28, 1977

Mar 7, 1977

A report on the growing number of Asian girls in the UK who are rejecting the traditional arranged marriage to someone they do not know.

Mar 14, 1977

Mar 21, 1977

Mar 28, 1977

Apr 4, 1977

Apr 18, 1977

Apr 25, 1977

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?

May 2, 1977

May 16, 1977

May 23, 1977

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

May 30, 1977

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.

Jun 13, 1977

Jun 20, 1977

Jun 27, 1977

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.

Jul 4, 1977

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.

Jul 11, 1977

Jul 18, 1977

Jul 25, 1977

Aug 1, 1977

Sep 26, 1977

Oct 3, 1977

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

Oct 10, 1977

Oct 17, 1977

Oct 24, 1977

Oct 31, 1977

Nov 7, 1977

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.

Nov 14, 1977

Nov 21, 1977

Nov 28, 1977

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

Jan 30, 1978

Feb 6, 1978

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.

Feb 13, 1978

Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

Feb 20, 1978

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.

Mar 24, 1978

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

Apr 10, 1978

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

Apr 17, 1978

Apr 24, 1978

May 8, 1978

May 15, 1978

May 22, 1978

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.

Jun 5, 1978

Jun 12, 1978

Jun 19, 1978

Jun 20, 1978

Jun 26, 1978

Jul 3, 1978

Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.

Jul 10, 1978

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.

Jul 17, 1978

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

Jul 24, 1978

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

Jul 31, 1978

Aug 7, 1978

Aug 14, 1978

Aug 21, 1978

Oct 9, 1978

Oct 16, 1978

Oct 23, 1978

Oct 30, 1978

Nov 6, 1978

Will Josef Mengele ever be caught? A year later, in 1979, while swimming at he coastal resort of Bertioga, Brazil, he suffered a stroke and drowned. Mengele was buried in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, under the name "Wolfgang Gerhard", whose identification he had been using since 1971.

Nov 27, 1978

Nov 28, 1978

Dec 4, 1978

Dec 11, 1978

Dec 18, 1978

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.

Jan 8, 1979

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

Jan 15, 1979

Jan 22, 1979

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.

Jan 29, 1979

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

Feb 5, 1979

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.

Feb 12, 1979

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

Feb 19, 1979

Feb 26, 1979

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.

Mar 5, 1979

Mar 12, 1979

Mar 26, 1979

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.

Apr 2, 1979

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

Apr 23, 1979

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

May 7, 1979

May 14, 1979

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

May 21, 1979

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

Jun 4, 1979

Jun 11, 1979

Jun 13, 1979

Jun 18, 1979

Jun 25, 1979

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

Jul 2, 1979

Jul 12, 1979

The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.

Jul 16, 1979

Jul 30, 1979

Aug 6, 1979

Jan 7, 1980

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

Jan 14, 1980

Jan 21, 1980

Jan 28, 1980

Feb 4, 1980

Feb 11, 1980

Feb 18, 1980

Feb 25, 1980

Mar 3, 1980

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

Mar 10, 1980

Mar 17, 1980

Mar 24, 1980

Apr 14, 1980

Apr 21, 1980

Apr 28, 1980

May 12, 1980

May 19, 1980

Jun 2, 1980

Jun 9, 1980

Jun 10, 1980

A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market.

Jun 16, 1980

Jun 23, 1980

Jun 30, 1980

Jul 7, 1980

Jul 14, 1980

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.

Jul 14, 1980

Jul 28, 1980

"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.

Aug 4, 1980

Aug 11, 1980

Aug 18, 1980

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.

Oct 13, 1980

Oct 20, 1980

Oct 27, 1980

Nov 3, 1980

Nov 10, 1980

Nov 17, 1980

Nov 24, 1980

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.

Dec 1, 1980

Dec 8, 1980

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

Dec 15, 1980

Dec 22, 1980

Jan 5, 1981

Jan 19, 1981

Jan 26, 1981

Feb 2, 1981

Feb 9, 1981

Feb 16, 1981

A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.

Feb 23, 1981

Mar 2, 1981

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

Mar 9, 1981

Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.

Mar 16, 1981

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.

Mar 23, 1981

Mar 30, 1981

Apr 6, 1981

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.

Apr 13, 1981

Apr 27, 1981

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

May 11, 1981

May 18, 1981

Jun 1, 1981

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

Jun 8, 1981

Jun 15, 1981

Jun 22, 1981

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

Jun 29, 1981

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.

Jul 6, 1981

Jul 13, 1981