Seasons & Episodes
Beat the Clock on Defence Spending
Military budget over spending is presented as a game show.
Atomic Arms Race
Congo Conflict
East Germany
Lord Hailsham
Supermarkets
An investigation into supermarket practices and their effect on a neighbourhood.
The Fashion Houses
Tibet
A look at the first years of China's occupation of Tibet.
Harold Wilson
The Gambling Business
Typhoid in Zermatt
Migrants
The plight of southern based Italians having to move to the North of Italy for work.
The Airlines
The Volunteers
The valuable contributions young volunteers make.
The Der Speigel Affair
The Petrol Business
An investigation into the UK petrol supply business and techniques used amongst rival firms to win customers.
The Greek Royal Family
Charities
Stanley Matthews
Litter
A look at the country's increasing litter problem.
Don't Take the Risk
Election Costs
Ivanov
The Guns
Lord Denning
Dick Gregory
M.R.A
Oxfam
Blackpool Conference
Living in the Slums
A look at conditions in Stepney, London.
Repairs
Power
The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home
The Shadows
Increasing Traffic
The British Way of Death
Dallas
A visit to the city of Dallas in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, focusing on the varying reactions and condi
President Lyndon Johnson
The Cost of Dying
Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation f
Cooke on America
Truth About Spain
An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.
Alistair Cooke Reports
Lakonia - The Facts
The Thin Red Line
A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.
Smuggling
The Power of the Nanny
Cyprus
The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Concorde
Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.
The Great Train Robbery
Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery
The Williams Family
Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.
Radio Pirates
Unique access to the new form of radio which is competing on a not strictly legal level with the BBC - the pirate statio
How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat
A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts
The Face on the Cover
Lord Beaverbrook
Typhoid in Aberdeen
A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.
Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People
A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.
John Bloom
The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.
U.S. in U.K.
The Story of the Sun
The launch of The Sun newspaper.
The Flip Side
Various recording agents speak out on the pop music business, and whether the UK singles chart is a fair representation
U.S. Elections
Canada
French-Canadian unrest at the Queen's visit.
Eyes
Investigation on how a bacterial infection got into a Birmingham Eye Hospital and caused several cases of blindness.
How to Loose at the Olympics After Really Trying
An investigation into the poor training facilities available to Olympic contenders.
Vietnam
Air Safety
Smethwick and Racial Tension
State of the Unions: Unions and the Motor Car
A comparison of the industrial relations in the car making industries of the UK & the US.
Sunday Laws
An investigation into Britain's age old Sunday trading laws and their effect on shops and similar businesses.
Labour Party Conference 1964
Ballroom Dancing
Highlights of 1964
The English Disease
Investigates if there is a link between bronchitis and road pollution.
Malcolm X
Various black Americans give their views on Malcolm X, and an actor recreates some of his speeches.
The Night Drivers
Investigates the transport and haulage industry and the dark practices that can leave drivers tired, open to hijack and
The BBC
The Middle East
Observations of the tensions growing between Arab and Israeli.
Seventy Up
Companion piece to Seven Up! (1964), this time featuring the elderly looking back rather than the young looking forward.
Water
A look at the water crisis and how the drought will affect the summer.
The Other World
Dukes
The £.S.D. of MPH
Jerry Builders
The Tory Leadership
Drugs
A Girl Called Sharon
A look at the Royal Marsden's Hospital work in the treatment of Leukaemia and how Sharon's parents Bill and Annette Norr
Some Grains of Truth
Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.
A Duel in the Sun
Defender of the Faith
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger gives a press conference after his recent conditional discharge for drug use. He then joins a discussion wit
The Third World
A profile of Stokely Carmichael, a black campaigner against the West's dominance of the world, during his visit to Brita
Scientology for Sale
Colonels' Democracy
The Professional Dreamers
Hell No! We Won't Go
The Militants
An investigation into the development of the Barbican Complex in London. Strikes and industrial action have stopped work
The Born Losers
The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.
The O'Rahilly File
After the government successfully suppressed pirate radio stations, a follow-up to a previous episode in 1964 with Radio
Smith's Back Door
Sanction busting in Rhodesia.
The Breathalyser
A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.
Island Under Arms
We Know What We Saw!
Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO sightings in the United States of America are analyzed by experts in various fields.
King of Kings
The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.
Wanted: Kind English Lady
A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.
You Can't Find Uncle Tom
East of Aden
Mothers in Action
A group trying change society's attitude to unmarried mothers.
The End of a Revolution
Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.
India on the Edge
A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.
An Outlaw's Life
An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.
The Long Bridge
Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan, used by refugees in the previous May
Alas Poor Hippies, Love is Dead
The evolution of American hippies, their scene, drugs, pan-handling and other pastimes.
Merchants of War
Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.
Episode 29
The Twelve Year Engagement
Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.
Death by Instalments
Examining a proposed parliamentary bill that will enable drug addicts to use free walk in centres to get heroin and coca
Caught for a Baby
Cold War, Warm Water
No Entry
The plight of Asians trying to escape from Kenya and the difficulties some are having, despite having British Passports,
Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah
The Demonstration
Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.
Episode 37
A Group of Terrorists Attacked...
The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.
Listen, Whitey
The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.
Horoscope
With interest in astrology increasing, predictions from astrologer Ingrid Lind are put to the test.
Wake Up and Work Together
The Flame in Spain
Below the Belt
An observation of the prospects of children born with Spina Bifida, which results in below the waist paralysis.
The Star Spangled War
GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.
Stage for a Revolution
The Berlin demonstration of May 1st and the events that led up to it.
Ward F.13
An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.
Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' and Scratchin'
Following the poor peoples' protest and demonstration for better conditions, in Washington DC.
Robert Kennedy
The Guinea Pigs
Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.
Election of Fear
The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.
Jeremy Thorpe
Give Us the Works
An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.
Spies for Hire
February's Children
An investigation into 7 children (expelled from Kenya) who have to live on their own in the UK as their parents cannot j
Episode 4
New Drugs, Same Needle
The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.
A Score to Settle
Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.
Backs to the Wall
A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.
Special: Vietnam
A City Stumbles
A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.
Nasser's Fortified Ditch
An Outbreak of Peace?
With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.
A Buyer's Market
The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and
The Trail of the Vanishing Voters
World in Action tries to trace the overseas voters in Britain who have supposedly voted for The People's National Congre
The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom
A profile of Laos, considered the most unproductive country in the world but rich and financially stable through its pas
First Class Delivery
The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.
Sorry, Nothing Doing
Update on the subjects of three notable previous films in the series, the gypsies of An Outlaw's Life (1968), the large
The Making of a Prime Minister
Next Year in Peking
All Change at Newry!
A New School of Thought
Death of a Student
The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.
Like Other Men
Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.
Living in the Red
A War on Ice
Home for a Revolution
Where People Don't Matter
The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of vic
A Case to Answer
Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.
The Men Left Behind
The Six Day War - Day 666
The Owners and the Owned
Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.
Inside Out
A revolutionary new look at how mental patients should be treated, allowing them out into the wider world, and distancin
A modest proposal
Two Men in Two Tin Huts
Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.
The Leftovers
Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.
Untried, Inside
No Surrender
Portrait of the Protestant working class and the vigilantes in Northern Ireland at the height of the Ulster riots in 196
Crack of the Whip
Portrait of the Catholic working class and the riots in Ulster, when the barricades were going up in the streets of Derr
Castro
Following Fidel Castro as he governs the country of Cuba from Jeeps and tents, spending many hours integrating himself w
The Secret Life of Sam the Plumber
Put to the Test
An observation of the Southwark mobile screening unit for detecting breast and other cancers.
State of the Lion
Unknown Soldier
The Life and Death of James Griffiths
Reconstruction of Glasgow gunman James Griffiths running amok and the final shoot out with the police.
Ken Petty, Alas No Longer with Us
Looks at the alternative life styles of young people who have dropped out of society.
Five Days in Washington
A Welcome in the Hillsides
The Breadline
Lower income workers discuss how they manage to cope on poor wages, amongst politicians and trade union leaders.
Where Crime Is a Habit
A look at the work of the New York Police Dept. and the vigilantes groups that have come about to also tackle crime.
Wednesday's Children
A report on Muscular Dystrophy and examines what is available and what can be done for those suffering.
Nancekuke Dossier
Investigates why the UK is still manufacturing nerve gas.
Last Week in Biafra
Christmas 1969 and a reminder of the last terrible year in Biafra which was blighted by war and the consequent famine an
Frontline Africa
The guerrilla fight for independence of the people of Portuguese Guinea.
The 22 Year Itch
Cold Comfort
An investigation into the elderly dying from cold in Winter and the effects of hypothermia which can show no obvious sym
A Bit Apprehensive
One Down,100,000 to Go
Your Services No Longer Required
Conspiracy
St. Mungo's People
Shalom
Trouble Down the East End
A Case for Benign Neglect?
The State of Denmark
On the abolishment of censorship in Denmark, infamous morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse goes on an inspection of the s
Seymour
Follows Seymour as he reconnects with life after being released from prison.
Black Mood
Ian Paisley
Are You Alright Jackie?
A look at the lives of two schoolgirls, both named Jackie, and their juxtaposition with two representatives from the Wom
This House Would Disrupt the SA Cricket Tour
America Talking
Quentin Crisp
World In Action interview filmed in Quentin's room in a London boarding house.
Vic Feather
Act of God
Everybody's Children
School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
The Quiet Mutiny
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
The Man Who Made Biafra
Pigs?
Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else
There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000
A Business Arrangement
S.A.L.T.
Goodbye Mr. Smith?
The Mountain People
America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
The Final Harvest
The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman
Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket
The Law Shop
Oh! Birmingham
The Dumping Grounds
The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African
American Radio
A personal view by Denis Mitchell.
Round One
The Dutschke Affair
The Village That Quit
A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
The Monday Club
The Breaking Point
Square One
With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
Lucky
Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually wit
Ford: The Inside Story
The Truants
World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
The Man Who Stole Uganda
A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
As It Was in the Beginning...
Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
The Year Britain Stopped Growing
Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
South of the Border
Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
The Salvation Army
The Sailors' Jail
Going Private
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
The Tanzam Railway
A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
Death Is Afraid of Us
Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
Conversations with a Working Man
Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living
Anthony Mascarenhas
A Woman's Place
The Dust at Acre Mill
Episode 40
Major Khaled's War
End of a Journey
The Man from No. 10
The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly
The Sounds of the Clyde
Episode 3
Death of a revolutionary
The aftermath of the shooting dead of Black Panther George Jackson while allegedly trying to escape from prison. His fri
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Does an M.P. Have the Right?
The Most Widely Used Drug in the World.
Aspirins are used for a multitude of different complaints, or even just taken as a daily habit. But, do they have harmfu
Episode 10
The Backseat Generals
Year of the Killing
Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.
Episode 13
Working the Land
The Thirty Million Power Game
Episode 16
War in the Air
Waiting for the Package
Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.
The Lump
A look at the reasons behind the continuing bad relations between building workers and management, which lead to a strik
Het Dorp
Out of the Melting Pot
The Rule of Law
Containers
Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.
Liberty Belles
Conversations with a Single Parent
The Runcorn Experiment
The Siege of Kontum
World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people w
The Protestant Succession
The Docks Dispute
How to Make Enemies & Influence People
Dust-Up at Northfleet
In Search of Gusty Spence
An interview with the Irish Protestant who denies the murder for which he was convicted, and is being held by the Ulster
How to Steal a Party
Episode 34
Episode 35
Caught in the Act
Eh! What?
Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.
See for Yourself!
A London shop steward opposed to immigration is invited to visit Uganda, and see why Asians there have to leave for thei
A Matter of Discretion
A Question of Torture
The Colenso Diamond
The Children of Vorenezh
Is the Press Biased Against the Labour Party? Wilson Verses Rees-Mogg
Hotels
Canadian Indians
The Stripping of the Appalachia
Police for Sale
Wales for Sale
The Case of Leopold Tresser - Master Spy
On Site
An investigation into how the appalling accident record on construction sites can be improved.
A Day in the Life of Kevin Donnellon
World in Action spends a day with thalidomide victim, 10 year old Kevin Donnellon.
The Angry Brigade
Meeting the young anarchists involved in a guerrilla bombing campaign.
The Cut Price Society of Sidney Carter
How Safe Are American Nuclear Reactors?
The Get Rich Quick Guide
Ready Willing and Disabled
Last Tangle in Paris
Conversations with a Gay Liberal
Sam Green, a psychiatric nurse, has been elected to Durham council despite being open about his homosexuality. Are attit
Episode 22
The Coal Enquiries
The Protestant Succession No.2
The Watergate Caper
The Bormann Business
The Rise & Fall of John Poulson
South Vietnam: A Question of Torture
A Place in the Country
A Small Case of Blackmail
Trial 1001
Trade Unions are illegal in Spain, this looks at the mounting court cases as people continue to defy the law.
Dr. Hammer goes to Moscow
Who Goes Home?
Frank's Bank
Like It or Lump It
The principals of 'lump labour' appear to be the main cause of a dispute with unions, causing the delay in the building
Dr. Burnham Does It Again
Secrets
A Message from the Underground
A Question of Intelligence
Something to Beef About.
The Cost of a Cup of Tea
Tomorrow's Women: Labour
Tomorrow's Women: Conservative
A Threat to the State
The Squeeze
The Squeeze Pt.2
HM's Opposition
An Accidental Death
Drug Squad
Chile: The Reckoning
The Year of the Torturer
The Morning After
Follows a group of people from different walks of life as they cope with the power cuts, resulting in 'the 3 day week' a
Hotting Up & Slowing Down
Centre Point
Mr & Mrs Olley Learn the Facts of Life
Flying Pickets
A Political Journey: Part 1
A Political Journey: Part 2
A Political Journey: Part 3
The Others
The Trials of PC. Williams
A Bad Week for the Speculators
The Strange Story of Kevin Kavanagh
Harold Wilson at No.10
Death in the Family
MP's Interests
Business in Gozo
The Ben Hunter Way
The Day the Torture Stopped
The Hefferon Affair
The Selling of the Maharishi
With the promise of solving the world's problems through meditation, The Maharishi is now a global business worth millio
The Leader of the Opposition
Cancer Gas
Investigation into Vinyl Chloride Monomer gas, widely used in the PVC industry and maybe a reason for increased rates of
Episode 36
The Old Country
A visit to a remote region of Equador where some people are claimed to be over a 100 and still physically active. As a C
The Group
An Accident at Sea
Looks into the loss of the ship Burtonia and whether coastguards acted quickly enough to her distress signal.
John Conteh
The Special Unit
It Won't Change My Life
After the Hurricane
The Granada 500
Killer Dust: A Standard Mistake
Birth of a Nation
The Low Road
A report on the Scottish men who seek a new life in London but find themselves living rough on the streets.
On the Trail of the Torturers
Misery Magic
Investigates the cosmetic company 'Holiday Magic' who is alleged to have involved vulnerable immigrants into a pyramid s
The Trials in Zanzibar
Who Runs Ulster?
Trouble Afoot
Round Up of the Year
Mr Grimshaw
The Morning After the Year Before
Follow up to what happened to people featured a year ago who were coping with power cuts and oil shortages.
Reverend Parker Says Goodbye
No Smoke Without Fire
Why I Want to Be Leader
Behind the scenes with Mrs. Thatcher as she prepares to run for leadership of the Conservative party, meeting members of
Wanted: A Home of Their Own
A Rebel's Dilemma
The Siege of Phnom Penh
Mr. Wilson's First Anniversary
The Blood and Guts Shift
24 hours spent at the casualty department of a Liverpool Hospital, as it struggles on its budget to treat the wounded fr
Tea - The Deadly Cost
Tea: Too High a Price to Pay?
Down with the Rates
With most local authorities increasing their rates this year, a look at Liverpool Council who have baulked the trend and
The Dundee Dossier
The Tip of the Iceberg
Investigates the illegal dumping of hazardous and toxic waste materials.
Politics Is an Honourable Profession?
Nuclear Power-For Peace or War?
Investigates if the west should give into Third World Countries demands for nuclear power for electricity.
Here is the News
Follows the launching of a new newspaper called 'The Scottish Daily News' and how it came together.
Sex & Violence
Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 1
Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 2
Coming Out in Newport Pagnell
The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 1
An investigation into whether the American Central Intelligence Agency has become too big.
The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 2
An investigation into the ways the Central Intelligence Agency has sought to bring down entire governments in countries
The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 3
Investigation into wars waged by the Central Intelligence Agency together with American presidents, and the their longte
The Reluctant Bride
The Roche Affair
Conversations with the Craigs
Democracy in Bulk
Jobless in Batley
A once thriving town, now in decline as the industrial base continues to shrink, asks where the jobs are coming from for
The Guinea Pig Soldiers
Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.
The Luddenden Experiment
With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing withou
The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud
Popular Power
Scotland: A Political Journey Part One
Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two
An Element of Risk
Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity para
Blood Money Part One
Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophi
Blood Money Part Two
Episode 15
How to Sell an Airforce Part One
Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.
How to Sell an Airforce Part Two
Cut Off
The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.
Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done
Investigates why the government (after declaring no more hand outs to private companies) had given Chrysler Cars payment
Episode 20
Episode 21
The Republic of Rhodesia
The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.
1936-1976 a Change of Life
The Boss File
In Labour
The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.
The Threat of Nuclear War
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half
When in Rome...
Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.
Out of Mind
Investigates concerns that there are those in mental institutions that should not be in there and should be given a chan
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72
A new invention for containers is followed on its obstacle course from drawing to finished product, showing the difficul
Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea
The Dark Societies
The Trials of Popovic
Proposition 15
A Calculated Risk
A Question for Europe
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It
Mutiny on the Motorway
Run for Your Life
MPs are put on a fitness program.
A Question of Standards
The Plutonium Economy
Coup D'etat
Unemployment - Who Cares?
Unemployment has now risen to the notable 1 million mark and this investigation shows the detrimental effect it can have
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Delta's Dilemma
A School of Thought
Examination of revolutionary and experimental new teaching methods.
Mr Cork Examines the Books
An ordinary accountant is given the theoretical task of being Chancellor of the Exchequer and giving his take on the sit
Campaigning by Numbers
Yesterday's Truants
Follow up programme to one five years previous to find out what happened to some persistent school truants.
Living Dangerously
The effects of the chemical Dioxin after a factory explosion in Italy.
The Killing of Uganda
The National Party
Following the racial violence in Blackburn, looks at the rise of the extreme right wing.
The Long Arm of the Dina
The Lawbreakers
Made in Hong Kong - Child Labour
Mr Opie Brings Bad News
Doctor's Orders
Doctors complain that they are being put under pressure by both patients and pharmaceutical companies to prescribe certa
Episode 15
The Militants
Investigates why the Labour Party is allowing a group within to produce a newspaper like 'The Militant'.
Waiting for Merlyn
An investigation into the Home Secretary's decision to declare two men as a threat to British Security and his moves to
The Road to Amsterdam
The Police Tapes
Equal Pay Today-Or Tomorrow
Do You Take This Man?
A report on the growing number of Asian girls in the UK who are rejecting the traditional arranged marriage to someone t
From Death Row-To Downing St
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Them and Us
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics: Part 1
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics: Part 2
The Plane Makers
The Prison Children
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 behin
All Work and Low Pay
What Mr. Paisley Didn't Know
The Man Who Went Too Far
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
Casualties of the Cuts
Looking at two hospitals that may have to close down, and another who's budget is not coping with the demand of an incre
Without Limit of Time
My Years with Amin
Starting on the Dole
With the continuing rise in youth unemployment, follows two Liverpool teenagers as they look for work and examines the v
The Very Public Death of Enrico Sidoli
In July of the previous year Enrico was beaten up in a London swimming pool by three youths and held under water, he die
Jack's Last Stand
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 1
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 2
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market: Part 3
The Man Who Talks to Terrorists
The Life and Death of Steve Biko
Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South Afr
No Compromise
The Miami Experiment
The Surgery Is Now Closed
Eastern Promise
The Accident
Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 year
The Disputed Land
Got It Taped
In the Name of the Law
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Polic
Thatcher Interview
Cold Facts
People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen
The Concrete Rings
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
Working for a Pittance
An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of
Death by Request
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
There's No Place Like Hulme
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
The Right's Centre
Black to Front
In the Public Interest
General Grigorenko's New Campaign
Take Care, This Place is Unsafe
Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dan
Smoking - A Double Standard
Dishonourable Discharge
Wait and See
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea
The Happiness Pill?
The Nazi Party
Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a th
Prisoner of Terrorism
A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of
Russian Justice
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
Buying Time
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.
Liable to Prosecution
No Useful Purpose Would Be Served
Power for Sale
The Invisible Risk
Paraguay - The Last Refuge
Trapped Inside the Wrong Body
Episode 3
Mr Heath at the Miners' Club
The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
Will Josef Mengele ever be caught? A year later, in 1979, while swimming at he coastal resort of Bertioga, Brazil, he su
Kids United
Episode 7
Inside Europe - The Summit
The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)
It's Already Been Too Long
A comparison between the American and British Equal Opportunities Commission, and what they have achieved in new employm
...And a Prosperous New Year
With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the gove
Episode 12
A Report from Siege City
Bernard Nossiter, financial reporter on the Washington Post, gives his view on the economic crisis as he visits striking
No Tears-But Fight
Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
The Reckoning
After doing a similar study in the USA, Prof. Harvey Brenner of Baltimore University is invited to do a similar study in
The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. H
Episode 17
The Shutdown
A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors
Strangers in Their Own Land
Episode 20
A Tale of Two Cities
A comparison between the steel towns of Corby and Longwy France, as Corby becomes threatened with the loss of 6000 jobs
Banged Up
A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and p
Speke Out
The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
Nuclear Nightmare
The Shattered Lives
Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
Armchair Inferno
Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off tox
Paying the Market Price
The Luck of the Irish
Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine
Episode 30
No More School
Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state e
Gay Pride
The Other Professionals
The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.
On Site - Capital Punishment
On Site - Trade Union Power
On Site - National Health Cuts
Mr. Benn's Secret Service
Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country
Cambodia Year One - The Aid Crisis
Cambodia Year One - Life After Death
The Man Who Bought United
The Steel Papers
Behind the Paper Curtain
The Pulse of America
The Final Harvest
Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy
Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud.
Follow the Yellow Cake Road
Decline and Fall
Alive and Well in the U.S.A.
Not in the Public Interest
Spying for Survival
The Pound in Their Pocket
The Trial of Stanley Adams
Britain Over a Barrel
A Bad Day for Southall
Mr. Kane's Campaign
Special: What Do You Think of It So Far?
A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market.
Market Day
Fly the Flag, Pay the Price
Russian Games
Mr. Stock and the Thursday Gang
Last Stand at Lisburn
With communities across Northern Ireland, from the end of the 1960s Lisburn suffered through three decades of political
Vietnam - Prisoner of War
A Dignified Exit
"EXIT" - the society for the right to die with dignity, are publishing a controversial suicide guide for terminally ill
The Tirion Programme
Suffer the Children
The Chart Busters
Investigating allegations that the pop music charts are controlled not by consumers, but by manipulative tactics of the
The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
South Africa's Bombshell
Creating Criminals
Choosing Labour's Leader
The Party's Over
Death on the Dole
The H-Block Fuse
Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a
The Rossminster Affair
The Hunt for the Ripper
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
No Room at the Inn
The Blood Business
The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
Michael Foot
The White House General
The Social Democrats
The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
Killing for a Cure
A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action
The State of Britain - In for a Penny
Off the Rails
A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signalling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Pa
The State of the Nation
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
These Children Are Mine
Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is th
The Fight for the Centre
The Men from Argentina
The Curse of the Klan
Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of
Comrades at Arms
More Than Just a Few Perks
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
The Shape of Wars to Come
Home and Away
Do Mind If I Smoke?
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
To Russia with Love
Tories for Turning
Kevin at the Crossroads
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
The Silent Epidemic
Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die fr
Guns to the Right
A Dangerous Age
A Conflict of Evidence
Toxteth Revisited
Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. Th
The Agony of Angola
When Night Comes to Kandahar
Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gai
Waiting for Justice
A Picture of Health
The Discarded People
The Disarmament Man
Two Out of 30,000
Living with Poverty
Dust to Dust
The Preacher and the Peacemaker
Bleeding to Death
Families at War
A Statistic - A Reminder
Taste of Power
The Price of Britain's Bomb
Divided We Stand
Deals on Wheels
Investigates why same model cars are cheaper on the continent.
Private Darkin's Army
Documentary about a soldier, Private Darkin, who committed suicide after facing bullying in the Army. The filming took p
The Tobacco War
A Bankrupt Game
An investigation into football clubs' financial problems and the looming crisis, with a focus on Bristol City Football C
The I.R.A.'s Arms Cash
Caution to the Wind
The Worried Men
In the Name of the Lord
Home Help
Irish Lessons
Britain on the Brink
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 1
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 2
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 3
Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 4
The Spoils of Peace
The Falklands and the British Task Force
The Real British Disease
Examines why young people are not leaving learning Establishments with the skills being demanded by industry.
Falklands 100
Weekend at War
Paying for the War
Home or Husband
Britain's Other Islanders
In 1971, the British shipped all the inhabitants from Diego Garcia, having purchased the Chagos Archipelago in 1965, so
Operation Quicksilver
Looks at the intense lobbying and scheming going on behind the scenes by other manufacturers trying to prevent Nissan bu
A Small Town Tragedy
Victims of asbestos related illnesses in Blooming Dale Illinois question why they have yet to receive the awarded compen
Operation Peace for Galilee
Prisoner's Medicine
Learning to Lose
Cleaning Up the Yard
Operation Countryman was supposed to be the biggest ever investigation into corruption in Scotland Yard and the Metropol
The Health Service
The health service today began 5 days' intensive strike action, leaving only emergency services running, in pursuit of a
Streets Apart
Israel's Other War
The Mystery of Flight 163
DeLorean - The Inside Story
Losing Out to London
An Adverse Reaction
The plight of the small minority of children damaged by vaccination against diphtheria, polio, and whooping cough, and t
The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 1
The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 2
The Silicon Spies
Voices from the Underground
When the Cheering Stops
The Power Brokers
Too Cold to Live
A Difficult Prisoner
The Peace War
Rich Law, Poor Law
People Without a Land
Arms to Argentina
What the Papers Pay
Operation Hit & Win
In the USA, the FBI have decided to start investigating the IRA.
Michael Foot and the Darlington Election
Harvest Gold
An Offence Against the Person
The Battle for the Atlantic
Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 1
Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 2
The Election 500
The Heroin Barons
The System Builder
Investigates the building practices of one of the UK's largest house builders 'Barrett Homes' and whether their quickly
Your Home in Their Hands
A Law Unto Themselves
Krugerrand Cricket
The Man Who Left His Tribe
The Trails of Hoffman
The Race Against Reagan
Colonel Rauff's Refuge
Comedian Jack Whitehall hosts the third show in the revived series, introducing a line-up of fabulous acts from around t
A Widow's Story
A direct follow-up to Weekend at War (1982) reuniting with Elaine Evans, who had previously been shown awaiting news of
Watching the Waste Go By
Tea - A Bitter Taste
A Farewell to Arms Control
A Serious Medical Emergency
In No Man's Land
The Grenada Factor
Devil's Advocate
Gus MacDonald recalls 200 previously unemployed Manchester youth in 1 hour live special "Devil's Advocate". Guests inclu
Sea of Despair
Investigates piracy and rape claims by Thai fishermen against the Vietnamese boat people.
Fit for Work
After Doomsday
Are the dangers of a nuclear attack being exaggerated in order to keep people in a permanent state of fear?
The Honourable Member for Belfast West
For the Benefit of Mr. Parris
The Sinking of Scott Lithgow
From Rags to Riches
Special: Here We Stand - A Protestant View of Ulster
Countdown to a Coronary
The Decade of Delay
Gross Misconduct
The Press Gang
Examines the press's attitude towards public figures. The Sun newspaper had written that an American Psychiatrist had de
Tell Me More
The City That Says No
Documentary report which examines the arguments of Liverpool City Council which have been put to the government for plan
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
The Food Factor
Looking After Their Own
Women on the Line
For the Love of Boxing
Caught in the Crossfire
Robbing the Rich
South Africa's Other Leader
On the Rocks
Your Starter for Life
Drilling for Gold
On the Scrap Heap
Solidarity on Trial
The Spy Who Never Was
Special report, based on an extensive interview with M15 and M16 investigator Peter Wright, on the case against the form
Business in Oman
Clap Trap
Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan
An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell
Football's Mr. Fix-It
The Coal War
With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American colli
Apartheid's Back Yard
Plans for Coal
Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn o
Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming
The Politics of Starvation
Kidnapped
Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror
Softly, Softly, Strike Force
The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miner
Tried, Untested
Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years
Taken on Trust
The Miners and the Microchip
Civil Unrest
Father and Son
Going Dutch
The Knock on the Door
Taking the Medicine
A Conflict in Customs
Death of an English Rose
Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.
Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse
Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration
Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor
The Swan and the Plough
Not for Love or Money
The Baby Makers
Children of the Loom
Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown
First Strike
The Betrayal of Bhopal
Raising the Belgrano
Britain's Cocaine Colony
The Dream of John Delorean
Hit and Run
A Song for Africa
Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.
Disunited Nations
Bad Blood
Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting age
The Bishop and the Minister
Mr. Kinnock Spells It Out
The Great Food Scandal
The Front Line
The Last Days of Juliet Lima
A surprise fire has broken out on the normally safe Boeing 737, but what were the causes and how could this have been al
In the Interests of Justice
Extended edition investigating the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six.
Whites Only
Shades of Blue
Designed for Living
Can housing design affect crime levels?
Children at War
An Element of Risk (II)
Not to be confused with the earlier edition with the same title; this one is about the risk of accidents in the workplac
Too Late for Lisa
The Trouble with Derek
The Honourable Member for the Unemployed
Harry Morgan and Matthew Parris previously met in World in Action's "For the Benefit of Mr. Parris", and unexpectedly be
The Westland Affair
Doctor, There's Something in My Soup
Live from Westminster
A Widow's Crusade
As the Dust Settles
The One That Got Away
On Yer Bike
Two unemployed young men take the Thatcher's government's advice.
The Selling of Telecom
Bradwell Says No
Inside Ponting's Whitehall
The President's Private War
The Hardliner
The Threatened Generation
No Place Like Home
The Face Lifters
Practically Impossible
In Human Hands
In the light of the Chernobyl accident checks out safety procedures at the Dounreay Power Station.
Without Due Care
Taking on Gaddafi
South Africa - Uncensored
The Road to Mexico
The Wirecutters
The Man Who is Blackmailing Britain
Behind Closed Doors
Getting Away with Murder
Something for Nothing
Mrs. Currie's Sauce
Death is Part of the Process
A Most Unsatisfactory Customer
Episode 6
The Untouchable
Dead End
Asylum seekers face being deported.
Black Lessons
The Black Church in Britain and its role in national education policy.
The Midas Touch
A Surprise Witness
What Sid Should Really Know
The Road to Damascus
The State of the Nation: Part 1
The State of the Nation: Part 2
The State of the Nation: Part 3
Keeping Warm in Benidorm
Starting from the Bottom
Burning Questions
Boys on the Blacklist
A Message for the Money Men
Plausible Denial
Finders Keepers
Investigation into the discovery of the AIDS virus and rivalry between research teams in France and the USA.
The British Connection
The consequences of the British not arresting Mafia leader Francesco di Carlo.
Bleak House
Westland: Behind Closed Doors
Pray Silence for Judge Pickles
Science Friction
Attention All Shipping
High on the Low Life
Just Keep Taking the Tablets
Politics in a Package
Poison on Tap
Investigation into the state of Britain's tap water.
Tigers by the Tail - An Island at War
Land Battles
An Unhealthy Relationship
Born Survivors: The Thalidomide Generation
U2: Anthem for the Eighties
Documentary on U2 based around a 1987 concert in their home town of Dublin.
Fighting for Jennifer
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Diamonds
About how billions of pounds' worth of gem diamonds were stripped from South West Africa (Namibia) over a 20-year period
The Wrong Stuff
They Are Under Starters Orders
The People the World Forgot: Boat People in Hong Kong
The plight of Vietnamese boat people in the camps of Hong Kong.
Your Life in Tired Hands
The Planning Game
A Dangerous Prescription
The Secret in the Circles
The Black Mist
Eastenders
Suffer Little Children
Teachers in Trouble: Discipline in Schools
The problem of violence in British schools.
Still Crazy After All These Years?
A follow up to what became of the angry young men featured in 1968.
Dirty Money
Sun, Sand and Secrets
Cameras in the Commons
The Secret Life of Ned Walsh
Political Vetting of Job Applicants
Yesterday's Heroes
Tall Stories
The Taming of the Beeb
The Detox
Faith, Hope and Charity
Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 1
Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 2
Heartbreak Hotels
Homeless families living in hostels and hotels in London
The Trial of Theresa
The Hanging Debate
Doctor Beale's Diagnosis
Exploring the theory of a link between redundancy and developing bad health.
Help Yourselves
The Sex Slaves of Europe
Bitter Sweets
TV-am Dispute
Death of a Funny Man
The murder of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al Ali in London and the connection between a double agent spying on the PLO.
The Violent World of Nicholas Hoogstraten
An exposure of the bullying and intimidation of the notoriously ruthless landlord.
The Secret of the Safer Cigarette
Did US tobacco companies discover, test and then decide not to market a safer cigarette? A World in Action investigation
No Porsche for Derek B
Bhopal - Tragedy Without End
3 1/2 years after a poisonous gas cloud enveloped the city killing many citizens, an examination of the plight of the su
A Very British Mercenary
A Death in the Family
Here's to a Happy Future
Dr. Chiswick's Dilemma
For a Few Pennies More
A Dream Betrayed
The Price of a Life
The Last Days of a God King
The Triangle of Terror-Triads Part 1
A Myriad of Swords- Triads Part 2
Wouldn't You Like to Know
How Green Is My Valley
A Trip Round Acid House
Down Under and Dying
Doing the Honours
Nine Out of Ten Women
Disaster
Bending the Rules
Secrets of the Diamond Ring
The Race to St. Paul's
Disposable Risk
Costing a Bomb
Mandy Is Missing
A Home for Mandy
The Lottery of Life
A Sickness in the Air
Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection
Murder Capital, U.S.A.
Hillsborough Football Disaster
Private World of Mr. Browne
Conservative MP John Browne is trying to restrict journalistic intrusions into MP's lives, this programme reveals he has
Episode 30
Spongers
Ismael's War
Jaguar - Racing for Survival
British Settlers on the West Bank
If Disaster Strikes
The Killing Zone
Three Minute Warning
A three minute test can now indicate dangerous amounts of cholesterol in a person's body and cholesterol dissolving drug
Behind the Wall - Risley Remand Centre
Blood on His Hands
Makes the claim that Palestinian Ahmed Djibril is a suspect for the Pan Am flight 103 explosion over the Scottish town o
Flight Into the Unknown
Investigates air safety and follows the maintenance procedure of a 20 year old Boeing 737.
Price of Liberation - The Agony of Lebanon
The Right to Rape
A public survey into rapes within marriage, currently not illegal under English law.
Playing with Fire
A look at the actions of the Animal Liberation Front and whether it could be classed as a terrorist organization?
Hard to Swallow
Primo and the Princess
The Terror After Tiananmen
A Question of Conviction
One Thousand Nights in Beirut
Investigates why Britain is so unsuccessful compared to other nations in negotiating the release of our hostages, most s
Last Brick in the Wall
Unlocking the Door
Dead End for Danny: Part 1
Dead End for Danny: Part 2
Toxic Trail
Return of the Rebel
M.P.s for Hire
Send for the Sisters
Who's Not Paying the Poll Tax?
Trying to Save Sarah
A Force to Be Reckoned With
The Reconstruction of Mr. Dubcek
A Bug in the Beef
Freedom and Focsan
Mortgage Misery
Can You Live Without Your Car?: Part 1
Can You Live Without Your Car?: Part 2
Sting and the Indians
A Safer Habit
Better Safe Than Sorry
Man's Best Friend
Any Change for Tracy?
Growing Up in Smoke
The New Nazis
Pin Down
Arms and the Men
Dark at the End of the Tunnel
Heartbreakers
No Way Out
A young couple are caught between the Chinese and British governments, who both want them for different reasons, They ha
An Explosion of Guilt
While the Birmingham Six languish in prison, an anonymous man tells World in Action he was actually the person responsib
In Bed with the General
Inside Saddam's Stronghold
Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Blowing the Whistle
Strike It Lucky
The Allergy Business
The Go-Between
Mission to Baghdad
Nurse Pink's Prescription
The Lessons of Piper Alpha
The Tarzan Factor
Turning a Blind Eye
Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant
Twenty Years Hard Labour
A Life of Pain
A Time to Choose
Episode 15
The Child Killers of Brazil
Waiting for the Land War
How Safe Are Our Children?
Under the Curfew
Mafia Russian Style
After the Storm
World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job
The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story
Following the release of the alleged 'Birmingham Six' pub bombers after 16 years, World in Action speaks to each of the
Beat the Taxman
Secret of Sebha
Chariots of Fire
Curse of the Superdrug
The Hate Factories
The government claims that people are sent to prison for rehabilitation, but due to the brutality of some of the officer
The Propaganda War
The Ghost Train
Transferred from prison to prison and left in long-term segregation or solitary confinement, prisoners call this the gho
Money for Nothing
The Devil's Advocates
On the Knife Edge
When Housewives Strike
Marked for Murder
The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.
Should the Queen Pay Tax?
What Liverpool Needs...
Britain's Secret Slaves
Defending the Realm
Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.
Making the News
Reasonable Adjustment
Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of t
The Price of Beauty
Pirates
That'll Do Nicely
A Policeman's Lot
Sex for Sale
The Most Dangerous Job in the World
Fallen Comrade
A Woman Apart
Trawling for the Truth
The Repossessed
From Here to Eternity
The Front Man
The Village That Quit: Update
The Last Blockade
Trouble with the Neighbours
Episode 16
Paying the Price
The Cost of Living
Calamity at Wheal Jane
Old Money
The Dirty War
No Fixed Abode: Part 1
No Fixed Abode: Part 2
The Lost Vote of Martin Thow
An M.P.'s Business
The Granada 500
L.A. Cops
Ride along with Hollywood Division Cops.
Time to Kill
Girls, Guns and Gangs
No Fixed Abode: Part 3
Lord of the Rings: Part 1
Lord of the Rings: Part 2
The Muscle Market
The Monkey Business
Examinies the trade in monkeys for scientific purposes. The demand for monkeys cannot be met by breeding in captivity so
The Job
Private Grief
The New Age Travellers
Sins of the Fathers
Dennis the Menace
The Sultan of Sleaze
Going Bust
Death in the Fast Lane
Mummy, You're Killing Me!
Gifts from Russia
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Trials of Labour
Time for Panic
Will I Be Next?
The Crack Connection
Who Cares?
Does anyone care for care cases once they're actually released from care?
No-One to Turn to
The Black Sea
Special: World in Action - Thirty Years
Shadows of the Past
Three Angry Men
Don't Bank on Us
The Walking Corpse
Welcome to the Danger Zone
Dear Bill, Love John
The Poison on Your Plate
Call 999!
Britain's Untouchables
The Child Snatchers
The Forgotten Children
The Terror Squad
Combat 18 is a neo-Nazi organisation. It originated in the United Kingdom, with ties to movements in the United States,
B.A.'s Virgin Soldiers
Murder... on Ward 4
Focus on the parents of those killed or harmed by nurse Beverl(e)y Allitt, and how her acts of evil have affected their
Evidence of Execution
School for Crime
Dark Side of the Sun
The Gentleman's Guide to Tax Avoidance
Steals on Wheels
The Great Food Challenge
Your Home at Risk
Car Crazy
Areas of natural beauty including the peak district and mountain ranges in Scotland are not even safe anymore due to our
Dan Eldon's Last Assignment
Dan Eldon was photographer who's pictures brought to the world's attention the starving in Somalia. Returning later to S
A Lesson for Teacher
Ghostbuster
Welcome to Britain
The Life of Brian
Children Having Children
Shoot Out at Sunset
No Money to Burn
Doctor Knows Best?
Fathers in Fear
Carving Out a Life
Violence with Violence
The untold story of how far left anti-racist groups are utilizing their protests as an excuse to mete out similar violen
Special: The Taking of James Bulger
The Baby Broker
The Road to Safety
The Club That Liked to Say Yes
Dangerous Liaisons
Born in Hope
Listen in as Kate Potter discusses how to love the unphotoshopped version of yourself and how Ayurveda works in to anti-
Fields of Fire
Episode 16
The Mercury Murder Mystery
Animal Traffic
A Peculiar Practice
Homicide U.K.
The Tory Tax Bombshell
Prime Suspect
The Last Resort
In the Line of Fire
Your Baby or Your Job
The Fag Lady
Dying for a Holiday
Flirting with Danger
Smashed in the Summer
One Woman's War
People of the Apocalypse
The Bugs That Drugs Cannot Kill
The Peace Maker
The man credited with doing most to create peace in Ireland, John Hume, talks about his views and his methods.
The Man Who Paid the Bill
Give Us a Break
Retired Hurt
Open All Hours
The Cure That Killed
A Fatal Prescription
The Journey
The Wrong Arm of the Law
Episode 17
The Ministry of Bribes
Citizen Cone
A Shot in the Dark
The Housing Hangover
Mind Games
Through the Keyhole
Throwaway Children
Depicts England's street children. It is not only countries in distant parts of the world where children live their live
National Health Secret Service
The Back Seat Killer
Examines the safety of rear seated passengers in hatchback cars during an impact.
Take the Low Road
Exposes the easy access to narcotics on the streets in Strathclyde Scotland.
Victims of Their Success
Sex Off the Streets
Prisoners of the Past
Shot in the Back
Who's Gambling with Your Money?
Parents in the Dock
The Nightmare Returns
In the Name of Charity
Jonathan of Arabia
Black and Blue
Friends in High Places
Safe Sex?
Could It Be You?
Dealing with the Devil
Fast and Loose
Car Wars
What Killed Stephen?
Was the previously fit and healthy Stephen Churchill struck down by CJD, the human form of BSE or mad cow disease? At th
Beyond Reasonable Drought
The Legacy Lottery
Silent Witness
Promises on the Line
Down and Out in New York and London
A Family at War
One night in The Orange Tree public house in Winchmore Hill, Enfield, London a fight breaks out, resulting in the stabbi
All Work and No Play
Unlucky Numbers
To Have and to Hold Off
As more people choose to cohabit without tying the knot, there are fears that the sanctity of marriage could become a th
Too Much, Too Young
The Informer
B.S.E. - The Hidden Epidemic
The Unseen Enemy
The Shape of Things to Come
The Lisi File
St. Michael - Has the Halo Slipped?
Marks & Spencer - Send in the Clones
Fighting Back
Leah's Legacy
Terror in Store
Gerry Adams Interview
Strange Customs
Debt Row
Crisis in Casualty
The Great Name Robbery
Why Dunblane?
The First Casualty
Professor Richard Lacey has had an orchestrated campaign against him to make him appear insane after he linked human dis
Call to Duty
The Republic of Britain
The End of the Line?
Fatal Attraction
Against a stark background and without interruption, save for a few captions, two women talk openly and candidly about w
An Affair of the Heart
The Price of Petrol
Episode 40
Her Royal Highness
Neighbours from Hell
Recipe for Disaster
Dealing with Terror
A former militant from each side, both of whom have now laid down their arms, talk openly about their pasts.
Cowboy Country - The Stagecoach Bus Co.
Under Pressure
Troubled Waters
Bobby Moore and Me
Peer Pressure: Boys & Girls of the Jury
Shadow of the Bomb
For King and Country
Licence to Steal
The Unteachables
Tainted Blood
Examines the sudden increase in hepatitis C. A fairly new disease, originally only drug users who shared needles were co
Bad Company
The Nation's Teeth
The Untouchables: Part 1
The Untouchables: Part 2 - Wayne's World
Donal MacIntyre goes undercover in a gym in order to befriend and expose drug dealer Wayne Hardy.
Veil of Fear
The Young Turks
The Chemical Cosh
A Question of Class
Keep on Trucking?
Into the Minefield
Who's Buying the Holy City?
The Yard's Yardies
A Man of Influence
The Safety Catch
Jailhouse Blues
Many Behaving Badly
In Front of the Children
Outbreak
Clamp and Deliver
Many Unhappy Returns
Episode 27
Nowhere to Hide
When Mourning Comes
At the dawn of a new peace process, three grieving relatives talk from the heart about their losses which need never had
Making a Killing
Profit Before Principle
Through the Cakehole
Jonathan of Arabia: Act II - The Dagger of Deceit
B.P.'s Secret Soldiers
Easy Money
World in Action sets up several entrapment scenarios in order to test how honest people from various different walks of
Winning the Pools
The Meat Factory
Credit to the Nation
After half a century of silence, World in Action tells tonight how Britain benefited from the holocaust.
Against the Odds
Revisits the former care subjects featured in Who Cares? (1992) and No-One to Turn to (1992) to see how they are faring
How Green Is My Petrol?
With This Ring
Domestic Weapons
Secret Ingredient
Conduct Unbecoming
House of Horrors: Part 1
House of Horrors: Part 2
Extreme Measures
Nowhere to Run
The Rat's Tale
The Winning Formula
Formula 1 racing is one of the richest sports in the world, and sponsorship is a major part of that, but it seems to be
Jam Today
A Date with the Executioner
Profit and Loss
What a Business
Sex, Lies and Audiotape
Doctors Under the Influence
The risk to patients from alcoholic and drug dependent doctors?
A Question of Justice
In the Eye of the Storm
Broken Dreams
Beating Violence
Licence to Kill
Beverley's Choice
When the Heat Is On
Playing with Fire (II)
Not to be confused with an earlier episode of the same title, this one is the 3rd in a series exposing the neo-Nazi grou
The Lottery Losers
Is the Price Right?
That Sinking Feeling
The Price of Peace
Robocop Strikes Back
Third Party, Liar and Cheat
Bad Air Days
Viagra - The Hard Sell
Eat Up Your Genes
How Safe Is Your Cash?
The Big E
Our Man in Ibiza
The Clinton Tapes
Wish We Weren't Here
Fatal Affection
The Tracks of My Tears
Fat Profits
Britain's Most Dangerous Job
Flood, Sweat and Tears
Death Wish
Don't Call Us
Small But Perfectly Informed
Too Close for Comfort - Fear of Flying
Britain on the Booze