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Season 10 · 38 episodes · Sep 10, 1973

  1. Episode 1

    A Question of Intelligence

    Sep 10, 1973

  2. Episode 2

    Something to Beef About.

    Sep 17, 1973

  3. Episode 3

    The Cost of a Cup of Tea

    Sep 24, 1973

  4. Episode 4

    Tomorrow's Women: Labour

    Oct 1, 1973

  5. Episode 5

    Tomorrow's Women: Conservative

    Oct 8, 1973

  6. Episode 6

    A Threat to the State

    Oct 15, 1973

  7. Episode 7

    The Squeeze

    Oct 22, 1973

  8. Episode 8

    The Squeeze Pt.2

    Oct 29, 1973

  9. Episode 9

    HM's Opposition

    Nov 5, 1973

  10. Episode 10

    An Accidental Death

    Nov 19, 1973

  11. Episode 11

    Drug Squad

    Nov 26, 1973

  12. Episode 12

    Chile: The Reckoning

    Dec 3, 1973

  13. Episode 13

    The Year of the Torturer

    Dec 10, 1973

  14. Episode 14

    The Morning After

    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.

  15. Episode 15

    Hotting Up & Slowing Down

    Jan 14, 1974

  16. Episode 16

    Centre Point

    Jan 21, 1974

  17. Episode 17

    Mr & Mrs Olley Learn the Facts of Life

    Jan 28, 1974

  18. Episode 18

    Flying Pickets

    Feb 4, 1974

  19. Episode 19

    A Political Journey: Part 1

    Feb 11, 1974

  20. Episode 20

    A Political Journey: Part 2

    Feb 18, 1974

  21. Episode 21

    A Political Journey: Part 3

    Feb 25, 1974

  22. Episode 22

    The Others

    Mar 4, 1974

  23. Episode 23

    The Trials of PC. Williams

    Mar 11, 1974

  24. Episode 24

    A Bad Week for the Speculators

    Mar 18, 1974

  25. Episode 25

    The Strange Story of Kevin Kavanagh

    Apr 1, 1974

  26. Episode 26

    Harold Wilson at No.10

    Apr 8, 1974

  27. Episode 27

    Death in the Family

    Apr 22, 1974

  28. Episode 28

    MP's Interests

    Apr 29, 1974

  29. Episode 29

    Business in Gozo

    May 6, 1974

  30. Episode 30

    The Ben Hunter Way

    May 13, 1974

  31. Episode 31

    The Day the Torture Stopped

    May 20, 1974

  32. Episode 32

    The Hefferon Affair

    Jun 3, 1974

  33. Episode 33

    The Selling of the Maharishi

    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.

  34. Episode 34

    The Leader of the Opposition

    Jun 17, 1974

  35. Episode 35

    Cancer Gas

    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.

  36. Episode 36

    Episode 36

    Jul 1, 1974

  37. Episode 37

    The Old Country

    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.

  38. Episode 38

    The Group

    Jul 15, 1974