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World in Action

Season 12 · 42 episodes · Sep 8, 1975

  1. Episode 1

    The Reluctant Bride

    Sep 8, 1975

  2. Episode 2

    The Roche Affair

    Sep 15, 1975

  3. Episode 3

    Conversations with the Craigs

    Sep 22, 1975

  4. Episode 4

    Democracy in Bulk

    Sep 29, 1975

  5. Episode 5

    Jobless in Batley

    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.

  6. Episode 6

    The Guinea Pig Soldiers

    Oct 13, 1975

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

  7. Episode 7

    The Luddenden Experiment

    Oct 20, 1975

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

  8. Episode 8

    The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud

    Oct 27, 1975

  9. Episode 9

    Popular Power

    Nov 3, 1975

  10. Episode 10

    Scotland: A Political Journey Part One

    Nov 10, 1975

  11. Episode 11

    Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two

    Nov 17, 1975

  12. Episode 12

    An Element of Risk

    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.

  13. Episode 13

    Blood Money Part One

    Dec 1, 1975

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

  14. Episode 14

    Blood Money Part Two

    Dec 8, 1975

  15. Episode 15

    Episode 15

    Jan 12, 1976

  16. Episode 16

    How to Sell an Airforce Part One

    Jan 19, 1976

    Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.

  17. Episode 17

    How to Sell an Airforce Part Two

    Jan 26, 1976

  18. Episode 18

    Cut Off

    Feb 2, 1976

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

  19. Episode 19

    Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done

    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.

  20. Episode 20

    Episode 20

    Feb 16, 1976

  21. Episode 21

    Episode 21

    Feb 23, 1976

  22. Episode 22

    The Republic of Rhodesia

    Mar 1, 1976

    The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.

  23. Episode 23

    1936-1976 a Change of Life

    Mar 8, 1976

  24. Episode 24

    The Boss File

    Mar 15, 1976

  25. Episode 25

    In Labour

    Mar 22, 1976

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

  26. Episode 26

    The Threat of Nuclear War

    Mar 29, 1976

  27. Episode 27

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

    Apr 5, 1976

  28. Episode 28

    When in Rome...

    Apr 12, 1976

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

  29. Episode 29

    Out of Mind

    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.

  30. Episode 30

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

    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.

  31. Episode 31

    Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea

    May 10, 1976

  32. Episode 32

    The Dark Societies

    May 17, 1976

  33. Episode 33

    The Trials of Popovic

    May 24, 1976

  34. Episode 34

    Proposition 15

    Jun 7, 1976

  35. Episode 35

    A Calculated Risk

    Jun 14, 1976

  36. Episode 36

    A Question for Europe

    Jun 21, 1976

  37. Episode 37

    Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It

    Jun 28, 1976

  38. Episode 38

    Mutiny on the Motorway

    Jul 5, 1976

  39. Episode 39

    Run for Your Life

    Jul 12, 1976

    MPs are put on a fitness program.

  40. Episode 40

    A Question of Standards

    Jul 19, 1976

  41. Episode 41

    The Plutonium Economy

    Jul 26, 1976

  42. Episode 42

    Coup D'etat

    Aug 2, 1976