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Season 17 · 41 episodes · Oct 13, 1980

  1. Episode 1

    The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier

    Oct 13, 1980

  2. Episode 2

    South Africa's Bombshell

    Oct 20, 1980

  3. Episode 3

    Creating Criminals

    Oct 27, 1980

  4. Episode 4

    Choosing Labour's Leader

    Nov 3, 1980

  5. Episode 5

    The Party's Over

    Nov 10, 1980

  6. Episode 6

    Death on the Dole

    Nov 17, 1980

  7. Episode 7

    The H-Block Fuse

    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.

  8. Episode 8

    The Rossminster Affair

    Dec 1, 1980

  9. Episode 9

    The Hunt for the Ripper

    Dec 8, 1980

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

  10. Episode 10

    No Room at the Inn

    Dec 15, 1980

  11. Episode 11

    The Blood Business

    Dec 22, 1980

  12. Episode 12

    The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales

    Jan 5, 1981

  13. Episode 13

    Michael Foot

    Jan 19, 1981

  14. Episode 14

    The White House General

    Jan 26, 1981

  15. Episode 15

    The Social Democrats

    Feb 2, 1981

  16. Episode 16

    The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes

    Feb 9, 1981

  17. Episode 17

    Killing for a Cure

    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.

  18. Episode 18

    The State of Britain - In for a Penny

    Feb 23, 1981

  19. Episode 19

    Off the Rails

    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.

  20. Episode 20

    The State of the Nation

    Mar 9, 1981

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

  21. Episode 21

    These Children Are Mine

    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.

  22. Episode 22

    The Fight for the Centre

    Mar 23, 1981

  23. Episode 23

    The Men from Argentina

    Mar 30, 1981

  24. Episode 24

    The Curse of the Klan

    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.

  25. Episode 25

    Comrades at Arms

    Apr 13, 1981

  26. Episode 26

    More Than Just a Few Perks

    Apr 27, 1981

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

  27. Episode 27

    The Shape of Wars to Come

    May 11, 1981

  28. Episode 28

    Home and Away

    May 18, 1981

  29. Episode 29

    Do Mind If I Smoke?

    Jun 1, 1981

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

  30. Episode 30

    To Russia with Love

    Jun 8, 1981

  31. Episode 31

    Tories for Turning

    Jun 15, 1981

  32. Episode 32

    Kevin at the Crossroads

    Jun 22, 1981

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

  33. Episode 33

    The Silent Epidemic

    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.

  34. Episode 34

    Guns to the Right

    Jul 6, 1981

  35. Episode 35

    A Dangerous Age

    Jul 13, 1981

  36. Episode 36

    A Conflict of Evidence

    Jul 20, 1981

  37. Episode 37

    Toxteth Revisited

    Jul 27, 1981

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

  38. Episode 38

    The Agony of Angola

    Aug 3, 1981

  39. Episode 39

    When Night Comes to Kandahar

    Aug 17, 1981

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

  40. Episode 40

    Waiting for Justice

    Aug 10, 1981

  41. Episode 41

    A Picture of Health

    Aug 24, 1981