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World in Action

Season 2 · 35 episodes · Sep 11, 1963

  1. Episode 1

    The Guns

    Sep 11, 1963

  2. Episode 2

    Lord Denning

    Sep 16, 1963

  3. Episode 3

    Dick Gregory

    Sep 29, 1963

  4. Episode 4

    M.R.A

    Sep 30, 1963

  5. Episode 5

    Oxfam

    Oct 10, 1963

  6. Episode 6

    Blackpool Conference

    Oct 14, 1963

  7. Episode 7

    Living in the Slums

    Oct 22, 1963

    A look at conditions in Stepney, London.

  8. Episode 8

    Repairs

    Oct 29, 1963

  9. Episode 9

    Power

    Nov 5, 1963

  10. Episode 10

    The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home

    Nov 12, 1963

  11. Episode 11

    The Shadows

    Nov 19, 1963

  12. Episode 12

    Increasing Traffic

    Nov 26, 1963

  13. Episode 13

    The British Way of Death

    Dec 3, 1963

  14. Episode 14

    Dallas

    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.

  15. Episode 15

    President Lyndon Johnson

    Dec 10, 1963

  16. Episode 16

    The Cost of Dying

    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.

  17. Episode 17

    Cooke on America

    Dec 31, 1963

  18. Episode 18

    Truth About Spain

    Jan 7, 1964

    An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.

  19. Episode 19

    Alistair Cooke Reports

    Jan 21, 1964

  20. Episode 20

    Lakonia - The Facts

    Jan 14, 1964

  21. Episode 21

    The Thin Red Line

    Jan 21, 1964

    A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.

  22. Episode 22

    Smuggling

    Feb 4, 1964

  23. Episode 23

    The Power of the Nanny

    Feb 11, 1964

  24. Episode 24

    Cyprus

    Feb 18, 1964

    The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.

  25. Episode 25

    Concorde

    Feb 25, 1964

    Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.

  26. Episode 26

    The Great Train Robbery

    Mar 26, 1964

    Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery

  27. Episode 27

    The Williams Family

    Mar 28, 1964

    Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.

  28. Episode 29

    Radio Pirates

    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.

  29. Episode 30

    How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat

    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.

  30. Episode 31

    The Face on the Cover

    May 26, 1964

  31. Episode 32

    Lord Beaverbrook

    Jun 9, 1964

  32. Episode 33

    Typhoid in Aberdeen

    Jun 16, 1964

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

  33. Episode 34

    Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Jun 30, 1964

    A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.

  34. Episode 35

    John Bloom

    Jul 21, 1964

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

  35. Episode 36

    U.S. in U.K.

    Jul 28, 1964