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World in Action

Season 21 · 39 episodes · Sep 24, 1984

  1. Episode 1

    Clap Trap

    Sep 24, 1984

    Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan is interested in entering politics, but with no experience in public speaking, would love to fall into that claptrap.

  2. Episode 2

    An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell

    Oct 1, 1984

  3. Episode 3

    Football's Mr. Fix-It

    Oct 8, 1984

  4. Episode 4

    The Coal War

    Oct 15, 1984

    With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.

  5. Episode 5

    Apartheid's Back Yard

    Oct 22, 1984

  6. Episode 6

    Plans for Coal

    Oct 29, 1984

    Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.

  7. Episode 7

    Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming

    Nov 5, 1984

  8. Episode 8

    The Politics of Starvation

    Nov 12, 1984

  9. Episode 10

    Kidnapped

    Nov 19, 1984

  10. Episode 11

    Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror

    Dec 3, 1984

  11. Episode 12

    Softly, Softly, Strike Force

    Dec 10, 1984

    The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.

  12. Episode 13

    Tried, Untested

    Dec 17, 1984

  13. Episode 14

    Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years

    Dec 27, 1984

  14. Episode 15

    Taken on Trust

    Jan 7, 1985

  15. Episode 16

    The Miners and the Microchip

    Jan 14, 1985

  16. Episode 17

    Civil Unrest

    Jan 21, 1985

  17. Episode 18

    Father and Son

    Jan 28, 1985

  18. Episode 19

    Going Dutch

    Feb 4, 1985

  19. Episode 20

    The Knock on the Door

    Feb 11, 1985

  20. Episode 21

    Taking the Medicine

    Feb 18, 1985

  21. Episode 22

    A Conflict in Customs

    Feb 25, 1985

  22. Episode 23

    Death of an English Rose

    Mar 4, 1985

    Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.

  23. Episode 24

    Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse

    Mar 11, 1985

  24. Episode 25

    Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration

    Mar 18, 1985

  25. Episode 26

    Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor

    Mar 25, 1985

  26. Episode 27

    The Swan and the Plough

    Apr 1, 1985

  27. Episode 28

    Not for Love or Money

    Apr 15, 1985

  28. Episode 29

    The Baby Makers

    Apr 22, 1985

  29. Episode 30

    Children of the Loom

    Apr 29, 1985

  30. Episode 31

    Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown

    May 13, 1985

  31. Episode 32

    First Strike

    May 20, 1985

  32. Episode 33

    The Betrayal of Bhopal

    Jun 3, 1985

  33. Episode 34

    Raising the Belgrano

    Jun 10, 1985

  34. Episode 35

    Britain's Cocaine Colony

    Jun 17, 1985

  35. Episode 36

    The Dream of John Delorean

    Jun 24, 1985

  36. Episode 37

    Hit and Run

    Jul 1, 1985

  37. Episode 38

    A Song for Africa

    Jul 8, 1985

    Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.

  38. Episode 39

    Disunited Nations

    Jul 15, 1985

  39. Episode 40

    Bad Blood

    Jul 22, 1985

    Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.