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World in Action

Season 27 · 41 episodes · Sep 24, 1990

  1. Episode 1

    Inside Saddam's Stronghold

    Sep 24, 1990

    Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.

  2. Episode 2

    Blowing the Whistle

    Oct 1, 1990

  3. Episode 3

    Strike It Lucky

    Oct 8, 1990

  4. Episode 4

    The Allergy Business

    Oct 15, 1990

  5. Episode 5

    The Go-Between

    Oct 22, 1990

  6. Episode 6

    Mission to Baghdad

    Oct 29, 1990

  7. Episode 7

    Nurse Pink's Prescription

    Nov 5, 1990

  8. Episode 8

    The Lessons of Piper Alpha

    Nov 12, 1990

  9. Episode 9

    The Tarzan Factor

    Nov 19, 1990

  10. Episode 10

    Turning a Blind Eye

    Dec 3, 1990

  11. Episode 11

    Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant

    Dec 10, 1990

  12. Episode 12

    Twenty Years Hard Labour

    Dec 17, 1990

  13. Episode 13

    A Life of Pain

    Jan 7, 1991

  14. Episode 14

    A Time to Choose

    Jan 14, 1991

  15. Episode 15

    Episode 15

    Jan 21, 1991

  16. Episode 16

    The Child Killers of Brazil

    Jan 28, 1991

  17. Episode 17

    Waiting for the Land War

    Feb 4, 1991

  18. Episode 18

    How Safe Are Our Children?

    Feb 11, 1991

  19. Episode 19

    Under the Curfew

    Feb 18, 1991

  20. Episode 20

    Mafia Russian Style

    Feb 25, 1991

  21. Episode 21

    After the Storm

    Mar 4, 1991

  22. Episode 22

    World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job

    Mar 11, 1991

  23. Episode 23

    The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story

    Mar 18, 1991

    Following the release of the alleged 'Birmingham Six' pub bombers after 16 years, World in Action speaks to each of the men, and looks back at the flawed police investigation that led to their wrongful imprisonment.

  24. Episode 24

    Beat the Taxman

    Mar 19, 1991

  25. Episode 25

    Secret of Sebha

    Mar 25, 1991

  26. Episode 26

    Chariots of Fire

    Apr 8, 1991

  27. Episode 27

    Curse of the Superdrug

    Apr 15, 1991

  28. Episode 28

    The Hate Factories

    Apr 22, 1991

    The government claims that people are sent to prison for rehabilitation, but due to the brutality of some of the officers, the prisoners prefer to refer to them as "hate factories".

  29. Episode 29

    The Propaganda War

    Apr 23, 1991

  30. Episode 30

    The Ghost Train

    Apr 29, 1991

    Transferred from prison to prison and left in long-term segregation or solitary confinement, prisoners call this the ghost train. This is the second part of World in Action's investigation into the horrors of life on the inside.

  31. Episode 31

    Money for Nothing

    May 13, 1991

  32. Episode 32

    The Devil's Advocates

    May 20, 1991

  33. Episode 33

    On the Knife Edge

    Jun 3, 1991

  34. Episode 34

    When Housewives Strike

    Jun 10, 1991

  35. Episode 35

    Marked for Murder

    Jun 17, 1991

    The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.

  36. Episode 36

    Should the Queen Pay Tax?

    Jun 24, 1991

  37. Episode 37

    What Liverpool Needs...

    Jul 1, 1991

  38. Episode 38

    Britain's Secret Slaves

    Jul 8, 1991

  39. Episode 39

    Defending the Realm

    Jul 15, 1991

    Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.

  40. Episode 40

    Making the News

    Jul 22, 1991

  41. Episode 41

    Reasonable Adjustment

    Jul 29, 1991

    Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.