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World in Action

Season 33 · 37 episodes · Sep 2, 1996

  1. Episode 1

    Peer Pressure: Boys & Girls of the Jury

    Sep 2, 1996

  2. Episode 2

    Shadow of the Bomb

    Sep 9, 1996

  3. Episode 3

    For King and Country

    Sep 16, 1996

  4. Episode 4

    Licence to Steal

    Sep 23, 1996

  5. Episode 5

    The Unteachables

    Sep 30, 1996

  6. Episode 6

    Tainted Blood

    Oct 7, 1996

    Examines the sudden increase in hepatitis C. A fairly new disease, originally only drug users who shared needles were contracting it, but now it has spread to non-drug users too.

  7. Episode 7

    Bad Company

    Oct 14, 1996

  8. Episode 8

    The Nation's Teeth

    Oct 21, 1996

  9. Episode 9

    The Untouchables: Part 1

    Oct 28, 1996

  10. Episode 10

    The Untouchables: Part 2 - Wayne's World

    Nov 4, 1996

    Donal MacIntyre goes undercover in a gym in order to befriend and expose drug dealer Wayne Hardy.

  11. Episode 11

    Veil of Fear

    Nov 11, 1996

  12. Episode 12

    The Young Turks

    Nov 18, 1996

  13. Episode 13

    The Chemical Cosh

    Nov 25, 1996

  14. Episode 14

    A Question of Class

    Dec 2, 1996

  15. Episode 15

    Keep on Trucking?

    Jan 13, 1997

  16. Episode 16

    Into the Minefield

    Jan 20, 1997

  17. Episode 17

    Who's Buying the Holy City?

    Jan 27, 1997

  18. Episode 18

    The Yard's Yardies

    Feb 3, 1997

  19. Episode 19

    A Man of Influence

    Feb 10, 1997

  20. Episode 20

    The Safety Catch

    Feb 17, 1997

  21. Episode 21

    Jailhouse Blues

    Feb 24, 1997

  22. Episode 22

    Many Behaving Badly

    Mar 3, 1997

  23. Episode 23

    In Front of the Children

    Mar 10, 1997

  24. Episode 24

    Outbreak

    Mar 17, 1997

  25. Episode 25

    Clamp and Deliver

    Mar 24, 1997

  26. Episode 26

    Many Unhappy Returns

    Apr 7, 1997

  27. Episode 27

    Episode 27

    Apr 14, 1997

  28. Episode 28

    Nowhere to Hide

    May 12, 1997

  29. Episode 29

    When Mourning Comes

    May 19, 1997

    At the dawn of a new peace process, three grieving relatives talk from the heart about their losses which need never had happened, had it only come sooner.

  30. Episode 30

    Making a Killing

    Jun 2, 1997

  31. Episode 31

    Profit Before Principle

    Jun 9, 1997

  32. Episode 32

    Through the Cakehole

    Jun 16, 1997

  33. Episode 33

    Jonathan of Arabia: Act II - The Dagger of Deceit

    Jun 23, 1997

  34. Episode 34

    B.P.'s Secret Soldiers

    Jun 30, 1997

  35. Episode 35

    Easy Money

    Jul 7, 1997

    World in Action sets up several entrapment scenarios in order to test how honest people from various different walks of life prove to be. Will they live up to expectations of their trade or class, or will there be some surprising results?

  36. Episode 36

    Winning the Pools

    Jul 14, 1997

  37. Episode 37

    The Meat Factory

    Jul 21, 1997