Episode 1
Everybody's Children
Sep 21, 1970
School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
Episode 2
The Quiet Mutiny
Sep 28, 1970
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
Episode 3
The Man Who Made Biafra
Oct 5, 1970
Episode 4
Pigs?
Oct 12, 1970
Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
Episode 5
They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else
Oct 19, 1970
There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.
Episode 6
A Business Arrangement
Oct 26, 1970
Episode 7
S.A.L.T.
Nov 2, 1970
Episode 8
Goodbye Mr. Smith?
Nov 9, 1970
Episode 9
The Mountain People
Nov 16, 1970
America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
Episode 10
The Final Harvest
Nov 23, 1970
Episode 11
The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
Nov 24, 1970
Episode 12
The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman
Nov 30, 1970
Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.
Episode 13
The Law Shop
Dec 7, 1970
Episode 14
Oh! Birmingham
Dec 14, 1970
Episode 15
The Dumping Grounds
Dec 21, 1970
The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.
Episode 16
American Radio
Jan 4, 1971
A personal view by Denis Mitchell.
Episode 17
Round One
Jan 11, 1971
Episode 18
The Dutschke Affair
Jan 18, 1971
Episode 19
The Village That Quit
Jan 25, 1971
A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
Episode 20
The Monday Club
Feb 1, 1971
Episode 21
The Breaking Point
Feb 8, 1971
Episode 22
Square One
Feb 15, 1971
With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
Episode 23
Lucky
Feb 22, 1971
Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.
Episode 24
Ford: The Inside Story
Mar 1, 1971
Episode 25
The Truants
Mar 8, 1971
World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
Episode 26
The Man Who Stole Uganda
Mar 15, 1971
A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
Episode 27
As It Was in the Beginning...
Mar 22, 1971
Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
Episode 28
The Year Britain Stopped Growing
Mar 29, 1971
Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
Episode 29
South of the Border
Apr 5, 1971
Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
Episode 30
The Salvation Army
Apr 19, 1971
Episode 31
The Sailors' Jail
Apr 26, 1971
Episode 32
Going Private
May 3, 1971
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
Episode 33
The Tanzam Railway
May 10, 1971
Episode 34
A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
May 17, 1971
Episode 35
Death Is Afraid of Us
May 24, 1971
Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
Episode 36
Conversations with a Working Man
Jun 7, 1971
Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.
Episode 37
Anthony Mascarenhas
Jun 14, 1971
Episode 38
A Woman's Place
Jun 21, 1971
Episode 39
The Dust at Acre Mill
Jun 28, 1971
Episode 40
Episode 40
Jul 5, 1971
Episode 41
Major Khaled's War
Jul 12, 1971
Episode 42
End of a Journey
Jul 19, 1971
Episode 43
The Man from No. 10
Aug 3, 1971
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