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Season 8 · 37 episodes · Sep 6, 1971

  1. Episode 1

    The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly

    Sep 6, 1971

  2. Episode 2

    The Sounds of the Clyde

    Sep 13, 1971

  3. Episode 3

    Episode 3

    Sep 20, 1971

  4. Episode 4

    Death of a revolutionary

    Sep 27, 1971

    The aftermath of the shooting dead of Black Panther George Jackson while allegedly trying to escape from prison. His friends, colleagues and family mourn and seek justice for what they say was a murder.

  5. Episode 5

    Episode 5

    Oct 4, 1971

  6. Episode 6

    Episode 6

    Oct 11, 1971

  7. Episode 7

    Episode 7

    Oct 18, 1971

  8. Episode 8

    Does an M.P. Have the Right?

    Oct 25, 1971

  9. Episode 9

    The Most Widely Used Drug in the World.

    Nov 15, 1971

    Aspirins are used for a multitude of different complaints, or even just taken as a daily habit. But, do they have harmful side effects of which people are unaware?

  10. Episode 10

    Episode 10

    Nov 22, 1971

  11. Episode 11

    The Backseat Generals

    Nov 29, 1971

  12. Episode 12

    Year of the Killing

    Nov 21, 1971

    Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.

  13. Episode 13

    Episode 13

    Nov 29, 1971

  14. Episode 14

    Working the Land

    Jan 10, 1972

  15. Episode 15

    The Thirty Million Power Game

    Jan 17, 1972

  16. Episode 16

    Episode 16

    Jan 24, 1972

  17. Episode 17

    War in the Air

    Mar 13, 1972

  18. Episode 18

    Waiting for the Package

    Mar 20, 1972

    Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.

  19. Episode 19

    The Lump

    Mar 27, 1972

    A look at the reasons behind the continuing bad relations between building workers and management, which lead to a strike at a Birmingham construction site.

  20. Episode 20

    Het Dorp

    Apr 10, 1972

  21. Episode 21

    Out of the Melting Pot

    Apr 17, 1972

  22. Episode 22

    The Rule of Law

    Apr 24, 1972

  23. Episode 23

    Containers

    May 1, 1972

    Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.

  24. Episode 24

    Liberty Belles

    May 8, 1972

  25. Episode 25

    Conversations with a Single Parent

    May 15, 1972

  26. Episode 26

    The Runcorn Experiment

    May 22, 1972

  27. Episode 27

    The Siege of Kontum

    Jun 5, 1972

    World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.

  28. Episode 28

    The Protestant Succession

    Jun 12, 1972

  29. Episode 29

    The Docks Dispute

    Jun 19, 1972

  30. Episode 30

    How to Make Enemies & Influence People

    Jun 26, 1972

  31. Episode 31

    Dust-Up at Northfleet

    Jul 3, 1972

  32. Episode 32

    In Search of Gusty Spence

    Jul 10, 1972

    An interview with the Irish Protestant who denies the murder for which he was convicted, and is being held by the Ulster Volunteer Force who kidnapped him while he was on parole.

  33. Episode 33

    How to Steal a Party

    Jul 17, 1972

  34. Episode 34

    Episode 34

    Jul 24, 1972

  35. Episode 35

    Episode 35

    Jul 31, 1972

  36. Episode 36

    Caught in the Act

    Aug 7, 1972

  37. Episode 37

    Eh! What?

    Aug 14, 1972

    Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.