About this season
World in Action was Granada Televisionâs flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussionsâincluding investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Sixâand it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of âSeven Up!â as part of the strand in 1964.
Episodes (42)
1. The Reluctant Bride
Aired 8 September 1975
2. The Roche Affair
Aired 15 September 1975
3. Conversations with the Craigs
Aired 22 September 1975
4. Democracy in Bulk
Aired 29 September 1975
5. Jobless in Batley
Aired 6 October 1975
A once thriving town, now in decline as the industrial base continues to shrink, asks where the jobs are coming from for the increasingly unemployed of Batley.
6. The Guinea Pig Soldiers
Aired 13 October 1975
Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.
7. The Luddenden Experiment
Aired 20 October 1975
With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.
8. The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud
Aired 27 October 1975
9. Popular Power
Aired 3 November 1975
10. Scotland: A Political Journey Part One
Aired 10 November 1975
11. Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two
Aired 17 November 1975
12. An Element of Risk
Aired 24 November 1975
Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.
13. Blood Money Part One
Aired 1 December 1975
Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.
14. Blood Money Part Two
Aired 8 December 1975
15. Episode 15
Aired 12 January 1976
16. How to Sell an Airforce Part One
Aired 19 January 1976
Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.
17. How to Sell an Airforce Part Two
Aired 26 January 1976
18. Cut Off
Aired 2 February 1976
The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.
19. Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done
Aired 9 February 1976
Investigates why the government (after declaring no more hand outs to private companies) had given Chrysler Cars payments of grants and loans of over a hundred million pounds to keep them in Britain.
20. Episode 20
Aired 16 February 1976
21. Episode 21
Aired 23 February 1976
22. The Republic of Rhodesia
Aired 1 March 1976
The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.
23. 1936-1976 a Change of Life
Aired 8 March 1976
24. The Boss File
Aired 15 March 1976
25. In Labour
Aired 22 March 1976
The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.
26. The Threat of Nuclear War
Aired 29 March 1976
27. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half
Aired 5 April 1976
28. When in Rome...
Aired 12 April 1976
Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.
29. Out of Mind
Aired 26 April 1976
Investigates concerns that there are those in mental institutions that should not be in there and should be given a chance to live in society.
30. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72
Aired 3 May 1976
A new invention for containers is followed on its obstacle course from drawing to finished product, showing the difficulties that inventors have in trying to get their ideas off the ground.
31. Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea
Aired 10 May 1976
32. The Dark Societies
Aired 17 May 1976
33. The Trials of Popovic
Aired 24 May 1976
34. Proposition 15
Aired 7 June 1976
35. A Calculated Risk
Aired 14 June 1976
36. A Question for Europe
Aired 21 June 1976
37. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It
Aired 28 June 1976
38. Mutiny on the Motorway
Aired 5 July 1976
39. Run for Your Life
Aired 12 July 1976
MPs are put on a fitness program.
40. A Question of Standards
Aired 19 July 1976
41. The Plutonium Economy
Aired 26 July 1976
42. Coup D'etat
Aired 2 August 1976