About this season
World in Action was Granada Television’s 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 repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
Episodes (34)
1. The Man Who Talks to Terrorists
Aired 26 September 1977
2. The Life and Death of Steve Biko
Aired 3 October 1977
Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.
3. No Compromise
Aired 10 October 1977
4. The Miami Experiment
Aired 17 October 1977
5. The Surgery Is Now Closed
Aired 24 October 1977
6. Eastern Promise
Aired 31 October 1977
7. The Accident
Aired 7 November 1977
Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.
8. The Disputed Land
Aired 14 November 1977
9. Got It Taped
Aired 21 November 1977
10. In the Name of the Law
Aired 28 November 1977
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.
11. Thatcher Interview
Aired 30 January 1978
12. Cold Facts
Aired 6 February 1978
People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.
13. The Concrete Rings
Aired 13 February 1978
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
14. Working for a Pittance
Aired 20 February 1978
An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.
15. Death by Request
Aired 24 March 1978
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
16. There's No Place Like Hulme
Aired 10 April 1978
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
17. The Right's Centre
Aired 17 April 1978
18. Black to Front
Aired 24 April 1978
19. In the Public Interest
Aired 8 May 1978
20. General Grigorenko's New Campaign
Aired 15 May 1978
21. Take Care, This Place is Unsafe
Aired 22 May 1978
Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.
22. Smoking - A Double Standard
Aired 5 June 1978
23. Dishonourable Discharge
Aired 12 June 1978
24. Wait and See
Aired 19 June 1978
25. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea
Aired 20 June 1978
26. The Happiness Pill?
Aired 26 June 1978
27. The Nazi Party
Aired 3 July 1978
Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.
28. Prisoner of Terrorism
Aired 10 July 1978
A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.
29. Russian Justice
Aired 17 July 1978
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
30. Buying Time
Aired 24 July 1978
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.
31. Liable to Prosecution
Aired 31 July 1978
32. No Useful Purpose Would Be Served
Aired 7 August 1978
33. Power for Sale
Aired 14 August 1978
34. The Invisible Risk
Aired 21 August 1978