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 (35)
1. The Guns
Aired 11 September 1963
2. Lord Denning
Aired 16 September 1963
3. Dick Gregory
Aired 29 September 1963
4. M.R.A
Aired 30 September 1963
5. Oxfam
Aired 10 October 1963
6. Blackpool Conference
Aired 14 October 1963
7. Living in the Slums
Aired 22 October 1963
A look at conditions in Stepney, London.
8. Repairs
Aired 29 October 1963
9. Power
Aired 5 November 1963
10. The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home
Aired 12 November 1963
11. The Shadows
Aired 19 November 1963
12. Increasing Traffic
Aired 26 November 1963
13. The British Way of Death
Aired 3 December 1963
14. Dallas
Aired 3 December 1963
A visit to the city of Dallas in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, focusing on the varying reactions and conditions of the people there.
15. President Lyndon Johnson
Aired 10 December 1963
16. The Cost of Dying
Aired 17 December 1963
Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.
17. Cooke on America
Aired 31 December 1963
18. Truth About Spain
Aired 7 January 1964
An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.
19. Alistair Cooke Reports
Aired 21 January 1964
20. Lakonia - The Facts
Aired 14 January 1964
21. The Thin Red Line
Aired 21 January 1964
A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.
22. Smuggling
Aired 4 February 1964
23. The Power of the Nanny
Aired 11 February 1964
24. Cyprus
Aired 18 February 1964
The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
25. Concorde
Aired 25 February 1964
Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.
26. The Great Train Robbery
Aired 26 March 1964
Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery
27. The Williams Family
Aired 28 March 1964
Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.
29. Radio Pirates
Aired 12 May 1964
Unique access to the new form of radio which is competing on a not strictly legal level with the BBC - the pirate stations. Those on the outside both for and against also have their say.
30. How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat
Aired 19 May 1964
A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.
31. The Face on the Cover
Aired 26 May 1964
32. Lord Beaverbrook
Aired 9 June 1964
33. Typhoid in Aberdeen
Aired 16 June 1964
A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.
34. Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People
Aired 30 June 1964
A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.
35. John Bloom
Aired 21 July 1964
The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.
36. U.S. in U.K.
Aired 28 July 1964