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 (38)
1. Getting Away with Murder
Aired 22 September 1986
2. Something for Nothing
Aired 29 September 1986
3. Mrs. Currie's Sauce
Aired 6 October 1986
4. Death is Part of the Process
Aired 13 October 1986
5. A Most Unsatisfactory Customer
Aired 20 October 1986
6. Episode 6
Aired 27 October 1986
7. The Untouchable
Aired 3 November 1986
8. Dead End
Aired 10 November 1986
Asylum seekers face being deported.
9. Black Lessons
Aired 17 November 1986
The Black Church in Britain and its role in national education policy.
10. The Midas Touch
Aired 24 November 1986
11. A Surprise Witness
Aired 1 December 1986
12. What Sid Should Really Know
Aired 8 December 1986
13. The Road to Damascus
Aired 15 December 1986
14. The State of the Nation: Part 1
Aired 5 January 1987
15. The State of the Nation: Part 2
Aired 12 January 1987
16. The State of the Nation: Part 3
Aired 19 January 1987
17. Keeping Warm in Benidorm
Aired 26 January 1987
18. Starting from the Bottom
Aired 2 February 1987
19. Burning Questions
Aired 9 February 1987
20. Boys on the Blacklist
Aired 16 February 1987
21. A Message for the Money Men
Aired 23 February 1987
22. Plausible Denial
Aired 2 March 1987
23. Finders Keepers
Aired 9 March 1987
Investigation into the discovery of the AIDS virus and rivalry between research teams in France and the USA.
24. The British Connection
Aired 16 March 1987
The consequences of the British not arresting Mafia leader Francesco di Carlo.
25. Bleak House
Aired 23 March 1987
26. Westland: Behind Closed Doors
Aired 30 March 1987
27. Pray Silence for Judge Pickles
Aired 6 April 1987
28. Science Friction
Aired 13 April 1987
29. Attention All Shipping
Aired 27 April 1987
30. High on the Low Life
Aired 11 May 1987
31. Just Keep Taking the Tablets
Aired 18 May 1987
32. Politics in a Package
Aired 15 June 1987
33. Poison on Tap
Aired 15 June 1987
Investigation into the state of Britain's tap water.
34. Tigers by the Tail - An Island at War
Aired 29 June 1987
35. Land Battles
Aired 6 July 1987
36. An Unhealthy Relationship
Aired 13 July 1987
37. Born Survivors: The Thalidomide Generation
Aired 20 July 1987
38. U2: Anthem for the Eighties
Aired 27 July 1987 âą 30 min
Documentary on U2 based around a 1987 concert in their home town of Dublin.