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 (37)
1. Peer Pressure: Boys & Girls of the Jury
Aired 2 September 1996
2. Shadow of the Bomb
Aired 9 September 1996
3. For King and Country
Aired 16 September 1996
4. Licence to Steal
Aired 23 September 1996
5. The Unteachables
Aired 30 September 1996
6. Tainted Blood
Aired 7 October 1996
Examines the sudden increase in hepatitis C. A fairly new disease, originally only drug users who shared needles were contracting it, but now it has spread to non-drug users too.
7. Bad Company
Aired 14 October 1996
8. The Nation's Teeth
Aired 21 October 1996
9. The Untouchables: Part 1
Aired 28 October 1996
10. The Untouchables: Part 2 - Wayne's World
Aired 4 November 1996
Donal MacIntyre goes undercover in a gym in order to befriend and expose drug dealer Wayne Hardy.
11. Veil of Fear
Aired 11 November 1996
12. The Young Turks
Aired 18 November 1996
13. The Chemical Cosh
Aired 25 November 1996
14. A Question of Class
Aired 2 December 1996
15. Keep on Trucking?
Aired 13 January 1997
16. Into the Minefield
Aired 20 January 1997
17. Who's Buying the Holy City?
Aired 27 January 1997
18. The Yard's Yardies
Aired 3 February 1997
19. A Man of Influence
Aired 10 February 1997
20. The Safety Catch
Aired 17 February 1997
21. Jailhouse Blues
Aired 24 February 1997
22. Many Behaving Badly
Aired 3 March 1997
23. In Front of the Children
Aired 10 March 1997
24. Outbreak
Aired 17 March 1997
25. Clamp and Deliver
Aired 24 March 1997
26. Many Unhappy Returns
Aired 7 April 1997
27. Episode 27
Aired 14 April 1997
28. Nowhere to Hide
Aired 12 May 1997
29. When Mourning Comes
Aired 19 May 1997
At the dawn of a new peace process, three grieving relatives talk from the heart about their losses which need never had happened, had it only come sooner.
30. Making a Killing
Aired 2 June 1997
31. Profit Before Principle
Aired 9 June 1997
32. Through the Cakehole
Aired 16 June 1997
33. Jonathan of Arabia: Act II - The Dagger of Deceit
Aired 23 June 1997
34. B.P.'s Secret Soldiers
Aired 30 June 1997
35. Easy Money
Aired 7 July 1997
World in Action sets up several entrapment scenarios in order to test how honest people from various different walks of life prove to be. Will they live up to expectations of their trade or class, or will there be some surprising results?
36. Winning the Pools
Aired 14 July 1997
37. The Meat Factory
Aired 21 July 1997