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 (33)
1. Credit to the Nation
Aired 8 September 1997
After half a century of silence, World in Action tells tonight how Britain benefited from the holocaust.
2. Against the Odds
Aired 15 September 1997
Revisits the former care subjects featured in Who Cares? (1992) and No-One to Turn to (1992) to see how they are faring 5 years later.
3. How Green Is My Petrol?
Aired 22 September 1997
4. With This Ring
Aired 29 September 1997
5. Domestic Weapons
Aired 6 October 1997
6. Secret Ingredient
Aired 13 October 1997
7. Conduct Unbecoming
Aired 20 October 1997
8. House of Horrors: Part 1
Aired 27 October 1997
9. House of Horrors: Part 2
Aired 3 November 1997
10. Extreme Measures
Aired 10 November 1997
11. Nowhere to Run
Aired 17 November 1997
12. The Rat's Tale
Aired 24 November 1997
13. The Winning Formula
Aired 1 December 1997
Formula 1 racing is one of the richest sports in the world, and sponsorship is a major part of that, but it seems to be the government who are performing the U-turns.
14. Jam Today
Aired 5 January 1998
15. A Date with the Executioner
Aired 12 January 1998
16. Profit and Loss
Aired 19 January 1998
17. What a Business
Aired 26 January 1998
18. Sex, Lies and Audiotape
Aired 2 February 1998
19. Doctors Under the Influence
Aired 9 February 1998
The risk to patients from alcoholic and drug dependent doctors?
20. A Question of Justice
Aired 16 February 1998
21. In the Eye of the Storm
Aired 23 February 1998
22. Broken Dreams
Aired 2 March 1998
23. Beating Violence
Aired 9 March 1998
24. Licence to Kill
Aired 16 March 1998
25. Beverley's Choice
Aired 23 March 1998
26. When the Heat Is On
Aired 30 March 1998
27. Playing with Fire (II)
Aired 6 April 1998
Not to be confused with an earlier episode of the same title, this one is the 3rd in a series exposing the neo-Nazi group Combat 18.
28. The Lottery Losers
Aired 20 April 1998
29. Is the Price Right?
Aired 27 April 1998
30. That Sinking Feeling
Aired 11 May 1998
31. The Price of Peace
Aired 18 May 1998
32. Robocop Strikes Back
Aired 1 June 1998
33. Third Party, Liar and Cheat
Aired 8 June 1998