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 (18)
1. Bad Air Days
Aired 27 July 1998
2. Viagra - The Hard Sell
Aired 3 August 1998
3. Eat Up Your Genes
Aired 10 August 1998
4. How Safe Is Your Cash?
Aired 17 August 1998
5. The Big E
Aired 24 August 1998
6. Our Man in Ibiza
Aired 14 September 1998
7. The Clinton Tapes
Aired 21 September 1998
8. Wish We Weren't Here
Aired 28 September 1998
9. Fatal Affection
Aired 5 October 1998
10. The Tracks of My Tears
Aired 12 October 1998 • 25 min
11. Fat Profits
Aired 19 October 1998
12. Britain's Most Dangerous Job
Aired 26 October 1998
13. Flood, Sweat and Tears
Aired 2 November 1998
14. Death Wish
Aired 9 November 1998
15. Don't Call Us
Aired 16 November 1998
16. Small But Perfectly Informed
Aired 23 November 1998
17. Too Close for Comfort - Fear of Flying
Aired 30 November 1998
18. Britain on the Booze
Aired 7 December 1998