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 (43)
1. Everybody's Children
Aired 21 September 1970
School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
2. The Quiet Mutiny
Aired 28 September 1970 âą 28 min
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
3. The Man Who Made Biafra
Aired 5 October 1970
4. Pigs?
Aired 12 October 1970
Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
5. They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else
Aired 19 October 1970
There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.
6. A Business Arrangement
Aired 26 October 1970
7. S.A.L.T.
Aired 2 November 1970
8. Goodbye Mr. Smith?
Aired 9 November 1970
9. The Mountain People
Aired 16 November 1970
America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
10. The Final Harvest
Aired 23 November 1970
11. The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
Aired 24 November 1970
12. The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman
Aired 30 November 1970
Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.
13. The Law Shop
Aired 7 December 1970
14. Oh! Birmingham
Aired 14 December 1970
15. The Dumping Grounds
Aired 21 December 1970
The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.
16. American Radio
Aired 4 January 1971
A personal view by Denis Mitchell.
17. Round One
Aired 11 January 1971
18. The Dutschke Affair
Aired 18 January 1971
19. The Village That Quit
Aired 25 January 1971
A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
20. The Monday Club
Aired 1 February 1971
21. The Breaking Point
Aired 8 February 1971
22. Square One
Aired 15 February 1971
With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
23. Lucky
Aired 22 February 1971
Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.
24. Ford: The Inside Story
Aired 1 March 1971
25. The Truants
Aired 8 March 1971
World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
26. The Man Who Stole Uganda
Aired 15 March 1971
A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
27. As It Was in the Beginning...
Aired 22 March 1971
Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
28. The Year Britain Stopped Growing
Aired 29 March 1971
Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
29. South of the Border
Aired 5 April 1971
Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
30. The Salvation Army
Aired 19 April 1971
31. The Sailors' Jail
Aired 26 April 1971
32. Going Private
Aired 3 May 1971
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
33. The Tanzam Railway
Aired 10 May 1971
34. A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
Aired 17 May 1971
35. Death Is Afraid of Us
Aired 24 May 1971
Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
36. Conversations with a Working Man
Aired 7 June 1971
Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.
37. Anthony Mascarenhas
Aired 14 June 1971
38. A Woman's Place
Aired 21 June 1971
39. The Dust at Acre Mill
Aired 28 June 1971
40. Episode 40
Aired 5 July 1971
41. Major Khaled's War
Aired 12 July 1971
42. End of a Journey
Aired 19 July 1971
43. The Man from No. 10
Aired 3 August 1971