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 (37)
1. The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly
Aired 6 September 1971
2. The Sounds of the Clyde
Aired 13 September 1971
3. Episode 3
Aired 20 September 1971
4. Death of a revolutionary
Aired 27 September 1971
The aftermath of the shooting dead of Black Panther George Jackson while allegedly trying to escape from prison. His friends, colleagues and family mourn and seek justice for what they say was a murder.
5. Episode 5
Aired 4 October 1971
6. Episode 6
Aired 11 October 1971
7. Episode 7
Aired 18 October 1971
8. Does an M.P. Have the Right?
Aired 25 October 1971
9. The Most Widely Used Drug in the World.
Aired 15 November 1971
Aspirins are used for a multitude of different complaints, or even just taken as a daily habit. But, do they have harmful side effects of which people are unaware?
10. Episode 10
Aired 22 November 1971
11. The Backseat Generals
Aired 29 November 1971
12. Year of the Killing
Aired 21 November 1971
Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.
13. Episode 13
Aired 29 November 1971
14. Working the Land
Aired 10 January 1972
15. The Thirty Million Power Game
Aired 17 January 1972
16. Episode 16
Aired 24 January 1972
17. War in the Air
Aired 13 March 1972
18. Waiting for the Package
Aired 20 March 1972
Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.
19. The Lump
Aired 27 March 1972
A look at the reasons behind the continuing bad relations between building workers and management, which lead to a strike at a Birmingham construction site.
20. Het Dorp
Aired 10 April 1972
21. Out of the Melting Pot
Aired 17 April 1972
22. The Rule of Law
Aired 24 April 1972
23. Containers
Aired 1 May 1972
Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.
24. Liberty Belles
Aired 8 May 1972
25. Conversations with a Single Parent
Aired 15 May 1972
26. The Runcorn Experiment
Aired 22 May 1972
27. The Siege of Kontum
Aired 5 June 1972
World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.
28. The Protestant Succession
Aired 12 June 1972
29. The Docks Dispute
Aired 19 June 1972
30. How to Make Enemies & Influence People
Aired 26 June 1972
31. Dust-Up at Northfleet
Aired 3 July 1972
32. In Search of Gusty Spence
Aired 10 July 1972
An interview with the Irish Protestant who denies the murder for which he was convicted, and is being held by the Ulster Volunteer Force who kidnapped him while he was on parole.
33. How to Steal a Party
Aired 17 July 1972
34. Episode 34
Aired 24 July 1972
35. Episode 35
Aired 31 July 1972
36. Caught in the Act
Aired 7 August 1972
37. Eh! What?
Aired 14 August 1972
Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.