World in Action — Season 1, Episode 1: Beat the Clock on Defence Spending
News, Documentary • 30 min • 35 seasons, 1294 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Military budget over spending is presented as a game show.
About World in Action
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.