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World in Action Season 15 Episodes
Season 15 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Paraguay - The Last Refuge
30 mins
Episode 2
Trapped Inside the Wrong Body
30 mins
Episode 4
Mr Heath at the Miners' Club
30 mins
Episode 5
The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
30 mins
Will Josef Mengele ever be caught? A year later, in 1979, while swimming at he coastal resort of Bertioga, Brazil, he suffered a stroke and drowned. Mengele was buried in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, under the name "Wolfgang Gerhard", whose identification he had been using since 1971.
Episode 6
Kids United
30 mins
Episode 8
Inside Europe - The Summit
30 mins
Episode 9
The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)
30 mins
Episode 10
It's Already Been Too Long
30 mins
A comparison between the American and British Equal Opportunities Commission, and what they have achieved in new employment opportunities for women in what were considered traditionally male jobs.
Episode 11
...And a Prosperous New Year
30 mins
With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?
Episode 13
A Report from Siege City
30 mins
Bernard Nossiter, financial reporter on the Washington Post, gives his view on the economic crisis as he visits striking lorry drivers in the city of Hull.
Episode 14
No Tears-But Fight
30 mins
Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
Episode 15
The Reckoning
30 mins
After doing a similar study in the USA,Prof.Harvey Brenner of Baltimore University is invited to do a similar study in the UK, on the relationship between death rates with living and job circumstances.
Episode 16
The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
30 mins
In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.
Episode 18
The Shutdown
30 mins
A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors in peace time. Now facing closure and 750 redundancies.
Episode 19
Strangers in Their Own Land
30 mins
Episode 21
A Tale of Two Cities
30 mins
A comparison between the steel towns of Corby and Longwy France, as Corby becomes threatened with the loss of 6000 jobs as British Steel struggles with dwindling order books and losses.
Episode 22
Banged Up
30 mins
A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.
Episode 23
Speke Out
30 mins
The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
Episode 24
Nuclear Nightmare
30 mins
Episode 25
The Shattered Lives
30 mins
Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
Episode 26
Armchair Inferno
30 mins
Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.
Episode 27
Paying the Market Price
30 mins
Episode 28
The Luck of the Irish
30 mins
Episode 29
Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine
30 mins
Episode 31
No More School
30 mins
Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.
Episode 32
Gay Pride
30 mins
Episode 33
The Other Professionals
30 mins
The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.
Episode 34
On Site - Capital Punishment
30 mins
Episode 35
On Site - Trade Union Power
30 mins
Episode 36
On Site - National Health Cuts
30 mins
Episode 37
Special: The Last White Christmas
30 mins