World in Action Season 17 Episodes

Episode 1

The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier

30 mins

Episode 2

South Africa's Bombshell

30 mins

Episode 3

Creating Criminals

30 mins

Episode 4

Choosing Labour's Leader

30 mins

Episode 5

The Party's Over

30 mins

Episode 6

Death on the Dole

30 mins

Episode 7

The H-Block Fuse

30 mins

Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.

Episode 8

The Rossminster Affair

30 mins

Episode 9

The Hunt for the Ripper

30 mins

The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.

Episode 10

No Room at the Inn

30 mins

Episode 11

The Blood Business

30 mins

Episode 12

The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales

30 mins

Episode 13

Michael Foot

30 mins

Episode 14

The White House General

30 mins

Episode 15

The Social Democrats

30 mins

Episode 16

The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes

30 mins

Episode 17

Killing for a Cure

30 mins

A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.

Episode 18

The State of Britain - In for a Penny

30 mins

Episode 19

Off the Rails

30 mins

A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signaling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.

Episode 20

The State of the Nation

30 mins

Journalists reenact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.

Episode 21

These Children Are Mine

30 mins

Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.

Episode 22

The Fight for the Centre

30 mins

Episode 23

The Men from Argentina

30 mins

Episode 24

The Curse of the Klan

30 mins

Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.

Episode 25

Comrades at Arms

30 mins

Episode 26

More Than Just a Few Perks

30 mins

A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.

Episode 27

The Shape of Wars to Come

30 mins

Episode 28

Home and Away

30 mins

Episode 29

Do Mind If I Smoke?

30 mins

An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.

Episode 30

To Russia with Love

30 mins

Episode 31

Tories for Turning

30 mins

Episode 32

Kevin at the Crossroads

30 mins

Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.

Episode 33

The Silent Epidemic

30 mins

Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.

Episode 34

Guns to the Right

30 mins

Episode 35

A Dangerous Age

30 mins

Episode 36

A Conflict of Evidence

30 mins

Episode 37

Toxteth Revisited

30 mins

Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.

Episode 38

The Agony of Angola

30 mins

Episode 39

When Night Comes to Kandahar

30 mins

Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.

Episode 40

Waiting for Justice

30 mins

Episode 41

A Picture of Health

30 mins