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World in Action Season 24 Episodes
Season 24 Episode Guide
40 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
Fighting for Jennifer
30 mins
Episode 2
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Diamonds
30 mins
The documentary referred to a wide-ranging investigation carried out by South African Judge Pieter Willem Thirion in 1982 into political corruption and the divisive tribal structures imposed on Namibia by the apartheid government. Judge Thirion extended his investigation into the behaviour of multinational mining companies in the former German colony and found: at one mine 420,000 tonnes of ore were sent out of the country as "geological samples"; at another, the state leased the mining rights to a businessman at £1,500 per year, who then reassigned them for an income of £650,000 per year; at the British owned Tsumeb mine, lead and copper were exported with undisclosed amounts of gold and silver; and the British South West Africa Company exported £7 million worth of minerals without paying tax.
Episode 3
The Wrong Stuff
30 mins
Episode 4
They Are Under Starters Orders
30 mins
Episode 5
The People the World Forgot: Boat People in Hong Kong
30 mins
The plight of Vietnamese boat people in the camps of Hong Kong.
Episode 6
Your Life in Tired Hands
30 mins
Episode 7
The Planning Game
30 mins
Episode 8
A Dangerous Prescription
30 mins
Episode 9
The Secret in the Circles
30 mins
Episode 10
The Black Mist
30 mins
Episode 11
Eastenders
30 mins
Episode 12
Suffer Little Children
30 mins
Episode 13
Teachers in Trouble: Discipline in Schools
30 mins
The problem of violence in British schools.
Episode 14
Still Crazy After All These Years?
30 mins
A follow up to what became of the angry young men featured in 1968.
Episode 15
Dirty Money
30 mins
Episode 16
Sun, Sand and Secrets
30 mins
Episode 17
Cameras in the Commons
30 mins
Episode 18
The Secret Life of Ned Walsh
30 mins
Episode 19
Political Vetting of Job Applicants
30 mins
Episode 20
Yesterday's Heroes
30 mins
Episode 21
Tall Stories
30 mins
Episode 22
The Taming of the Beeb
30 mins
Episode 23
The Detox
30 mins
Episode 24
Faith, Hope and Charity
30 mins
Episode 25
Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 1
30 mins
Episode 26
Kurt Waldheim - The Man Who Lived a Lie: Part 2
30 mins
Episode 27
Heartbreak Hotels
30 mins
Homeless families living in hostels and hotels in London.
Episode 28
The Trial of Theresa
30 mins
Episode 29
The Hanging Debate
30 mins
Episode 30
Doctor Beale's Diagnosis
30 mins
Exploring the theory of a link between redundancy and developing bad health.
Episode 31
Help Yourselves
30 mins
Episode 32
The Sex Slaves of Europe
30 mins
Episode 33
Bitter Sweets
30 mins
Episode 34
TV-am Dispute
30 mins
Episode 35
Death of a Funny Man
30 mins
The murder of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al Ali in London and the connection between a double agent spying on the PLO.
Episode 36
The Violent World of Nicholas Hoogstraten
30 mins
An exposure of the bullying and intimidation of the notoriously ruthless landlord.
Episode 37
The Secret of the Safer Cigarette
30 mins
Did US tobacco companies discover, test and then decide not to market a safer cigarette? A World in Action investigation.
Episode 38
No Porsche for Derek B
30 mins
Episode 39
Bhopal - Tragedy Without End
30 mins
3 1/2 years after a poisonous gas cloud enveloped the city killing many citizens, an examination of the plight of the surviving citizens.
Episode 40
A Very British Mercenary
30 mins