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World in Action Season 27 Episodes
Season 27 Episode Guide
40 Episodes 1981 - 1991
Episode 1
Inside Saddam's Stronghold
30 mins
Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Episode 2
Blowing the Whistle
30 mins
Episode 3
Strike It Lucky
30 mins
Episode 4
The Allergy Business
30 mins
Episode 5
The Go-Between
30 mins
Episode 6
Mission to Baghdad
30 mins
Episode 7
Nurse Pink's Prescription
30 mins
Episode 8
The Lessons of Piper Alpha
30 mins
Episode 9
The Tarzan Factor
30 mins
Episode 10
Turning a Blind Eye
30 mins
Episode 11
Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant
30 mins
Episode 12
Twenty Years Hard Labour
30 mins
Episode 13
A Life of Pain
30 mins
Episode 14
A Time to Choose
30 mins
Episode 16
The Child Killers of Brazil
30 mins
Episode 17
Waiting for the Land War
30 mins
Episode 18
How Safe Are Our Children?
30 mins
Episode 19
Under the Curfew
30 mins
Episode 20
Mafia Russian Style
30 mins
Episode 21
After the Storm
30 mins
Episode 22
World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job
30 mins
Episode 23
The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story
30 mins
Following the release of the alleged 'Birmingham Six' pub bombers after 16 years, World in Action speaks to each of the men, and looks back at the flawed police investigation that led to their wrongful imprisonment.
Episode 24
Beat the Taxman
30 mins
Episode 25
Secret of Sebha
30 mins
Episode 26
Chariots of Fire
30 mins
Episode 27
Curse of the Superdrug
30 mins
Episode 28
The Hate Factories
30 mins
The government claims that people are sent to prison for rehabilitation, but due to the brutality of some of the officers, the prisoners prefer to refer to them as "hate factories".
Episode 29
The Propaganda War
30 mins
Episode 30
The Ghost Train
30 mins
Transferred from prison to prison and left in long-term segregation or solitary confinement, prisoners call this the ghost train. This is the second part of World in Action's investigation into the horrors of life on the inside.
Episode 31
Money for Nothing
30 mins
Episode 32
The Devil's Advocates
30 mins
Episode 33
On the Knife Edge
30 mins
Episode 34
When Housewives Strike
30 mins
Episode 35
Marked for Murder
30 mins
The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.
Episode 36
Should the Queen Pay Tax?
30 mins
Episode 37
What Liverpool Needs...
30 mins
Episode 38
Britain's Secret Slaves
30 mins
Episode 39
Defending the Realm
30 mins
Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.
Episode 40
Making the News
30 mins
Episode 41
Reasonable Adjustment
30 mins
Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.