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World in Action Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
57 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 0
Special: After the War?
30 mins
Episode 1
A Girl Called Sharon
30 mins
A look at the Royal Marsden's Hospital work in the treatment of Leukaemia and how Sharon's parents Bill and Annette Norris battle against the limited knowledge and treatments available for those who suffer from this condition.
Episode 2
Some Grains of Truth
30 mins
Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.
Episode 3
A Duel in the Sun
30 mins
Episode 4
Defender of the Faith
30 mins
Episode 5
Mick Jagger
30 mins
Mick Jagger gives a press conference after his recent conditional discharge for drug use. He then joins a discussion with eminent people on what is expected of famous icons by society, and how much of this is their responsibility.
Episode 6
The Third World
30 mins
A profile of Stokely Carmichael, a black campaigner against the West's dominance of the world, during his visit to Britain.
Episode 7
Scientology for Sale
30 mins
Episode 8
Colonels' Democracy
30 mins
Episode 9
The Professional Dreamers
30 mins
Episode 10
Hell No! We Won't Go
30 mins
Episode 11
The Militants
30 mins
An investigation into the development of the Barbican Complex in London. Strikes and industrial action have stopped work on the building site for nearly a year.
Episode 12
The Born Losers
30 mins
The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.
Episode 13
The O'Rahilly File
30 mins
After the government successfully suppressed pirate radio stations, a follow-up to a previous episode in 1964 with Radio Caroline's crew and its director Ronan O'Rahilly.
Episode 14
Smith's Back Door
30 mins
Sanction busting in Rhodesia.
Episode 15
The Breathalyser
30 mins
A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.
Episode 16
Island Under Arms
30 mins
Episode 17
We Know What We Saw!
30 mins
Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO sightings in the United States of America are analyzed by experts in various fields.
Episode 18
King of Kings
30 mins
The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.
Episode 19
Wanted: Kind English Lady
30 mins
A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.
Episode 20
You Can't Find Uncle Tom
30 mins
Episode 21
East of Aden
30 mins
Episode 22
Mothers in Action
30 mins
A group trying change society's attitude to unmarried mothers.
Episode 23
The End of a Revolution
30 mins
Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.
Episode 24
India on the Edge
30 mins
A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.
Episode 25
An Outlaw's Life
30 mins
An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.
Episode 26
The Long Bridge
30 mins
Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan, used by refugees in the previous May.
Episode 27
Alas Poor Hippies, Love is Dead
30 mins
The evolution of American hippies, their scene, drugs, pan-handling and other pastimes.
Episode 28
Merchants of War
30 mins
Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.
Episode 30
The Twelve Year Engagement
30 mins
Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.
Episode 31
Death by Instalments
30 mins
Examining a proposed parliamentary bill that will enable drug addicts to use free,walk in centres to get heroin and cocaine.
Episode 32
Caught for a Baby
30 mins
Episode 33
Cold War, Warm Water
30 mins
Episode 34
No Entry
30 mins
The plight of Asians trying to escape from Kenya and the difficulties some are having, despite having British Passports, in entering the UK under looming new immigration rules.
Episode 35
Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah
30 mins
Episode 36
The Demonstration
30 mins
Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.
Episode 38
A Group of Terrorists Attacked...
30 mins
The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.
Episode 39
Listen, Whitey
30 mins
The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.
Episode 40
Horoscope
30 mins
With interest in astrology increasing,predictions from astrologer Ingrid Lind are put to the test.
Episode 41
Wake Up and Work Together
30 mins
Episode 42
The Flame in Spain
30 mins
Episode 43
Below the Belt
30 mins
An observation of the prospects of children born with Spina Bifida, which results in below the waist paralysis.
Episode 44
The Star Spangled War
30 mins
GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.
Episode 45
Stage for a Revolution
30 mins
The Berlin demonstration of May 1st and the events that led up to it.
Episode 46
Ward F.13
30 mins
An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.
Episode 47
Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' and Scratchin'
30 mins
Following the poor peoples' protest and demonstration for better conditions, in Washington DC.
Episode 48
Robert Kennedy
30 mins
Episode 49
The Guinea Pigs
30 mins
Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.
Episode 50
Election of Fear
30 mins
The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.
Episode 51
Jeremy Thorpe
30 mins
Episode 53
At the Bottom of the List
30 mins
Episode 54
Mother's Little Helpers
30 mins
Asks the question, are depressed housewives becoming addicted to the new breed of tranquilizers?
Episode 55
One Way to Change the World
30 mins
Cubans talk about living life under Communism and the effects on them from sanctions and blockades.
Episode 56
Take It Easy
30 mins
The growing political anger and unrest in Czechoslovakia and the implications.
Episode 57
Look Out We're Twelve
30 mins
'Microboppers' are a group of children in America mentally advanced well beyond their 12 years of age - and something the world has never seen. A look at their achievements and implications for the future.
Episode 58
So Long Gene, Hello Hubert
30 mins
Episode 59
The Shrinking World of L. Ron Hubbard
30 mins
This Scientology exposé features an interview with L. Ron Hubbard aboard a Sea Org vessel, and also presents stock footage and commentary on Scientologists.