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World in Action

Season 12

1975 · 42 episodes

  1. 1. The Reluctant Bride

    1975-09-08

  2. 2. The Roche Affair

    1975-09-15

  3. 3. Conversations with the Craigs

    1975-09-22

  4. 4. Democracy in Bulk

    1975-09-29

  5. 5. Jobless in Batley

    1975-10-06

    A once thriving town, now in decline as the industrial base continues to shrink, asks where the jobs are coming from for the increasingly unemployed of Batley.

  6. 6. The Guinea Pig Soldiers

    1975-10-13

    Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.

  7. 7. The Luddenden Experiment

    1975-10-20

    With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.

  8. 8. The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud

    1975-10-27

  9. 9. Popular Power

    1975-11-03

  10. 10. Scotland: A Political Journey Part One

    1975-11-10

  11. 11. Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two

    1975-11-17

  12. 12. An Element of Risk

    1975-11-24

    Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.

  13. 13. Blood Money Part One

    1975-12-01

    Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.

  14. 14. Blood Money Part Two

    1975-12-08

  15. 15. Episode 15

    1976-01-12

  16. 16. How to Sell an Airforce Part One

    1976-01-19

    Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.

  17. 17. How to Sell an Airforce Part Two

    1976-01-26

  18. 18. Cut Off

    1976-02-02

    The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.

  19. 19. Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done

    1976-02-09

    Investigates why the government (after declaring no more hand outs to private companies) had given Chrysler Cars payments of grants and loans of over a hundred million pounds to keep them in Britain.

  20. 20. Episode 20

    1976-02-16

  21. 21. Episode 21

    1976-02-23

  22. 22. The Republic of Rhodesia

    1976-03-01

    The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.

  23. 23. 1936-1976 a Change of Life

    1976-03-08

  24. 24. The Boss File

    1976-03-15

  25. 25. In Labour

    1976-03-22

    The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.

  26. 26. The Threat of Nuclear War

    1976-03-29

  27. 27. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half

    1976-04-05

  28. 28. When in Rome...

    1976-04-12

    Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.

  29. 29. Out of Mind

    1976-04-26

    Investigates concerns that there are those in mental institutions that should not be in there and should be given a chance to live in society.

  30. 30. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72

    1976-05-03

    A new invention for containers is followed on its obstacle course from drawing to finished product, showing the difficulties that inventors have in trying to get their ideas off the ground.

  31. 31. Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea

    1976-05-10

  32. 32. The Dark Societies

    1976-05-17

  33. 33. The Trials of Popovic

    1976-05-24

  34. 34. Proposition 15

    1976-06-07

  35. 35. A Calculated Risk

    1976-06-14

  36. 36. A Question for Europe

    1976-06-21

  37. 37. Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It

    1976-06-28

  38. 38. Mutiny on the Motorway

    1976-07-05

  39. 39. Run for Your Life

    1976-07-12

    MPs are put on a fitness program.

  40. 40. A Question of Standards

    1976-07-19

  41. 41. The Plutonium Economy

    1976-07-26

  42. 42. Coup D'etat

    1976-08-02

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