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World in Action

Season 14

1977 · 34 episodes

  1. 1. The Man Who Talks to Terrorists

    1977-09-26

  2. 2. The Life and Death of Steve Biko

    1977-10-03

    Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.

  3. 3. No Compromise

    1977-10-10

  4. 4. The Miami Experiment

    1977-10-17

  5. 5. The Surgery Is Now Closed

    1977-10-24

  6. 6. Eastern Promise

    1977-10-31

  7. 7. The Accident

    1977-11-07

    Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.

  8. 8. The Disputed Land

    1977-11-14

  9. 9. Got It Taped

    1977-11-21

  10. 10. In the Name of the Law

    1977-11-28

    Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.

  11. 11. Thatcher Interview

    1978-01-30

  12. 12. Cold Facts

    1978-02-06

    People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.

  13. 13. The Concrete Rings

    1978-02-13

    Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

  14. 14. Working for a Pittance

    1978-02-20

    An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.

  15. 15. Death by Request

    1978-03-24

    One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.

  16. 16. There's No Place Like Hulme

    1978-04-10

    Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.

  17. 17. The Right's Centre

    1978-04-17

  18. 18. Black to Front

    1978-04-24

  19. 19. In the Public Interest

    1978-05-08

  20. 20. General Grigorenko's New Campaign

    1978-05-15

  21. 21. Take Care, This Place is Unsafe

    1978-05-22

    Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.

  22. 22. Smoking - A Double Standard

    1978-06-05

  23. 23. Dishonourable Discharge

    1978-06-12

  24. 24. Wait and See

    1978-06-19

  25. 25. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea

    1978-06-20

  26. 26. The Happiness Pill?

    1978-06-26

  27. 27. The Nazi Party

    1978-07-03

    Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.

  28. 28. Prisoner of Terrorism

    1978-07-10

    A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.

  29. 29. Russian Justice

    1978-07-17

    Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

  30. 30. Buying Time

    1978-07-24

    Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.

  31. 31. Liable to Prosecution

    1978-07-31

  32. 32. No Useful Purpose Would Be Served

    1978-08-07

  33. 33. Power for Sale

    1978-08-14

  34. 34. The Invisible Risk

    1978-08-21

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