Season 17

1. The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier

1980-10-13

2. South Africa's Bombshell

1980-10-20

3. Creating Criminals

1980-10-27

4. Choosing Labour's Leader

1980-11-03

5. The Party's Over

1980-11-10

6. Death on the Dole

1980-11-17

7. The H-Block Fuse

1980-11-24

Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.

8. The Rossminster Affair

1980-12-01

9. The Hunt for the Ripper

1980-12-08

The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.

10. No Room at the Inn

1980-12-15

11. The Blood Business

1980-12-22

12. The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales

1981-01-05

13. Michael Foot

1981-01-19

14. The White House General

1981-01-26

15. The Social Democrats

1981-02-02

16. The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes

1981-02-09

17. Killing for a Cure

1981-02-16

A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.

18. The State of Britain - In for a Penny

1981-02-23

19. Off the Rails

1981-03-02

A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signalling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.

20. The State of the Nation

1981-03-09

Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.

21. These Children Are Mine

1981-03-16

Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.

22. The Fight for the Centre

1981-03-23

23. The Men from Argentina

1981-03-30

24. The Curse of the Klan

1981-04-06

Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.

25. Comrades at Arms

1981-04-13

26. More Than Just a Few Perks

1981-04-27

A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.

27. The Shape of Wars to Come

1981-05-11

28. Home and Away

1981-05-18

29. Do Mind If I Smoke?

1981-06-01

An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.

30. To Russia with Love

1981-06-08

31. Tories for Turning

1981-06-15

32. Kevin at the Crossroads

1981-06-22

Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.

33. The Silent Epidemic

1981-06-29

Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.

34. Guns to the Right

1981-07-06

35. A Dangerous Age

1981-07-13

36. A Conflict of Evidence

1981-07-20

37. Toxteth Revisited

1981-07-27

Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.

38. The Agony of Angola

1981-08-03

39. When Night Comes to Kandahar

1981-08-17

Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.

40. Waiting for Justice

1981-08-10

41. A Picture of Health

1981-08-24