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World in Action

Season 2

1963 · 35 episodes

  1. 1. The Guns

    1963-09-11

  2. 2. Lord Denning

    1963-09-16

  3. 3. Dick Gregory

    1963-09-29

  4. 4. M.R.A

    1963-09-30

  5. 5. Oxfam

    1963-10-10

  6. 6. Blackpool Conference

    1963-10-14

  7. 7. Living in the Slums

    1963-10-22

    A look at conditions in Stepney, London.

  8. 8. Repairs

    1963-10-29

  9. 9. Power

    1963-11-05

  10. 10. The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home

    1963-11-12

  11. 11. The Shadows

    1963-11-19

  12. 12. Increasing Traffic

    1963-11-26

  13. 13. The British Way of Death

    1963-12-03

  14. 14. Dallas

    1963-12-03

    A visit to the city of Dallas in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, focusing on the varying reactions and conditions of the people there.

  15. 15. President Lyndon Johnson

    1963-12-10

  16. 16. The Cost of Dying

    1963-12-17

    Investigates that behind the solemn facade, a funeral service can be an opportunity to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain.

  17. 17. Cooke on America

    1963-12-31

  18. 18. Truth About Spain

    1964-01-07

    An observation of Spanish Life under Franco.

  19. 19. Alistair Cooke Reports

    1964-01-21

  20. 20. Lakonia - The Facts

    1964-01-14

  21. 21. The Thin Red Line

    1964-01-21

    A profile of British Soldiers at various world trouble spots.

  22. 22. Smuggling

    1964-02-04

  23. 23. The Power of the Nanny

    1964-02-11

  24. 24. Cyprus

    1964-02-18

    The war in Cyprus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots.

  25. 25. Concorde

    1964-02-25

    Profile of the world's first supersonic airliner.

  26. 26. The Great Train Robbery

    1964-03-26

    Reconstruction of the recent night mail train robbery

  27. 27. The Williams Family

    1964-03-28

    Plight of a South African family refused entry into Britain.

  28. 29. Radio Pirates

    1964-05-12

    Unique access to the new form of radio which is competing on a not strictly legal level with the BBC - the pirate stations. Those on the outside both for and against also have their say.

  29. 30. How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat

    1964-05-19

    A profile of the town of Timmins in Canada which became a boom town overnight over the recent discovery of large amounts of Copper.

  30. 31. The Face on the Cover

    1964-05-26

  31. 32. Lord Beaverbrook

    1964-06-09

  32. 33. Typhoid in Aberdeen

    1964-06-16

    A typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen is traced to a rogue batch of Argentinian corned beef.

  33. 34. Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People

    1964-06-30

    A look at Barry Goldwater's run for President.

  34. 35. John Bloom

    1964-07-21

    The rise and fall of washing machine magnate John Bloom and his Roll's Razor Company.

  35. 36. U.S. in U.K.

    1964-07-28

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