Season 21

1. Clap Trap

1984-09-24

Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan is interested in entering politics, but with no experience in public speaking, would love to fall into that claptrap.

2. An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell

1984-10-01

3. Football's Mr. Fix-It

1984-10-08

4. The Coal War

1984-10-15

With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.

5. Apartheid's Back Yard

1984-10-22

6. Plans for Coal

1984-10-29

Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.

7. Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming

1984-11-05

8. The Politics of Starvation

1984-11-12

10. Kidnapped

1984-11-19

11. Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror

1984-12-03

12. Softly, Softly, Strike Force

1984-12-10

The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.

13. Tried, Untested

1984-12-17

14. Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years

1984-12-27

15. Taken on Trust

1985-01-07

16. The Miners and the Microchip

1985-01-14

17. Civil Unrest

1985-01-21

18. Father and Son

1985-01-28

19. Going Dutch

1985-02-04

20. The Knock on the Door

1985-02-11

21. Taking the Medicine

1985-02-18

22. A Conflict in Customs

1985-02-25

23. Death of an English Rose

1985-03-04

Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.

24. Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse

1985-03-11

25. Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration

1985-03-18

26. Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor

1985-03-25

27. The Swan and the Plough

1985-04-01

28. Not for Love or Money

1985-04-15

29. The Baby Makers

1985-04-22

30. Children of the Loom

1985-04-29

31. Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown

1985-05-13

32. First Strike

1985-05-20

33. The Betrayal of Bhopal

1985-06-03

34. Raising the Belgrano

1985-06-10

35. Britain's Cocaine Colony

1985-06-17

36. The Dream of John Delorean

1985-06-24

37. Hit and Run

1985-07-01

38. A Song for Africa

1985-07-08

Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.

39. Disunited Nations

1985-07-15

40. Bad Blood

1985-07-22

Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.