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World in Action

Season 3

1964 · 27 episodes

  1. 1. The Story of the Sun

    1964-09-15

    The launch of The Sun newspaper.

  2. 2. The Flip Side

    1964-09-22

    Various recording agents speak out on the pop music business, and whether the UK singles chart is a fair representation of vinyl sales.

  3. 3. U.S. Elections

    1964-09-29

  4. 4. Canada

    1964-10-06

    French-Canadian unrest at the Queen's visit.

  5. 5. Eyes

    1964-10-20

    Investigation on how a bacterial infection got into a Birmingham Eye Hospital and caused several cases of blindness.

  6. 6. How to Loose at the Olympics After Really Trying

    1964-10-27

    An investigation into the poor training facilities available to Olympic contenders.

  7. 7. Vietnam

    1964-11-03

  8. 8. Air Safety

    1964-11-10

  9. 9. Smethwick and Racial Tension

    1964-11-17

  10. 10. State of the Unions: Unions and the Motor Car

    1964-12-01

    A comparison of the industrial relations in the car making industries of the UK & the US.

  11. 11. Sunday Laws

    1964-12-08

    An investigation into Britain's age old Sunday trading laws and their effect on shops and similar businesses.

  12. 12. Labour Party Conference 1964

    1964-12-15

  13. 13. Ballroom Dancing

    1964-12-22

  14. 14. Highlights of 1964

    1964-12-29

  15. 15. The English Disease

    1965-02-09

    Investigates if there is a link between bronchitis and road pollution.

  16. 17. Malcolm X

    1965-02-23

    Various black Americans give their views on Malcolm X, and an actor recreates some of his speeches.

  17. 18. The Night Drivers

    1965-03-02

    Investigates the transport and haulage industry and the dark practices that can leave drivers tired, open to hijack and dangerous vehicles on our roads.

  18. 21. The BBC

    1965-03-20

  19. 24. The Middle East

    1965-04-20

    Observations of the tensions growing between Arab and Israeli.

  20. 25. Seventy Up

    1965-04-27

    Companion piece to Seven Up! (1964), this time featuring the elderly looking back rather than the young looking forward. The average age of these women and men is 79.

  21. 26. Water

    1965-06-01

    A look at the water crisis and how the drought will affect the summer.

  22. 30. The Other World

    1965-06-29

  23. 31. Dukes

    1965-07-06

  24. 32. The £.S.D. of MPH

    1965-07-13

  25. 33. Jerry Builders

    1965-07-20

  26. 34. The Tory Leadership

    1965-07-22

  27. 35. Drugs

    1965-08-03

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