World in Action

Season 14

34 episodes · Sep 26, 1977

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  • S14E1

    The Man Who Talks to Terrorists

    Sep 26, 1977
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  • S14E2

    The Life and Death of Steve Biko

    Oct 3, 1977

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

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  • S14E3

    No Compromise

    Oct 10, 1977
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  • S14E4

    The Miami Experiment

    Oct 17, 1977
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  • S14E5

    The Surgery Is Now Closed

    Oct 24, 1977
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  • S14E6

    Eastern Promise

    Oct 31, 1977
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  • S14E7

    The Accident

    Nov 7, 1977

    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.

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  • S14E8

    The Disputed Land

    Nov 14, 1977
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  • S14E9

    Got It Taped

    Nov 21, 1977
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  • S14E10

    In the Name of the Law

    Nov 28, 1977

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

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  • S14E11

    Thatcher Interview

    Jan 30, 1978
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  • S14E12

    Cold Facts

    Feb 6, 1978

    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.

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  • S14E13

    The Concrete Rings

    Feb 13, 1978

    Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

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  • S14E14

    Working for a Pittance

    Feb 20, 1978

    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.

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  • S14E15

    Death by Request

    Mar 24, 1978

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

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  • S14E16

    There's No Place Like Hulme

    Apr 10, 1978

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

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  • S14E17

    The Right's Centre

    Apr 17, 1978
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  • S14E18

    Black to Front

    Apr 24, 1978
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  • S14E19

    In the Public Interest

    May 8, 1978
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  • S14E20

    General Grigorenko's New Campaign

    May 15, 1978
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  • S14E21

    Take Care, This Place is Unsafe

    May 22, 1978

    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.

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  • S14E22

    Smoking - A Double Standard

    Jun 5, 1978
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  • S14E23

    Dishonourable Discharge

    Jun 12, 1978
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  • S14E24

    Wait and See

    Jun 19, 1978
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  • S14E25

    Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea

    Jun 20, 1978
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  • S14E26

    The Happiness Pill?

    Jun 26, 1978
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  • S14E27

    The Nazi Party

    Jul 3, 1978

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

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  • S14E28

    Prisoner of Terrorism

    Jul 10, 1978

    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.

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  • S14E29

    Russian Justice

    Jul 17, 1978

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

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  • S14E30

    Buying Time

    Jul 24, 1978

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

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  • S14E31

    Liable to Prosecution

    Jul 31, 1978
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  • S14E32

    No Useful Purpose Would Be Served

    Aug 7, 1978
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  • S14E33

    Power for Sale

    Aug 14, 1978
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  • S14E34

    The Invisible Risk

    Aug 21, 1978
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