Season 15
36 episodes · Oct 9, 1978
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- S15E5
The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
Nov 6, 1978Will Josef Mengele ever be caught? A year later, in 1979, while swimming at he coastal resort of Bertioga, Brazil, he suffered a stroke and drowned. Mengele was buried in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, under the name "Wolfgang Gerhard", whose identification he had been using since 1971.
- S15E10
It's Already Been Too Long
Dec 18, 1978A comparison between the American and British Equal Opportunities Commission, and what they have achieved in new employment opportunities for women in what were considered traditionally male jobs.
- S15E11
...And a Prosperous New Year
Jan 8, 1979With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?
- S15E13
A Report from Siege City
Jan 22, 1979Bernard Nossiter, financial reporter on the Washington Post, gives his view on the economic crisis as he visits striking lorry drivers in the city of Hull.
- S15E14
No Tears-But Fight
Jan 29, 1979Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.
- S15E15
The Reckoning
Feb 5, 1979After doing a similar study in the USA, Prof. Harvey Brenner of Baltimore University is invited to do a similar study in the UK, on the relationship between death rates with living and job circumstances.
- S15E16
The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
Feb 12, 1979In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.
- S15E18
The Shutdown
Feb 26, 1979A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors in peace time. Now facing closure and 750 redundancies.
- S15E21
A Tale of Two Cities
Mar 26, 1979A comparison between the steel towns of Corby and Longwy France, as Corby becomes threatened with the loss of 6000 jobs as British Steel struggles with dwindling order books and losses.
- S15E22
Banged Up
Apr 2, 1979A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.
- S15E23
Speke Out
Apr 23, 1979The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.
- S15E25
The Shattered Lives
May 14, 1979Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.
- S15E26
Armchair Inferno
May 21, 1979Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.
- S15E31
No More School
Jun 25, 1979Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.
- S15E33
The Other Professionals
Jul 12, 1979The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.