World in Action

Season 21

39 episodes · Sep 24, 1984

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S21E1

Clap Trap

Sep 24, 1984

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.

S21E2

An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell

Oct 1, 1984

S21E3

Football's Mr. Fix-It

Oct 8, 1984

S21E4

The Coal War

Oct 15, 1984

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

S21E5

Apartheid's Back Yard

Oct 22, 1984

S21E6

Plans for Coal

Oct 29, 1984

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.

S21E7

Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming

Nov 5, 1984

S21E8

The Politics of Starvation

Nov 12, 1984

S21E10

Kidnapped

Nov 19, 1984

S21E11

Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror

Dec 3, 1984

S21E12

Softly, Softly, Strike Force

Dec 10, 1984

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

S21E13

Tried, Untested

Dec 17, 1984

S21E14

Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years

Dec 27, 1984

S21E15

Taken on Trust

Jan 7, 1985

S21E16

The Miners and the Microchip

Jan 14, 1985

S21E17

Civil Unrest

Jan 21, 1985

S21E18

Father and Son

Jan 28, 1985

S21E19

Going Dutch

Feb 4, 1985

S21E20

The Knock on the Door

Feb 11, 1985

S21E21

Taking the Medicine

Feb 18, 1985

S21E22

A Conflict in Customs

Feb 25, 1985

S21E23

Death of an English Rose

Mar 4, 1985

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

S21E24

Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse

Mar 11, 1985

S21E25

Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration

Mar 18, 1985

S21E26

Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor

Mar 25, 1985

S21E27

The Swan and the Plough

Apr 1, 1985

S21E28

Not for Love or Money

Apr 15, 1985

S21E29

The Baby Makers

Apr 22, 1985

S21E30

Children of the Loom

Apr 29, 1985

S21E31

Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown

May 13, 1985

S21E32

First Strike

May 20, 1985

S21E33

The Betrayal of Bhopal

Jun 3, 1985

S21E34

Raising the Belgrano

Jun 10, 1985

S21E35

Britain's Cocaine Colony

Jun 17, 1985

S21E36

The Dream of John Delorean

Jun 24, 1985

S21E37

Hit and Run

Jul 1, 1985

S21E38

A Song for Africa

Jul 8, 1985

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

S21E39

Disunited Nations

Jul 15, 1985

S21E40

Bad Blood

Jul 22, 1985

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