World in Action

Season 4

51 episodes · Jul 3, 1967

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  • S4E1

    A Girl Called Sharon

    Jul 3, 1967

    A look at the Royal Marsden's Hospital work in the treatment of Leukaemia and how Sharon's parents Bill and Annette Norris battle against the limited knowledge and treatments available for those who suffer from this condition.

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  • S4E2

    Some Grains of Truth

    Jul 10, 1967

    Investigates how some drugs are smuggled into Britain.

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  • S4E3

    A Duel in the Sun

    Jul 17, 1967
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  • S4E4

    Defender of the Faith

    Jul 24, 1967
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  • S4E5

    Mick Jagger

    Jul 31, 1967

    Mick Jagger gives a press conference after his recent conditional discharge for drug use. He then joins a discussion with eminent people on what is expected of famous icons by society, and how much of this is their responsibility.

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  • S4E6

    The Third World

    Aug 7, 1967

    A profile of Stokely Carmichael, a black campaigner against the West's dominance of the world, during his visit to Britain.

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  • S4E7

    Scientology for Sale

    Aug 14, 1967
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  • S4E8

    Colonels' Democracy

    Aug 21, 1967
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  • S4E9

    The Professional Dreamers

    Aug 28, 1967
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  • S4E10

    Hell No! We Won't Go

    Sep 4, 1967
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  • S4E11

    The Militants

    Sep 11, 1967

    An investigation into the development of the Barbican Complex in London. Strikes and industrial action have stopped work on the building site for nearly a year.

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  • S4E12

    The Born Losers

    Sep 18, 1967

    The plight of families in Britain living below the poverty line.

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  • S4E13

    The O'Rahilly File

    Sep 25, 1967

    After the government successfully suppressed pirate radio stations, a follow-up to a previous episode in 1964 with Radio Caroline's crew and its director Ronan O'Rahilly

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  • S4E14

    Smith's Back Door

    Oct 2, 1967

    Sanction busting in Rhodesia.

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  • S4E15

    The Breathalyser

    Oct 9, 1967

    A report on the drink and driving laws of Sweden and Germany.

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  • S4E16

    Island Under Arms

    Oct 16, 1967
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  • S4E17

    We Know What We Saw!

    Oct 20, 1967

    Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO sightings in the United States of America are analyzed by experts in various fields.

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  • S4E18

    King of Kings

    Oct 23, 1967

    The Coronation of the Shah of Persia and an interview with Queen Farah.

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  • S4E19

    Wanted: Kind English Lady

    Nov 6, 1967

    A report on the white foster mothering of black children in the UK.

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  • S4E20

    You Can't Find Uncle Tom

    Nov 13, 1967
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  • S4E21

    East of Aden

    Nov 20, 1967
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  • S4E22

    Mothers in Action

    Dec 4, 1967

    A group trying change society's attitude to unmarried mothers.

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  • S4E23

    The End of a Revolution

    Dec 11, 1967

    Bolivia after the death of Che Guevara, and at the trial of Regis Dubray.

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  • S4E24

    India on the Edge

    Dec 18, 1967

    A report on violence and chaos in Calcutta as India struggles to get a grip on democracy.

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  • S4E25

    An Outlaw's Life

    Jan 1, 1968

    An observation of Irish Travellers living in Britain.

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  • S4E26

    The Long Bridge

    Jan 8, 1968

    Report about The Allenby Bridge crossing between Israel and Jordan, used by refugees in the previous May

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  • S4E27

    Alas Poor Hippies, Love is Dead

    Jan 15, 1968

    The evolution of American hippies, their scene, drugs, pan-handling and other pastimes.

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  • S4E28

    Merchants of War

    Jan 22, 1968

    Investigates arms dealing and mercenaries on the way to the Nigerian state of Biafra.

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  • S4E29

    Episode 29

    Jan 29, 1968
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  • S4E30

    The Twelve Year Engagement

    Feb 5, 1968

    Investigates the recruitment of boy soldiers and why some face difficulty trying to leave later.

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  • S4E31

    Death by Instalments

    Feb 12, 1968

    Examining a proposed parliamentary bill that will enable drug addicts to use free walk in centres to get heroin and cocaine.

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  • S4E32

    Caught for a Baby

    Feb 19, 1968
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  • S4E33

    Cold War, Warm Water

    Feb 26, 1968
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  • S4E34

    No Entry

    Mar 4, 1968

    The plight of Asians trying to escape from Kenya and the difficulties some are having, despite having British Passports, in entering the UK under looming new immigration rules.

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  • S4E35

    Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah

    Mar 11, 1968
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  • S4E36

    The Demonstration

    Mar 18, 1968

    Follows the Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Grosvenor Square London on 16 March.

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  • S4E37

    Episode 37

    Mar 25, 1968
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  • S4E38

    A Group of Terrorists Attacked...

    Apr 1, 1968

    The guerrilla fight for independence in Portuguese Guinea.

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  • S4E39

    Listen, Whitey

    Apr 8, 1968

    The mood in some black communities in America after the death of Martin Luther King.

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  • S4E40

    Horoscope

    Apr 9, 1968

    With interest in astrology increasing, predictions from astrologer Ingrid Lind are put to the test.

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  • S4E41

    Wake Up and Work Together

    Apr 15, 1968
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  • S4E42

    The Flame in Spain

    Apr 29, 1968
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  • S4E43

    Below the Belt

    Apr 22, 1968

    An observation of the prospects of children born with Spina Bifida, which results in below the waist paralysis.

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  • S4E44

    The Star Spangled War

    May 6, 1968

    GI's waiting to invade the Ashau Valley share their thoughts on the Vietnam War.

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  • S4E45

    Stage for a Revolution

    May 13, 1968

    The Berlin demonstration of May 1st and the events that led up to it.

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  • S4E46

    Ward F.13

    May 20, 1968

    An investigation into the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward of Powick Mental Hospital near Worcester.

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  • S4E47

    Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' and Scratchin'

    May 27, 1968

    Following the poor peoples' protest and demonstration for better conditions, in Washington DC.

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  • S4E48

    Robert Kennedy

    Jun 10, 1968
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  • S4E49

    The Guinea Pigs

    Jun 17, 1968

    Grammar School boys are sent to Marlborough College.

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  • S4E50

    Election of Fear

    Jun 24, 1968

    The fall out from the student revolt in Paris France and how it will effect the Grenoble Election.

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  • S4E51

    Jeremy Thorpe

    Jul 1, 1968
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