World in Action

Season 13

A documentary series focusing on current affairs.

Where to Watch Season 13

38 Episodes

  • Unemployment - Who Cares?
    E1
    Unemployment - Who Cares?Unemployment has now risen to the notable 1 million mark and this investigation shows the detrimental effect it can have on those people who loose their job.
  • Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Delta's Dilemma
    E2
    Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Delta's Dilemma
  • A School of Thought
    E3
    A School of ThoughtExamination of revolutionary and experimental new teaching methods.
  • Mr Cork Examines the Books
    E4
    Mr Cork Examines the BooksAn ordinary accountant is given the theoretical task of being Chancellor of the Exchequer and giving his take on the situation.
  • Campaigning by Numbers
    E5
    Campaigning by Numbers
  • Yesterday's Truants
    E6
    Yesterday's TruantsFollow up programme to one five years previous to find out what happened to some persistent school truants.
  • Living Dangerously
    E7
    Living DangerouslyThe effects of the chemical Dioxin after a factory explosion in Italy.
  • The Killing of Uganda
    E8
    The Killing of Uganda
  • The National Party
    E9
    The National PartyFollowing the racial violence in Blackburn,looks at the rise of the extreme right wing.
  • The Long Arm of the Dina
    E10
    The Long Arm of the Dina
  • The Lawbreakers
    E11
    The Lawbreakers
  • Made in Hong Kong - Child Labour
    E12
    Made in Hong Kong - Child Labour
  • Mr Opie Brings Bad News
    E13
    Mr Opie Brings Bad News
  • Doctor's Orders
    E14
    Doctor's OrdersDoctors complain that they are being put under pressure by both patients and pharmaceutical companies to prescribe certain drugs.
  • The Militants
    E15
    The MilitantsInvestigates why the Labour Party is allowing a group within to produce a newspaper like 'The Militant'.
  • Waiting for Merlyn
    E16
    Waiting for MerlynAn investigation into the Home Secretary's decision to declare two men as a threat to British Security and his moves to have them deported.
  • The Road to Amsterdam
    E17
    The Road to Amsterdam
  • The Police Tapes
    E18
    The Police Tapes
  • Equal Pay Today-Or Tomorrow
    E19
    Equal Pay Today-Or Tomorrow
  • Do You Take This Man?
    E20
    Do You Take This Man?
  • From Death Row-To Downing St
    E21
    From Death Row-To Downing St
  • Nuts & Bolts of the Economy - Them and Us
    E22
    Nuts & Bolts of the Economy - Them and Us
  • Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics (Part 1)
    E23
    Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics (Part 1)
  • Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics (Part 2)
    E24
    Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Vital Statistics (Part 2)
  • The Plane Makers
    E25
    The Plane Makers
  • The Prison Children
    E26
    The Prison ChildrenIt is against the law in the UK to put children into prison, so how did 4000 under 17-year-olds come to spend time behind bars?
  • All Work and Low Pay
    E27
    All Work and Low Pay
  • What Mr. Paisley Didn't Know
    E28
    What Mr. Paisley Didn't Know
  • The Man Who Went Too Far
    E29
    The Man Who Went Too FarFollow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
  • Casualties of the Cuts
    E30
    Casualties of the CutsLooking at two hospitals that may have to close down,and another who's budget is not coping with the demand of an increasing population.
  • Without Limit of Time
    E31
    Without Limit of Time
  • My Years with Amin
    E32
    My Years with Amin
  • Starting on the Dole
    E33
    Starting on the DoleWith the continuing rise in youth unemployment, follows two Liverpool teenagers as they look for work and examines the validity of government job creation schemes.
  • The Very Public Death of Enrico Sidoli
    E34
    The Very Public Death of Enrico SidoliIn July of the previous year Enrico was beaten up in a London swimming pool by three youths and held under water,he died days later of injuries. Apart from one girl, nobody there appears to have noticed anything.
  • Jack's Last Stand
    E35
    Jack's Last Stand
  • Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 1)
    E36
    Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 1)
  • Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 2)
    E37
    Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 2)
  • Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 3)
    E38
    Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - The Uncommon Market (Part 3)

 

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