World in Action

Season 27

TV-PG
A documentary series focusing on current affairs.

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40 Episodes

  • Inside Saddam's Stronghold
    E1
    Inside Saddam's StrongholdExamining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.
  • Blowing the Whistle
    E2
    Blowing the Whistle
  • Strike It Lucky
    E3
    Strike It Lucky
  • The Allergy Business
    E4
    The Allergy Business
  • The Go-Between
    E5
    The Go-Between
  • Mission to Baghdad
    E6
    Mission to Baghdad
  • Nurse Pink's Prescription
    E7
    Nurse Pink's Prescription
  • The Lessons of Piper Alpha
    E8
    The Lessons of Piper Alpha
  • The Tarzan Factor
    E9
    The Tarzan Factor
  • Turning a Blind Eye
    E10
    Turning a Blind Eye
  • Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant
    E11
    Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant
  • Twenty Years Hard Labour
    E12
    Twenty Years Hard Labour
  • A Life of Pain
    E13
    A Life of Pain
  • A Time to Choose
    E14
    A Time to Choose
  • The Child Killers of Brazil
    E15
    The Child Killers of Brazil
  • Waiting for the Land War
    E16
    Waiting for the Land War
  • How Safe Are Our Children?
    E17
    How Safe Are Our Children?
  • Under the Curfew
    E18
    Under the Curfew
  • Mafia Russian Style
    E19
    Mafia Russian Style
  • After the Storm
    E20
    After the Storm
  • World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job
    E21
    World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job
  • The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story
    E22
    The Birmingham Six - Their Own StoryFollowing the release of the alleged 'Birmingham Six' pub bombers after 16 years, World in Action speaks to each of the men, and looks back at the flawed police investigation that led to their wrongful imprisonment.
  • Beat the Taxman
    E23
    Beat the Taxman
  • Secret of Sebha
    E24
    Secret of Sebha
  • Chariots of Fire
    E25
    Chariots of Fire
  • Curse of the Superdrug
    E26
    Curse of the Superdrug
  • The Hate Factories
    E27
    The Hate FactoriesThe government claims that people are sent to prison for rehabilitation, but due to the brutality of some of the officers, the prisoners prefer to refer to them as "hate factories".
  • The Propaganda War
    E28
    The Propaganda War
  • The Ghost Train
    E29
    The Ghost TrainTransferred from prison to prison and left in long-term segregation or solitary confinement, prisoners call this the ghost train. This is the second part of World in Action's investigation into the horrors of life on the inside.
  • Money for Nothing
    E30
    Money for Nothing
  • The Devil's Advocates
    E31
    The Devil's Advocates
  • On the Knife Edge
    E32
    On the Knife Edge
  • When Housewives Strike
    E33
    When Housewives Strike
  • Marked for Murder
    E34
    Marked for MurderThe disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.
  • Should the Queen Pay Tax?
    E35
    Should the Queen Pay Tax?
  • What Liverpool Needs
    E36
    What Liverpool Needs
  • Britain's Secret Slaves
    E37
    Britain's Secret Slaves
  • Defending the Realm
    E38
    Defending the RealmNick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services. Aided by the whistle-blowing of a secret civil servant, Robin Robison, this programme disclosed systematic illegal activity by the UK's eavesdropping agency, GCHQ, and its US partner, the NSA. This included a new wave of commercial espionage as well as the targeting of trade unionists, peace activists and even the Pope.
  • Making the News
    E39
    Making the News
  • Reasonable Adjustment
    E40
    Reasonable AdjustmentTracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.

 

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