World in Action

Season 5

TV-PG
A documentary series focusing on current affairs.

Where to Watch Season 5

32 Episodes

  • Give Us the Works
    E1
    Give Us the WorksAn idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.
  • Spies for Hire
    E2
    Spies for Hire
  • February's Children
    E3
    February's ChildrenAn investigation into 7 children (expelled from Kenya) who have to live on their own in the UK as their parents cannot join them due to new laws.
  • New Drugs, Same Needle
    E4
    New Drugs, Same NeedleThe banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.
  • A Score to Settle
    E5
    A Score to SettleManchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.
  • Backs to the Wall
    E6
    Backs to the WallA look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.
  • Special: Vietnam
    E7
    Special: Vietnam
  • A City Stumbles
    E8
    A City StumblesA look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.
  • Nasser's Fortified Ditch
    E9
    Nasser's Fortified Ditch
  • An Outbreak of Peace
    E10
    An Outbreak of PeaceWith peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.
  • The Trail of the Vanishing Voters
    E11
    The Trail of the Vanishing VotersWorld in Action tries to trace the overseas voters in Britain who have supposedly voted for The People's National Congress Party in Guyana's election.
  • A Buyer's Market
    E12
    A Buyer's MarketThe recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.
  • The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom
    E13
    The Twenty Four Carat KingdomA profile of Laos, considered the most unproductive country in the world but rich and financially stable through its passing of opium products and dodgy gold.
  • First Class Delivery
    E14
    First Class DeliveryThe medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.
  • The Making of a Prime Minister
    E15
    The Making of a Prime Minister
  • Next Year in Peking
    E16
    Next Year in Peking
  • All Change at Newry
    E17
    All Change at Newry
  • A New School of Thought
    E18
    A New School of Thought
  • Death of a Student
    E19
    Death of a StudentThe events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.
  • Like Other Men
    E20
    Like Other MenLooking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.
  • Livng in the Red
    E21
    Livng in the Red
  • A War on Ice
    E22
    A War on Ice
  • Home for a Revolution
    E23
    Home for a Revolution
  • Where People Don't Matter
    E24
    Where People Don't MatterThe fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.
  • A Case to Answer
    E25
    A Case to AnswerLocals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.
  • The Men Left Behind
    E26
    The Men Left Behind
  • The Six Day War - Day 666
    E27
    The Six Day War - Day 666
  • The Owners and the Owned
    E28
    The Owners and the OwnedInvestigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.
  • Inside Out
    E29
    Inside OutA revolutionary new look at how mental patients should be treated, allowing them out into the wider world, and distancing as much as possible from Victorian lunatic asylums.
  • A Modest Proposal
    E30
    A Modest Proposal
  • Two Men in Two Tin Huts
    E31
    Two Men in Two Tin HutsShows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.
  • The Leftovers
    E32
    The LeftoversLooks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.

 

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