World in Action

Season 16

1980 · 30 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Mr. Benn's Secret Service

   7 Jan 1980

   Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country's good?

2. 2

   2. Cambodia Year One - The Aid Crisis

   14 Jan 1980

3. 3

   3. Cambodia Year One - Life After Death

   21 Jan 1980

4. 4

   4. The Man Who Bought United

   28 Jan 1980

5. 5

   5. The Steel Papers

   4 Feb 1980

6. 6

   6. Behind the Paper Curtain

   11 Feb 1980

7. 7

   7. The Pulse of America

   18 Feb 1980

8. 8

   8. The Final Harvest

   25 Feb 1980

9. 9

   9. Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy

   3 Mar 1980

   Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud.

10. 10

    10. Follow the Yellow Cake Road

    10 Mar 1980

11. 11

    11. Decline and Fall

    17 Mar 1980

12. 12

    12. Alive and Well in the U.S.A.

    24 Mar 1980

13. 13

    13. Not in the Public Interest

    14 Apr 1980

14. 14

    14. Spying for Survival

    21 Apr 1980

15. 15

    15. The Pound in Their Pocket

    28 Apr 1980

16. 16

    16. The Trial of Stanley Adams

    12 May 1980

17. 17

    17. Britain Over a Barrel

    19 May 1980

18. 18

    18. A Bad Day for Southall

    2 Jun 1980

19. 19

    19. Mr. Kane's Campaign

    9 Jun 1980

20. 20

    20. Special: What Do You Think of It So Far?

    10 Jun 1980

    A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market.

21. 21

    21. Market Day

    16 Jun 1980

22. 22

    22. Fly the Flag, Pay the Price

    23 Jun 1980

23. 23

    23. Russian Games

    30 Jun 1980

24. 24

    24. Mr. Stock and the Thursday Gang

    7 Jul 1980

25. 25

    25. Last Stand at Lisburn

    14 Jul 1980

    With communities across Northern Ireland, from the end of the 1960s Lisburn suffered through three decades of political violence, "The Troubles". For Lisburn the first killings came in 1976: in the course of the year, five Catholic residents died as a result of gun and bomb attacks by the Ulster Defence Association and the new Ulster Volunteer Force, loyalist paramilitary groups that subsequently entered their own feud.

26. 26

    26. Vietnam - Prisoner of War

    14 Jul 1980

27. 27

    27. A Dignified Exit

    28 Jul 1980

    "EXIT" - the society for the right to die with dignity, are publishing a controversial suicide guide for terminally ill people who require a dignified death.

28. 28

    28. The Tirion Programme

    4 Aug 1980

29. 29

    29. Suffer the Children

    11 Aug 1980

30. 30

    30. The Chart Busters

    18 Aug 1980

    Investigating allegations that the pop music charts are controlled not by consumers, but by manipulative tactics of the big record companies, thus not being a true reflection of popularity at all.