Episodes
- 1
1. Give Us the Works
10 Sept 1968
An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.
- 2
2. Spies for Hire
16 Sept 1968
- 3
3. February's Children
23 Sept 1968
An 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.
- 4
4. Episode 4
30 Sept 1968
- 5
5. New Drugs, Same Needle
7 Oct 1968
The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.
- 6
6. A Score to Settle
14 Oct 1968
Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.
- 7
7. Backs to the Wall
21 Oct 1968
A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.
- 8
8. Special: Vietnam
27 Oct 1968
- 9
9. A City Stumbles
4 Nov 1968
A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.
- 10
10. Nasser's Fortified Ditch
11 Nov 1968
- 11
11. An Outbreak of Peace?
18 Nov 1968
With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.
- 12
12. A Buyer's Market
25 Nov 1968
The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.
- 13
13. The Trail of the Vanishing Voters
9 Dec 1968
World 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.
- 14
14. The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom
16 Dec 1968
A 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.
- 15
15. First Class Delivery
23 Dec 1968
The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.
- 16
16. Sorry, Nothing Doing
30 Dec 1968
Update on the subjects of three notable previous films in the series, the gypsies of An Outlaw's Life (1968), the large family of The Born Losers (1967), and the elderly ladies of Ward F.13 (1968).
- 17
17. The Making of a Prime Minister
6 Jan 1969
- 18
18. Next Year in Peking
13 Jan 1969
- 19
19. All Change at Newry!
20 Jan 1969
- 20
20. A New School of Thought
27 Jan 1969
- 21
21. Death of a Student
3 Feb 1969
The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.
- 22
22. Like Other Men
10 Feb 1969
Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.
- 23
23. Living in the Red
17 Feb 1969
- 24
24. A War on Ice
24 Feb 1969
- 25
25. Home for a Revolution
3 Mar 1969
- 26
26. Where People Don't Matter
10 Mar 1969
The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.
- 27
27. A Case to Answer
17 Mar 1969
Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.
- 28
28. The Men Left Behind
24 Mar 1969
- 29
29. The Six Day War - Day 666
31 Mar 1969
- 30
30. The Owners and the Owned
14 Apr 1969
Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.
- 31
31. Inside Out
21 Apr 1969
A 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.
- 32
32. A modest proposal
5 May 1969
- 33
33. Two Men in Two Tin Huts
12 May 1969
Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.
- 34
34. The Leftovers
19 May 1969
Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.
World in Action Season 5: quick answers
How many episodes are in World in Action Season 5?
Season 5 of World in Action has 34 episodes.
When did World in Action Season 5 come out?
Season 5 premiered on 10 Sept 1968.