World in Action

Season 7

1970 · 43 episodes · 0h 28m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Everybody's Children

   21 Sept 1970

   School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general

2. 2

   2. The Quiet Mutiny

   28 Sept 1970 · 28 min

   Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.

3. 3

   3. The Man Who Made Biafra

   5 Oct 1970

4. 4

   4. Pigs?

   12 Oct 1970

   Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.

5. 5

   5. They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else

   19 Oct 1970

   There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.

6. 6

   6. A Business Arrangement

   26 Oct 1970

7. 7

   7. S.A.L.T.

   2 Nov 1970

8. 8

   8. Goodbye Mr. Smith?

   9 Nov 1970

9. 9

   9. The Mountain People

   16 Nov 1970

   America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.

10. 10

    10. The Final Harvest

    23 Nov 1970

11. 11

    11. The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet

    24 Nov 1970

12. 12

    12. The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman

    30 Nov 1970

    Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.

13. 13

    13. The Law Shop

    7 Dec 1970

14. 14

    14. Oh! Birmingham

    14 Dec 1970

15. 15

    15. The Dumping Grounds

    21 Dec 1970

    The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.

16. 16

    16. American Radio

    4 Jan 1971

    A personal view by Denis Mitchell.

17. 17

    17. Round One

    11 Jan 1971

18. 18

    18. The Dutschke Affair

    18 Jan 1971

19. 19

    19. The Village That Quit

    25 Jan 1971

    A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.

20. 20

    20. The Monday Club

    1 Feb 1971

21. 21

    21. The Breaking Point

    8 Feb 1971

22. 22

    22. Square One

    15 Feb 1971

    With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?

23. 23

    23. Lucky

    22 Feb 1971

    Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.

24. 24

    24. Ford: The Inside Story

    1 Mar 1971

25. 25

    25. The Truants

    8 Mar 1971

    World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.

26. 26

    26. The Man Who Stole Uganda

    15 Mar 1971

    A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?

27. 27

    27. As It Was in the Beginning...

    22 Mar 1971

    Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.

28. 28

    28. The Year Britain Stopped Growing

    29 Mar 1971

    Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.

29. 29

    29. South of the Border

    5 Apr 1971

    Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.

30. 30

    30. The Salvation Army

    19 Apr 1971

31. 31

    31. The Sailors' Jail

    26 Apr 1971

32. 32

    32. Going Private

    3 May 1971

    Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.

33. 33

    33. The Tanzam Railway

    10 May 1971

34. 34

    34. A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford

    17 May 1971

35. 35

    35. Death Is Afraid of Us

    24 May 1971

    Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.

36. 36

    36. Conversations with a Working Man

    7 Jun 1971

    Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.

37. 37

    37. Anthony Mascarenhas

    14 Jun 1971

38. 38

    38. A Woman's Place

    21 Jun 1971

39. 39

    39. The Dust at Acre Mill

    28 Jun 1971

40. 40

    40. Episode 40

    5 Jul 1971

41. 41

    41. Major Khaled's War

    12 Jul 1971

42. 42

    42. End of a Journey

    19 Jul 1971

43. 43

    43. The Man from No. 10

    3 Aug 1971