World in Action

Season 8

1971 · 37 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly

   6 Sept 1971

2. 2

   2. The Sounds of the Clyde

   13 Sept 1971

3. 3

   3. Episode 3

   20 Sept 1971

4. 4

   4. Death of a revolutionary

   27 Sept 1971

   The aftermath of the shooting dead of Black Panther George Jackson while allegedly trying to escape from prison. His friends, colleagues and family mourn and seek justice for what they say was a murder.

5. 5

   5. Episode 5

   4 Oct 1971

6. 6

   6. Episode 6

   11 Oct 1971

7. 7

   7. Episode 7

   18 Oct 1971

8. 8

   8. Does an M.P. Have the Right?

   25 Oct 1971

9. 9

   9. The Most Widely Used Drug in the World.

   15 Nov 1971

   Aspirins are used for a multitude of different complaints, or even just taken as a daily habit. But, do they have harmful side effects of which people are unaware?

10. 10

    10. Episode 10

    22 Nov 1971

11. 11

    11. The Backseat Generals

    29 Nov 1971

12. 12

    12. Year of the Killing

    21 Nov 1971

    Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.

13. 13

    13. Episode 13

    29 Nov 1971

14. 14

    14. Working the Land

    10 Jan 1972

15. 15

    15. The Thirty Million Power Game

    17 Jan 1972

16. 16

    16. Episode 16

    24 Jan 1972

17. 17

    17. War in the Air

    13 Mar 1972

18. 18

    18. Waiting for the Package

    20 Mar 1972

    Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.

19. 19

    19. The Lump

    27 Mar 1972

    A look at the reasons behind the continuing bad relations between building workers and management, which lead to a strike at a Birmingham construction site.

20. 20

    20. Het Dorp

    10 Apr 1972

21. 21

    21. Out of the Melting Pot

    17 Apr 1972

22. 22

    22. The Rule of Law

    24 Apr 1972

23. 23

    23. Containers

    1 May 1972

    Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.

24. 24

    24. Liberty Belles

    8 May 1972

25. 25

    25. Conversations with a Single Parent

    15 May 1972

26. 26

    26. The Runcorn Experiment

    22 May 1972

27. 27

    27. The Siege of Kontum

    5 Jun 1972

    World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.

28. 28

    28. The Protestant Succession

    12 Jun 1972

29. 29

    29. The Docks Dispute

    19 Jun 1972

30. 30

    30. How to Make Enemies & Influence People

    26 Jun 1972

31. 31

    31. Dust-Up at Northfleet

    3 Jul 1972

32. 32

    32. In Search of Gusty Spence

    10 Jul 1972

    An interview with the Irish Protestant who denies the murder for which he was convicted, and is being held by the Ulster Volunteer Force who kidnapped him while he was on parole.

33. 33

    33. How to Steal a Party

    17 Jul 1972

34. 34

    34. Episode 34

    24 Jul 1972

35. 35

    35. Episode 35

    31 Jul 1972

36. 36

    36. Caught in the Act

    7 Aug 1972

37. 37

    37. Eh! What?

    14 Aug 1972

    Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.