World in Action - Season 12 (1975)

A once thriving town, now in decline as the industrial base continues to shrink, asks where the jobs are coming from for the increasingly unemployed of Batley.

Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.

With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.

Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.

Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.

Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.

The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.

Investigates why the government (after declaring no more hand outs to private companies) had given Chrysler Cars payments of grants and loans of over a hundred million pounds to keep them in Britain.

The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.

The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.

Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.

Investigates concerns that there are those in mental institutions that should not be in there and should be given a chance to live in society.

A new invention for containers is followed on its obstacle course from drawing to finished product, showing the difficulties that inventors have in trying to get their ideas off the ground.

MPs are put on a fitness program.