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World in Action

World in Action - Season 14 (1977)

Audience Score
70

Season 14 Episodes

1. The Man Who Talks to Terrorists

September 26th, 1977

2. The Life and Death of Steve Biko

October 3rd, 1977

Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.

3. No Compromise

October 10th, 1977

4. The Miami Experiment

October 17th, 1977

5. The Surgery Is Now Closed

October 24th, 1977

6. Eastern Promise

October 31st, 1977

7. The Accident

November 7th, 1977

Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.

8. The Disputed Land

November 14th, 1977

9. Got It Taped

November 21st, 1977

10. In the Name of the Law

November 28th, 1977

Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.

11. Thatcher Interview

January 30th, 1978

12. Cold Facts

February 6th, 1978

People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.

13. The Concrete Rings

February 13th, 1978

Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

14. Working for a Pittance

February 20th, 1978

An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.

15. Death by Request

March 24th, 1978

One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.

16. There's No Place Like Hulme

April 10th, 1978

Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.

17. The Right's Centre

April 17th, 1978

18. Black to Front

April 24th, 1978

19. In the Public Interest

May 8th, 1978

20. General Grigorenko's New Campaign

May 15th, 1978

21. Take Care, This Place is Unsafe

May 22nd, 1978

Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.

22. Smoking - A Double Standard

June 5th, 1978

23. Dishonourable Discharge

June 12th, 1978

24. Wait and See

June 19th, 1978

25. Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea

June 20th, 1978

26. The Happiness Pill?

June 26th, 1978

27. The Nazi Party

July 3rd, 1978

Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.

28. Prisoner of Terrorism

July 10th, 1978

A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.

29. Russian Justice

July 17th, 1978

Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

30. Buying Time

July 24th, 1978

Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.

31. Liable to Prosecution

July 31st, 1978

32. No Useful Purpose Would Be Served

August 7th, 1978

33. Power for Sale

August 14th, 1978

34. The Invisible Risk

August 21st, 1978

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