Highlights
World in Action

World in Action - Season 18 (1981)

Audience Score
70

Season 18 Episodes

1. The Discarded People

October 19th, 1981

2. The Disarmament Man

October 26th, 1981

3. Two Out of 30,000

November 2nd, 1981

4. Living with Poverty

November 9th, 1981

5. Dust to Dust

November 16th, 1981

6. The Preacher and the Peacemaker

November 23rd, 1981

7. Bleeding to Death

November 30th, 1981

8. Families at War

December 7th, 1981

9. A Statistic - A Reminder

December 14th, 1981

10. Taste of Power

January 4th, 1982

11. The Price of Britain's Bomb

January 11th, 1982

12. Divided We Stand

January 18th, 1982

13. Deals on Wheels

January 25th, 1982

Investigates why same model cars are cheaper on the continent.

14. Private Darkin's Army

February 1st, 1982

Documentary about a soldier, Private Darkin, who committed suicide after facing bullying in the Army. The filming took place at Blackdown Barracks, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey, and included a Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) platoon in training called Delhi Platoon. This contributor , David Kinsey, was a Private soldier in training and in that platoon and the programme includes what became a punch line 'Eyes front Di Pietro' shouted by the drill Sergeant, Colin Egan.

15. The Tobacco War

February 8th, 1982

16. A Bankrupt Game

February 15th, 1982

An investigation into football clubs' financial problems and the looming crisis, with a focus on Bristol City Football Club.

17. The I.R.A.'s Arms Cash

February 22nd, 1982

18. Caution to the Wind

March 1st, 1982

19. The Worried Men

March 8th, 1982

20. In the Name of the Lord

March 15th, 1982

21. Home Help

March 22nd, 1982

22. Irish Lessons

March 29th, 1982

23. Britain on the Brink

April 5th, 1982

24. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 1

April 13th, 1982

25. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 2

April 14th, 1982

26. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 3

April 15th, 1982

27. Special: The Falklands 100 - Part 4

April 16th, 1982

28. The Spoils of Peace

April 19th, 1982

29. The Falklands and the British Task Force

April 26th, 1982

32. The Real British Disease

May 10th, 1982

Examines why young people are not leaving learning Establishments with the skills being demanded by industry.

33. Falklands 100

May 17th, 1982

34. Weekend at War

May 24th, 1982

37. Paying for the War

June 7th, 1982

38. Home or Husband

June 14th, 1982

39. Britain's Other Islanders

June 21st, 1982

In 1971, the British shipped all the inhabitants from Diego Garcia, having purchased the Chagos Archipelago in 1965, so that is could be used as an allied military base with the US. But now people are beginning to question this treatment.

40. Operation Quicksilver

June 28th, 1982

Looks at the intense lobbying and scheming going on behind the scenes by other manufacturers trying to prevent Nissan building a car plant in the UK.

41. A Small Town Tragedy

July 5th, 1982

Victims of asbestos related illnesses in Blooming Dale Illinois question why they have yet to receive the awarded compensation from the original supplier, Cape Industries.

42. Operation Peace for Galilee

July 12th, 1982

43. Prisoner's Medicine

July 19th, 1982

44. Learning to Lose

July 26th, 1982

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