World in Action - Season 15

1. Paraguay - The Last Refuge

Aired: 10/9/1978

2. Trapped Inside the Wrong Body

Aired: 10/16/1978

3. Episode 3

Aired: 10/23/1978

4. Mr Heath at the Miners' Club

Aired: 10/30/1978

5. The Hunt for Doctor Mengele

Aired: 11/6/1978

Will Josef Mengele ever be caught? A year later, in 1979, while swimming at he coastal resort of Bertioga, Brazil, he suffered a stroke and drowned. Mengele was buried in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, under the name "Wolfgang Gerhard", whose identification he had been using since 1971.

6. Kids United

Aired: 11/27/1978

7. Episode 7

Aired: 11/28/1978

8. Inside Europe - The Summit

Aired: 12/4/1978

9. The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)

Aired: 12/11/1978

10. It's Already Been Too Long

Aired: 12/18/1978

A comparison between the American and British Equal Opportunities Commission, and what they have achieved in new employment opportunities for women in what were considered traditionally male jobs.

11. ...And a Prosperous New Year

Aired: 1/8/1979

With inflation continuing to rise, asks the question is it fair to restrict the lowest paid public employees to the government 5% guidelines?

12. Episode 12

Aired: 1/15/1979

13. A Report from Siege City

Aired: 1/22/1979

Bernard Nossiter, financial reporter on the Washington Post, gives his view on the economic crisis as he visits striking lorry drivers in the city of Hull.

14. No Tears-But Fight

Aired: 1/29/1979

Follow up to the tragic death of student Jan Pallach in Prague 1968.

15. The Reckoning

Aired: 2/5/1979

After doing a similar study in the USA, Prof. Harvey Brenner of Baltimore University is invited to do a similar study in the UK, on the relationship between death rates with living and job circumstances.

16. The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan

Aired: 2/12/1979

In exile because of tax evasion charges, Kagan gives an account of himself and his controversial relationship with PM. Harold Wilson.

17. Episode 17

Aired: 2/19/1979

18. The Shutdown

Aired: 2/26/1979

A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors in peace time. Now facing closure and 750 redundancies.

19. Strangers in Their Own Land

Aired: 3/5/1979

20. Episode 20

Aired: 3/12/1979

21. A Tale of Two Cities

Aired: 3/26/1979

A comparison between the steel towns of Corby and Longwy France, as Corby becomes threatened with the loss of 6000 jobs as British Steel struggles with dwindling order books and losses.

22. Banged Up

Aired: 4/2/1979

A day in the life of Manchester's notoriously overcrowded Strangeways Prison, as World in Action speaks to wardens and prisoners alike.

23. Speke Out

Aired: 4/23/1979

The closure of the Dunlop Pirelli factory in Merseyside and its drastic affect on the community.

24. Nuclear Nightmare

Aired: 5/7/1979

25. The Shattered Lives

Aired: 5/14/1979

Investigation into the use of unsafe thin glass being used in large glassed areas such as patio doors.

26. Armchair Inferno

Aired: 5/21/1979

Exposé on polyurethane foam, widely used in the furniture industry is highly combustible and when burning gives off toxic fumes.

27. Paying the Market Price

Aired: 6/4/1979

28. The Luck of the Irish

Aired: 6/11/1979

29. Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine

Aired: 6/13/1979

30. Episode 30

Aired: 6/18/1979

31. No More School

Aired: 6/25/1979

Two families discuss their rights, and experts discuss the effects of educating at home because they believe the state education system has failed them.

32. Gay Pride

Aired: 7/2/1979

33. The Other Professionals

Aired: 7/12/1979

The British Army's assessment of the Provisional IRA.

34. On Site - Capital Punishment

Aired: 7/16/1979

35. On Site - Trade Union Power

Aired: 7/30/1979

36. On Site - National Health Cuts

Aired: 8/6/1979