World in Action - Season 17

1. The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier

Aired: 10/13/1980

2. South Africa's Bombshell

Aired: 10/20/1980

3. Creating Criminals

Aired: 10/27/1980

4. Choosing Labour's Leader

Aired: 11/3/1980

5. The Party's Over

Aired: 11/10/1980

6. Death on the Dole

Aired: 11/17/1980

7. The H-Block Fuse

Aired: 11/24/1980

Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.

8. The Rossminster Affair

Aired: 12/1/1980

9. The Hunt for the Ripper

Aired: 12/8/1980

The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.

10. No Room at the Inn

Aired: 12/15/1980

11. The Blood Business

Aired: 12/22/1980

12. The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales

Aired: 1/5/1981

13. Michael Foot

Aired: 1/19/1981

14. The White House General

Aired: 1/26/1981

15. The Social Democrats

Aired: 2/2/1981

16. The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes

Aired: 2/9/1981

17. Killing for a Cure

Aired: 2/16/1981

A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.

18. The State of Britain - In for a Penny

Aired: 2/23/1981

19. Off the Rails

Aired: 3/2/1981

A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signalling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.

20. The State of the Nation

Aired: 3/9/1981

Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.

21. These Children Are Mine

Aired: 3/16/1981

Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.

22. The Fight for the Centre

Aired: 3/23/1981

23. The Men from Argentina

Aired: 3/30/1981

24. The Curse of the Klan

Aired: 4/6/1981

Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.

25. Comrades at Arms

Aired: 4/13/1981

26. More Than Just a Few Perks

Aired: 4/27/1981

A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.

27. The Shape of Wars to Come

Aired: 5/11/1981

28. Home and Away

Aired: 5/18/1981

29. Do Mind If I Smoke?

Aired: 6/1/1981

An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.

30. To Russia with Love

Aired: 6/8/1981

31. Tories for Turning

Aired: 6/15/1981

32. Kevin at the Crossroads

Aired: 6/22/1981

Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.

33. The Silent Epidemic

Aired: 6/29/1981

Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.

34. Guns to the Right

Aired: 7/6/1981

35. A Dangerous Age

Aired: 7/13/1981

36. A Conflict of Evidence

Aired: 7/20/1981

37. Toxteth Revisited

Aired: 7/27/1981

Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.

38. The Agony of Angola

Aired: 8/3/1981

39. When Night Comes to Kandahar

Aired: 8/17/1981

Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.

40. Waiting for Justice

Aired: 8/10/1981

41. A Picture of Health

Aired: 8/24/1981