World in Action - Season 21

1. Clap Trap

Aired: 9/24/1984

Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan is interested in entering politics, but with no experience in public speaking, would love to fall into that claptrap.

2. An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell

Aired: 10/1/1984

3. Football's Mr. Fix-It

Aired: 10/8/1984

4. The Coal War

Aired: 10/15/1984

With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.

5. Apartheid's Back Yard

Aired: 10/22/1984

6. Plans for Coal

Aired: 10/29/1984

Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.

7. Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming

Aired: 11/5/1984

8. The Politics of Starvation

Aired: 11/12/1984

10. Kidnapped

Aired: 11/19/1984

11. Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror

Aired: 12/3/1984

12. Softly, Softly, Strike Force

Aired: 12/10/1984

The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.

13. Tried, Untested

Aired: 12/17/1984

14. Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years

Aired: 12/27/1984

15. Taken on Trust

Aired: 1/7/1985

16. The Miners and the Microchip

Aired: 1/14/1985

17. Civil Unrest

Aired: 1/21/1985

18. Father and Son

Aired: 1/28/1985

19. Going Dutch

Aired: 2/4/1985

20. The Knock on the Door

Aired: 2/11/1985

21. Taking the Medicine

Aired: 2/18/1985

22. A Conflict in Customs

Aired: 2/25/1985

23. Death of an English Rose

Aired: 3/4/1985

Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.

24. Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse

Aired: 3/11/1985

25. Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration

Aired: 3/18/1985

26. Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor

Aired: 3/25/1985

27. The Swan and the Plough

Aired: 4/1/1985

28. Not for Love or Money

Aired: 4/15/1985

29. The Baby Makers

Aired: 4/22/1985

30. Children of the Loom

Aired: 4/29/1985

31. Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown

Aired: 5/13/1985

32. First Strike

Aired: 5/20/1985

33. The Betrayal of Bhopal

Aired: 6/3/1985

34. Raising the Belgrano

Aired: 6/10/1985

35. Britain's Cocaine Colony

Aired: 6/17/1985

36. The Dream of John Delorean

Aired: 6/24/1985

37. Hit and Run

Aired: 7/1/1985

38. A Song for Africa

Aired: 7/8/1985

Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.

39. Disunited Nations

Aired: 7/15/1985

40. Bad Blood

Aired: 7/22/1985

Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.