World in Action — Season 12
42 episodesFirst aired 8 September 1975
E1The Reluctant Bride
Sept 1975
- E2
The Roche Affair
Sept 1975
- E3
Conversations with the Craigs
Sept 1975
- E4
Democracy in Bulk
Sept 1975
- E5
Jobless in Batley
Oct 1975
A once thriving town, now in decline as the industrial base continues to shrink, asks where the jobs are coming from for the increasingly unemployed of Batley.
- E6
The Guinea Pig Soldiers
Oct 1975
Investigates a claim that some American soldiers were unwittingly used in drug experiments.
- E7
The Luddenden Experiment
Oct 1975
With meat increasingly becoming too expensive for ordinary households, a village undergoes an experiment in doing without meat and finding alternatives.
- E8
The Billion Dollar Grain Fraud
Oct 1975
- E9
Popular Power
Nov 1975
- E10
Scotland: A Political Journey Part One
Nov 1975
- E11
Scotland: A Political Journey Part Two
Nov 1975
- E12
An Element of Risk
Nov 1975
Not to be confused with a later edition with the same title, this one is about the risk of error in police identity parades.
- E13
Blood Money Part One
Dec 1975
Some doctors express their concerns about the blood clotting drug Hemofil which is used by those suffering with haemophilia.
- E14
Blood Money Part Two
Dec 1975
- E15
Episode 15
Jan 1976
- E16
How to Sell an Airforce Part One
Jan 1976
Investigates bribery and corruption in the sale of military aircraft.
- E17
How to Sell an Airforce Part Two
Jan 1976
- E18
Cut Off
Feb 1976
The increasing number of people who are having their electricity and gas supplies cut off being unable to pay.
- E19
Chrysler and the Cabinet - How the Deal Was Done
Feb 1976
Investigates why the government (after declaring no more hand outs to private companies) had given Chrysler Cars payments of grants and loans of over a hundred million pounds to keep them in Britain.
- E20
Episode 20
Feb 1976
- E21
Episode 21
Feb 1976
- E22
The Republic of Rhodesia
Mar 1976
The thoughts and concerns of ordinary Rhodesians.
- E23
1936-1976 a Change of Life
Mar 1976
- E24
The Boss File
Mar 1976
- E25
In Labour
Mar 1976
The aftermath of the shock resignation of Harold Wilson and where Labour goes from there.
- E26
The Threat of Nuclear War
Mar 1976
- E27
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Healey's Eight & Half
Apr 1976
- E28
When in Rome...
Apr 1976
Investigates bribery in the Italian Government by oil companies in order to influence policies.
- E29
Out of Mind
Apr 1976
Investigates concerns that there are those in mental institutions that should not be in there and should be given a chance to live in society.
- E30
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Patent No.18070/72
May 1976
A new invention for containers is followed on its obstacle course from drawing to finished product, showing the difficulties that inventors have in trying to get their ideas off the ground.
- E31
Nuclear Waste in the Irish Sea
May 1976
- E32
The Dark Societies
May 1976
- E33
The Trials of Popovic
May 1976
- E34
Proposition 15
Jun 1976
- E35
A Calculated Risk
Jun 1976
- E36
A Question for Europe
Jun 1976
- E37
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy - Somebody Has to Do It
Jun 1976
- E38
Mutiny on the Motorway
Jul 1976
- E39
Run for Your Life
Jul 1976
MPs are put on a fitness program.
- E40
A Question of Standards
Jul 1976
- E41
The Plutonium Economy
Jul 1976
- E42
Coup D'etat
Aug 1976
