World in Action — Season 14

Sept 1977

Oct 1977

Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.

Oct 1977

Oct 1977

Oct 1977

Oct 1977

Nov 1977

Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.

Nov 1977

Nov 1977

Nov 1977

Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.

Jan 1978

Feb 1978

People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.

Feb 1978

Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

Feb 1978

An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.

Mar 1978

One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.

Apr 1978

Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.

Apr 1978

Apr 1978

May 1978

May 1978

May 1978

Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.

Jun 1978

Jun 1978

Jun 1978

Jun 1978

Jun 1978

Jul 1978

Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.

Jul 1978

A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.

Jul 1978

Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

Jul 1978

Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.

Jul 1978

Aug 1978

Aug 1978

Aug 1978