World in Action — Season 21
39 episodesFirst aired 24 September 1984
E1Clap Trap
Sept 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.
- E2
An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell
Oct 1984
- E3
Football's Mr. Fix-It
Oct 1984
- E4
The Coal War
Oct 1984
With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.
- E5
Apartheid's Back Yard
Oct 1984
- E6
Plans for Coal
Oct 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.
- E7
Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming
Nov 1984
- E8
The Politics of Starvation
Nov 1984
- E10
Kidnapped
Nov 1984
- E11
Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror
Dec 1984
- E12
Softly, Softly, Strike Force
Dec 1984
The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.
- E13
Tried, Untested
Dec 1984
- E14
Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years
Dec 1984
- E15
Taken on Trust
Jan 1985
- E16
The Miners and the Microchip
Jan 1985
- E17
Civil Unrest
Jan 1985
- E18
Father and Son
Jan 1985
- E19
Going Dutch
Feb 1985
- E20
The Knock on the Door
Feb 1985
- E21
Taking the Medicine
Feb 1985
- E22
A Conflict in Customs
Feb 1985
- E23
Death of an English Rose
Mar 1985
Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.
- E24
Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse
Mar 1985
- E25
Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration
Mar 1985
- E26
Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor
Mar 1985
- E27
The Swan and the Plough
Apr 1985
- E28
Not for Love or Money
Apr 1985
- E29
The Baby Makers
Apr 1985
- E30
Children of the Loom
Apr 1985
- E31
Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown
May 1985
- E32
First Strike
May 1985
- E33
The Betrayal of Bhopal
Jun 1985
- E34
Raising the Belgrano
Jun 1985
- E35
Britain's Cocaine Colony
Jun 1985
- E36
The Dream of John Delorean
Jun 1985
- E37
Hit and Run
Jul 1985
- E38
A Song for Africa
Jul 1985
Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.
- E39
Disunited Nations
Jul 1985
- E40
Bad Blood
Jul 1985
Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.
