World in Action — Season 5

Sept 1968

An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.

Sept 1968

Sept 1968

An investigation into 7 children (expelled from Kenya) who have to live on their own in the UK as their parents cannot join them due to new laws.

Sept 1968

Oct 1968

The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.

Oct 1968

Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.

Oct 1968

A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.

Oct 1968

Nov 1968

A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.

Nov 1968

Nov 1968

With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.

Nov 1968

The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.

Dec 1968

World in Action tries to trace the overseas voters in Britain who have supposedly voted for The People's National Congress Party in Guyana's election.

Dec 1968

A profile of Laos, considered the most unproductive country in the world but rich and financially stable through its passing of opium products and dodgy gold.

Dec 1968

The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.

Dec 1968

Update on the subjects of three notable previous films in the series, the gypsies of An Outlaw's Life (1968), the large family of The Born Losers (1967), and the elderly ladies of Ward F.13 (1968).

Jan 1969

Jan 1969

Jan 1969

Jan 1969

Feb 1969

The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.

Feb 1969

Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.

Feb 1969

Feb 1969

Mar 1969

Mar 1969

The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.

Mar 1969

Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.

Mar 1969

Mar 1969

Apr 1969

Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.

Apr 1969

A revolutionary new look at how mental patients should be treated, allowing them out into the wider world, and distancing as much as possible from Victorian lunatic asylums.

May 1969

May 1969

Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.

May 1969

Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.