World in Action — Season 8
37 episodesFirst aired 6 September 1971
E1The Village That Quit, Well Not Exactly
Sept 1971
- E2
The Sounds of the Clyde
Sept 1971
- E3
Episode 3
Sept 1971
- E4
Death of a revolutionary
Sept 1971
The aftermath of the shooting dead of Black Panther George Jackson while allegedly trying to escape from prison. His friends, colleagues and family mourn and seek justice for what they say was a murder.
- E5
Episode 5
Oct 1971
- E6
Episode 6
Oct 1971
- E7
Episode 7
Oct 1971
- E8
Does an M.P. Have the Right?
Oct 1971
- E9
The Most Widely Used Drug in the World.
Nov 1971
Aspirins are used for a multitude of different complaints, or even just taken as a daily habit. But, do they have harmful side effects of which people are unaware?
- E10
Episode 10
Nov 1971
- E11
The Backseat Generals
Nov 1971
- E12
Year of the Killing
Nov 1971
Researching on Bangladesh liberation war movement in uk 1971.
- E13
Episode 13
Nov 1971
- E14
Working the Land
Jan 1972
- E15
The Thirty Million Power Game
Jan 1972
- E16
Episode 16
Jan 1972
- E17
War in the Air
Mar 1972
- E18
Waiting for the Package
Mar 1972
Attitudes in Ulster to the British government's proposals for direct rule.
- E19
The Lump
Mar 1972
A look at the reasons behind the continuing bad relations between building workers and management, which lead to a strike at a Birmingham construction site.
- E20
Het Dorp
Apr 1972
- E21
Out of the Melting Pot
Apr 1972
- E22
The Rule of Law
Apr 1972
- E23
Containers
May 1972
Follows the industrial dispute between Liverpool Dockers and the Heaton's Container yard.
- E24
Liberty Belles
May 1972
- E25
Conversations with a Single Parent
May 1972
- E26
The Runcorn Experiment
May 1972
- E27
The Siege of Kontum
Jun 1972
World in Action reports from the battle of Kontum, Vietnam - highlighting the plight of the Montagnard mountain people who are caught in the middle.
- E28
The Protestant Succession
Jun 1972
- E29
The Docks Dispute
Jun 1972
- E30
How to Make Enemies & Influence People
Jun 1972
- E31
Dust-Up at Northfleet
Jul 1972
- E32
In Search of Gusty Spence
Jul 1972
An interview with the Irish Protestant who denies the murder for which he was convicted, and is being held by the Ulster Volunteer Force who kidnapped him while he was on parole.
- E33
How to Steal a Party
Jul 1972
- E34
Episode 34
Jul 1972
- E35
Episode 35
Jul 1972
- E36
Caught in the Act
Aug 1972
- E37
Eh! What?
Aug 1972
Investigation into the problem of noise pollution at work, about which there has been silence for far too long.
