Pioneering investigative show that scooped an armful of BAFTAs

World in Action

The end of the 'Daily Herald' and the beginning of a new daily paper, 'The Sun'. Also a portrait of its first editor, Hugh Cudlipp.

The Sun

World in Action - Series 3 - Episode 11

11. The Sun

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An investigation of the business side of the music industry which includes a live performance of the Rolling Stones in concert and interviews with pop stars.

The Flip Side

World in Action - Series 3 - Episode 12

12. The Flip Side

Series 3

In a year in which World In Action won a BAFTA for Best Factual Series, this programme looks back at some of the top stories in the news during 1964.

The Best of 1964

World in Action - Series 4 - Episode 1

1. The Best of 1964

Series 4

After the quashing of his jail sentence for being in possession of drugs, the rock star Mick Jagger gives a press conference and joins a discussion with four leaders of the establishment, in which he talks about his attitude towards society.

Mick Jagger

World in Action - Series 7 - Episode 7

7. Mick Jagger

Series 7

Unemployed Harry Morgan from Tyneside takes over the duties of Conservative MP Matthew Parris for a week, in a sequel to the programme in which Parris lived on unemployment benefit for a week.

2. The Honourable Member for the Unemployed

The Honourable Member for the Unemployed

World in Action - Series 26 - Episode 2

Documentary report in which two young men from the North of England follow the Conservative MP Norman Tebbit's advice to get 'on yer bike' and travel 300 miles south to look for work in High Wycombe.

"On Yer Bike"

World in Action - Series 26 - Episode 9

9. "On Yer Bike"

Series 26

The London Dockland Development Corporation has been given a free hand by the government to regenerate the Docklands, but local people are suffering as compulsory purchase increases homelessness and few jobs have been created for them.

Eastenders

World in Action - Series 27 - Episode 37

37. Eastenders

Series 27

World In Action looks at the controversy surrounding Acid House parties and the music associated with the drug Ecstasy, spending a weekend with a group of youngsters in London who travel by coach to secret destinations to evade the police.

A Trip Round Acid House

World in Action - Series 28 - Episode 39

39. A Trip Round Acid House

Series 28

World In Action follows three reporters, Ian Breach, Mike Walsh and Penny Junor as they travel into the centre of London by car, tube and train respectively.

The Race To St Paul's

World in Action - Series 29 - Episode 5

5. The Race To St Paul's

Series 29

World In Action presents evidence of the birth of a new neo-facist anti-semitic movement in the USSR.

The New Nazis

World in Action - Series 30 - Episode 19

19. The New Nazis

Series 30

World In Action looks at the work done by Canadian Cal Vallet and his team who risk their lives capping oil well fires in Kuwait a consequence of action by Saddam Hussain during the Gulf War.

The Most Dangerous Job in the World

World in Action - Series 31 - Episode 34

34. The Most Dangerous Job in the World

Series 31

World In Action documentary filmed in 1992 sees Manchester City Council has advertised for road sweepers and 1,460 people from a variety of backgrounds have applied for twenty jobs. This documentary follows the applicants through to the interview.