Episode guide
World in Action: Season 16
30 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 1980
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- Episode 1: Mr. Benn's Secret Service Jan 7, 1980 Mr Benn questions the role of the Civil Service and whether it is becoming too powerful and unanswerable for the country's good?
- Episode 2: Cambodia Year One - The Aid Crisis Jan 14, 1980
- Episode 3: Cambodia Year One - Life After Death Jan 21, 1980
- Episode 4: The Man Who Bought United Jan 28, 1980
- Episode 5: The Steel Papers Feb 4, 1980
- Episode 6: Behind the Paper Curtain Feb 11, 1980
- Episode 7: The Pulse of America Feb 18, 1980
- Episode 8: The Final Harvest Feb 25, 1980
- Episode 9: Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy Mar 3, 1980 Case studies of people on both sides of the current crackdown on social security fraud.
- Episode 10: Follow the Yellow Cake Road Mar 10, 1980
- Episode 11: Decline and Fall Mar 17, 1980
- Episode 12: Alive and Well in the U.S.A. Mar 24, 1980
- Episode 13: Not in the Public Interest Apr 14, 1980
- Episode 14: Spying for Survival Apr 21, 1980
- Episode 15: The Pound in Their Pocket Apr 28, 1980
- Episode 16: The Trial of Stanley Adams May 12, 1980
- Episode 17: Britain Over a Barrel May 19, 1980
- Episode 18: A Bad Day for Southall Jun 2, 1980
- Episode 19: Mr. Kane's Campaign Jun 9, 1980
- Episode 20: Special: What Do You Think of It So Far? Jun 10, 1980 A review of Britain's membership of the Common Market.
- Episode 21: Market Day Jun 16, 1980
- Episode 22: Fly the Flag, Pay the Price Jun 23, 1980
- Episode 23: Russian Games Jun 30, 1980
- Episode 24: Mr. Stock and the Thursday Gang Jul 7, 1980
- Episode 25: Last Stand at Lisburn Jul 14, 1980 With communities across Northern Ireland, from the end of the 1960s Lisburn suffered through three decades of political violence, "The Troubles". For Lisburn the first killings came in…
- Episode 26: Vietnam - Prisoner of War Jul 14, 1980
- Episode 27: A Dignified Exit Jul 28, 1980 "EXIT" - the society for the right to die with dignity, are publishing a controversial suicide guide for terminally ill people who require a dignified death.
- Episode 28: The Tirion Programme Aug 4, 1980
- Episode 29: Suffer the Children Aug 11, 1980
- Episode 30: The Chart Busters Aug 18, 1980 Investigating allegations that the pop music charts are controlled not by consumers, but by manipulative tactics of the big record companies, thus not being a true reflection of popularity…