Episode guide
World in Action: Season 5
34 episodes · premiered Sep 10, 1968
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- Episode 1: Give Us the Works Sep 10, 1968 An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.
- Episode 2: Spies for Hire Sep 16, 1968
- Episode 3: February's Children Sep 23, 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.
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Sep 30, 1968
- Episode 5: New Drugs, Same Needle Oct 7, 1968 The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.
- Episode 6: A Score to Settle Oct 14, 1968 Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.
- Episode 7: Backs to the Wall Oct 21, 1968 A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.
- Episode 8: Special: Vietnam Oct 27, 1968
- Episode 9: A City Stumbles Nov 4, 1968 A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.
- Episode 10: Nasser's Fortified Ditch Nov 11, 1968
- Episode 11: An Outbreak of Peace? Nov 18, 1968 With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.
- Episode 12: A Buyer's Market Nov 25, 1968 The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.
- Episode 13: The Trail of the Vanishing Voters Dec 9, 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.
- Episode 14: The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom Dec 16, 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.
- Episode 15: First Class Delivery Dec 23, 1968 The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.
- Episode 16: Sorry, Nothing Doing Dec 30, 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…
- Episode 17: The Making of a Prime Minister Jan 6, 1969
- Episode 18: Next Year in Peking Jan 13, 1969
- Episode 19: All Change at Newry! Jan 20, 1969
- Episode 20: A New School of Thought Jan 27, 1969
- Episode 21: Death of a Student Feb 3, 1969 The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.
- Episode 22: Like Other Men Feb 10, 1969 Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.
- Episode 23: Living in the Red Feb 17, 1969
- Episode 24: A War on Ice Feb 24, 1969
- Episode 25: Home for a Revolution Mar 3, 1969
- Episode 26: Where People Don't Matter Mar 10, 1969 The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.
- Episode 27: A Case to Answer Mar 17, 1969 Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.
- Episode 28: The Men Left Behind Mar 24, 1969
- Episode 29: The Six Day War - Day 666 Mar 31, 1969
- Episode 30: The Owners and the Owned Apr 14, 1969 Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.
- Episode 31: Inside Out Apr 21, 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.
- Episode 32: A modest proposal May 5, 1969
- Episode 33: Two Men in Two Tin Huts May 12, 1969 Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.
- Episode 34: The Leftovers May 19, 1969 Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.