World in Action
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Oct 13, 1980
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Oct 20, 1980
Oct 27, 1980
Nov 3, 1980
Nov 10, 1980
Nov 17, 1980
Nov 24, 1980
Report at the beginning of the fifth week of the hunger strike in the H Block of Maze Prison by IRA prisoners seeking a recognition of their status as political prisoners including an interview with one of the prisoners, R.V. McCartney.
Dec 1, 1980
Dec 8, 1980
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
Dec 15, 1980
Dec 22, 1980
Jan 5, 1981
Jan 19, 1981
Jan 26, 1981
Feb 2, 1981
Feb 9, 1981
Feb 16, 1981
A look at vivisection, and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals.
Feb 23, 1981
Mar 2, 1981
A UK rail crash in 1978 was thought to have been caused by signalling equipment that was over 50 years old. Sir Peter Parker attempts to get more money from the government to invest in the railways.
Mar 9, 1981
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
Mar 16, 1981
Anwar Ditta is a mother. That is not disputed. But the government say she is the mother of one child. She says she is the mother of four. However, the other three are in Pakistan, and that disagreement means she cannot bring them here.
Mar 23, 1981
Mar 30, 1981
Apr 6, 1981
Report on the re-emergency's of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the black community who have been attacked by them.
Apr 13, 1981
Apr 27, 1981
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
May 11, 1981
May 18, 1981
Jun 1, 1981
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
Jun 8, 1981
Jun 15, 1981
Jun 22, 1981
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
Jun 29, 1981
Very few people have heard of Alzheimer's Disease, despite the fact that one in 12 over 60s will get and possibly die from it.
Jul 6, 1981
Jul 13, 1981
Jul 20, 1981
Jul 27, 1981
Dr Ben Holman and Tommy Olds visited Liverpool eight years previously and predicted riots would happen in the future. They now make a return visit in the aftermath of the riots.
Aug 3, 1981
Aug 17, 1981
Report from Afganistan in which the World In Action camera team join a night time Afghan rebel attack, led by Ismael Gailani, on a government post in the capital, Kandahar and also look at the conditions for the Afghans under the present regime in the country. Looks at the way of life of the Afghan people under the regime supported by Russian forces.
Aug 10, 1981
Aug 24, 1981
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