World in Action 1963
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World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
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Season 1 · 23 episodes
- E1 Beat the Clock on Defence Spending Jan 1, 1963
- E2 Atomic Arms Race Jan 7, 1963
- E3 Congo Conflict Jan 14, 1963
- E4 East Germany Jan 21, 1963
- E6 Lord Hailsham Feb 11, 1963
- E7 Supermarkets Feb 18, 1963
- E8 The Fashion Houses Feb 25, 1963
- E9 Tibet Mar 11, 1963
- E10 Harold Wilson Mar 25, 1963
- E11 The Gambling Business Mar 25, 1963
- E12 Typhoid in Zermatt Apr 1, 1963
- E13 Migrants Apr 8, 1963
- E14 The Airlines Apr 8, 1963
- E15 The Volunteers Apr 14, 1963
- E16 The Der Speigel Affair Apr 24, 1963
- E17 The Petrol Business Apr 29, 1963
- E18 The Greek Royal Family May 6, 1963
- E19 Charities May 13, 1963
- E20 Stanley Matthews May 27, 1963
- E21 Litter Jun 3, 1963
- E22 Don't Take the Risk Jun 10, 1963
- E23 Election Costs Jun 24, 1963
- E24 Ivanov Jul 1, 1963
Season 2 · 35 episodes
- E1 The Guns Sep 11, 1963
- E2 Lord Denning Sep 16, 1963
- E3 Dick Gregory Sep 29, 1963
- E4 M.R.A Sep 30, 1963
- E5 Oxfam Oct 10, 1963
- E6 Blackpool Conference Oct 14, 1963
- E7 Living in the Slums Oct 22, 1963
- E8 Repairs Oct 29, 1963
- E9 Power Nov 5, 1963
- E10 The Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas Home Nov 12, 1963
- E11 The Shadows Nov 19, 1963
- E12 Increasing Traffic Nov 26, 1963
- E13 The British Way of Death Dec 3, 1963
- E14 Dallas Dec 3, 1963
- E15 President Lyndon Johnson Dec 10, 1963
- E16 The Cost of Dying Dec 17, 1963
- E17 Cooke on America Dec 31, 1963
- E18 Truth About Spain Jan 7, 1964
- E19 Alistair Cooke Reports Jan 21, 1964
- E20 Lakonia - The Facts Jan 14, 1964
- E21 The Thin Red Line Jan 21, 1964
- E22 Smuggling Feb 4, 1964
- E23 The Power of the Nanny Feb 11, 1964
- E24 Cyprus Feb 18, 1964
- E25 Concorde Feb 25, 1964
- E26 The Great Train Robbery Mar 26, 1964
- E27 The Williams Family Mar 28, 1964
- E29 Radio Pirates May 12, 1964
- E30 How to Make a Million in One Minute Flat May 19, 1964
- E31 The Face on the Cover May 26, 1964
- E32 Lord Beaverbrook Jun 9, 1964
- E33 Typhoid in Aberdeen Jun 16, 1964
- E34 Goldwater for President? or How to Win Friends and Influence People Jun 30, 1964
- E35 John Bloom Jul 21, 1964
- E36 U.S. in U.K. Jul 28, 1964
Season 3 · 27 episodes
- E1 The Story of the Sun Sep 15, 1964
- E2 The Flip Side Sep 22, 1964
- E3 U.S. Elections Sep 29, 1964
- E4 Canada Oct 6, 1964
- E5 Eyes Oct 20, 1964
- E6 How to Loose at the Olympics After Really Trying Oct 27, 1964
- E7 Vietnam Nov 3, 1964
- E8 Air Safety Nov 10, 1964
- E9 Smethwick and Racial Tension Nov 17, 1964
- E10 State of the Unions: Unions and the Motor Car Dec 1, 1964
- E11 Sunday Laws Dec 8, 1964
- E12 Labour Party Conference 1964 Dec 15, 1964
- E13 Ballroom Dancing Dec 22, 1964
- E14 Highlights of 1964 Dec 29, 1964
- E15 The English Disease Feb 9, 1965
- E17 Malcolm X Feb 23, 1965
- E18 The Night Drivers Mar 2, 1965
- E21 The BBC Mar 20, 1965
- E24 The Middle East Apr 20, 1965
- E25 Seventy Up Apr 27, 1965
- E26 Water Jun 1, 1965
- E30 The Other World Jun 29, 1965
- E31 Dukes Jul 6, 1965
- E32 The £.S.D. of MPH Jul 13, 1965
- E33 Jerry Builders Jul 20, 1965
- E34 The Tory Leadership Jul 22, 1965
- E35 Drugs Aug 3, 1965
Season 4 · 51 episodes
- E1 A Girl Called Sharon Jul 3, 1967
- E2 Some Grains of Truth Jul 10, 1967
- E3 A Duel in the Sun Jul 17, 1967
- E4 Defender of the Faith Jul 24, 1967
- E5 Mick Jagger Jul 31, 1967
- E6 The Third World Aug 7, 1967
- E7 Scientology for Sale Aug 14, 1967
- E8 Colonels' Democracy Aug 21, 1967
- E9 The Professional Dreamers Aug 28, 1967
- E10 Hell No! We Won't Go Sep 4, 1967
- E11 The Militants Sep 11, 1967
- E12 The Born Losers Sep 18, 1967
- E13 The O'Rahilly File Sep 25, 1967
- E14 Smith's Back Door Oct 2, 1967
- E15 The Breathalyser Oct 9, 1967
- E16 Island Under Arms Oct 16, 1967
- E17 We Know What We Saw! Oct 20, 1967
- E18 King of Kings Oct 23, 1967
- E19 Wanted: Kind English Lady Nov 6, 1967
- E20 You Can't Find Uncle Tom Nov 13, 1967
- E21 East of Aden Nov 20, 1967
- E22 Mothers in Action Dec 4, 1967
- E23 The End of a Revolution Dec 11, 1967
- E24 India on the Edge Dec 18, 1967
- E25 An Outlaw's Life Jan 1, 1968
- E26 The Long Bridge Jan 8, 1968
- E27 Alas Poor Hippies, Love is Dead Jan 15, 1968
- E28 Merchants of War Jan 22, 1968
- E29 Episode 29 Jan 29, 1968
- E30 The Twelve Year Engagement Feb 5, 1968
- E31 Death by Instalments Feb 12, 1968
- E32 Caught for a Baby Feb 19, 1968
- E33 Cold War, Warm Water Feb 26, 1968
- E34 No Entry Mar 4, 1968
- E35 Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah Mar 11, 1968
- E36 The Demonstration Mar 18, 1968
- E37 Episode 37 Mar 25, 1968
- E38 A Group of Terrorists Attacked... Apr 1, 1968
- E39 Listen, Whitey Apr 8, 1968
- E40 Horoscope Apr 9, 1968
- E41 Wake Up and Work Together Apr 15, 1968
- E42 The Flame in Spain Apr 29, 1968
- E43 Below the Belt Apr 22, 1968
- E44 The Star Spangled War May 6, 1968
- E45 Stage for a Revolution May 13, 1968
- E46 Ward F.13 May 20, 1968
- E47 Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' and Scratchin' May 27, 1968
- E48 Robert Kennedy Jun 10, 1968
- E49 The Guinea Pigs Jun 17, 1968
- E50 Election of Fear Jun 24, 1968
- E51 Jeremy Thorpe Jul 1, 1968
Season 5 · 34 episodes
- E1 Give Us the Works Sep 10, 1968
- E2 Spies for Hire Sep 16, 1968
- E3 February's Children Sep 23, 1968
- E4 Episode 4 Sep 30, 1968
- E5 New Drugs, Same Needle Oct 7, 1968
- E6 A Score to Settle Oct 14, 1968
- E7 Backs to the Wall Oct 21, 1968
- E8 Special: Vietnam Oct 27, 1968
- E9 A City Stumbles Nov 4, 1968
- E10 Nasser's Fortified Ditch Nov 11, 1968
- E11 An Outbreak of Peace? Nov 18, 1968
- E12 A Buyer's Market Nov 25, 1968
- E13 The Trail of the Vanishing Voters Dec 9, 1968
- E14 The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom Dec 16, 1968
- E15 First Class Delivery Dec 23, 1968
- E16 Sorry, Nothing Doing Dec 30, 1968
- E17 The Making of a Prime Minister Jan 6, 1969
- E18 Next Year in Peking Jan 13, 1969
- E19 All Change at Newry! Jan 20, 1969
- E20 A New School of Thought Jan 27, 1969
- E21 Death of a Student Feb 3, 1969
- E22 Like Other Men Feb 10, 1969
- E23 Living in the Red Feb 17, 1969
- E24 A War on Ice Feb 24, 1969
- E25 Home for a Revolution Mar 3, 1969
- E26 Where People Don't Matter Mar 10, 1969
- E27 A Case to Answer Mar 17, 1969
- E28 The Men Left Behind Mar 24, 1969
- E29 The Six Day War - Day 666 Mar 31, 1969
- E30 The Owners and the Owned Apr 14, 1969
- E31 Inside Out Apr 21, 1969
- E32 A modest proposal May 5, 1969
- E33 Two Men in Two Tin Huts May 12, 1969
- E34 The Leftovers May 19, 1969