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Season 14 • Episode 19 • In the Public Interest
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World in Action Season 14, Episode 19: In the Public Interest
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The Life and Death of Steve Biko
Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.
No Compromise
The Miami Experiment
The Surgery Is Now Closed
Eastern Promise
The Accident
Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains, where many people died.
The Disputed Land
Got It Taped
In the Name of the Law
Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.
Thatcher Interview
Cold Facts
People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.
The Concrete Rings
Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.
Working for a Pittance
An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.
Death by Request
One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.
There's No Place Like Hulme
Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.
The Right's Centre
Black to Front
In the Public Interest
General Grigorenko's New Campaign
Take Care, This Place is Unsafe
Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.
Smoking - A Double Standard
Dishonourable Discharge
Wait and See
Nuts & Bolts of the Economy: Made in Korea
The Happiness Pill?
The Nazi Party
Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.
Prisoner of Terrorism
A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler.
Russian Justice
Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.
Buying Time
Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.