World in Action Season 17, Episode 20: The State of the Nation

The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier

South Africa's Bombshell

Creating Criminals

Choosing Labour's Leader

The Party's Over

Death on the Dole

The H-Block Fuse

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.

The Rossminster Affair

The Hunt for the Ripper

The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.

No Room at the Inn

The Blood Business

The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales

Michael Foot

The White House General

The Social Democrats

The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes

Killing for a Cure

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.

The State of Britain - In for a Penny

Off the Rails

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.

These Children Are Mine

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.

The Fight for the Centre

The Men from Argentina

The Curse of the Klan

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.

Comrades at Arms

More Than Just a Few Perks

A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.

The Shape of Wars to Come

Home and Away

Do Mind If I Smoke?

An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.

To Russia with Love

Tories for Turning

Kevin at the Crossroads

Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.

The Silent Epidemic

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.

Guns to the Right

A Dangerous Age

A Conflict of Evidence

Toxteth Revisited

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.

The Agony of Angola

When Night Comes to Kandahar

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.

Waiting for Justice

A Picture of Health