World in Action Season 21, Episode 18: Father and Son

Clap Trap

Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan is interested in entering politics, but with no experience in public speaking, would love to fall into that claptrap.

An Appointment with Mr. Mitchell

Football's Mr. Fix-It

The Coal War

With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.

Apartheid's Back Yard

Plans for Coal

Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.

Ronald Reagan - The Second Coming

The Politics of Starvation

Kidnapped

Belgrano - A View from the Conqueror

Softly, Softly, Strike Force

The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.

Tried, Untested

Special: World in Action - The First 21 Years

Taken on Trust

The Miners and the Microchip

Civil Unrest

Going Dutch

The Knock on the Door

Taking the Medicine

A Conflict in Customs

Death of an English Rose

Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.

Our Health Service - Doing Better, Feeling Worse

Our Health Service - The Pensioners' Ration

Our Health Service - A Prescription for the Poor

The Swan and the Plough

Not for Love or Money

The Baby Makers

Children of the Loom

Ken Livingstone - Destination Unknown

First Strike

The Betrayal of Bhopal

Raising the Belgrano

Britain's Cocaine Colony

The Dream of John Delorean

Hit and Run

A Song for Africa

Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.

Disunited Nations

Bad Blood

Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.