Season 17 (1980)
Episodes: 41
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier
Air Date: 1980-10-13
Ep.2 South Africa's Bombshell
Air Date: 1980-10-20
Ep.3 Creating Criminals
Air Date: 1980-10-27
Ep.4 Choosing Labour's Leader
Air Date: 1980-11-03
Ep.5 The Party's Over
Air Date: 1980-11-10
Ep.6 Death on the Dole
Air Date: 1980-11-17
Ep.7 The H-Block Fuse
Air Date: 1980-11-24
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.
Ep.8 The Rossminster Affair
Air Date: 1980-12-01
Ep.9 The Hunt for the Ripper
Air Date: 1980-12-08
The Yorkshire Ripper is still at large, and this follows the hectic and demanding West Yorkshire police investigation.
Ep.10 No Room at the Inn
Air Date: 1980-12-15
Ep.11 The Blood Business
Air Date: 1980-12-22
Ep.12 The State of Britain - The Secret in South Wales
Air Date: 1981-01-05
Ep.13 Michael Foot
Air Date: 1981-01-19
Ep.14 The White House General
Air Date: 1981-01-26
Ep.15 The Social Democrats
Air Date: 1981-02-02
Ep.16 The F.B.I.'s Secret Tapes
Air Date: 1981-02-09
Ep.17 Killing for a Cure
Air Date: 1981-02-16
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.
Ep.18 The State of Britain - In for a Penny
Air Date: 1981-02-23
Ep.19 Off the Rails
Air Date: 1981-03-02
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.
Ep.20 The State of the Nation
Air Date: 1981-03-09
Journalists re-enact the political discussions around the economy on the eve of the budget.
Ep.21 These Children Are Mine
Air Date: 1981-03-16
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.
Ep.22 The Fight for the Centre
Air Date: 1981-03-23
Ep.23 The Men from Argentina
Air Date: 1981-03-30
Ep.24 The Curse of the Klan
Air Date: 1981-04-06
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.
Ep.25 Comrades at Arms
Air Date: 1981-04-13
Ep.26 More Than Just a Few Perks
Air Date: 1981-04-27
A civil servant who questioned the expense claims of the GLC found himself out of a job.
Ep.27 The Shape of Wars to Come
Air Date: 1981-05-11
Ep.28 Home and Away
Air Date: 1981-05-18
Ep.29 Do Mind If I Smoke?
Air Date: 1981-06-01
An investigation into new claims that non smokers are at risk in smoke filled rooms.
Ep.30 To Russia with Love
Air Date: 1981-06-08
Ep.31 Tories for Turning
Air Date: 1981-06-15
Ep.32 Kevin at the Crossroads
Air Date: 1981-06-22
Follows Kevin, a victim of the drug thalidomide as he enters the job market.
Ep.33 The Silent Epidemic
Air Date: 1981-06-29
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.
Ep.34 Guns to the Right
Air Date: 1981-07-06
Ep.35 A Dangerous Age
Air Date: 1981-07-13
Ep.36 A Conflict of Evidence
Air Date: 1981-07-20
Ep.37 Toxteth Revisited
Air Date: 1981-07-27
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.
Ep.38 The Agony of Angola
Air Date: 1981-08-03
Ep.39 When Night Comes to Kandahar
Air Date: 1981-08-17
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.
Ep.40 Waiting for Justice
Air Date: 1981-08-10