Season 7 (1970)
Episodes: 43
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Everybody's Children
Air Date: 1970-09-21
School children at school are doing a play on freedom and the Vietnam war also playing a general
Ep.2 The Quiet Mutiny
Air Date: 1970-09-28
Embedded documentary, shot on site during the Vietnam War, showing how young draftees are critical about that war.
Ep.3 The Man Who Made Biafra
Air Date: 1970-10-05
Ep.4 Pigs?
Air Date: 1970-10-12
Members of the Cincinnati Police Force discuss the increasing animosity being dealt out by the public towards policemen.
Ep.5 They're Only Human Beings Like Everybody Else
Air Date: 1970-10-19
There are about 1,500,000 severely physically handicapped people in the United Kingdom. There are, therefore, 1,500,000 handicapped families. This means there are 6,750,000 people directly involved with the problems of the disabled.
Ep.6 A Business Arrangement
Air Date: 1970-10-26
Ep.7 S.A.L.T.
Air Date: 1970-11-02
Ep.8 Goodbye Mr. Smith?
Air Date: 1970-11-09
Ep.9 The Mountain People
Air Date: 1970-11-16
America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.
Ep.10 The Final Harvest
Air Date: 1970-11-23
Ep.11 The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Quiet
Air Date: 1970-11-24
Ep.12 The Schemes of Jerome D. Hoffman
Air Date: 1970-11-30
Follows the trail of New York financier Hoffman, who's empire had just crashed leaving investors in the UK out of pocket.
Ep.13 The Law Shop
Air Date: 1970-12-07
Ep.14 Oh! Birmingham
Air Date: 1970-12-14
Ep.15 The Dumping Grounds
Air Date: 1970-12-21
The problems of malnutrition leading to mental and physical problems among the children of resettled black South African families.
Ep.16 American Radio
Air Date: 1971-01-04
A personal view by Denis Mitchell.
Ep.17 Round One
Air Date: 1971-01-11
Ep.18 The Dutschke Affair
Air Date: 1971-01-18
Ep.19 The Village That Quit
Air Date: 1971-01-25
A village is asked to give up smoking for a week and the results monitored.
Ep.20 The Monday Club
Air Date: 1971-02-01
Ep.21 The Breaking Point
Air Date: 1971-02-08
Ep.22 Square One
Air Date: 1971-02-15
With renewed fighting through Ulster, has the conflict gone back to square one?
Ep.23 Lucky
Air Date: 1971-02-22
Follows the life of an 18 year old from Devon who arrives in London penniless and has to sleep rough, but eventually with help manages to find a job and somewhere to live.
Ep.24 Ford: The Inside Story
Air Date: 1971-03-01
Ep.25 The Truants
Air Date: 1971-03-08
World In Action talks to three teenage truants about what they get up to when they "wag off" school.
Ep.26 The Man Who Stole Uganda
Air Date: 1971-03-15
A military coup has taken place in Uganda, but what is the real story behind the rumours?
Ep.27 As It Was in the Beginning...
Air Date: 1971-03-22
Uses footage from previous editions of World in Action to present a history of the troubles so far.
Ep.28 The Year Britain Stopped Growing
Air Date: 1971-03-29
Investigates the claim that lack of investment in the UK will seriously affect its competitiveness with mainland Europe.
Ep.29 South of the Border
Air Date: 1971-04-05
Attitudes in Eire to the IRA and the situation in Ulster.
Ep.30 The Salvation Army
Air Date: 1971-04-19
Ep.31 The Sailors' Jail
Air Date: 1971-04-26
Ep.32 Going Private
Air Date: 1971-05-03
Investigates the controversy surrounding private patients and their consultants and whether they are exploiting the NHS.
Ep.33 The Tanzam Railway
Air Date: 1971-05-10
Ep.34 A 2.9% Swing to Democracy in Bradford
Air Date: 1971-05-17
Ep.35 Death Is Afraid of Us
Air Date: 1971-05-24
Some people in the country of Georgia claim to be over a 100 years old and still working like people half their age.
Ep.36 Conversations with a Working Man
Air Date: 1971-06-07
Following one working class man through the struggles of his average day, to show how the forgotten majority are living in Britain.
Ep.37 Anthony Mascarenhas
Air Date: 1971-06-14
Ep.38 A Woman's Place
Air Date: 1971-06-21
Ep.39 The Dust at Acre Mill
Air Date: 1971-06-28
Ep.40 Episode 40
Air Date: 1971-07-05
Ep.41 Major Khaled's War
Air Date: 1971-07-12
Ep.42 End of a Journey
Air Date: 1971-07-19