World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
| Title | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beat the Clock on Defence Spending | 1963-01-01 |
| 2 | Atomic Arms Race | 1963-01-07 |
| 3 | Congo Conflict | 1963-01-14 |
| 4 | East Germany | 1963-01-21 |
| 6 | Lord Hailsham | 1963-02-11 |
| 7 | Supermarkets | 1963-02-18 |
| 8 | The Fashion Houses | 1963-02-25 |
| 9 | Tibet | 1963-03-11 |
| 10 | Harold Wilson | 1963-03-25 |
| 11 | The Gambling Business | 1963-03-25 |
| 12 | Typhoid in Zermatt | 1963-04-01 |
| 13 | Migrants | 1963-04-08 |
| 14 | The Airlines | 1963-04-08 |
| 15 | The Volunteers | 1963-04-14 |
| 16 | The Der Speigel Affair | 1963-04-24 |
| 17 | The Petrol Business | 1963-04-29 |
| 18 | The Greek Royal Family | 1963-05-06 |
| 19 | Charities | 1963-05-13 |
| 20 | Stanley Matthews | 1963-05-27 |
| 21 | Litter | 1963-06-03 |
| 22 | Don't Take the Risk | 1963-06-10 |
| 23 | Election Costs | 1963-06-24 |
| 24 | Ivanov | 1963-07-01 |
