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World in Action

Season 11 · Episode 1

An Accident at Sea

0.030mSeptember 2, 1974

Looks into the loss of the ship Burtonia and whether coastguards acted quickly enough to her distress signal.

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Episode 1An Accident at Sea
Episode 2John Conteh
Episode 3The Special Unit
Episode 4It Won't Change My Life
Episode 5After the Hurricane
Episode 6The Granada 500
Episode 7Killer Dust: A Standard Mistake
Episode 8Birth of a Nation

Episode 9

The Low Road

Episode 10On the Trail of the Torturers

Episode 11Misery Magic

Episode 12The Trials in Zanzibar

Episode 13Who Runs Ulster?

Episode 14Trouble Afoot

Episode 15Round Up of the Year

Episode 16Mr Grimshaw

Episode 17The Morning After the Year Before

Episode 18Reverend Parker Says Goodbye

Episode 19No Smoke Without Fire

Episode 20Why I Want to Be Leader

Episode 21Wanted: A Home of Their Own

Episode 22A Rebel's Dilemma

Episode 23The Siege of Phnom Penh

Episode 24Mr. Wilson's First Anniversary

Episode 25The Blood and Guts Shift

Episode 26Tea - The Deadly Cost

Episode 27Tea: Too High a Price to Pay?

Episode 28Down with the Rates

Episode 29The Dundee Dossier

Episode 30The Tip of the Iceberg

Episode 31Politics Is an Honourable Profession?

Episode 32Nuclear Power-For Peace or War?

Episode 33Here is the News

Episode 34Sex & Violence

Episode 35Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 1

Episode 36Special: A Bus Round the Market - Part 2

Episode 37Coming Out in Newport Pagnell

Episode 38The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 1

Episode 39The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 2

Episode 40The Rise and Fall of the C.I.A.: Part 3