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World in Action

Season 15 · Episode 18

The Shutdown

0.0February 26, 1979

A profile of the Vickers Works in Tyneside, once a successful manufacturer supplying arms in World War Two and tractors in peace time. Now facing closure and 750 redundancies.

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Episode 1Paraguay - The Last Refuge
Episode 2Trapped Inside the Wrong Body
Episode 3Episode 3
Episode 4Mr Heath at the Miners' Club
Episode 5The Hunt for Doctor Mengele
Episode 6Kids United
Episode 7Episode 7
Episode 8Inside Europe - The Summit
Episode 9The Killing of Bruno Busic (1939-1978)
Episode 10It's Already Been Too Long
Episode 11...And a Prosperous New Year
Episode 12Episode 12
Episode 13A Report from Siege City
Episode 14No Tears-But Fight
Episode 15The Reckoning
Episode 16The Life & Friends of Joseph Kagan
Episode 17Episode 17
Episode 18The Shutdown
Episode 19Strangers in Their Own Land
Episode 20Episode 20
Episode 21A Tale of Two Cities
Episode 22Banged Up
Episode 23Speke Out
Episode 24Nuclear Nightmare
Episode 25The Shattered Lives
Episode 26Armchair Inferno
Episode 27Paying the Market Price
Episode 28The Luck of the Irish
Episode 29Special: Inside Amin's Terror Machine
Episode 30Episode 30
Episode 31No More School
Episode 32Gay Pride
Episode 33The Other Professionals
Episode 34On Site - Capital Punishment
Episode 35On Site - Trade Union Power
Episode 36On Site - National Health Cuts