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World in Action

Season 19 · Episode 27

The System Builder

0.0June 20, 1983

Investigates the building practices of one of the UK's largest house builders 'Barrett Homes' and whether their quickly built timber frame system houses are suffering quality issues.

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Episode 1The Mystery of Flight 163
Episode 2DeLorean - The Inside Story
Episode 3Losing Out to London
Episode 4An Adverse Reaction
Episode 5The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 1
Episode 6The Betrayal of British Industry: Part 2
Episode 7The Silicon Spies
Episode 8Voices from the Underground
Episode 9When the Cheering Stops
Episode 10The Power Brokers
Episode 11Too Cold to Live
Episode 12A Difficult Prisoner
Episode 13The Peace War
Episode 14Rich Law, Poor Law
Episode 15People Without a Land
Episode 16Arms to Argentina
Episode 17What the Papers Pay
Episode 18Operation Hit & Win
Episode 19Michael Foot and the Darlington Election
Episode 20Harvest Gold
Episode 21An Offence Against the Person
Episode 22The Battle for the Atlantic
Episode 23Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 1
Episode 24Walter Cronkite's Campaign Trail: Part 2
Episode 25The Election 500
Episode 26The Heroin Barons
Episode 27The System Builder
Episode 28Your Home in Their Hands
Episode 29A Law Unto Themselves
Episode 30Krugerrand Cricket
Episode 31The Man Who Left His Tribe
Episode 32The Trails of Hoffman
Episode 33The Race Against Reagan
Episode 34Colonel Rauff's Refuge
Episode 35A Widow's Story