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No Way Out
Refugees being pushed through the loopholes in international law as they flee from political persecution.
Originally broadcast on Monday 16th July 1990
Defending The Realm
Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.
Originally broadcast on Monday 15th July 1991
No Fixed Abode - Part One
No Fixed Abode tells the story of Adam Holloway's struggle to find food to eat and a roof to sleep under. On his journey, he shows us the harsh reality of homelessness in London.
Originally broadcast on Monday 9th March 1992
No Fixed Abode - Part Two
No Fixed Abode tells the story of Adam Holloway's struggle to find food to eat and a roof to sleep under. On his journey, he shows us the harsh reality of homelessness in London.
Originally broadcast on Monday 16th March 1992
No Fixed Abode - Part Three
No Fixed Abode tells the story of Adam Holloway's struggle to find food to eat and a roof to sleep under. On his journey, he shows us the harsh reality of homelessness in London.
Originally broadcast on Monday 18th May 1992
Murder... On Ward 4
The horrifying story of Nurse Bev Allitt who attacked and killed the children in her care while an underfunded National Health Service failed to act.
Originally broadcast on Monday 17th May 1993
Warning: Viewers may find parts of this video disturbing.
Violence With Violence
The untold story of how far left anti-racist groups are utilizing their protests as an excuse to mete out similar violence to their fascist enemies.
Originally broadcast on Monday 15th November 1993
Warning: Viewers may find parts of this video disturbing.
The Informer
This episode tells the astonishing tale of how Scotland Yard allowed murderous Jamaican Yardie gangsters to enter the UK illegally and then turned a blind eye as they committed a string of serious crimes.
Originally broadcast on Monday 6th November 1995
Warning: Viewers may find parts of this video disturbing.
The First Casualty
Europe bans British beef and sales of beef slump in the UK as a result of the announcement by Health Secretary, Stephen Dorrell looks at a possible link between BSE and Creutzfeld Jacob disease.
Originally broadcast on Monday 25th March 1996
Warning: Viewers may find parts of this video disturbing.
Wayne's World
Undercover report to expose a drugs network in Nottingham, and one of it's biggest drug dealers.
Originally broadcast on Monday 4th November 1996
Warning: Viewers may find parts of this video disturbing.
Playing With Fire
Not to be confused with an earlier episode of the same title, this one is the 3rd in a series exposing the neo-Nazi group Combat 18.
Originally broadcast in December 1998
Warning: Viewers may find parts of this video disturbing.
EXTRA
Radio Documentary
BBC Radio Four Extra radio documentary looking back on the World In Action series.
Originally broadcast on Saturday 12th February 2011
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