World in Action

Through the eyes of disabled people, professionals and politicians, World In Action looks at the implications of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, the pioneering 1970 legislation that transformed lives. It was dubbed “a Magna Carta for disabled people” at the time. The Act made local authorities responsible for the first time in law for assessing and meeting needs for social care in the community, the adaptation of homes and the right to access education. It was the cornerstone for future disability rights legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Coverage of the immediate aftermath of the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko while in the custody of South African police.

Investigates a claim by Russian Scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev, that the biggest nuclear accident of all, occurred 20 years previous in the Southern Ural Mountains.where many people died.

Investigates the death of Liddle Towers, who was arrested while drunk, but then died in the custody of Northumbria Police Force.

One woman's plight to have the Suicide Act amended due to her deteriorating health condition.

People unable to pay their bills are still having their services cut off, despite a reassurance that it would not happen anymore. Follow up to a previous programme a year ago.

Price fixing in the mixed concrete industry.

An examination of how 50 000 physically and mentally disabled people earn a maximum of £4 a week for up to 27 hours of menial work.

Investigates why houses in Hulme that were built in the 1960s are now being recommended to be demolished.

How do people in Brixton feel about race relations and immigration? World in Action sets out to investigate, amid the contentious Lambeth Central by-election campaign, where candidates range from the National Front to the Workers Revolutionary Party. The residents of Haycroft Road seem nonplussed by the furore, reasoning that the only real issue is whether or not their neighbours are 'Brixtonian'.

Investigation into the King's College Hospital after it closed down for several hours due to staff shortages and the dangerous situation it left patients in.

Using sworn statements from an undercover police officer, an investigation into whether Britain's National Front is a thinly-veiled modern Nazi Party.

A look at the activities and history of the notorious Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, including an interview with one of the gang's kingpins, Horst Mahler

Follow up to 'A Calculated Risk' on the plight of dissident Anatoly Sharansky.

Covert filming in Walton & Wakefield Jails provides evidence of corruption.