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September 10, 1968

Season 5

01. Give Us the Works

An idea to give workers more say in the running of their company is put to the board of British Steel.

September 10, 1968

02. Spies for Hire

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September 16, 1968

03. February's Children

An investigation into 7 children (expelled from Kenya) who have to live on their own in the UK as their parents cannot join them due to new laws.

September 23, 1968

04. Episode 4

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September 30, 1968

05. New Drugs, Same Needle

The banning of Methedrine and its implications for the drug taking community.

October 7, 1968

06. A Score to Settle

Manchester United's allegations of foul play by Argentinian side Estudiantes.

October 14, 1968

07. Backs to the Wall

A look behind the reasons for the Londonderry Civil Rights demonstrations in the previous weeks.

October 21, 1968

08. Special: Vietnam

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October 27, 1968

09. A City Stumbles

A look at the crisis facing New York City with the decay of the administrative structure.

November 4, 1968

10. Nasser's Fortified Ditch

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November 11, 1968

11. An Outbreak of Peace?

With peace in sight Vietnamese and Americans predict the future for Vietnam.

November 18, 1968

12. A Buyer's Market

The recent Act of Parliament has increased dramatically the number of abortions but also a two tier system for rich and poor.

November 25, 1968

13. The Trail of the Vanishing Voters

World in Action tries to trace the overseas voters in Britain who have supposedly voted for The People's National Congress Party in Guyana's election.

December 9, 1968

14. The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom

A profile of Laos, considered the most unproductive country in the world but rich and financially stable through its passing of opium products and dodgy gold.

December 16, 1968

15. First Class Delivery

The medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who oppose them.

December 23, 1968

16. Sorry, Nothing Doing

Update on the subjects of three notable previous films in the series, the gypsies of An Outlaw's Life (1968), the large family of The Born Losers (1967), and the elderly ladies of Ward F.13 (1968).

December 30, 1968

17. The Making of a Prime Minister

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January 6, 1969

18. Next Year in Peking

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January 13, 1969

19. All Change at Newry!

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January 20, 1969

20. A New School of Thought

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January 27, 1969

21. Death of a Student

The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach.

February 3, 1969

22. Like Other Men

Looking at the priests rebelling in the Dutch Catholic Church over celibacy vows.

February 10, 1969

23. Living in the Red

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February 17, 1969

24. A War on Ice

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February 24, 1969

25. Home for a Revolution

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March 3, 1969

26. Where People Don't Matter

The fallout from the earthquake in Sicily and the implications that corruption is preventing the decent rehousing of victims.

March 10, 1969

27. A Case to Answer

Locals complain of police corruption and extortion in Hong Kong.

March 17, 1969

28. The Men Left Behind

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March 24, 1969

29. The Six Day War - Day 666

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March 31, 1969

30. The Owners and the Owned

Investigates slum properties in Notting Hill turning over vast profits for a company based in the Bahamas.

April 14, 1969

31. Inside Out

A revolutionary new look at how mental patients should be treated, allowing them out into the wider world, and distancing as much as possible from Victorian lunatic asylums.

April 21, 1969

32. A modest proposal

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May 5, 1969

33. Two Men in Two Tin Huts

Shows attempts being made to break up gangs on Glasgow's Easterhouse Estate.

May 12, 1969

34. The Leftovers

Looks at the treatment of Negroes in Sudan.

May 19, 1969