World in Action

World in Action

World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.

6. What Killed Stephen?

0.0Aug 14, 1995

Was the previously fit and healthy Stephen Churchill struck down by CJD, the human form of BSE or mad cow disease? At the time of his death, officials and most scientists were in denial about the potential harm to humans.