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. Tainted Blood

0.0Oct 7, 1996

Examines the sudden increase in hepatitis C. A fairly new disease, originally only drug users who shared needles were contracting it, but now it has spread to non-drug users too.