World in Action - Season 27

1. Inside Saddam's Stronghold

Aired: 9/24/1990

Examining the extent Iraq's support for its own leader's aggressive tactics in attacking Israel and Saudi Arabia.

2. Blowing the Whistle

Aired: 10/1/1990

3. Strike It Lucky

Aired: 10/8/1990

4. The Allergy Business

Aired: 10/15/1990

5. The Go-Between

Aired: 10/22/1990

6. Mission to Baghdad

Aired: 10/29/1990

7. Nurse Pink's Prescription

Aired: 11/5/1990

8. The Lessons of Piper Alpha

Aired: 11/12/1990

9. The Tarzan Factor

Aired: 11/19/1990

10. Turning a Blind Eye

Aired: 12/3/1990

11. Mrs. Thatcher's Secret Servant

Aired: 12/10/1990

12. Twenty Years Hard Labour

Aired: 12/17/1990

13. A Life of Pain

Aired: 1/7/1991

14. A Time to Choose

Aired: 1/14/1991

15. Episode 15

Aired: 1/21/1991

16. The Child Killers of Brazil

Aired: 1/28/1991

17. Waiting for the Land War

Aired: 2/4/1991

18. How Safe Are Our Children?

Aired: 2/11/1991

19. Under the Curfew

Aired: 2/18/1991

20. Mafia Russian Style

Aired: 2/25/1991

21. After the Storm

Aired: 3/4/1991

22. World in Action Guide to Losing Your Job

Aired: 3/11/1991

23. The Birmingham Six - Their Own Story

Aired: 3/18/1991

Following the release of the alleged 'Birmingham Six' pub bombers after 16 years, World in Action speaks to each of the men, and looks back at the flawed police investigation that led to their wrongful imprisonment.

24. Beat the Taxman

Aired: 3/19/1991

25. Secret of Sebha

Aired: 3/25/1991

26. Chariots of Fire

Aired: 4/8/1991

27. Curse of the Superdrug

Aired: 4/15/1991

28. The Hate Factories

Aired: 4/22/1991

The government claims that people are sent to prison for rehabilitation, but due to the brutality of some of the officers, the prisoners prefer to refer to them as "hate factories".

29. The Propaganda War

Aired: 4/23/1991

30. The Ghost Train

Aired: 4/29/1991

Transferred from prison to prison and left in long-term segregation or solitary confinement, prisoners call this the ghost train. This is the second part of World in Action's investigation into the horrors of life on the inside.

31. Money for Nothing

Aired: 5/13/1991

32. The Devil's Advocates

Aired: 5/20/1991

33. On the Knife Edge

Aired: 6/3/1991

34. When Housewives Strike

Aired: 6/10/1991

35. Marked for Murder

Aired: 6/17/1991

The disturbing revelation that confidential police documents are ending up in the hands of gunmen.

36. Should the Queen Pay Tax?

Aired: 6/24/1991

37. What Liverpool Needs...

Aired: 7/1/1991

38. Britain's Secret Slaves

Aired: 7/8/1991

39. Defending the Realm

Aired: 7/15/1991

Nick Davies investigates phone tapping in the British security services.

40. Making the News

Aired: 7/22/1991

41. Reasonable Adjustment

Aired: 7/29/1991

Tracing the activity of the disabled armed resistance group Reasonable Adjustment including interviews with members of the group and liberal democrat MP David Bryce.