TV Show Details
Air Date:January 1st, 1963
Last Air Date:December 7th, 1998
Network:ITV1
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary , News
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Granada Television, ITV
World in Action on the Web:WikiData
World in Action (1963-1998)
TV ShowITV1
Documentary
Audience Score
WritersVanya Kewley
Plot
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.
