World in Action — Season 21

Although claptrap can mean talking nonsense, it can also mean talking in such a way as to inspire applause. Ann Brennan is interested in entering politics, but with no experience in public speaking, would love to fall into that claptrap.

With the recent coal troubles still fresh in people's minds, a comparison of strike action in British and American collieries.

Documentary report on the practicalities of returning coal mining to private enterprise in the light of the long-drawn out industrial dispute in the coalfields in 1984/5.

The very different tactics of police in the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire regions in dealing with the ongoing miners' strike.

Investigates the strange murder of famous rose grower Hilda Murrell who was also a fervent anti-nuclear protester.

Behind the scenes with Bob Geldof in the weeks leaving up to the Live Aid concerts.

Innocent haemophiliacs have been infected with HIV while being treated with what is supposedly a beneficial clotting agent.