World in Action

Name: World in Action
Genre: News, Documentary
Cast: David Owen, Ian Paisley, Tony Benn, Margaret Thatcher, Idi Amin

News

Documentary

January 1, 1963 – December 7, 1998 (began 63 years ago)

30m / episode

7.0/10

Ended

35 Seasons

1294 Episodes

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.