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.

Director

Paul Greengrass,Michael Beckham,Chris Malone,Brian Blake,Stephen Segaller,Leslie Woodhead,John Sheppard,David Bowen-Jones,Jacquie Hughes,Mike Hodges,Robert Khodadad,Charles Sturridge,Stuart Prebble,Allan Segal,Charles Tremayne,David Hart,John O'Regan,Simon Berthon,Andre Singer,Patricia Pearson,Dennis Woolf,Linda McDougall,Philip Clothier,Steve Morrison,John Blake,Denis Mitchell,Vanya Kewley,Baz Taylor,Charles Denton,Mike Wooller,Eugene Ferguson,Brian Moser,Carol Wilks,David Richards,David Boulton,Gordon Flemyng,Michael Grigsby,Nigel Bellis

Created by

Alex Valentine,Tim Hewat,Gus Macdonald,Jeremy Wallington

Writers

John Sheppard,Philip Clothier,Vanya Kewley,Quentin McDermott