World in Action was a current affairs series produced by Granada Television in the United Kingdom in the 25 years from 1963 to 1998. It frequently took risks that other similar series would never have taken and World in Action, broadcast in Britain every Monday night at 8 o'clock, gained a wide reputation for unorthodox - some have felt 'left wing' - thought and for its campaigning journalism. At its height, it drew audiences in Britain of up to 23 million. Many have seen it as high in the pinnacle of "The Golden Age of Television".

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  • 1998
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  • 1963
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  • World in Action was a current affairs series produced by Granada Television in the United Kingdom in the 25 years from 1963 to 1998. It frequently took risks that other similar series would never have taken and World in Action, broadcast in Britain every Monday night at 8 o'clock, gained a wide reputation for unorthodox - some have felt 'left wing' - thought and for its campaigning journalism. At its height, it drew audiences in Britain of up to 23 million. Many have seen it as high in the pinnacle of "The Golden Age of Television". The first of the ground-breaking Seven Up! programmes was shown as part of World in Action in 1964. World in Action also broadcast the famous meeting in 1967 between Mick Jagger and several senior British establishment figures, arranged by a World In Action researcher, the future BBC Director-General John Birt. The Political Studies Association, honouring the programme in its 50th Anniversary Awards, said: "World in Action thrived on unveiling corruption and highlighting underhand dealings. World in Action came to be seen as hard-hitting investigative journalism at its best." World in Action's demise in favour of the more populist Tonight has been bitterly criticised by some as part of a "dumbing-down" of ITV and British TV more generally, but by others the decision is thought to have been the inevitable response to the increasing commercial pressures on British TV. (en)
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  • Tim Hewat (en)
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  • World in Action was a current affairs series produced by Granada Television in the United Kingdom in the 25 years from 1963 to 1998. It frequently took risks that other similar series would never have taken and World in Action, broadcast in Britain every Monday night at 8 o'clock, gained a wide reputation for unorthodox - some have felt 'left wing' - thought and for its campaigning journalism. At its height, it drew audiences in Britain of up to 23 million. Many have seen it as high in the pinnacle of "The Golden Age of Television". (en)
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  • World in Action (en)
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