World In Action
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World in Action was an investigative current affairs series produced by Granada Television from 1963 to 1998. It frequently took risks that other similar series would not have taken, and gained a reputation for unorthodox thought and campaigning journalism in the finest Mancunian tradition. The first Seven Up! programme was shown as part of World in Action in 1964, and World in Action also had the famous meeting between Mick Jagger and several senior British establishment figures (including William Rees-Mogg, who had written the famous Times editorial defending him) in 1967, arranged by the future BBC Director-General John Birt.
The theme tune is called "Jam for World in Action" and is by Jonathon Weston.
World in Action's demise in favour of the more populist Tonight with Trevor McDonald was criticised by some as part of a "dumbing-down" of ITV, although conversely the decision was praised by others with more commercial imperatives.
External links
- [Aim 25: Granada Television World in Action Transcripts: Guyana Election 1968]
- [Aim 25: Granada Television World in Action Transcripts: Rhodesia 1963]
- [Continuity Booth - Granada Television History]
- [Encyclopedia of Television]
- [ITV North West England - World in Action titles for 1963 and 1995]
- [Network DVD - World in Action Vol. 1]
- [Nostalgia Central - The World in Action 1963 to 1998]
- [Paul Almond - 7 Up]
- [World Socialist Website - 14th March 1998]
Books and articles
Peter Goddard (2004), World in Action, in Glen Creeber (ed.), Fifty Key Television Programmes, London: Arnold.
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