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Oct 9, 2026
Paul GreengrassGUEST
I made other films in the interim, but, but, uh, and then I did, so thanks to Andrew Garfield.
Freda CooperCORRESPONDENT
Looking at your own history, I mean, you cut your, your documentary and current affairs teeth, if you like, on World in Action.
Freda CooperCORRESPONDENT
You made the TV movies about the death of Stephen Lawrence, and then the award-winning Bloody Sunday.
Paul GreengrassGUEST
Yeah.
21 MINS LATER
Paul GreengrassGUEST
What, how ordinary people react in times when the world is changing, right? You know, turning.
Freda CooperCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, yeah.
Paul GreengrassGUEST
The world in action.
Paul GreengrassGUEST
And that, I think, I'm interested in that because it's where most people are.
Simon MayoHOST
Okay, so top guest time, and, uh, this week we have Paul Greengrass.
Simon MayoHOST
Uh, began his career in current affairs television, as you know, with World in Action.
Simon MayoHOST
Uh, then became one of Hollywood's leading directors, so, um, if you just zoom through, Murder of Stephen Lawrence on ITV, then Bloody Sunday, then Omar, then The Bourne Supremacy, then United 93, Bourne Ultimatum, Green Zone, Captain Phillips, Jason Bourne, 22 July, News of the World, The Last Bus.
Simon MayoHOST
It's an extraordinary, uh, catalog-
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Precious stone valued at between 7,000 and 10,000.
Josie LongNARRATOR
That's from the Granada World in Action program in 1972 for ITV.
Josie LongNARRATOR
The gem the report is talking about is the world's largest uncut diamond.
Josie LongNARRATOR
It was heavily guarded, nestled in a case with its own alarm that went direct to Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Precious stone valued at between 7,000 and 10,000.
Josie LongHOST
That's from the Granada World in Action programme in 1972 for ITV.
Josie LongHOST
The gem the report is talking about is the world's largest uncut diamond.
Josie LongHOST
It was heavily guarded, nestled in a case with its own alarm that went direct to Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
14 MINS LATER
Josie LongHOST
And David goes out on the lash.
David KnightSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, I got drunk one night with a palomine and we came out of the pub
Josie LongHOST
That's David, from the same World in Action programme we mentioned earlier.
Josie LongHOST
The pal he mentions is Julian Beeney, known to his friends simply as Beeney.
Roger BoltonHOST
I mean, is the government across it? I mean, we've had, you know, we've had so many cultural sectors in the past and we thought, here's one whose family has connections with broadcasting.
Roger BoltonHOST
I knew this had... stepfather Ray Fitzwalter, a wonderful journalist who edited World in Action.
Roger BoltonHOST
She's been in the job for two years, and she's been left there presumably for another period.
Roger BoltonHOST
She has these crucial decisions to make.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Precious stone valued at between 7,000 and 10,000.
Josie LongHOST
That's from the Granada World in Action programme in 1972 for ITV.
Josie LongHOST
The gem the report is talking about is the world's largest uncut diamond.
Josie LongHOST
It was heavily guarded, nestled in a case with its own alarm that went direct to Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Precious stone valued at between 7,000 and 10,000.
Josie LongHOST
That's from the Granada World in Action programme in 1972 for ITV.
Josie LongHOST
The gem the report is talking about is the world's largest uncut diamond.
Josie LongHOST
It was heavily guarded, nestled in a case with its own alarm that went direct to Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
speaker_15SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Precious stone valued at between 7,000 and 10,000.
Josie LongHOST
That's from the Granada World in Action programme in 1972 for ITV.
Josie LongHOST
The gem the report is talking about is the world's largest uncut diamond.
Josie LongHOST
It was heavily guarded, nestled in a case with its own alarm that went direct to Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Precious stone valued at between 7,000 and 10,000.
Josie LongHOST
That's from the Granada World in Action programme in 1972 for ITV.
Josie LongHOST
The gem the report is talking about is the world's largest uncut diamond.
Josie LongHOST
It was heavily guarded, nestled in a case with its own alarm that went direct to Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police.
JohnHOST
All these other things that we've talked about that were so controversial, but you put something out like If The Bomb Drops, which is a great program, and it's really eye-opening and quite terrifying, and yet it went out, and there's barely a noise was made about it, and that's simply because at 8:10 on a Monday, no one wants to watch Panorama.
JohnHOST
BBC Two used to get huge ratings, particularly after 8:30, because Panorama and World in Action were on opposite each other.
JohnHOST
You could get away with anything.
JohnHOST
Governments could put any secret out on Panorama and no one would know
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