Editing World in Action (section)

===Presenters===
Unusually for a current-affairs programme, ''WIA's'' standard format was as a [[voice-over]] documentary without a regular reporter, although a handful of ''WIA'' journalists did appear in front of camera, including [[Chris Kelly (TV presenter)|Chris Kelly]], [[Gordon Burns (television)|Gordon Burns]], John Pilger, Gus Macdonald, Nick Davies, [[Adam Holloway]], [[Stuart Prebble]] (who later became the programme's editor), Mike Walsh, David Taylor, [[Donal MacIntyre]], and [[Granada Reports]] journalist and [[Factory Records]] supremo [[Tony Wilson]], who became the show's first in-vision anchor in the early 1980s. Guest presenters were used on rare occasions, among them [[Jonathan Dimbleby]], [[Sandy Gall]], Martyn Gregory, [[Sue Lawley]], and [[Lynn Faulds Wood]]. Perhaps its most celebrated guest presenter was distinguished American [[anchorman]] [[Walter Cronkite]], who came out of retirement to cover the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 UK general election]] for the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=105092|title=TV Interview for Granada ''World in Action''|publisher=[[Margaret Thatcher Foundation]]|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref>

A small group of narrators delivered the vast majority of ''WIA's'' voice-overs. The two original narrators were [[Derek Cooper (journalist)|Derek Cooper]], later to become well known as a broadcaster and writer about food, and Wilfrid Thomas. The science presenter. [[James Burke (science historian)|James Burke]], did a number of commentaries on early editions of the programme. Other major contributors included [[David Plowright]], [[Chris Kelly (TV presenter)|Chris Kelly]], [[Jim Pope]], Philip Tibenham, and Andrew Brittain. Among the guest narrators who contributed occasional commentaries were popular actors [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]] and [[Jean Boht]].