Editing World in Action (section)

===Broadcasters===
''WIA'' was a starting point for several key programme-makers who went on to major roles in British broadcasting. John Birt became director-general of the BBC, having been programme controller of the ITV station [[London Weekend Television]], where he created the current-affairs flagship, ''[[Weekend World]]''.

Several ''WIA'' staffers were promoted to significant roles in Granada Television, among them [[David Plowright]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,1859671,00.html|title=Obituary: David Plowright|first=Philip|last=Purser|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 August 2006|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> who became its chairman and later went on to become deputy chairman of [[Channel 4]]. Steve Morrison became chief executive at Granada. Gus Macdonald held the same role at another ITV franchise, [[Scottish Television]].

Stuart Prebble, a former editor, became chief executive of ITV, and Steve Anderson became head of news and current affairs for that channel. Both have since moved on to the independent production industry. Ian McBride, who led the team that made the Birmingham Six programmes, became managing editor of Granada TV, and was director of compliance for ITV until 2008.

Dianne Nelmes, who worked as a researcher and executive producer of ''WIA'', was the founding editor of Granada TV's hugely successful ''[[This Morning with Richard and Judy]]'' and went on to head daytime and factual programmes at ITV.

Dorothy Byrne, a former ''WIA'' producer, went on to become head of news and current affairs at Channel 4. Julian Bellamy, who worked as a young researcher on one of ''WIA's'' last big foreign investigations – about [[weapon|arms]] deals between Britain and [[Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/572434|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112045332/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/572434|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 November 2007|title=World in Action: Making a Killing|work=Film & TV Database|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> – later headed Channel 4's entertainment channel [[E4 (channel)|E4]] and was programme controller of the BBC digital channel [[BBC Three]] before rejoining Channel 4 as its head of programming from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6420005.stm|title=Channel 4 poaches BBC Three boss|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=5 March 2007|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Bellamy was appointed creative director of Discovery International.