Hypotheticals ‘95

Synopsis: Series exploring ethical issues surrounding social policy and the gap between theory and practice, using fictionalised case studies.
1 (producers Juliet Winstone, Linda Bell): Helena Kennedy QC and panel discuss how far should social services go in search of evidence to protect endangered children. Does their work ever compromise an individual’s right to privacy?
2: Vincent Hanna and panel discuss whether condoms should be freely available in children’s homes, and whether allegations by teenagers of sexual abuse will be believed.
3: David Mellor MP and panel discuss dilemmas involving the disabled elderly.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 60 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Sale; 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
Notes: Broadcast daily on BBC2 from 11 Jul 1995.
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; child abuse; children in care; ethical issues; medical ethics; old people; sexual abuse

Title: Baby alarm
Synopsis: 1 (producers Juliet Winstone, Linda Bell): Helena Kennedy QC and panel discuss how far should social services go in search of evidence to protect endangered children. Does their work ever compromise an individual's right to privacy?
Title: Growing pains
Synopsis: 2: Vincent Hanna and panel discuss whether condoms should be freely available in children's homes, and whether allegations by teenagers of sexual abuse will be believed.
Title: Old age tension
Synopsis: 3: David Mellor MP and panel discuss dilemmas involving the disabled elderly.

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web: https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address: BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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