Meeting the Man from the Motor Trade

Synopsis: CITY WATCH is a series of six films about Birmingham’s Environmental Services Department. Each film follows an individual or a group of environmental health officers and other officials on a ‘typical’ day as they try to protect the people of Birmingham from diseases, filth, fraud and unscrupulous landlords. They are responsible for food hygiene and infectious diseases, health and safety, environmental protection, coroner’s services, veterinary services, waste disposal, fraud and special investigation, motor vehicle investigation and fair trading. This film looks at the work of trading standards officers, who are empowerd to investigate the second-hand car trade and garages that service cars to make sure the law is complied with and unsafe vehicles do not get on the road. Sometimes they check at random and sometimes as a result of complaints. Shows how the officers go about their tasks, what the law demands and what the customer should look out for.
Series: City Watch, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1989
Availability: out of distribution; 1993 sale: £20.00 each; £80.00 set (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Environmental science
Keywords: motor vehicles; trading standards officers

Name: Carlton UK Television Ltd
Web: http://www.carlton.com External site opens in new window
Phone: 0115 986 3322
Fax: 0115 964 5202
Address: Video Resources Unit
East Midlands TV Centre
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NA

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