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- Synopsis
- A mother with four children, deserted by her husband, fights for her welfare rights. One of the children has Down’s syndrome. The play is set against the Silver Jubilee celebrations, in a time of high unemployment and public spending cuts. The impetus for the play comes from the exaggerated stories in the popular press about social security scroungers.
- Series
- Play for Today, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. b&w. 103 min. Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 100 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1978
- Availability
- REFERENCE COPY ONLY
- Subjects
- Drama; Social welfare
- Keywords
- Allen, Jim; drama in English; television drama; welfare services
Credits
- Director
- Roland Joffe
- Producer
- Tony Garnett
- Writer
- Jim Allen
- Cast
Christine Hargreaves
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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