All Those Hard Luck Stories (4 Parts)

Synopsis

A series filmed in a social services department in Nottingham.

Language

English

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 30 min.

Year of production

1982

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Subjects

Social welfare

Keywords

alcohol abuse; child abuse; children; sexual disorders; social services; young offenders

Credits

Producer

Sally Doganis

Contributor

Eric Hawthorne

Sections

Title

Parents-in-law

Synopsis

1: What happens when parents are incapable of coping with their children? A social servies department can be given parental rights by the courts if it can can prove that the parents are inadequate. One mother leaves her children in the care of a teenage b

Title

At risk

Synopsis

2: Every week six children are killed by parents. In a year 40,000 will be battered. The intervention of social workers in this area is one of the most controversial parts of their work, especially when they fail to protect the child. In this film a mothe

Title

Family matters

Synopsis

3: When dealing with an uncontrollable delinquent, social workers look to the family for support, but it is not always forthcoming. In this film a boy who has absconded from a children's home is being helped by his parents to evade the police. Another fam

Title

Danger to themselves, A

Synopsis

4: A rambling drunk refuses all help but his flat is a health and fire hazard. A determined and lively social worker tries to take him in hand, but is it really her business? Another man's sexual problems drive him to attempt suicide and social workers tr

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

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

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