Glasgow by the Way (4 Parts)

Synopsis

Part 1: Shots of present-day Glasgow are intercut with stills and newsreels from the 1930s and 1940s. The first programme in the series deals with the slogan, ‘Glasgow’s Miles Better’, itself, the massive public relations campaign associated with it, and the realities underlying the messsage. Shows the Easterhouse mosaic wall, Princes Square, the Burrell Gallery, the Garden Festival and the work of the artist Ken Currie, muralist of Glasgow’s working-class history.
Part 2: Uses Tony Roper’s play about the old public wash-houses as a basis for discussion of the place of women inGlasgow society.
Part 3: Looks at men, drink, football and religion. Discusses the history of the temperance movemnt and the Labour Party’s ionvolvement with it.
Part 4: ‘Spitting Image’ extracts show Margaret Thatcher deciding to use Scotland as a testing ground for Tory policies. Discusses the problem of how a city with a dominant Labour administration is to reconcile the success of its city-centre collaboration with the business and private sector with the alienation of the peripheral housing schemes. Recalls the background of Clydeside socialism from Baird to Hardie in 1820, through John MacLean to Jimmy Reid and the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in of 1971.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 52 min.

Year of production

1988

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Uses

Social historians.*

Subjects

History

Keywords

Glasgow; history; Scotland; social life and customs

Credits

Director

Derek Tammes

Producer

Seona Roberts

Contributor

Jonathan Morris

Cast

Bill Paterson

Sections

Title

Glasgow’s miles better

Synopsis

Part 1: Shots of present-day Glasgow are intercut with stills and newsreels from the 1930s and 1940s. The first programme in the series deals with the slogan, 'Glasgow's Miles Better', itself, the massive public relations campaign associated with it, and

Title

Steamie

Synopsis

Part 2: Uses Tony Roper's play about the old public wash-houses as a basis for discussion of the place of women inGlasgow society.

Title

Machismo

Synopsis

Part 3: Looks at men, drink, football and religion. Discusses the history of the temperance movemnt and the Labour Party's ionvolvement with it.

Title

Mayday

Synopsis

Part 4: 'Spitting Image' extracts show Margaret Thatcher deciding to use Scotland as a testing ground for Tory policies. Discusses the problem of how a city with a dominant Labour administration is to reconcile the success of its city-centre collaboration

Production Company

Name

Reality Productions

Sponsor

Name

Channel Four Television

Phone

071-396 4444

Address

LONDON
SW1P 2TX

Distributor

Name

Guild Sound & Vision

Notes

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