Learning on ScreenGrowing Up Poor: The Series
- Synopsis
- Filmed over the summer of 2012, GROWING UP POOR follows six teenagers as they struggle to make ends meet living on less then £10.00 a day. Speaking with quick wit and brutal honesty, each of the film’s subjects takes the viewer into their world and paints a bleak portrait of Britain in the grips of a recession, highlighting the lack of opportunities for young people who find themselves in the poverty trap.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2013
- Notes
- First broadcast on BBC2 on 25/04/2013
- Subjects
- Social Studies; Sociology
- Keywords
- poverty; social problems; teenagers; unemployment; social issues
Credits
- Director
- Dave Foulkes; Tim Lawton
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 PAL
- Price
- £75.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 57 minutes
- Year
- 2013
Distributor
- Name
True Vision Productions
- website@truevisiontv.com
- Web
- http://truevisiontv.com/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- 49a Oxford Road South
London
W4 3DD - Notes
- Award-winning television documentaries on a wide range of international social issues including unemployment, street children, knife crime, and challenging children. DVDs are available for sale for private and educational use.
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