Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

4 Dec 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:24:23

Description

Decision Makers: Christmas on the Dole, presented by Richard Bestic. With high unemployment figures dominating the news, the programme finds out what it’s like spending Christmas on the Dole. Speaking to doctors and sociologists about the effects of unemployment, and visiting unemployment blackspot Consett to talk to unemployed people about plans for Christmas and hopes for the future. Interviews with: Stephen(?) Wood, LSE; Jennie Popay, author of Employment and the Family; Alex Scott-Samuel, community doctor; David Moore(?), Bow Mission; Eric Varley, shadow Employment Secretary; Lawrie Haveron(?) director of the Industrial Development Agency at Consett; several former steelworkers; Dave Hodgson of Consett Media Group. Researcher: Clive Bull; Engineer: Colin Clements.

Contributors

Eric Varley; Colin Clements; Richard Bestic; Clive Bull; Stephen(?) Wood; Jennie Popay; David Moore(?); Lawrie Haveron(?); Dave Hodgson; Alex Scott-Samuel

Keywords

Social security; Unemployment; Consumers; Unemployed; Bow Mission; Dole; Consett; Christmas; Iron and steel workers; Industrial Development Agency; Unemployed people

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