A Most Important Week
From the collection of
Briefing [24/05/1982]
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1982-05-24
A Most Important Week (Briefing)
Does investment in youth pay off, or is a tourist jaunt a trip too far? These youngsters have a lot to prove and a lot to gain.
A special edition of the regional current affairs programme Briefing, in which cameras follow trainees from the Tyne & Wear Chamber of Commerce as they spend a week at the Ullswater Outward Bounds School in the Lake District, as part of the government's Youth Training Scheme (YTS). What is the benefit of sending them on this course, or is it all a waste of time?
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The '80s in the North East
For a phoenix to rise there must first be ashes: these films capture the hungry years when hope was hard to find.
The once-thriving powerhouse of Northern industry was stripped back during the 1980s as the region lost coal mines, shipyards, steelworks and many more employers besides. The decline of the North East economy was particularly hard on school-leavers, who had fewer skills and no work experience to fall back on in an increasingly bleak jobs market.
10 videos in this collection
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Briefing [24/05/1982]
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Briefing [21/02/1983]
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Briefing [05/12/1983]
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Social Workers
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Briefing [20/02/1984]
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Briefing [09/04/1984]
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A Most Important Week
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Briefing [26/11/1984]
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Briefing [17/06/1985]
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