This month is the beginning of a new school year. What is the state of our schools? How many schools has Britain built since the war, and how many old buildings still remain in use? Is the rural child given the same opportunities as the child in the city?
Cases of food poisoning have been increasing steadily since the war. This programme analyses the reasons for this and presents a progress report on the battle for clean food.
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Is there evidence of a widespread leaning towards the Church in 1955? What do people think of Christianity today? What positive action are the Churches taking in the modern world?
Robert Reid trudges around a grimy and polluted Salford in 1955 to remind us just how much of a profound effect on the nation's health the NHS had. The disastrous effects of smog on the nation's lungs continued to be a major healthcare issue until the arrival of the Clean Air Act of 1956. This legislation followed the severe London smog of 1952, during which 4,000 people died. The Act allowed local authorities to create smokeless zones, with householders encouraged to burn smokeless fuels.
There are about 270,000 National Servicemen in the armed forces. This programme is an enquiry into the working of National Service in 1956.
This programme examines the position and some of the problems of Trade Unions in 1956.
An investigation into the problems of British agriculture in 1956.
First transmitted in 1956, each week 500 girls leave their provincial homes and arrive in London either to take up jobs or look for work. But flaring headlines in Sunday papers about what has occasionally happened to some youngsters causes parents to worry. Are they right to be worried? Robert Reid sets out to find out what really brings the girls to London, what happens when they get there, how they live, what sort of digs they find and what sort of people they are meeting and palling up with. This Special Enquiry seeks to identify the true reality of what awaits these young women upon arriving in the bustling capital.
