Headhunting The Homeless
| Headhunting The Homeless | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Walsh |
| Narrated by | Ray Burdis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | John Walsh |
| Running time | 3 x 60 min. |
| Production company(s) | Walsh Bros Ltd. |
| Distributor | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original release | May 9, 2003 |
Headhunting The Homeless [1] is a British documentary series for the BBC by John Walsh of Walsh Bros Ltd. There are over a hundred thousand homeless people in Britain today. Not all of them can be seen sleeping on the streets. This three part series followed five homeless people for over a year as they looked for employment on a new scheme involving two hundred companies trying to put the homeless back into the work place. The goal of this radical project, was to try and break the cycle of homelessness for good.[2]
Awards
Grierson Awards Nominated for Best Documentary series or Strand.[3] [4]
Reception
The series was part of the BBC’s 120 most reasured programmes in the corporation’s drive to convince its critics that the licence fee should not be abolished.[5] The Guardian described the series as "truly touching" [6]
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/04_april/17/headhunting_homeless.shtml
- ↑ http://www.ovguide.com/video/headhunting-the-homeless-bbc-documentary-series-922ca39ce10036ba0e115de22ba45801#
- ↑ http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/grierson-judges-attack-catastrophic-decline/1097032.article
- ↑ "Headhunting the Homeless". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ John Plunkett. "BBC list aims to win over critics". the Guardian.
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/may/18/features.review7