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

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/04_april/17/headhunting_homeless.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.ovguide.com/video/headhunting-the-homeless-bbc-documentary-series-922ca39ce10036ba0e115de22ba45801#
  3. ↑ http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/grierson-judges-attack-catastrophic-decline/1097032.article
  4. ↑ "Headhunting the Homeless". bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ John Plunkett. "BBC list aims to win over critics". the Guardian.
  6. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/may/18/features.review7
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