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Skint is a British documentary series that debuted on BBC One in 2005. The series follows the lives of Britain's poor, unemployed and homeless people as they manage day to day with little money and low job prospects.
The Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 focused national attention on homelessness and housing quality, and resulted in around 255 people becoming homeless overnight. [21] It was reported in The Guardian in 2018 that half of young people at risk of homelessness in the UK who approached their local authority, received no significant help. [22]
The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 placed a new duty on local authorities in England to assist people threatened with homelessness within 56 days and to assess, prevent and relieve homelessness for all eligible applicants including single homeless people from April 2018. [29] [30] In short, no one should be turned away.
"Cathy Come Home" is a 1966 BBC television play about homelessness. It was written by Jeremy Sandford, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.A 1998 Radio Times readers' poll voted it the "best single television drama" and a 2000 industry poll rated it as the second-best British television programme ever made.
Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.
Headhunting The Homeless [1] is a British documentary series for the BBC [2] by John Walsh of Walsh Bros Ltd. 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, including Marks & Spencer, Pret a Manger and Wates Construction, following the work of Eva Hamilton MBE’s [3] Business Action on ...
A potential revival of the classic NBC comedy The Facts of Life was effectively sabotaged by a “greedy” co-star who quietly tried to set up her own spinoff, says Mindy Cohn. During a recent ...
Pages in category "Television episodes about homelessness" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.