Yahoo News TV highlights: Sat 10 – Fri 16 August
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TV highlights: Sat 10 – Fri 16 August
Paul O’Grady’s Working Britain (Thu, 9pm, BBC1)
The Conservative/Liberal coalition, says Paul O’Grady: “Has no idea what the common working man and woman are doing. They have led privileged lives at public schools and have never been on the shop floor.” Not sure whether this two-parter will be required viewing for Call Me Dave and Nick Clegg, but it’s certainly an interesting, and very personal, examination of working class life in Britain: in fact, he wonders what that term even means these days. But in previous generations, things seemed clearer, as Paul traces his family roots through his childhood in Birkenhead to miners and relatives of those who were on the Jarrow marches. Visiting a call centre in Glasgow and being a ticket collector on a bus, Paul demonstrates how the sense of community and pride in work unified a class of people, as well as asking whether we have lost that in today’s Britain.
The Conservative/Liberal coalition, says Paul O’Grady: “Has no idea what the common working man and woman are doing. They have led privileged lives at public schools and have never been on the shop floor.” Not sure whether this two-parter will be required viewing for Call Me Dave and Nick Clegg, but it’s certainly an interesting, and very personal, examination of working class life in Britain: in fact, he wonders what that term even means these days. But in previous generations, things seemed clearer, as Paul traces his family roots through his childhood in Birkenhead to miners and relatives of those who were on the Jarrow marches. Visiting a call centre in Glasgow and being a ticket collector on a bus, Paul demonstrates how the sense of community and pride in work unified a class of people, as well as asking whether we have lost that in today’s Britain.
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